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At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Stand has wide range of ergonomic adjustment Easy-to-use menu system High brightness, good color accuracy 320Hz refresh rate for just $250 Cons Unremarkable design Limited contrast ratio Only 1080p resolution HDR is technically supported, but not great Our Verdict The Alienware AW2525HM prices refresh rate at well under a buck a hertz. That makes it a remarkable value if you want smooth, responsive PC gaming without spending a small fortune. The catch? Its image quality is just so-so. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: Alienware AW2525HM Retailer Price $249.99 View Deal Check Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices The AW2525HM is an entry-level monitor in Alienware’s 2025 monitor lineup, though you might not know that from a glance at the specifications. This 25-inch monitor has 1080p resolution with a maximum refresh rate of 320Hz, as well as official support for both Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium. Despite that, it retails for just $250. Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best gaming monitors for comparison. Alienware AW2525HM specs and features At its core, the Alienware AW2525HM is a traditional IPS-LCD monitor like thousands sold over the past two decades. It combines a 1080p IPS panel with an edge-lit LCD backlight. What sets it apart, though, is the monitor’s low price and high refresh rate. Serving up 320Hz at just $250 is an incredible deal at face value. By comparison, Amazon currently sells the older AW2523HF (a 360Hz monitor) for about $330, and even white label 320Hz monitors typically sell above $250, albeit sometimes with 1440p resolution. Display size: 24.5-inch 16:9 aspect ratio Native resolution: 1920×1080 Panel type: IPS-LCD Refresh rate: 320Hz Adaptive Sync: Yes, AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync Compatible HDR: Yes, HDR10 Ports: 2x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x USB-B 5Gbps upstream, 1x USB-A 5Gbps downstream, 1x USB-A 5Gbps downstream with 7.5 watts power Audio: None Price: $249.99 MSRP You might expect the low price to force some compromise, but there’s less than you think. The monitor lacks USB-C, but that’s not typical for a gaming monitor at this price point, and it still has a bit of downstream USB-A connectivity. The monitor also has broad Adaptive Sync support with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync officially supported. Alienware AW2525HM design The AW2525HM embraces the new look and feel of Alienware’s monitors which, in my opinion at least, is a downgrade from the company’s earlier efforts. The old retro-futuristic vibe is gone, replaced by an organic, smooth look that strangely is available in just one color: navy blue. It’s an odd choice, to be sure, but there are a few benefits. Alienware’s new design language makes a hard pivot toward stands with a small, flat base that minimizes the monitor’s footprint on a desk. The stand also provides a good range of ergonomic adjustment. It provides 110mm of height adjustment, 25 degrees of tilt, 40 degrees of swivel, and rotates 90 degrees for use in portrait mode. These features mark a difference between the AW2525HM and even less expensive white-label monitors available on Amazon, most of which have a more limited range of ergonomic adjustment. Matthew Smith / Foundry The monitor also has a 100x100mm VESA mount for use with third-party monitor arms and stands. As a bonus, the monitor also provides a flip-out headset rack for hanging a gaming headset when it’s not in use. Alienware AW2525HM connectivity The Alienware AW2525HM’s connectivity is solid but expected for a budget- to mid-range gaming monitor. It has two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4 for a total of three video inputs. The HDMI 2.1 ports support only 255Hz at 1080p, which means only the DisplayPort can handle the monitor’s full resolution and refresh rate. This isn’t uncommon at this price, though some white-label monitors claim higher refresh rates across the HDMI ports (with the caveat that the specifications of such monitors can prove less reliable). USB connectivity is limited, but present. The AW2525HM doesn’t have USB-C, which is true for most gaming monitors in this price bracket. It does provide two USB-A ports, however, which are driven by a USB-B upstream port. One of the two USB-A ports also provides 7.5 watts of power for charging or powering basic peripherals, like a smartphone or a portable hard drive. The inclusion of two USB-A ports means you can use the monitor as a USB hub for a wired keyboard and mouse, which is always handy in a gaming monitor. Alienware AW2525HM menus, features, and audio Alienware ships the AW2525HM with a familiar, easy-to-navigate menu system controlled by a joystick centered beneath the lower bezel (alternatively, users can control monitor features with Alienware Command Center, a software application). The menu system is a small but notable advantage over competitors. Asus does as well in this area, but brands like Acer and Gigabyte tend to fall a bit behind, often because the menus are smaller and a bit harder to read. Monitors from white-label and Amazon brands (like KTC and Koouri) tend to have menus that are annoying to navigate. On top of that, I’ve yet to test a monitor from an Amazon brand that provides a software utility like Alienware’s Command Center. Matthew Smith / Foundry With that said, the AW2525HM’s feature set doesn’t differ from competitors. It has gaming features, like a crosshair and a dark stabilizer (which increase the brightness of dark scenes to reveal foes). There’s also some image customization, including color calibration for hue, gain, and offset—but that’s only found in the Custom Color mode. Color temperature and gamma adjustment is limited. An sRGB color profile is the only image mode that targets a specific color gamut; no DCI-P3 or AdobeRGB mode here. As for audio, well, there isn’t anything, though that’s no surprise. Budget monitors often omit speakers and, when they are included, they provide barely passable audio quality. However, the AW2525HM also omits a 3.5mm audio-out jack, which is more unusual. That means you won’t be able to pass-through audio and will need to connect your speakers or headphones directly to your PC. Alienware believes (correctly, I’d guess) that most gamers are now using USB headsets. The inclusion of two USB-A ports means you can use the monitor as a USB hub for a wired keyboard and mouse, which is always handy in a gaming monitor. Alienware AW2525HM SDR image quality A lot rides on the Alienware AW2525HM’s SDR image quality. Though it does technically support HDR, SDR is clearly the focus, both because of the monitor’s price point and because fast-paced PC titles built for high refresh rates tend not to focus on HDR support (especially if the game is not also available on console). Matthew Smith / Foundry The AW2525HM comes out swinging with a maximum sustained SDR brightness of 459 nits. That’s not record-setting, but it’s rather high for a monitor priced at $250. That level of brightness is more than enough to make the monitor stand out even in a brightly lit room that lacks good light control. On top of that, the monitor has a semi-gloss finish that reduces glare, so bright light sources have less impact on the image. The result is a monitor that’s very easy to view in a wide range of lighting conditions. Matthew Smith / Foundry Unfortunately, though not unsurprisingly, the monitor’s excellent brightness is paired with sub-par contrast, with a measured contrast ratio of 1010:1 at 50 percent of maximum brightness (and, in case you’re curious, this did not vary significantly at other brightness levels). A contrast ratio of 1010:1 isn’t awful for an inexpensive gaming monitor, but it’s not amazing. The limited contrast ratio often results in an image that seems flat and lacks a convincing sense of depth. This is most noticeable in dark scenes, as the monitor can’t properly render dark hues, instead displaying them as a hazy, pale silver-gray. This is the dreaded “IPS glow.” As the graph shows, a better contrast ratio can be had at this price point. Monitors like the Xiaomi G Pro, which has a Mini-LED backlight, and the Lenovo Legion R27fc-30, which has a VA display panel, can provide better contrast on a budget (though they can’t match the AW2525HM’s motion clarity). Matthew Smith / Foundry The Alienware AW2525HM posts respectable color gamut figures. It can display 100 percent of sRGB, 93 percent of DCI-P3, and 87 percent of AdobeRGB. These are good though mid-pack figures. The AW2525HM defeats monitors like the Lenovo Legion R27fc-30, but doesn’t perform as well as the Gigabyte M27QA ICE or Xiaomi G Pro. In general, though, the AW2525HM’s color gamut is a good match for PC games. Titles will look colorful and vibrant, particularly in bright scenes that play better to the monitor’s strong brightness and obscure its mediocre contrast and poor performance in dark scenes. If you want to edit photos, videos, or digital art, the AW2525HM is passable for less demanding work but won’t cut the mustard for more rigorous professional use. It simply doesn’t display enough of DCI-P3 and AdobeRGB, which means some colors will not be visible on the monitor. Matthew Smith / Foundry The Alienware AW2525HM is also mid-pack in color accuracy though, with that said, the average color error of the AW2525HM is low. It comes across as mid-pack only because most budget monitors have managed to achieve a solid level of out-of-box color accuracy. I also saw decent color temperature and gamma results. The AW2525HM’s color temperature of 6500K was spot-on my target and means the image doesn’t appear too warm or cool. The gamma value of 2.3 is slightly off my target of 2.2 and means the image can appear a tad darker than it should, though I found that hard to notice in real-world use. Sharpness is a downside. 