Review of Hauppauge HD PVR media recorder

Without a doubt, the Hauppauge HD PVR is a very capable device, at least according to the manufacturer’s promises. The first thing that hit me though was; what about the recording media, there’s no hard drive in it? But then I understood that I had been somewhat fooled by the “PVR” part of the product name. This is not a traditional PVR with an internal hard drive, it’s more like a HD video transferring and converting device. For instance, you can record live TV or previously recorded media from you set top box directly onto your computer through the HD PVR unit…

Link to review:

http://www.testseek.com/labs/reviews/review-of-hauppauge-hd-pvr-media-recorder/?p=1996

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Smartphone App Stores Compared

“If a building is only as good as its foundation, then a smartphone is only as good as its app store. Even as manufacturers continue to stack their handsets with YouTube support, instant messaging, and other essentials right out of the box, the features just don’t add up to the amount of capability a phone can take on in the hands of the right developers: You name it, a good smartphone can do it. The app store you buy into will have a longstanding effect on the way you use your phone – perhaps more than any other feature. But it’s tough to get a feel for every smartphone app store when you don’t get to push a cart down the aisles until you have a carrier contract in your filing cabinet and there’s no turning back. With that in mind, we’ve gone out and done the legwork for you and compiled a dossier on five of the most popular (and populated) app stores out there. So check out the wares, do your research, and invest wisely, so you know which is worth dialing into.”

Link to the feature:

http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/143/smartphone-app-stores-compared

MSI P55 GD65 i5 Mobo Review

Quote: “Today I will be looking at a brand new product, literally only a week or two from release from one of the best known names in the computer hardware manufacturing business. That manufacturer is MSI or Micro Star International. The product is one of their new motherboards for the new line of I5 Intel CPU’s MSI’s P55 GD65. As it’s from MSI I expect it to be of the highest quality.”

Link: http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/review.php?id=488

TechwareLabs Event Coverage: Knight 4 Gamers

Quote: September 18th, 2009 saw over 2000 attendees pour through the doors of the Pegasus Ballroom at the University of Central Florida. The event, Knight 4 Gamers is an expo of technology and gaming that occurs each year at UCF. On hand for the event was Dell, Apple, Asus, Blue Orb, Alienware, Logitech, and more. Of course Techwarelabs was there pimping several of our rigs in a COD4 Tournament as well as showing the crowd some pretty damn impressive machines and technology. Check out our pictures, video’s, and the prizes some people took home.

LINK: http://www.techwarelabs.com/event-coverage-knight-4-gamers/

ATI Radeon HD 5850 CrossFire Video Card Review

Quote: “When it comes to the performance of the ATI Radeon HD 5850 we found it to be 15-25% slower than the Radeon HD 5870 in the vast majority of the benchmarks. It was also faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 graphics card, which is currently NVIDIA’s flagship single GPU video card! If we had to suggest a screen resolution size to go with the Radeon HD 5850 it would have to be 1680 x 1050 and under if you like to turn all the eye candy on. Sure, the majority of the benchmarks that we ran here today showed the Radeon HD 5850 was able to run above 60FPS at 1920 x 1200 with 8xAA enabled, but we would like to plan for the future. With DirectX 11 game titles coming out soon a Radeon HD 5870 would be the better choice for gamers with monitors greater than 24″ and screen resolutions in the 1920 x 1200 and beyond range…”

LaCie 1TB Hard Disk by Neil Poulton Review

Quote: “If you’ve heard of LaCie you know they are known for their external hard drives. One thing I’ve always liked about LaCie has been their unique and stylish design for their hard drives. Today we will be looking at another external hard drive from them designed by famous product designer Neil Poulton. This 1TB drive is simple, yet stylish. You probably won’t find another drive out there like it! Let’s take a look…”

AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB Review – Cyprus gets a bit cheaper

Quote: “For a $259 graphics card, the Radeon HD 5850 is a hell of a
performer. In our series of gaming tests the Evergreen GPUs are proving to
be highly competitive and the HD 5850 is no exception. With its pricing
schedule it rests between the GTX 275 and the GTX 285 from NVIDIA and it
actually fell into that price segment pretty well in terms of overall
performance. In Batman, for example, the GTX 275 was actually slightly
faster than the Radeon HD 5850 though in Far Cry 2 the HD 5850 was able to
beat even the GTX 285.”

[News] Maxcube Amoris 6010 Case Review

Quote: “Computer case options are aplenty in the market nowadays. You can choose just about any color, finish or pattern your heart desires (or wallet can afford). I still remember the days of simply beige, meaning beige was simply the only color (if you can call it a color) available. There is also numerous sizes and shapes of cases on the market now, so case makers are trying their darnedest to separate themselves from the pack. Today I have for you one such newcomer to the case market by the name of Maxcube and their new Amoris 6010 case. It offers us a very unique front door but does it have the rest of the goods to make it to your house? Read on…”

Core i5 vs. Phenom II X4 CPU Review

“Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) from Intel is costing today USD 200 and AMD doesn’t have any Phenom II X4 at the same price tag. The closest matches are Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (3.2 GHz), costing USD 189, and Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (3.4 GHz), costing USD 245 – which are the fastest CPUs from AMD –, putting Core i5-750 in the middle of the two in terms of price. But how about performance? Which CPU is faster, Core i5 or Phenom II X4? Let’s see!”
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/819

Logitech Z523 Review

“Have you ever wondered why more audio companies aren’t building PC speakers these days? Listen to Logitech’s Z523 speaker system and you’ll ask a second question that handily explains the first: How in the world can any company manufacture powered speakers that sound this good and sell them for a hundred bucks? Before the audiophiles in the crowd issue a fatwa on us though, let us be clear in that we are praising these speakers chiefly for their price/performance ratio. They suffer mightily in comparison to some of the pricier speakers we’ve auditioned-Audioengine USA’s $350 A5, for example, but frankly, we haven’t heard anything that comes close to the Z523 at this price range.”

Link to the review:

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review/6728/logitech-z523-review

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