So my first taste of freedom was installing Windows 7 on my Athlon 3200+ with ATI IGP. Vista performance on this "Designed for XP" laptop was miserable at best, downright crappy at the worst. Hulu barely performs and often stuttered on 480p content. If you can believe it, I could not even carry a webcam conversation without it stuttering horribly. […]
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I know it was just the other day we posted a link to another review of this chassis, but I think SPCR’s perspective on detailed noise is unique enough that it’s worth another look. Enjoy! SilentPCreview Antec’s first mini-ITX case is a solid if not flawless entry into a sector that is new to the brand. The overall airflow design […]
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Ah, the HP MediaSmart LX195…a confusing beast in that it falls under the home server family, as it only has a single hard drive. Sure you can expand via USB, but at that point you probably would have preferred going with the bigger MediaSmarts. Indeed, this product is most likely for those with moderate storage needs, who would enjoy the […]
Read moreThis is I’m sure going to be a different answer for every individual, but brings up some interesting thoughts to consider as technology evolves requiring significant upgrades for ultimate support. MN Maven I now however, find myself in a predicament, I have an older AV receiver, that I spent a pretty penny on 4 years ago, that is no longer […]
Read moreIt’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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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 […]
Read moreThe potential of this is cool, if even just to have a small SSD drive or something else to throw it on and save the bulk of your space for the storage. Gotta love linux and that "free" pricetag though. GeekTonic Since it will use Linux, there’s no cost for the operating system either – and you really don’t need […]
Read moreNice 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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CrunchGear hasn’t had much luck with this new device that promises to be your sole bitorrent downloader and video streamer…hopefully it’s just a sign of early issues and not a sign on the product. It’s not a good sign when your device claims two things and can’t do either well. I love how the UI reminds me of a 1989 […]
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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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