Amazon today have finally announced their own set-top box which brings streaming and games directly to your TV, just like all other set-top boxes available. The Amazon Fire TV set-top box features a quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and runs an Amazon version of Android. The box itself is fairly subtle and includes, Ethernet, […]
Toshiba announce the Camileo X-Sports action cam: 12MP CMOS Sensor with full 1080p @ 60fps support, coming by years end for €249
Toshiba today during IFA have announced a few new products with the Camileo X-sports bring their attention to the more portable action cam market. The camera includes a 12MP CMOS sesnor with ultra-wide angle lends and full 1080p @60fps support, 2.0 LCD screen and electronic image stabilizer. The device weighs just 94g and that includes […]
HDMI 2.0 official with 18Gbps bandwidth with 4K @60fps and 32 channel audio support
HDMI 2.0 is finally official and the specs have been released. The next standward will include support for up to 18Gbps bandwidth and support resolutions up to 3,840 x 2,160 @ 60fps. The audio side of things also sports up to 32 channels as well. The connection on the new spec has unchanged allowing for […]
Microsoft demo upcoming Windows 8.1 update on video
Microsoft are getting ready to release the first big update to Windows 8, which will simply be Windows 8.1. The new update brings a good few bug fixes, performance upgrades and more features. Some notable changes will be on the lock screen, wallpaper management, icon sizes in metro UI. Another and rather bigger addition is […]
XBMC 12 Frodo stable version released
XBMC 12 Frodo is out of beta and the stable version is now available to download. The stable version promises more Android and Raspberry Pi support. Other features include Live TV and PVR support as well as support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD via the new XBMC AudioEngine(not yet available on OSX/iOS). If you […]
Netflix post Q3 2012 earnings, showing $905 million in revenue with $8 million net profit
Netflix today posted their Q3 2012 results and are showing a decent improvement over last quarter. Their global income reaching a total of $905 million with a nice profit of $8 million. Netflix also released their latest numbers of streaming users which has hit 29 million with their DVD subscription users in the United States […]
Review: Asus 3GB 7970 DirectCUII graphics card
The art of the PC Gaming world always involves a great graphics card and the simple fact more performance from your graphics card means, better FPS and better looking games. This is of course assuming you don’t have anything else that would cause some form of a bottleneck, but it still comes that to the […]
XBMC for Android announced, teaser video and beta released
Now this is something everyone media lover(everyone?) should enjoy, XBMC which is pretty much the best media centre software on the planet is coming to Android and not some diluted version but the full experience. Now while it’s still very much in early stages with the beta release around the corner. The main issue will of […]
Point Grey deliver the world’s smallest 4K USB 3.0 camera @ 21fps
Point Grey want you to be able to record 4K video using a tiny camera and the use of USB 3.0. At least that is what the new Flea 4K camera does anyway. The new pocketable camera uses Sony’s IMX1221 Exmor R sensor to produce a nice 4,096 x 2,160 @ 21 fps and all […]
Play 720p(actual) YouTube videos on your Android device
Recently Google update the YouTube app on all Android devices and some were given the ability to playback true 720p videos. This was something of a feature wanted by many people(myself included) but alas it only works for certain devices. This was somewhat of an annoyance for those who expetec the app to be able […]