Many folks in the United States may never have heard of VCDs. However, in many parts of the world, these CD-based movies were the main way anyone could get their hands on the latest and greatest Hollywood hits….
Modern tablet computers have much improved screens and battery life compared to the early days of these popular devices. However, eReaders haven’t been stagnant either, and if you enjoy reading ebooks, there’s a legitimate di…
You probably don’t think much about compatibility when you plug in your Ethernet cables, but sometimes when you directly connect two devices with an Ethernet cable, they won’t talk to each other! This is where you need a “cro…
From Game of Thrones to The Mandalorian, TV shows are darker than ever, and we don’t mean they have edgy scripts. If you’re trying to watch the latest shows but can’t make out anything, we have a few bright ideas….
Most of us will never have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a high-horsepower racecar and tear around world-famous tracks, but with a home racing simulator, you can get incredibly close to that experience without le…
If you buy a Mac today, you also get almost all the software you need for productivity or creativity included, while it seems like Windows users have to shell out for quality software applications. But with so much good free …
The Nintendo Switch has been a smash hit for Nintendo, and in 2023 has entered its seventh year of existence, sparking hype about a successor. Every Switch fan has a wishlist of features for the “Switch 2”, and these are ours…
In PC gaming, you have a choice between a gaming desktop or a laptop. However, it’s not always clear which one of these options is the right one for you. Before you buy, get to know the key differentiators….
Modern computers are fast, really fast. So it can be quite annoying when your computer. Stutters. Constantly. Tracking down and fixing these stutters can be a real chore, but for some of the most common stutter causes there a…
A second monitor is one of the most potent productivity boosters for Windows users, but sometimes your computer fails to see the extra display. This is a common issue most people will run into eventually, but fixing it is eas…
On PC, and increasingly on gaming consoles, you have your choice of using a controller or using a mouse and keyboard to play your games. Gamers often have strong feelings about which option is superior, but what’s the real an…
Bandwidth is limited, and some older video content just doesn’t look that great on modern displays. So NVIDIA decided to use its GPU AI muscle to upscale those grainy videos in your browser to something sharp and beautiful to…
While the parallel port is now safely buried in the grave of obsolescence, it may seem odd that the humble, slow serial port is still around. But as it turns out, bit-by-bit, this humble communications port has become essenti…
DDR5 is the latest and greatest memory standard that promises to be better than DDR4 in almost every way, but does that mean you should throw your DDR4 in the trash and rush out to buy DDR5? Read this first….
A gallon of milk is a gallon of milk, but a terabyte of hard drive space may not be what it says on the box! The difference between advertised and reported drive capacities is easy to explain.
Netflix paid $500M to get Seinfeld for five years, but for seventy bucks, you can have it for the rest of your life! It turns out the humble DVD may be a hidden gem in this age of fickle streaming.
While large format TVs are readily available, once you go north of 70 inches the price curve goes nearly vertical. In contrast, projectors seem like a good solution if you want to experience a wall-spanning movie picture, but…
Gaming laptops come in a variety of sizes, and while it may seem like this isn’t the most important decision to make before buying one, it can have a domino effect on every other aspect of your new gaming PC….
If you’ve seen gaming PCs, you may have noticed the monstrous number of fans these systems use to keep things cool, but what if you went the other way? Can you build a PC that has no fans at all?
Even entry-level and mid-range phones have great cameras now, and you probably have hundreds if not thousands of photos taken with your phone over the years. While we all love sharing these photos digitally, why not print the…
A powerful desktop PC or laptop often has to trade high performance for noisy cooling and bulky size. If you can’t stand how loud your computer is, don’t have room for it in your office, or want to switch to the living room T…
Whether you’re dealing with an unreliable power supply or want to make sure you can charge your essential gadgets when far away from the grid, a solar charger is an essential part of your hiking, travel, or emergency kit….
PC enthusiasts love making things go faster than the product manufacturer says it should, and there are clear benefits to overclocking, say, a CPU. You can also overclock a monitor, but it might not be obvious why anyone woul…
While 4K TVs are commonplace, and many PC gamers are moving on to 1440p monitors or higher, there are many reasons why you don’t need to upgrade your 1080p display yet. There’s plenty of life left in “Full HD.”…
You can cool a CPU or GPU with water, air, and liquid nitrogen, but what about electrons? Peltier coolers can use the magic of electricity and physics to chill your components, but there’s a reason we don’t all use them….
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