Between us, I have been procrastinating. Unwilling to take the final step towards a truly comprehensive data protection plan. The first two stages (multiple copies, multiple formats) have been in place for years. Leveraging RAID1 (redundancy), multiple hard disk drives (backup), and DVD archival (format shift) but taking my important data off premises has been a sticking point because of […]
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I know the HA market is still young, but is it really too much to ask that players start to integrate with each other? How many apps should I need to get a best-of-breed solution? Rant done, the Ring looks interesting, go check out what Neowin has to say… In the world of home automation we’ve seen all sorts […]
Read moreThe review reads a lot like the last rev, at least when it comes to HTPC performance, so I am a bit disappointed. That said, it is in interesting look at year-on-year gains in the form factor. The success of UCFF PCs have made vendors realize that small and power-efficient computing platforms are here to stay. ARM SoC manufacturers, finding […]
Read moreNothing brings [mild] regret for electronics purchases like CES, and it looks like a big one for anyone who picked up a 2015 LG OLED owners with the 2016’s getting a slew of really nice upgrades (10-bit support!). Display expert Robert Heron breaks it down for us. Additional features common to all 2016 LG 4K OLED TVs: 10-bit panel 10-bit […]
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It’s an unfortunate reality in the US, that ClearQAM is slowly disappearing. But equally true, is that when it works, it is fantastic – sometimes even magical, like when HBO HD is broadcast in the clear :). So it is great that SD has added [sort of] support for the capture method in their developing HDHR DVR project. We don’t […]
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The lack of smart locks in the UK is lamentable, there just aren’t any locks that work with the “Night Latch” scheme that is somewhat popular. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it will work in my door though (it has a complex multi-bolt through the frame system) :(. If you do have a “Night Latch” lock, and were waiting for […]
Read moreI reviewed the Iris Pro Brix so I have more than a passing familiarity with the platform. While it was a nice system, it was simply too much CPU in such a tiny box (read loud). So in concept, I can kind of see where GIGABYTE is going with the double length BRIX concept AnandTech is showing off, but on […]
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To get the most out of Link Aggregation, you really need enterprise hardware. Well, that used to be true anyway. NETGEAR has had the technology in their consumer ReadyNAS line for a while, and recently brought it to their high-end Nighthawk X8 R8500 802.11AC router. If you’re curious about what that looks like in real terms AnandTech has tested it […]
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Audio is a critical part of the immersive viewing experience, perhaps even more so than the visual aspect – it draws you in, makes you forget reality, suspend disbelief, and embrace the filmmakers fable as it unfolds. As good as the home theater experience has become, there is still a lot of ground to cover when it comes to 3D […]
Read moreI reviewed the original [Bay Trail] Intel Compute Stick about a year ago, and while it was neat – the media/Wi-Fi performance was a bit anemic. Of course, as is the case with many things, a little bit of time (allowing for steady march of improvement) can fix a lot. So I’m much more enthusiastic about the upcoming Cherry Trail […]
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