The last year has been pretty much a write-off as one of our favorite pre-occupations during the summer months is travel. The world stage has changed drastically and, as much as world travel holds its benefits, getting into the Z and just driving can’t be beat. We were actually holding up this review because we wanted to include some amazing …
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Nvidia Launches Shield Gaming Box Powered by Android TV
Today, during their Made To Game event, Nvidia unveiled the latest in their Shield lineup, the all-new Android TV powered gaming console, simply named the Shield. NVIDIA SHIELD GAMING BOXThe Shield Box is powered by Android TV, but unlike other Android TV boxes it features full 4K video support. That is no doubt thanks to the inclusion of Nvidia’s latest Tegra X1 SoC, …
Read More »Snail Shows Off Their OBox Game Console – CES 2015 Update
In our time at CES we got to stop by Snail’s booth, where they showed off their Android powered game console, the OBox. Snail Games is a Chinese game company that has their hands in just about everything, from game development to telecommunications, and now hardware. It really is amazing that most of us in North America have probably never heard …
Read More »4K Gaming PC Under $1500 (USD) – Our Build Of The Week
With the recent arrival of relatively inexpensive, high quality 4K ultra high-definition displays, 4K gaming is becoming more common and a lot easier to get into. The only problem is, many users don’t know exactly what kind of hardware they’d need in order to push their games at 4K. What’s worst is that many also think a 4K capable machine …
Read More »Patriot Intros Pyro M3 SSD and Stellar Flash Drives – Computex 2014 Update
Last week at Computex, our visit with Patriot brought to light several product introductions, of which the new Pyro M3 SSD caught our attention. The Pyro M3 is a mSATA SSD that will be available in capacities of 120 and 240GB. Performance for this SSD is listed at both read and write speeds above 500MB/s. Patriot is also showing much …
Read More »QNIX QX2710 27″ Evolution II 2560×1440 Monitor Review – Value Driven Korean Monitors Are a Purchase Alternative
THE DILEMMA It wasn’t so long ago that an upgrade to a 27″ 2560×1440 pixel monitor couldn’t be done for under a $1000 and these were considered the highest of niche displays for the gamer and PC enthusiast. Today, value priced Korean units can be found at $319 or lower, realizing at least a 50% savings when compared to current …
Read More »Lenovo’s ThinkPad W520 Mobile Workstation Praised By Indie Filmmaker
Indie filmmaker Michael Suan recently did a lengthy interview with Lenovo on why he settled on using the Lenovo ThinkPad W520 mobile workstation for editing his new film called AKP: Job 47: “We considered doing post-production on a MacBook Pro, but we realized that it was ill-suited for handling RED EPIC footage at 4K resolution so we used a ThinkPad W520 …
Read More »Samsung CES 2013 Keynote Shows Amazing Prototype 110 inch 4K Television
At the Samsung keynote the world was introduced to the newest, biggest brightest crystal clear 4k TV. Soon to be on the market? Well not really. I can’t see these being released in this size in the foreseeable future; and unless you just hit the jackpot in Vegas I’m sure the price is something less to be desired. It’s not …
Read More »Five Trends to Lookout for at CES 2013
It has been a great year for technology such as tablets, smartphone’s and ultraportables and, just like every year, new technologies (or those that finally become affordable) are showcased. With CES 2013 set to rear its ugly face on January 8th, it only makes sense to look at some of the big trends that are going to be displayed this …
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