Intel NUC Reviewed, Thermal Issue Identified

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Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) shot to the top of many HTPC enthusiasts’ Santa lists when Intel finally revealed the final specs and prices earlier this month. The NUC will be available in two versions, the Thunderbolt-equipped DC3217BY and the DCDC3217IYE, which forgoes the Thunderbolt port in favor of a Gigabit Ethernet port. Our friends at TechReport recently got […]

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Logitech Harmony Touch Announced (Officially)

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Hey look, everybody! Logitech has announced a new Harmony remote control. That’s right, the Logitech Harmony Touch that Best Buy started selling over the weekend now officially exists. While it is certainly nice of Logitech to acknowledge the existence of the new remote control, there was not much to announce that we hadn’t already learned from the box that ashoemaker […]

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Cooler Master Elite 120 Reviewed

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There was a veritable flood of intriguing Mini-ITX cases released this summer, including the Cooler Master Elite 120. Cooler Master took a somewhat conservative apporach with the Elite 120, offering up a fairly conventional shoebox-style case that didn’t rock the boat by eliminating the 5.25″ bay or limiting internal bays to 2.5″ drives. The result is a largish, jack-of-all-trades Mini-ITX […]

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AMD Trinity for the HTPC Previewed

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AMD’s latest processors, the desktop version of their Trinity processors, will be released next month, but the company recently decided to allow the press to offer up “previews” of certain aspects of the new chips’ performance ahead of the lifting of the official embargo in October. The move has been met with some controversy as the previews may not offer […]

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Unannounced Logitech Harmony Touch Pops Up at Best Buy

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Logitech Harmony remotes are perennial favorites around these parts. Their programmability makes them an ideal solution in a home theater with an array of equipment, and their emphasis on activity-based usage can go a long way toward making a home theater easier to use, an especially important consideration for those of us with friends and family who may not share […]

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Lian LI PC-Q16 Mini-ITX Case Reviews

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Lian Li has built a reputation for quality and design with their aluminum cases over the years and the company has consistently been one of the biggest supporters of the Mini-ITX format. The Lian Li PC-Q16 is one of their cube-style Mini-ITX cases. To help trim a bit off the case’s girth, the PC-Q16 forgoes an ODD slot of any […]

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BitFenix Prodigy Reviewed

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The BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX case has been out for a few months already, and though that might be a lifetime in tech time, the reviews keep coming. This time it’s the white version on the table, and although there is no fuctional difference between the white and black versions, it’s still refreshing to get such a thorough visual tour of […]

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