Toshiba Finally Considering Blu-Ray

It’s all about the bottom line at the end of the day, and it seems Toshiba is finally swallowing their pride and considering Blu-ray. It’s about time, Sony sold VHS after their Betamax fiasco, so can’t we all just get along and bring those prices down for everyone to enjoy?!? HighDefDigest According to Nikkei, a provider of Japanese business news, […]

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ASRock Nettop ION 330 AMCP7A-ION

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We just finished our review of an Atom board from Itox, which was good as long as you didn’t need HD playback. Now up is something a bit different, with an entire ION nettop device from ASRock. Unfortunately, the only video test they did was CINEBENCH so we’ll have to wait to get one in-house to complete our own real-world […]

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AVerMedia Announces the AVerTVHD Duet PCI-E TV Tuner

Nice price for a dual card that’s Win 7 compatible.   Designed for Windows 7 and compatible with Windows XP / XP Media Center 2005 and Vista (32 and 64 Bit), AVerTVHD Duet is a new PCI Express ATSC (over-the-air) / ClearQAM digital cable tuner from AVerMedia capable of recording two channels at once — up to 1080i HD resolution […]

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Sharp’s new AQUOS lineup eyes-on

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I imagine these pictures don’t do these sets any justice, but the specs are pretty impressive nonetheless. I’ll need to work my contacts and see if I can get into these kind of events in the future.   Engadget the LEDs aren’t locally dimmed, the 120Hz refresh rate falls short of the 240Hz that’s been bandied about of late, and […]

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Auzentech X-Fi Forte Low Profile 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card

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Don’t get too excited, this is not the newest in HDMI 1.3 sound cards. No, this is Auzentech’s latest sound card release jack of all trades that ignores HDMI entirely…like the good old days before it existed. This card will be much more valuable if you are planning on going Analog 7.1, as the name implies, versus those of you […]

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ThermalTake MeOrb Low Profile CPU Cooler Review

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Imitation is the fondest form of flattery, right? If so, then Thermaltake really likes Zalman. I found it ironic that other companies are releasing the flower heatsinks now that Zalman is shifting away from it. The important matter no matter what, is how does it cool…and luckily it works here. The MeOrb keeps that processor nice and cool. Just because […]

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Vudu, Vizio Mum on Collaboration

Always interesting when you know two companies are talking–since their technologies are being utilized in the other’s devices–yet make it a point not to comment on it. CEPro Neither company cares to discuss the collaboration."Vizio announced their partnership with us as you read, but we don’t have more to say about it right now," says Vudu co-founder Edward Lichty.

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