Miscellaneous Category
Streacom TL-1 Tube Amplifier Review
Streacom’s TL-1 Tube Amplifier is a small compact amp that offers users nothing other than pure clarity of both sound and bass up to the devices highest possible level. Tube amplifier technology is older technology that has been slightly improved over the years. You may be familiar with many digital amps if you are a music enthusiast, but how familiar are you with “Valve Amplifiers”?
Hauppauge HD PVR Gaming Edition Review
Today we have the Hauppauge HD PVR Gaming Edition that we will be taking a look at. You may all be familiar with the previous normal Hauppauge HD PVR, but this edition now offers you 1080i recording resolution for PS3/Wii/Xbox 360. There are many of you how love to watch YouTube videos of peoples edited videos of COD of Gears Of War, and especially Halo 3. Many of you would love to be able to record your own gameplay on consoles and PC, but you know you can’t just because the price is too high for the equipment; well the Hauppauge HD PVR unfortunately isn’t any different. This HD recorder cost around £190/$297. Now I bet you really want to know what it offers for that large RRP, well let’s take a look shall we with a video review.
ICYBOX USB3.0 HDD Enclosure
USB 3 technology has been very slow to catch on. The products have existed but many end-users have not seen any reason to spend out on this new tech. Many have said that the performance games cannot surely be that much better, and that any gain surely doesn't warrant spending money on a new USB device especially when the industry is bringing out new innovations all the time. Regardless of this trend there are plenty of new products on the market which boast impressive specifications and seem to be starting a USB 3 revolution. We have a product here today that not only looks good but also threatens to relegate older USB hard drive enclosures to the bin. The ICY BOX IB-288StU3-Wh.
PCTV Systems Nanostick T2 Review
DVB-T Sticks for your PC have been around for quite some time now, providing its users with access to all available Freeview channels. Today at HardwareLook, we are extremely excited to be reviewing the world’s first DVB-T2 stick which, as well as providing being able to stream, record and time-shift Freeview and radio channels in perfect quality, it also picks up the unencrypted HD channels as well.
With the additional feature of being able to stream SD live-tv to any iPhone, iPad or Mac / PC, it’s more than likely going to be quite some product if everything works as it should. Let’s take a look and see how well it performs…
StarTech USB 2.0 DisplayPort KVM Switch Review
The introduction of newer video digital interface standards, such as DisplayPort, offer better image quality, resolutions and refresh rates over existing technologies such as DVI and VGA.
The DisplayPort connection is now being implemented into the KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) Switch: a simple hardware device allowing a user to control multiple computers via a single set of peripheral devices.
With a native resolution of 2560x1600 @ 60Hz, keyboard, mouse and 7.1 HD digital audio supports, the StarTech DisplayPort KVM switch with USB Hub is one such device utilising the new standard.
BitFenix Interview with Coco Lee
The launch of BitFenix over the past few weeks has certainly caught the eye with a promise to manufacture truly innovative products and to break the mould.
Dedicated to the gaming market and already with links to the KODE5 gaming revolution, the company has been busy promoting its name and telling consumers about BitFenix's approach and mindset. Moreover, the company has teamed up with GeIL and GIGABYTE to offer some great prizes for its new video contest.
So despite not having any products to show off as of yet, we thought it was high time we caught up with BitFenix's Business Development Manager, Coco Lee and find out a bit more...
