I think we can all agree that Fractal Design makes a fantastic chassis. Whether its a full ATX or SFF, the design is always elegant and well thought out. At $60 this looks like a really nice value as well. Fractal is expanding their lineup continuously: small form chassis are becoming more and more popular as even the latest high […]
Read moreArs Techinca has a basic walkthrough of the “why not DIY” when it comes to NAS. I would be curious to see how Window Storage Spaces’ performance stacks up to what an off-the-shelf NAS can provide, but aside from that there’s little fault to find with the thought process and component selection (although the price is reasonably high-end for a […]
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The ASUSTOR AS5002T is the first Intel based network attached storage (NAS) device tested at Missing Remote. So, I was very curious to see how its dual-core 2.4GHz Celeron J1800 would stack up against the strong showing we’ve seen from ARM Cortex-A15 based systems recently. With two Gigabit network interface cards (NIC), two bays, 1GB RAM, and USB 3.0/eSATA support, […]
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As much as having yet another standard can cause overload, adding a “Premium” lable to UHD does add some value; potentially making it easier to select a display. The downside is that if you just bought a 2015 UHD display it’s quite likely that some, if not all, of the things that make a UHD Premium display better than [plain-ol’] […]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming. It just makes sense to put the devices around us on a network. To make them “smarter”. To make the data they possess available to us, and other devices also on that network to use, consume, and react to. This is scary, but it’s also really, really cool. Of course some OEMs have […]
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I have a Denon AVR, and I’ve found it to be quite solid so RHT’s conclusion on this HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 $480 Denon AVR-S710W doesn’t surprise me in the least. Trying to pick a future-proof receiver in 2014 was a challenge. You had to pick between full bandwidth HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 copy protection, and DTS:X didn’t even exist […]
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Would it be OK to use an ASUS Republic of Gamers monitor for things besides gaming? I ask, because I think this QHD 34″ curved PC monitor seems like it would be pretty awesome for quite a few applications – some fun (21:9 is perfect for movies), and others a bit less so (work). There’s a lot of details in […]
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I haven’t seen many Intel Braswell NAS reviews, it’s great that they are starting to come out. At just about this time last year, many vendors were rolling out their products based on the new Bay Trail platform from Intel. With many of those products ushering in a new generation of performance that further pushed the uptick in power efficiency […]
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It’s true. The current HA market is kind of a mess… Everyone has their own app, nothing talks to each other, etc. While incredibly frustrating I prefer to see this as growing pains. An artifact of the newness of the market that will sort itself out eventually. Have a look at CEPro’s take on the matter. When a do-it-yourselfer emailed […]
Read moreOne of the best things about 4K, isn’t really the updated resolution. While that is nice, it will really only benefit those who have a massive display and/or sit close to their displays (i.e. the right place). The biggest benefit, is along with more pixels the content and panels are getting support for high dyanamic range (HDR). I know that […]
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