I have a Denon AVR, and I’ve found it to be quite solid so RHT’s conclusion on this HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 $480 Denon AVR-S710W doesn’t surprise me in the least. Trying to pick a future-proof receiver in 2014 was a challenge. You had to pick between full bandwidth HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 copy protection, and DTS:X didn’t even exist […]
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Would it be OK to use an ASUS Republic of Gamers monitor for things besides gaming? I ask, because I think this QHD 34″ curved PC monitor seems like it would be pretty awesome for quite a few applications – some fun (21:9 is perfect for movies), and others a bit less so (work). There’s a lot of details in […]
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I haven’t seen many Intel Braswell NAS reviews, it’s great that they are starting to come out. At just about this time last year, many vendors were rolling out their products based on the new Bay Trail platform from Intel. With many of those products ushering in a new generation of performance that further pushed the uptick in power efficiency […]
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It’s true. The current HA market is kind of a mess… Everyone has their own app, nothing talks to each other, etc. While incredibly frustrating I prefer to see this as growing pains. An artifact of the newness of the market that will sort itself out eventually. Have a look at CEPro’s take on the matter. When a do-it-yourselfer emailed […]
Read moreOne of the best things about 4K, isn’t really the updated resolution. While that is nice, it will really only benefit those who have a massive display and/or sit close to their displays (i.e. the right place). The biggest benefit, is along with more pixels the content and panels are getting support for high dyanamic range (HDR). I know that […]
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If you recall (or at least I hope you do :)), I reviewed Arq a little while back and found it to be exactly what I was looking for when it came to cloud based data backup. If it sounded interesting but the price was just a touch to much, Arq is offering 20% off today because it’s Data Privacy […]
Read moreIf you were waiting for Iris Pro to pickup a Skylake system, the prices have come out and they are hefty – although currently they are all Xeon models (so aimed more at enterprise workstation), so hopefully we’ll see some Core branded models in a more comfortable price range soon. One of our forum members, Sweepr, posted Intel’s latest pricing […]
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Outside or in the attic is best, but sometimes it’s just not possible to mount a big [ugly] antenna and run the necessary cables. This is where you have to fall back on the indoor variety, and a guide like The Wirecutter’s is so useful. After spending more than 20 hours attaching many antennas to multiple TVs in two different […]
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I was vaguely aware that Pulse-Eight (yep, the PC HDMI-CEC gurus) had moved into the custom installer (CI) market, but must admit to not really following it that closely. Having looked at what their new neo:4 HDMI matrix switch can do, I’m quite impressed. 4K, HDCP 2.2, and four HDBaseT ports + intelligent HDMI CEC control – yum! New neo:4 […]
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If you had a hard time not grabbing one of LG’s OLEDs last year, it’s going to be even more difficult this time around. Their outstanding displays have only gotten better; both in the picture quality and the eye candy quadrants – with the G6 ‘Signature’ line at the top. Naturally, if you’re going to drop $8K on a display, […]
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