PC Peripherals

Asus outs two new external optical drives, the SBC-06D1S-U Blu-ray disc combo and SDR-08D1-U DVD-RW

Asus continues to lead the market of high-performing optical storage devices, such as DVD-RW drives and Blu-ray Disc combos, which have been the standard for professional high-end storage environments. Asus’ new USB 2.0-ready SBC-06D1S-U Blu-ray Disc combo and SDR-08D1-U DVD-RW external optical drives are created with a slim design and ensures both optimized writing and reading capabilities for netbook and “on the go” users. +Continue Reading

iBuyPower, with the guidance of Asetek, develops the first and only Thermaltake Level 10 PC chassis liquid cooling system

As some of us knew, the Thermaltake Level 10 PC chassis has no standard liquid cooling system. And so, Gaming PC innovator iBuyPower, has recently announced its apparently first and currently only liquid cooling solution created for the Thermaltake Level 10 PC casing. iBuyPower collaborated with several Asetek engineers to develop an architecture allowing a Liquid cooling system made by Asetek to be integrated on the Thermaltake Level 10 PC case. This is only another proof that iBuyPower is solidly dedicated with innovation. +Continue Reading

Toshiba unveils its BD Live 2.0-ready BDX2100KB Blu-ray disc player

With all the several companies that are pushing to enhance their product’s quality such as 3D Blu-ray disc players, Toshiba appears to be a bit left behind and still brags about BD-Live 2.0 compatibility which other firms already acquired for years now. Toshiba’s latest Blu-ray Disc Player unveiled for UK is dubbed as the BDX2100KB. This one of course, is capable of 1080/24p featuring an all classic and glossy black design, which would suit most of the interior decorations out there. +Continue Reading

Netgear and Ericsson joined forces to develop the MBRN3300E 3G Wireless Router

Netgear is a major networking solutions manufacturer which has collaborated with Ericsson, a worldwide leader in 3G mobile broadband network technology, to develop the new MBRN3300E 3G wireless router. The included 3G capability to a Netgear Ethernet and Wireless router is great news because of its portability. +Continue Reading

Asus and A-Data collaborates to intro USB 3.0 goodies including N002 combo drive and NH01 HDD

Asus is a long term partner of A-Data, and the collaboration introduced new product solutions that are USB 3.0-ready. The unveiling was done at the recently held technical seminar conducted by Asus. They also performed demonstration of the mentioned products to impress the participants with the claimed ultra fast performance. Some of the demoed products include the freshly released N002 combo drive and the NH01 portable hard disk drive. +Continue Reading

Corsair’s new Nova and Reactor SATA II SSD Lines

Corsair’s new lines of solid state drives are called Nova and Reactor and they are SATA-II 2.5 inch form factor solid state drives that utilize nothing but a SATA-II interface. The Nova series is confirmed to use the Indilinx Barefoot controller while it’s still unknown what controller the Reactor has. +Continue Reading

Thermaltake intros Toughpower XT series of high-end PSUs

Thermaltake announced a new edition of the award-winning Toughpower XT line of high-end PC power supply units, the New Toughpower XT. It has 25 watts more than other brands in the market enhancing the system upgrade potential. The PSU’s efficiency increases by up to 80% via the DC-DC Converter Module, Double Forward technology and the new Active PFC circuit design while improving system stability and reliability. It also utilizes high quality Japanese made solid state capacitors and latest PCI-E 6pin & PCI-E 6+2pin connectors to support latest multi-graphics solutions such as SLI and CrossFire X. +Continue Reading

Atlona’s new DP400 Dual Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort Adapter

Atlona outs its new product that will help users save thousands of dollars for looking to avoid upgrading their entire computer, based simply on a video incompatibility issue. The Atlona DP400 Dual Link DVI to Mini Display Port adapter has been designed to convert every Mac or PC computer’s with a dual link DVI output to a digital signal over a Mini DisplayPort connector. It is specifically designed to work with iMac 27 inch, which can support resolutions up to 2560×1440. +Continue Reading

Texas Instruments’ DaVinci TMS320DM6467 video processor supports full 1920 x 1080 HD resolution

Texas Instruments recently announced a new DaVinci video processor developed to meet the higher demand for enhanced digital video quality, as well as higher resolution and a faster frame rate for video communications and security applications, the TMS320DM6467T. This is a single-chip processor that runs at 1 GHz and will allow for networked digital video applications to decode high-def H.264. +Continue Reading

Tandberg provides full HD video conferencing via the new Codec C40

It’s increasingly costly for people to travel around for business purposes, and pretty much everyone’s concerned with cutting costs and efficiency nowadays, telepresence and teleconferencing solutions are becoming popular. Tandberg is making it even easier for companies to adopt such solution by adding the Codec C40 model to its C Series codec platform. +Continue Reading