1920×1080 resolution is nothing to boast about in 2025 and, on a 24.5-inch panel, it works out to about 90 pixels per inch. A 27-inch 1440p monitor, as a point of comparison, reaches about 110 ppi, and a 27-inch 4K monitor delivers about 163 ppi. The AW2525HM manages to avoid an obvious aliased or pixelated look, but it’s noticeably softer than even a 1440p display. The AW2525HM’s SDR image quality is a mix. It takes a win in brightness and provides respectable color performance but falls short in contrast and sharpness. A wide variety of 1440p and 4K monitors are available at $250, as well, though not with a 320Hz refresh rate. And that, really, is the core compromise made here: a reduction in overall image quality in the service of better motion clarity. Alienware AW2525HM HDR image quality The Alienware AW2525HM supports HDR10 input but it lacks VESA DisplayHDR certification and makes no strong claims on HDR performance. In fact, Alienware’s marketing doesn’t appear to mention HDR at all. I only saw reference to it in the monitor’s specifications. That says everything you need to know about HDR on the display. It’s bright, reaching up to 469 nits in my tests, but that’s about it. The monitor lacks both the contrast and color performance necessary to do HDR justice. HDR content looks a bit different, and a bit brighter, than SDR, but not necessarily better. Personally, I wouldn’t bother to use HDR on this monitor, but some owners may prefer the brighter presentation. Alienware AW2525HM motion performance There’s a lot riding on the Alienware AW2525HM’s motion performance. Fortunately, it’s rather good. The monitor’s Fast IPS panel does the hard work. It has a refresh rate up to 320Hz, as previously mentioned, and provides pixel response times as low as 0.5 milliseconds (which is about as quick as IPS monitors can manage). Games that can achieve a frame rate of 320Hz look smooth and crisp with blur only obvious in the finest details and high-contrast edges. You can find better motion clarity, to be sure: A 360Hz OLED, for example, will blow the AW2525HM out of the water. But for $250, this level of motion clarity is outstanding. Fast-paced titles feel amazingly tight and responsive. I would recommend avoiding the monitor’s fastest response time modes, however. Like most IPS and VA panel monitors, the AW2525HM offers a variety of settings. The fastest can deliver the best clarity but can also cause image artifacts such as apparent halos around high-contrast objects. This problem is known as overshoot and is common among IPS and VA panel monitors. Personally, I think sticking to the slowest response time mode is the best choice for most gamers. The AW2525HM supports Adaptive Sync and has official support for both AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync Compatible. 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TechHive Editors Choice At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Dual-lens view leaves no blind spots while minimizing distortion No subscription needed for storage or to unlock any features AI search could be a game-changer—but not today Cons There’s a slight visual anomaly where the two camera images are spliced The weak onboard siren won’t dissuade a bad actor from lingering Cheap screws stripped immediately Our Verdict Dual lenses give Reolink’s latest floodlight camera an incredibly wide field of view, while its bright and capable floodlights ensure the scene is effectively lit. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi Retailer Price Check Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices No matter how wide a viewing angle a given fixed-lens security camera might have, it will invariably suffer from this flaw: It won’t be able to see everything in front of it. And while some cameras try to solve this problem by employing a fish-eye lens to widen that viewing angle, the resulting image usually suffers from a degree of barrel distortion. Reolink’s Elite Floodlight WiFi mitigates that problem via a clever hack. It uses two camera lenses instead of just one to deliver a combined (and relatively distortion-free) 180-degree field of view. It’s a concept that Reolink has pursued with several earlier products, including its Reolink Duo 3 WiFi, and which it improves upon here. Specifications Like most floodlight cameras, the Elite Floodlight is a hardwired device that must be permanently mounted on a wall and connected to a home’s 120-volt wiring. Reolink supplies everything you need to attach the camera to a standard junction box, but it can also be attached directly to a wall (or ceiling) and plugged in with a bare wire/pigtail extension cord (that connection should still be in a weatherproof box). All