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Archive for the ‘XSR’ Category Nerd Fitness: Part 1 – Getting Started The online world is a weird one, as in some respects we all revert back to stereotypes. Partly for humour, and partly because we don't know each other very well. Typically one of them is that us nerds, geeks and gamers are all fat, lazy, out of shape messes and considering how this is contrasted with the intrinsic hotness of the girl geek, it seems a little unfair. Now of course there are ways around this. You can hit the gym, get a running machine, drink diet shakes, there's plenty you can do to get in shape to break through the stereotype, but it's a little boring. So what can we do to buff up while still maintaining our geeky persona? How can we get fit, while utilising our god given talents as nerds to make the experience fun and interesting? Gentleman, I present to you XSR's guide to Nerd Fitness: Part 1, Getting started. NoLimitZZZ Blobo During our recent visit to the Gadget Show Live one of the companies we talked to was NoLimitZZZ who detailed a product they'd put together that they touted as some sort of Wii killer. Called the Blobo (blob-oh) it's a PC enabled motion controller which hooks up wirelessly to play several Wii-Fit, Wii-Sports inspired games. There's running, jumping, basketball, bowling and more. Let's see how we get on. Arctic Sound E352 Today we are looking at the Artic Sound E352 ear phones. Artic Sound is a subsidiary of the well-known Artic Cooling company and specifies itself in audio products, which the name already suggests. The E352 are aimed at the audiophile, offering quality sound, a good look and a nice product package and are part of a lager series of Artic Sound products, with a starting price of $42.20 for the E351-W ranging up to $69.95 for the E352-D, which I am reviewing here today. NZXT Gamma Placed in the Classic Series, the NZXT Gamma is akin to the Beta and Beta EVO chassis’. Characterised by a simple, yet effective, layout, all three of these cases are designed for the more mainstream market due to their affordability at around the £30 bracket. This is not to say the Gamma is a standard black box and front panel though , as with the Beta, it offers visual character that sets this case apart from similarly priced enclosures. However, the Antec Two Hundred is still very much king of the hill in terms of budget chassis; the NZXT Beta, although well-intentioned, couldn’t quite deliver to the extent of the Antec enclosure and so it would appear the Gamma has been launched to put this right. Auzentech X-Fi Bravura Auzentech audio cards have been favourites among the XSR team for a good few years now not only for their great sound quality and effects but also for the broad appeal to gamers, audiophiles and home theatre lovers alike. Auzentech cards are built around PCI Express based Creative X-Fi chips with a wealth of features enabling the sound card to be so widely appealing: EAX 5.0 for the gamers, DTS Interactive for movies and music and of course a dedicated, independent headphone circuit designed for professional grade headphones. To give it its full name, the Auzentech X-Fi Bravura 7.1 arrived promising the same great Auzentech quality with a few added extras. So what exactly does the Bravura have in its locker? A close inspection will reveal all… Stardock USB 3.0 HDD Dock and Card When it comes to portable storage there are two different improvements everyone is interested in hearing about: capacity and transfer speeds. One of the newest ones to hit the market is the advent of the new USB standard, USB 3.0. Today we're looking at a Startech package that gives you not only a hard drive dock supporting the new port, but also a PCI-E card giving you a pair of USB3 ports to make sure you're fully compatible. Mach Extreme MX-DS 100GB With traditional hard drives becoming somewhat of a mass storage platform and SSDs taking over as the dominant boot drive, there are quite a few companies diving head first into this market to cash in on the phenomenon. However today we arn't looking at a Solid State Disk from the usual people, this one is from a new kid on the block. Mach Extreme Technology are a startup firm offering SSDs of multiple sizes, with a fancy artistic edge that they hope will seperate them from the competition. Lets see if that plays out. Synology VS60 Surveillance Station With the price of NAS drives becoming a little more managable and the increased capacities necessary for the backup of everyday work and family photographs increasing, this type of hardware is becoming more proliferant in our homes. However, they arn't the only additions to your network you can make, with several add-on boxes made available by companies like Synology. Today we're looking at the VS60, an addon to the Synology Surveillance Station that allows the direct, software-less monitoring of up to 6 different network cameras at once. Recent Lack of Reviews Some of you may have noticed it's been a little while since we posted out last review. Never fear, we havn't stopped doing them and in-fact have several waiting to be uploaded. Unfortunately, during the server move some problems were caused with our review submission methods. We are currently working on a fix and hope to have fresh, new reviews uploaded in the next few days. Watch this space. