This might seem like a strange question, but I’ve been thinking a lot about what Missing Remote should be. Where it should go. What we should cover. What we do right/wrong. Historically, we’ve focused on HTPC, streamers, and connected home (home automation, networking, NAS, etc.) and dabbled a bit in other areas, but I wonder if this the right mix? […]
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I was all set to pull the trigger on a Roku 4 until I found out it had a fan, and it can be quite loud. So I started wondering if it was worth 2x the price of the 2015 Roku 2, and frankly I’m on the fence. I have a couple months to figure it out, but I’m curious […]
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If you’re in the market for a Sony Playstation 4, $299 isn’t terrible. The kids love ours for games, and I use it as the go to Blu-ray player when I haven’t had a chance to free the bits, or pulling a title from sneakernet storage. Woot
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I was very impressed by singlecue when I played with it at CES, but they seemed to drop off the map soon afterwards so I assumed, that like many slick things you see at CES, they’d missed their date or disappeared. Well it looks like it was the first, as IIRC the gesture based remote was supposed to ship in […]
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If you have an aging plasma, and are looking for the display that could replace it. Only OLED will do the trick. I’ve seen this display in passing and it does look fantastic, but 3D lovers (like me) will lament the passive nature of LG’s implementation and (like me) need to wait for the 4K displays to come down in […]
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In many larger, or particularly solid, homes one Wi-Fi router can’t quite get to the edges, so it is necessary to add an extender or second access point. There are many options about there, but AFAIK this is the first, and only, touch screen model. I’m not sure what the touch screen really adds to the mix after first run […]
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I haven’t seen an official announcement, but there is a product page up for the ASUS RT-AC88U. This is a two radio (1x “1000Mbps” 2.4GHz + 1x “2167Mbps” 5GHz) model based on Broadcom’s hardware, with support for MU-MIMO. What makes it particularly interesting, besides the looks of course, is that that it includes eight Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for […]
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I must admit that when I first saw the announcement of the Nighthawk DST AC1900 DST & DST Adapter bundle I thought it was just a repackaged R7000 and EX6100. Which while convenient, really doesn’t offer much new to the mix. Fortunately, before writing that up I checked with NETGEAR and they let me know that it’s actually a R7000 […]
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Rumors have been floating around for a couple weeks now, and it looks like all the ones I saw were correct with the Roku 4 supporting 4K content, 802.11AC, quad-core SoC, and somewhat surprisingly the return of optical audio out (TOSLINK) — probably for the soundbar user. It is a welcome update both for those holding out for updated hardware, […]
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If you’ve been kicking yourself for missing out on the HDHomeRun DVR funding campaign, and the associated early builds of the software. SiliconDust is now allow you to opt-in to get access and a year of service for the same price as the original Kickstarter. SiliconDust
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