those pixels really do fill a wide screen, and you can zoom in impressively to catch quite fine details when you need to. Reolink supplies wire nuts for either attachment method (along with various other mounting hardware), but I ended up using my own because the supplied ones felt a bit too small to be secure. Either way, once you use the three nuts to complete the circuit and ground the device, the unit is ready to be mounted to the wall. This is achieved via a mounting bracket that comes complete with a built-in spirit level. Installation and setup As is common with floodlight cameras, you’ll need to hardwire the Reolink Elite WiFi floodlight WiFi to your home’s 110-volt electrcal system.Christopher Null/Foundry The first hiccup with the hardware install was that I found I needed to swivel both the camera housing and the two spotlights well out of the way to access the two tiny channels in which the screws that connect the camera unit to the mounting bracket are placed. (I could also have used a lengthy bit extension for my drill.) I must also complain about the poor quality of the screws included with the kit, two of which stripped completely during installation. Removing them later took more than an hour and a lot of headache. The camera records to its own storage, so you’ll need to install a microSD card (capacities up to 512GB are supported) as a last step. No card is included, and the camera can’t record without one. (Reolink doesn’t require a subscription plan, and unlike other Reolink cameras, this device doesn’t even support one.) Wi-Fi setup was painless in my testing once I got the blaring and endlessly repeating audio instructions silenced, and it’s additionally helpful that the camera supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks. Using the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi Once installed, I felt the camera was slightly more attractive than many floodlight-cam competitors, as it’s a little more compact and less obtrusive—although this is of course a matter personal preference. But overall, the design is similar to that of most other floodlight cameras, with two spotlights providing a maximum of 3,000 lumens of illumination, perched atop a separate camera housing. The Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi is slightly less visually intrusive than most of its competitors.Reolink All three components can be positioned independently, and the entire device carries an IP67 weatherization rating, which our IP code guide tells us means the device is not only impervious to dust ingress, but that it can withstand being submerged in several feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Intriguingly, you can not only set the floodlight’s brightness level, but you can also adjust its color temperature, from a somewhat warm 3,000 Kelvin to a daylight-equivalent 6,000K. The floodlights can be set to always off, on at night, on based on a timer, or on at night based on motion detection, a setting that can be further restricted based on person, vehicle, or animal detection. A detailed scheduling system allows you to define when the camera records, which again can be restricted to types of motion if, for example, you don’t want to record every passing car on the street. Users can also define a “post-recording duration” to set how long to record after motion ends (15 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute), and the camera can be set to record continuously (24/7 or based on a schedule), overwriting recordings at an interval you set (or simply deleting the oldest recording once the available storage is filled). Don’t like the lights? The unit also includes infrared night vision that can be set to kick in if ambient light is dim and the floodlight is turned off. Other features include two-way audio, a configurable siren (albeit a very weak one), a time-lapse recording mode, and the ability to push recordings to an FTP or NAS device instead of storing them on the camera itself. Camera image quality The cameras 8-megapixel image sensor records 4K video (which Reolink defines as 5120 x 1552 pixels) at 20 frames per second, and that ultra-wide angle image takes a little getting used to. Watching playback in Reolink’s app all but requires your phone to be in landscape mode. In portrait view, the image is so small that you can’t see any details. Fortunately, all those pixels really do fill a wide screen, and you can zoom in impressively to catch quite fine details when you need to. One hiccup of note: The use of two cameras means that the image must be digitally stitched together, which creates a visible seam that runs down the middle of the picture, along with a slight visual glitch, invariably where you least want it to be. The Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi’s ultrawide field of view all but requires your phone be in landscape mode to watch its live feed or recordings.   