Ask anyone who’s built a PC and they’ll tell you that PC cable management gives you more in peace of mind that it takes up in man-hours. With ‘clean up your room’ being a rallying cry and a mantra for a big chunk of the generation, it’s only fair that when it comes to things like programming or gaming, PC cable management is also taken into account.
From the budget buys to the best…
Behind the scenes of your favorite films and television shows, hours and hours of work (equaling months) is put in to achieve the final result. This is not just limited to the writing, directing, and producing, however, but also in bringing the end product to you: DVDs, rentable downloads, and streaming services all work hard to make the at-home experience as enjoyable for the viewer as…
Before spending a sizeable chunk of money on a nice pair of over-the-ear-headphones, it’s best to do your research. Don’t let all the intimidating terminology discourage you from making an informed purchase decision.
Over-the-ear headphones, also known as circumaural headphones, come in two designs that have different uses. Open-back vs closed-back headphones is a choice you will have to…
With so many options in the home audio market and for sound equipment, it can be hard to know at a glance what the best product is. What are the best home theater speakers out there? What if you want to get specific, such as when looking for the best floor standing speakers?
A good way is to spring for and understand how products and professionals benefit from something known as the THX…
A simple online search for any Wi-Fi-related queries will show you that variants of “how to improve Wi-Fi signal” or “how to improve Wi-Fi speed” are commonly asked questions, ones that you’ve probably mulled over too.
Fortunately, knowing how to optimize Wi-Fi networks for the best results is not some esoteric knowledge reserved just for those who like geeking out over hardware and…
Color depth and image quality are intertwined in a highly crucial way; image quality is as dependent on color bit depth as it would be on something as fundamental as color space.
The best monitors out there, no matter what type – whether they’re gaming monitors or ultrawide monitors – all present a total package that fires on all cylinders with great resolution, ideal response time, a…
Digital communication is all about frequencies. A frequency band is thus “how” your data is transmitted over wireless frequencies, with specific ones for phones, Wi-Fi, televisions, and so on.
The ‘bands’ in our title and in these names, then, refer to frequency bands; these multiple bands allow for switching between different standards, with each group of frequencies having the ability to…
The FreeSync VS G-Sync debate has been raging on for a while now: even the best gaming monitors are split between their support, and the fundamental divide between AMD FreeSync VS Nvidia G-Sync drives both manufacturers to add more and better features to their products to emerge with the best graphics cards.
Still, the relative merits of G-Sync VS FreeSync can be decided through knowing what you…
A NAND is a non-volatile flash memory type. Flash memory is used for storing and transmitting data between devices, usually a PC and other digital devices: this is what makes our USB “flash drives” and our external HDDs work, as well as making hybrid hard drives more robust.
What is 3D NAND? Named after the ‘not-AND’ logic gates of digital electronics, 3D NAND – sometimes known…
Polar patterns on microphones are a great tool for helping you decide what microphone, or what type of microphone, works best for your needs.
Which microphone is best for streaming? Can a budget gaming headset have the best microphone for gaming?
We can tell “how” a microphone picks up sound by its polar pattern; thus, microphone polar patterns tell us about the microphone’s sensitivity to…
With the way technology has advanced to bring high-quality cameras to your cellphone, you wouldn’t be surprised to realize that what was once cutting-edge technology, the use of a green screen, is something you can now have fun with at home or even use to spice up your videos.
Many of us might have recently seen – during this period of online learning, remote work and increased digital…
Some of the best wireless headphones out there also boast noise-canceling capabilities. Noise-canceling headphones have even given way to noise-canceling earbuds (the best of which allow for both comfort and portability), allowing for this powerful technology to be accessible at every level of casual music listening, gaming, professional use, and other possibilities that are being explored.
In…