I’m a big fan of these little IoT enabling kits, including the Arduino. Getting everything working with the various sensors can be a bit of a challenge (or a big one). This kit looks to help with that by providing standard interfaces to a pile of really useful sensors and a more user friendly IDE. ESLOV is a plug-and-play toolkit […]
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In the not-so-crowded collection of UHD Blu-ray players the XBox One S stands out because of its price and, um… well that’s it. The price difference is nothing to laugh at either, and if you are willing to live with the limitations it is an outstanding value. That said, the gaps are pretty harsh, at least for me. Especially when […]
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Hosting my own Plex server isn’t challenging for me, and I imagine most of our readers. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other issues like upstream bandwidth, caps, etc. that make putting your Plex server, and the associated content up in the Clouds. Storage is BYOC[loud storage provider], so that bit will need to be worked out (I also wonder […]
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Wow. Just wow. It’s not that often where you open a product announcement email to find out that the company is upgrading existing users for free. But, that’s just what Axiim just did in their latest newsletter. Fixing one of my few, and arguably most important, complaints with the Q. I need to lay down… Greetings from Axiim! We’ve been […]
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With two Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports, this might just make the perfect router. Except that it’s noisy, the i7 is probably overkill, and it’s not that cheap (why, oh why, can’t there be a dual LAN i3 “NUC”?). Ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) PCs have become quite popular after Intel introduced the NUCs. They have become powerful enough to be the […]
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In an ideal world, we’d all have perfectly shaped theater rooms. With ample space to place speakers in all the right places to create the right sound now matter what. Unfortunately, architects and spouses don’t always allow for these environments to takes shape. That’s where the recently announced SVS Prime Elevation speaker comes in with an angled shape that lets […]
Read moreI have a reasonably good sized collection of sample/test clips that I use when testing kit. On the odd chance that you also horde these sorts of files, you’ll be interested in a 4K HDR sample that Netflix just released. You won’t have to search for Torrents of Netflix’s new 12-minute show Meridian: the streamer has published the program as […]
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If you’ve been waiting to get your Kodi on, and can’t install the old-school version. There’s no an option straight out of the Microsoft Store. Oddly, it’s PC only… So Windows Mobile and XBox One are left out. Which at least one of them should find pretty typical. Kodi® media center, formerly known as XBMC™ Media Center, is an award-winning […]
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If I’m honest, I wasn’t expecting much when I clicked through to look RHT’s review of the Vizio P65-C1. While scanning through I ran across this “…the Vizio P65-C1 provided the best non-OLED performance I saw this year”. Naturally, this required a more thorough read and I must that it impresses most of the way throughout. Quite a lot of […]
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Ranging from $1,300-$2,000, the three consumer 1080p projectors are the most afforable of the set. But, if your pockets are a bit deeper (OK, quite a lot deeper), there’s also a Laser model in the mix. It’s also 1080p, but will support 4K + HDR input, and carries a CI targeted $8,000 MSRP. Today at CEDIA 2016, Epson announced four […]
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