Tag: Hardware

Interesting looking box, and based on the more than capable ION platform (Flash content TBD).  I like the look of this small little chassis, but am curious what the display will be utilized for. Not a huge fan of the remote, but if it allows the unit to come at a low price, then I’m ok with that.   EngadgetHD […]

Have to give it to Netgear for marketing a product with a bad reputation. Powerline networking products have had a difficult journey overcoming poor initial reviews a few years ago, so I’m withholding judgement on this new kit from Netgear until I see a review, but the inclusion of a switch as part of it will make life easier. Click […]

nMedia has been trying to etch some space for themselves in the rather low volume home theater chassis field. Their chassis come at much lower cost than some of the competitors out there, but it still suffers from some of the same constraints which the desktop-style layout brings to the table. As can be expected, if you’re planning on using […]

I know a lot of you will (justifiably) automatically rule out the 785G boards dues to their unforgiveable omission of 7.1 LPCM over HDMI, but some of you might still be interested. For those select few, SilentPCReview has a detailed comparison of the ASUS and MSI offerings of their board offerings. The positve news is the boards do everything else […]

If you have been out of the PC Hardware game for a bit, you may not have heard of Scythe before…but they have quickly and *quietly* (get it?) made a name for themselves with quality heatsinks and fans for your CPU’s. What started as giant towers has continued to evolve for all sorts of chassis, so here are a couple […]

If you are strictly using your system as an HTPC, I can’t imagine choosing this new bad boy over the wildly popular WD Green 2tb Drives, which run a bit slower but are also super quiet. That being said, Hitachi has always been pretty reliable and may a great (faster) component for your server of choice.   DVice Leveraging a […]

If you can make room in your chassis for these, they are sure to be some impressive and should be fairly quiet graphics cards. Keep in mind, this is absolute overkill if you are strictly using your system as an HTPC. But if you are also doing some hardcore gaming on your big screen TV then I’m sure you’ll appreciate […]

This looks like definitely a worthy HTPC candidate for you AMD fans out there. Still would like to see it under actual testing, but specs and numbers look decent. Thanks to our twitter friend @vinylfreak for the linkage, and remember to follow us @missingremote if you haven’t already!   PC Perspective The backplate features the aforementioned 6 USB ports, as […]