For me, the most interesting thing about 802.11AC Wi-Fi comes down to bandwidth. While it can’t quite deliver the same speed and bullet-proof reliability as a full Cat6 wired installation, its capability comes at a fraction of the cost and much greater flexibility; dropping in an AC1750+ router + media bridge enables the same kind of “heavy” media consumption possibilities […]
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Fractal Design is best known for their outstanding PC chassis, but they also sell power supply units (PSU). I’ve haven’t had the pleasure of playing with one of theirs, but if it even comes close to the experience I’ve had with their enclosures it will definitely be on my shortlist the next time I need a modular PSU. Key Features […]
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Plex fans with an Xbox One (360 is “coming soon”) can now enjoy their media on the Microsoft gaming console. I think this is great news and strengthens the device’s position as a media consumption hub. Plex for Xbox is currently available for free to Plex Pass subscribers. In the future, it will be made available, for a fee, to […]
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Ditter is a company you’ve probably never heard of located in Shenzhen China, the ultimate home of most electronics. If you google the brand however, you’ll find a lot of forum chatter surrounding their affordable line of XBMC-compatible media players available for sale from a number of sources. We received the U20 model—which uses an Allwinner A20 dual core 1.2GHz […]
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If you use Intel HDMI audio with the Windows 8.x “Metro” Netflix app you know that Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) output has been broken for, um, forever. Thankfully, they just released an updated audio driver that solves the issue! Huzzah! Unfortunately at the moment it looks like they’ve only updated it in the Ivy Bridge GPU driver package for the […]
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We can all agree that cables are best, but it’s also true that sometimes it’s just not possible (or maybe convenient) to run them and that’s where wireless technology lends an ever useful hand. I’ve never played with a general purpose wireless HDMI device, but I get questions on them all the time so it’s great to see other sites […]
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