Tag: Hardware

IT is a little big but if the touch-pad works well I could definitely see this as a good all-in-one keyboard mouse setup.    This keyboard is an 88-key keyboard, which includes your typical keyboard keys as well as a few media specific keys. Of course it’s also wireless and even features a touch-pad. It even boasts that it is ready for Vista’s Media […]

nMedia makes nice and affordable HTPC cases, and here’s one the gang at Benchmark Reviews takes for a spin.    As computers  become more commonly included in people’s home entertainment systems, it is only natural that companies like nMedia try to create custom cases to cater to those consumers’ needs. As seen with other cases from nMedia that Benchmark Reviews […]

With the evolution of some power supplies being able to be near silent, I figured we would not see any new completely fanless PSU’s coming out. I was wrong. Seasonic follows the likes of Antec and FSP which discontinued theirs and has released a completely fanless PSU for your system. As always, make sure your system has adequate cooling for […]

Our friends at WeGotServed recently dealt with a topic we all *believe* to be true, but they went ahead anyways and actually got some concrete facts to go along with it. I don’t think the results will surprise anyone, but maybe this is the extra motivation you needed to take the (rather expensive) plunge to solid state goodness. It’s not […]

I’m not sold on the 100HT-BD’s PC look (that power button looks really bright in the pictures), but for ~$700 it’s really hard to argue with the capability it provides.  Ganesh did an amazing job of testing ASRock’s Arrandale based HTPC – even if you’re not in the market for a off the shelf SFF box it’s well worth a […]

Looks like the gang at DMZ got their hands on one of the first review units of the new Cable Card tuners from Ceton. Hopefully these come out soon as I know lots of people eagerly anticipating both this one and the external version coming from SiliconDust. What you haven’t realized yet is that two of us at the Digital […]

We’ve had great success with Intel’s H55 chipset, and I was surprised to read that this is Gigabyte’s FIRST venture into a Mini-ITX motherboard! Pretty shocking for such a huge motherboard manufacturer. GIGABYTE has grown a lot in the market lately. They mainly produce top-notch quality motherboards and GPUs, and they have even entered new areas as well. We couldn’t […]

Here I was thinking there wasn’t any good news today, and then found this beautiful case. It’s a smooth take off the old cube case many have used, and leverages the mini-ITX platform. If flash isn’t your style, well worth a look.   As a mini-ITX case, there’s not much choice of motherboards to fill in the Array R2, but […]

 Although not the most comprehensive review I’ve ever read this article might peak the interests of those looking for a low profile heatsink for their HTPC.  Be forewarned this item is on the pricey side however. Prolimatech has been able to effectively shrink down their award winning designs, into something that will cater for the low-profile market. The Samuel 17 is […]

I would have liked to have seen more on picture quality and a look how colorspace is handled between the different vendors, but overall Xbit does a good job of quantitatively measuring (IMO, their HQV HD scores are a bit generous) GPU performance for HTPC use.   It is almost impossible to install longer graphics cards – such as ATI […]