Christopher Null/Foundry The illumination power of the spotlights is solid, but I found the infrared night vision mode to be better from a recording standpoint, as I was able to make out figures further away in IR mode than with the spotlights on, even at full power. I have the opposite opinion when people were much closer the camera and recorded at night, as the floodlight makes up-close figures much clearer. The camera was adept at detecting motion in my testing, and a sophisticated detection-zone system lets you define areas and types of motion within those areas that you might want to ignore. Clips are catalogued in Reolink’s Playback menu, which lets you scrub video on a 24-hour timeline, one day at a time, or you can choose from animated thumbnails below the timeline, showcasing each moment where motion was detected. Each clip is even marked with a small dot to indicate where notable motion events occurred within the clip. The app can also be configured to send notifications of motion via push notification or email; but for the latter, you’ll need to configure mail server settings in the app, which might be more of a headache than most users want to deal with. The camera’s onboard AI leaves much to be desired I was less than impressed with the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi’s AI (center app screenshot), and the view from its dual lenses isn’t perfectly stitched together (right-hand app screenshot). Christopher Null/Foundry A new feature (introduced in beta test mode just days before the product’s release) lets you search for recorded clips using natural language. This AI-powered search is a potential game-changer, letting you filter clips of people, vehicles, and animals (and only those three categories, not general motion), using written qualifiers. For example: “Person in a blue shirt.” “Cat running.” “Red pickup truck.” My tests with this were all over the map, indicating the algorithm probably has room to grow. It works well with color queries, picking out clips of me wearing a black shirt with ease, but it didn’t find any clips of me “holding a bottle,” identifying just about everything else as a valid clip except the one where I was holding a bottle. The system could find no clips of any person either “with a beard” or “without a beard.” (I have no beard, for the record.) And while it was successful at finding clips of my cat, it also tagged the same clips if I searched for “dog.” As noted, Reolink has work to do on the AI front. Should you buy the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi? At $220, the Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi is a reasonably priced and capable lights-and-camera combo. It’s also fairly compact and remarkably full-featured, producing high-quality, ultra-widescreen video that you won’t get elsewhere. Apart from its onboard AI–which remember–is still in beta, it’s a solid product. And not having to pay for a subscription is icing on the cake. 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If you’ve spent any amount of time using ChatGPT, you already know that it often requires lengthy explanations, prompt tweaks, and/or extra context to get it doing what you actually meant. Often, but not always. ChatGPT is capable of performing useful tasks with single, one-line prompts. When worded correctly, ChatGPT will perform the following tasks without hesitation, without extra context, and without issue — though as always, AI can sometimes suffer from inaccurate “hallucinations,” so be sure to double check ChatGPT’s work for critical or sensitive needs. Let’s dig in! Get meal ideas from available ingredients Dave Parrack / Foundry Most of us endure busy working lives these days, which leaves little time for doing much of anything else—and that can include grocery shopping for the ingredients needed for home-cooked meals. Thankfully, if you ever find yourself with a small set of ingredients and no idea what to make with them, ChatGPT can help. Just list the staple (and otherwise) ingredients you have available and ask ChatGPT for some meal ideas using them. As an example, I asked, “What meals can I make with rice, eggs, and frozen mixed vegetables?” ChatGPT suggested egg fried rice, a vegetable rice omelet, and baked egg fried rice muffins, among others. Pretty nifty in a pinch. Troubleshoot tech and home repair problems Dave Parrack / Foundry When something goes wrong, your first instinct might be to panic or shut down—but maybe it should be to ask ChatGPT for help instead. ChatGPT can provide troubleshooting help whenever you’re stuck dealing with an unknown or unexpected issue. Just ask ChatGPT to provide a list of troubleshooting steps for whatever has gone wrong. In my case, I’ve asked what I can do about a Windows laptop that has stopped working—my short prompt of “Please list some troubleshooting steps for a Windows laptop that has stopped working” resulted