ocaholic published a review on the AC Ryan PlayonHD! mini mediaplayer. Other new articles:

- Gaming Desktop Round-Up: Puget vs. Maingear vs. Acer
- Thermaltake Tt eSports Challenger gaming keyboard review
- Sapphire Mini Projector 101: A Battery-powered Cinema
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Review
- VIA Nano CPUID Tricks



AC Ryan PlayonHD! mini Review
ocaholic published a review on the AC Ryan PlayonHD! mini mediaplayer

With the PlayonHD! mini, AC Ryan presents a mediaplayer which - according to the manufacturer - should be able to stream Full HD content to your telly. The looks are nice so device really fits into a living room but is it also easy to use?

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Gaming Desktop Round-Up: Puget vs. Maingear vs. Acer
TechSpot posted a Gaming Desktop Round-Up: Puget vs. Maingear vs. Acer

Most hardcore enthusiasts will tell you it's better to build your own gaming system rather than getting one pre-built. If not for the enjoyment of putting all the components together yourself, then simply to ensure you're getting high quality parts at the best possible price.

Going the homebrewed route is not always an option however. Whether for a lack of hardware knowledge, or shortage of time to research and build their own system, many people opt to go the manufactured route. Pre-built systems from companies like HP, Dell, Gateway, and others seem to offer a good blend of components at an attractive price. At the same time, we are seeing an increasing number of custom PC boutiques that cater to enthusiasts who value customer service and customization over an off-the-shelf PC and may be willing to pay a few extra bucks for this level of service.

Today we will be looking at three different gaming systems from the likes of Puget Systems, Maingear and Acer. All three vary quite a bit in core components, cooling options and appearance, but maintain the same sub-$2,000 price tag per our request.

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Thermaltake Tt eSports Challenger gaming keyboard review
Elite Bastards posted a review on the Thermaltake Tt eSports Challenger gaming keyboard

All in all, the basic layout of the Challenger keyboard is almost exactly what you'd expect, although it's worth noting the presence of just one Windows key on the right-hand side of the keyboard - A reasonable decision for gaming, but frustrating for other uses if you're used to using the Windows key on the left-hand side a lot as I am. As previously mentioned, this solitary Windows key can be blanked out using one of the "dummy" keys provided for this purpose, ensuring that you won't accidentally switch out of the middle of a game by pressing the wrong thing.

Also featured on the Challenger is a Function key, which allows you to access the keyboard's multimedia abilities (to change volume levels and play or pause video and music playback) and also gives you the opportunity to switch between the different profiles available via the keyboard and its 32KB of on-board flash memory which allows you to store up to six macros per profile.

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Sapphire Mini Projector 101: A Battery-powered Cinema
InsideHW.com has reviewed Sapphire Mini Projector 101

The breakthroughs in LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology helped create a category of pico projectors. Cameras, mobile phones and similar devices containing a tiny projector have already appeared on the market, but as it usually happens, their price and “child diseases” will make us carry around a separate device for some time. Sapphire Mini Projector 101, for instance…

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Review
TechReviewSource.com posted a review on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 is a 12.1-megapixel digital camera that has many things going for it: good image quality, a powerful zoom, GPS for geotagging, and more. It definitely doesn't lack features, and with its rather steep price, it's a good thing.

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VIA Nano CPUID Tricks
iXBT Labs takes a look at VIA Nano CPUID Tricks

Intel compiler and libraries often work suspiciously slow on processors from other vendors. The matter is that generated code has multiple versions of the most critical parts optimized for specific architectures and instruction sets. There's also a dispatcher that selects the needed code path. Thanks to Agner Fog, who has found out how to change the CPUID data of the VIA Nano processor, we now can conduct an independent "fairness" test and see what's going on.

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