The Dell UltraSharp 24 Wireless Monitor uses the sometimes divisive Miracast technology to beam a signal from your Windows computer or Android device directly to your display, removing all the hassle and ugly organization of HDMI cables hanging off the back of your screen. But does removing a few wires make up for the slow performance and laggy input that we suffered through while the Dell chugged to keep up with the daily demands of our office?
The Nutri Ninja iQ 1500-Watt blender is a complete set of kitchen appliances that can all be tied back to a single base, handling many of the same tasks you’d do separately in one easy to use system. But at only $249, can one blender really do all the jobs you need it to without dropping the ball where it matters?
The Acer Predator XB271HK is just one of three models that made our best 4K gaming monitors list for 2016- but what are the key components that really set it head and shoulders above the rest? Was it the imposing design, the endless settings choices, or its speedy performance when it came to all things gaming?
Chromebooks are great for a lot of things, whether it’s writing a paper or browsing the web without worrying about getting infected with malware. But how do you know which is the best printer for Chromebook in 2016? Chromebooks, for all the things they do well, can also be notoriously fickle when it comes to drivers and recognizing third-party hardware without a heap of extra hair-pulling on the side.
With the release of the new Arctis series of “gaming-but-not-only-gaming” headsets, SteelSeries is attempting to blur the lines between where the headsets we use at home ends, and those we’d be proud to take on the train begin. In other words, until now, gamers have been forced to spend money on one headset they want to use when they’re in the thick of battle online, as well as an additional pair of cans they wouldn’t be ashamed to show off in public.
Of all the different headphone categories out there today, the Bluetooth “sportbuds” market is easily one of the most crowded of the bunch. With every company trying to outperform and outshine the other with increasingly loud drivers and bright colors, will new buds like the Optoma NuForce BE Sport3 find a place where they can compete?
If you’ve got a large property that needs a lot of security with not a whole lot of cameras in the mix, you’re probably thinking about investing in wide-angle options like the D-Link DCS-8200LH.
With its 180° lens, this camera can easily cover twice the viewing landscape of some competing options, but is that one benefit alone enough to help us forget the many places where it falls flat on it face?
Earlier yesterday, it was reported by the online Chromebook hub Chrome Unboxed that Samsung had accidentally let loose details on its upcoming chromebook Pro line of high-end laptops. The news went live when several retailers posted specs and pictures of the upcoming Chromebook, as well as a landing page for the product that was posted on Samsung’s own website.
Windows 10’s Start menu is very customizable. Add website shortcuts to your Start menu and you can quickly access your favorite websites by clicking a tile. This works with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or any other browser.
The instructions are a bit different for each browser, however, so we’ll go through them one by one.
As Linksys continues to reinvent the ways we all get online while still sticking true to what fans of their routers love, the company has since slowed down its “revolutionary” designs for more “evolutionary” choices instead. The WRT3200ACM is another in what’s looking to become a whole series of routers that rely on nostalgia to hook old users, and performance to bring in new ones. But will those two factors alone be enough to recapture some of the magic that’s been lost in the router market over the past few years?
What’s the best 2-in-1 ultrabook in 2016? If you ask a dozen different people you’re likely to get a dozen different answers, but on the whole you want to keep an eye on devices that are able to pack serious specs into a small space, and put them all behind a display that you wouldn’t mind looking at for more than a few hours a day.
Optoma may be recognized in the technology world primarily for their work on great projectors like the HD25-LV and HD27, but did you know they’ve got a department filled with audiophiles too?
Determined to offer the perfect combination of both high quality audio and sound for your complete home theater experience, the company’s latest mobile Nuforce µDAC5 mobile DAC is a pocket-sized powerhouse that delivers rich, boisterous sound on the go.
If you’ve just finished sweating through your third t-shirt of the day and can’t get off your couch because the leather has welded to your skin, it’s probably time to look into the best portable air conditioner for your money in 2017. But what kind of features set some portable A/C units apart from others, and should you pay the extra penny to get them on your next purchase?
In the world of projectors, it can be hard to find models like the newest Optoma HD27. This is a projector which can create insanely bright images with stellar picture quality behind them, all at a price that makes the home theater hobby available to almost every level of potential buyer out there.
Not many people know this; but one of the best ways you can start saving some cash every month is by grabbing one of the best home espresso machines, and let your inner budding barista flourish. When we looked for the best home espresso machine, we considered features like what kind of pump system the machine used, how many bars of pressure it could maintain, whether it was semi-automatic or full, and whether or not it carried its own internal grinder.
So you’ve decided to jump into the realm of serious home theater enthusiasts, picked out your best home theater projector for 2017, and are ready to transform your living room into the ultimate multimedia viewing experience – but what’s next? Why, picking out a projector screen of course! Whether you go electric or manual, tensioned or non-tensioned, there are dozens of different factors and features that separate the best from the rest.
So you’ve watched every season of Top Chef, started up your Blue Apron subscription, and now it’s time to get cooking…but you’re still missing one key ingredient in the mix: the best chef knife of 2017. When it comes to blades in the kitchen, no two hunks of highly-tuned metal are exactly alike, which is why you need to do plenty of research on the various different factors that can separate a $20 CutCo knife from a $400 Shun.
The introduction of the Pascal GPU architecture from Nvidia has raised the bar for all gaming laptop manufacturers to hit, and the MSI GT73VR is a machine that’s poised to break every performance record we have on the book.
G-Sync vs FreeSync. Nvidia vs. AMD. A battle that feels like it’s been waged since the beginning of time, but in reality has only been going on since AMD purchased ATI back in 2006. Before then Nvidia was warring with ATI over which graphics card could squeeze out just a few more frames per second than the other, but this was long before either company even knew what the problem of “screen tearing” was, let alone how to solve it.
Despite the fact that 4K TVs have been on sale for nearly three years now, it’s only in 2016 that the very first 4K Blu-Ray players finally made their way to shelves so you can enjoy some of your favorite movies and TV shows in their full, high-res glory. Sure, you can stream shows like House of Cards in 4K from Netflix, but video purists will be the first to tell you that the only way to get the true 4K experience (instead of the grainy, compressed version you get from streaming) is with a battle-tested 4K Blu-Ray player.
