When I go motherboard shopping, there is one thing that makes it first on the list of must-haves – Intel NIC. So it was awesome to see that the ASUS B150 Pro Gaming/Aura for Intel Skylake CPUs includes the I219-V. The price is right @ $129 and there’s lots of good stuff like M.2, USB Type-C and DDR4 support, but […]
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I’m beginning to wonder if Roku is cherry picking review units, or if the vocal folk out on the Interwebs complaining about fan noise are in a small (but obviously loud) minority. It is always curious when the actual experience doesn’t mirror (at least roughly) what is available from the media. I do recommend checking out the review, I learned […]
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Stress is difficult. Sometime almost impossible to deal with, and when that happens you’re forced to break, or bend, if you happen to be a CPU. Thankfully there doesn’t appear to be a “gate” associated with what is turning out to be quite an issue for some third-party HSF suppliers (see the Ars article for more detail and links). With […]
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I’m not completely sold on the idea of a touchscreen router. Mostly because of its impact on BOM. While it can be easier to do the first-run, most of the time after first-run users simply never interact with the device again – besides rebooting it when the cable company is looking for someone else to blame after their network goes […]
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I notice ASUS’s RT-AC88U a while ago, but back then the exact specifications (beyond AC3100 and eight, yes eight, Gigabit Ethernet ports) weren’t really available on the [probably unintentionally published] product page. There have been a few more tidbits since, but nothing that goes as in-depth as this YouTube video, which not only discusses the router, but provides a useful […]
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I cannot tell you how many times I’ve almost bought this, or one of the innumerable other Foscam IP cameras that look exactly like it (and TBH, who can tell the difference). I’ve never quite been able to pull the trigger though. I think it’s the name, “FI9821P” (et. al.) just isn’t interesting enough. C’mon Foscam – put some effort […]
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I’ve never heard of Ruckus Wireless before, so it was a bit of a surprise when I ran across their announcement of the ZoneFlex R710 which claims to be the first wave 2 802.11AC AP, and it’s probably true because unless someone snuck out another 4×4 MU-MIMO AP, and I missed it, this will be the first – which is […]
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Unless you have a fantastically large display, or sit really close to your moderately sized 4K TV, HDR is arguably the most important feature “get” of new 4K displays – should they support it (i.e. don’t buy one that doesn’t). With the future of 4K content probably more in the hands of OTT providers (sorry Blu-ray Association) announcements like today’s […]
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Looks like Emby made it to another NAS platform. Installation looks super easy too, so go ahead and give it a play.
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@RMerlinDev maintains a custom firmware for ASUS routers that adds that extra bit of polish, so he definitely has a level of expertise in this area. Which is why I follow him on Twitter and why I followed his link to see where current gen flagships fall out – unfortunately most didn’t do well. The really sad thing about all […]
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