Excellent Value for Money

If you are looking for a firewire card to link you digital camcorder to your PC then STOP! This is the one you are after!! I needed a card for my PC, however the PC manufacturer didn’t stock one. This was the first none manufacturer card I looked at and it seemed to meet my needs. Installation took all of 2 minutes and as I run MS SP2 the device auto-installed. No need for the CD-rom included in the pack. An added bonus was the firewire cable (also included) as it saved me from having to spend another £30 to buy this as well. I’ve connected my camcorder to my PC and imported from DV tape. If a completely non-PC literate person can get this all working, then anyone can! Dead chuffed overall!

Well done Belkin! Quite a baby you've got here..

When searching for a USB hub I wanted something that not only did the job but didn't look out of place on my desktop. It was a close call between this little thing and the Adaptec xHub4+ and in my opinion I think I've made the right choice.

Although the belkin hub doesn't look as pretty as the adaptec (who would've thought to turn the hub into a picture frame - genius(!)), the Belkin is nevertheless a smart and compact unit.

It's about the size of a credit card and about as tall as two pcmcia cards stacked on top of each other. The card has three usb 2 ports and a socket for the provided power adapter in case your usb port on your machine can't handle the power rating of all the devices connected to the hub.

Additionally, there's a row of four led's along the top near the ports - one for power and the other three corresponding to the three ports - which glow green/red/orange or flash depending on whether the devices plugged in are running correctly etc..

One thing that surprised me when I bought this is the pathetic little cable management system (I think that's what Belkin calls it). They seem to think that the answer to cable management is to have _very_ little amount of cable to manage. I'm referring to the cable that you plug in to your pc from the hub - it's about 2cm if that! At the end is an absolutely huge usb plug (no problems plugging it in if you have adjacent sockets, it just juts out a lot), the idea is that when you're not using it the entire plug slots inside the hub at the side to provide you with a truly pocketable unit with no protruding plugs or cables sticking out which I admit is quite cool, although I don't have any intention of taking this thing away from my desk!

All in all a well built and well designed hub. It's my first one so I'm no expert but I think I've picked one of the best on offer. It just drops short of the full five stars because I found it a lot cheaper at Simply Computers _after_ I'd bought it on here *sigh*. Always the case...

A must for laptop users

As it should do, my laptop gets about quite a bit, but when I'm working from home I like to go back to the creature comforts of a desktop, you know, a mouse instead of a touchpad, external CD writer and keyboard. I also use a number of USB devices such as a digital camera and mobile phone data cable. Plugging and unplugging all those devices can be quite a chore, particularly if you only need to use the laptop for an evening. When I first saw Belkin's fantastic new product I bought one immediately, and have never looked back! It's space saving design and perfect functionality means just one cable from the laptop to the docking station and your up and running...

Connect me up....

This is a very useful cable for connecting your DV cam to your PC or your SONY VAIO. It's also very useful for connecting two PlayStation 2's. The cable is long enough for anyone's needs and is very durable. The twisted cable design inside makes it look good and makes it durable compared to cheaper cables. Also Belkin are very well known in the industry and do provide very professional equipment which anyone would be proud to use. 10/10 in every way, couldn't do without mine.