CNETReviews 75

Cnet is a great place to get a professional's and other users' opinions about computer software and downloads. In my case, I use them strictly for that and for free downloads of standard programs like AVG anti-virus, winrar, Vuze, FLV converters, etc. You can see how many downloads it's had, star ratings and user reviews. There are also programs that you have to pay for, making it easy for you to get without having to go to the store. The whole thing's safe and super easy.

For buying a big screen TV, good content, difficult to navigate - I just embarked on the process of buying a new HDTV and found that Cnet.com was a valuable, but difficult to navigate, source of information. While they have reviewed nearly all of the top selling products in significant depth, they have failed to create an easy to use summary section that is constantly updated with new reviews and updates. I often found myself reading and re-reading reviews because they were in multiple locations or because they did not provide a summary view of most recent reviews. I just want them to give me their top-5 recommendations by size or by specs and let me compare and contrast, instead of giving me hundreds of reviews.

My sense is that they are conflicted by all of the advertising on their site, and that they can't be as candid or strong in recommendations as they'd like to be.