What is wrong with motherboard names these days!? Sometimes I feel like a frumpy old man reading these reviews :). Nomenclature asside, Skylake has me a bit excited, and with the recent outpouring of product, and reviews around the ecosystem it looks to have taken the OEMs and PC sites along as well. After Intel left the motherboard market, I’ve […]
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With Broadwell’s lackluster desktop release leaving DIY builders out in the cold, I’ve been a bit detached from following the progression of the platform. This has changed with Skylake, and its full release for all users – not just mobile. Might just be time to modernize that aging HTPC :). Early this year we compared AMD’s $150 quad-core FX-8320E […]
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NETGEAR had a hit with the initial Arlo wireless cameras, but one of the limitations of the device was that as it relied on batteries continuous recording was a bit out of bounds. The Arlo Q resolves this issue, and ads two-way audio to the mix; making it perfect for monitoring entrances. Of course to do this, AC power is […]
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This drool inspiring 4K laser projector requires a serious amount of dosh (£50K), but serves up a fabulous experience to those than can afford it, and a glimpse at what the rest of us can expect to slowly trickle down the product pipeline. When Sony fired up its new VPL-VW5000ES 4K home theatre projector at the recent TT Expo organised […]
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I like getting new kit, and who doesn’t? Of course, when replacing something that’s broken, or just past its usable life, you need to figure out how to dispose of it in a way that doesn’t create problems for you, your neighbors, or the larger community. Unlike my neighbors, who feel fire is the best method for cleanup, most CE […]
Read moreWho doesn’t like a good “Comcast Screwed Me” story? And if you’ve been lucky enough to select Comcast from the long list of ISPs in your town, you probably have one as well (feel free to share :)). My collection doesn’t touch the one I found on Ars today. Ken Mueller of Illinois has been a mostly happy customer of […]
Read moreStandards are generally a good thing, and a single standard to develop a product against certainly makes it easier, and faster to create something that works. So I’m inclined to agree with the author’s premise, but I wonder if it’s really as dire as he suggests. Ultra HD TV has a problem. Even as UHD/4K TVs are being sold and […]
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Between you and me, I don’t really get wireless systems like Sonos. They are popular, and an expanding market, so maybe the problem is that I just haven’t used one. Is that the key? The reviewer at Reference Home Theater sure seemed to like it. Despite holding a commanding lead in the whole home audio market, Sonos has not been […]
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We used to bring a Roku along on our family trips, but after making the switch to Android about a year ago. The Roku has been replaced with a few different devices that allow us to use a mobile device as a gateway to viewing content on a large screen. This generally works well, but on a recent trip to […]
Read moreThanks to Night Rider for the tip. Cord Cutter News has clarified with Roky that if your Roku 4 is noisy, that’s not normal and you should get it replaced. Do you have a Roku 4 with a loud fan? We talked with Roku PR, and they are asking you to contact them. Roku is offering an exchange for anyone […]
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