in a solid list of 10 things I could try. This is equally useful for all kinds of other problems, like if your toilet randomly flushes on its own every so often, if your car starts making a weird noise, or if your wireless router is on the fritz. Just make sure you never share sensitive personal data with ChatGPT! Create tailor-made workout routines Dave Parrack / Foundry While YouTube remains an option when looking for a workout routine, ChatGPT can provide you with ones that are as general or as specific as you need them to be. Want exercises for people your age? Or stretches for an aching lower back? Or simple workouts you can do at home without any equiment? Ones you can do at your desk? No worries! I personally asked ChatGPT, “Please create a short workout routine a 40-year-old can do in their lounge.” (I’m a bit older than 40, but what better way to stay young than to work out as a younger person would?) ChatGPT came through for me with a 20-minute low-impact workout routine that I found challenging but doable. It’s one of the many ways you can use ChatGPT to actually improve your life. Generate comprehensive checklists Dave Parrack / Foundry Checklists are so useful for when you absolutely don’t want to forget an important step, like when you’re packing for vacation, hosting a party, or spring cleaning your home. ChatGPT can help by creating checklists for lots of different scenarios—and for best results, you’ll want to include specific details to clue ChatGPT into your specific needs. I asked ChatGPT to “Please provide me with a checklist for packing for a vacation to Italy in September.” Note that I mentioned both the location and time of year I was visiting! The more context you can provide in your prompt, the more accurate and helpful the checklist will be. Explain concepts (like I’m 5) Dave Parrack / Foundry With a single, one-line prompt, ChatGPT can explain even the most complex concepts in a way that you can grasp. Want to understand nuclear fission? Or how EV batteries work? Or what kind of engineering goes into modern data centers? Just ask! But make sure to tack on the “like I’m 5” to your prompt—taken from the ELI5 trope on Reddit—so that ChatGPT dumbs down the subject enough to be digestible no matter your background. As an example, I asked ChatGPT to explain the concept of time travel like I’m 5. (Feel free to change the age or add any other qualifiers you want.) Summarize online articles Dave Parrack / Foundry Do you feel like you’re inundated with so much information that you just can’t keep up or absorb it all? You aren’t alone. There are billions of web pages out there—no one has the time or energy to read every single thing that catches their eye. Thankfully, ChatGPT can help by analyzing any online article and spitting out the most important bits. In the example above, I asked ChatGPT to summarize my own article about mundane tasks ChatGPT can handle for you—and it accurately broke it down, correctly citing PCWorld as the source throughout. 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Answer simple trivia questions Dave Parrack / Foundry If you’re anything like me, you frequently come across questions to which you don’t know their answers. Not to worry! You can just ask ChatGPT to answer those questions for you, pronto. I’m talking about questions with definitive answers, such as trivia. Who won a certain sports tournament in a given year? What year was a certain music album released? Which mountain is the tallest in the world? That sort of thing. Any question with an open-ended answer, or one with multiple potential answers, could complicate matters. Learn a new word every day Dave Parrack / Foundry I love learning something new every day, whether it’s practical and purposeful or gimmicky and trivial. One thing that blends both ends of the spectrum is the concept of a “word of the day”—and ChatGPT can provide you with a new word every day via a one-line prompt. Just input, “Please provide a word of the day for today.” ChatGPT will then provide a word along with its meaning, origin, and an example of it used in a sentence. It will then ask if you’d like a different word each day from then on, saving you from ever having to ask again. Combine tasks like this with ChatGPT’s nifty “scheduled tasks” feature to boost your productivity and save lots of time! Translate words or simple phrases Dave Parrack / Foundry If you’re traveling abroad, you should try to learn some of the local language. Sure, most people around the world speak enough English to get by, but that’s no excuse for being lazy! Pick a few choice words or phrases and learn how to say them in the language of the country you’re visiting—and that’s something ChatGPT can help you with. To be clear, ChatGPT is more than capable of translating longer phrases and even whole articles, documents, and publications. 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