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How to Save Money When Buying a New TV

Knowing how to strike when the iron is hot is a skill in and of itself. Doing so can help you save money, get the most bang for your buck (or ‘best value’, as people would say in a far more normal way), and maybe even get your dream purchase (be it one of the best 75-inch TVs out there) without having to break the bank. It might seem complex – daunting, even – given the wide range of…
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Waterproof or Water-Resistant: Everything You Need to Know About IPX Ratings

Waterproof vs. water-resistant is a common dilemma that certain people face when it comes to buying a new smartphone, speaker, or even earbuds. When you buy a new device, you are paying a lot of money for it, so of course, you would want to protect your investment. IPX ratings are helpful in this matter, and today we will take a look at what each rating means. Waterproof vs. Water Resistant: The…
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Which Apple TV Should You Buy? Apple TV Guide.

Apple TV started off modest. The original Mac-based, iTunes sync box is available right now as a 4K version and slightly older fourth-generation version. Both of these can further be divided into models based on features like the GB capacity. This guide will help you decide which one is best for you. Apple Fourth-generation TVs vs Apple 4K TVs The 2015 version of Apple TV, once updated with a Siri…
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720p vs 1080i vs 1080p: Everything You Need to Know

With just about a never-ending number of permutations and combinations of tech specs resulting in different shapes and sizes of screens – either on phones, televisions, projectors, and weird and wonderful monitors – it’s important to have a little know-how of the differences between varying types of video resolution. While most people might be aware of, say, 4k versus 1080p, not everyone…
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How to Set Up a Home Theater System

Home entertainment has come a long way from the days of box-like TV sets with bad quality screens; it is not just the TVs that have evolved, but the supplementary things like sound systems have come a long way as well. In fact, the term ‘home theater’ itself is a sign of how far we’ve come. Setting up a home theater – if you have time, money, and want to never leave your living room again…
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Earphones vs. Earbuds: What's the Difference?

Fear no more, brave reader: never again will you be left slightly confused on the landing page of a web store or at a loss for words when describing what you want to a shopkeeper when you want those little round things that make sounds go directly into your ears. While some people are content calling absolutely any form of these headphones, there’s a marked difference between these various…
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How to Clean a Mouse Pad

You might know how to clean your screen, give your keyboard a thorough scrub, and even the ins and outs of keeping a PC running in perfect health – but when we take a break from all this, we realize that the mouse pad has, in our neglect, become a part of that cesspool exemplifying the point of no return. Or, you know, it’s not that dramatic and we can guide you how to clean a mouse pad, right…
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How to Test a Webcam

Webcams have many uses but are of no use when they keep bombarding you with error upon error. While there are alternatives that let you avoid this problem in and of itself, the usual smart choice is to test your webcam either after you set it up or before you’re going to be using it, just so you can take care of any problems beforehand and not have to deal with them when you’re in the middle…
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Different Types of Headphones You Should Be Aware Of

It doesn’t matter if you identify primarily as an artist, gamer, or student, and no matter what your age – headphones are an integral tool in people’s lives. The New Yorker reported that in 2014, 53% of millennials owned three or more pairs of headphones! For something so important, it’s no surprise that the market is now completely saturated with all sorts of different types of…
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DirectX Troubleshooting Tips

DirectX is a preinstalled Microsoft software in Windows, and it serves as a programming interface that allows your computer’s software to communicate with its hardware. While the basic purpose of DirectX is to platforms such as the Windows OS to run smoothly, it is designed specifically for multimedia uses (rendering audio/video for games, movies, etc.) Therefore, problems with DirectX mean…
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How To Make Ink Cartridges Last Longer

In spite of the popularity of e-books and the fact of millions of digital documents being shared back and forth every minute, it still matters to have things inked out in print. This is because hard copies (of text documents, infographics, images, and legal files) are easy to locate and hard to accidentally delete, add to the importance of the material at hand, and sometimes it might simply be a…
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How to Turn Off, Disable or Uninstall Windows Defender

The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth spurt in the number of users online and using the Internet to share, send and receive files. There’s also the consistently-rising popularity of USB sticks, many so portable and common as to be used as keychains and increasingly boasting storage in the terabytes. To many, this also paints a vivid picture of opportunities for malware, viruses, and…
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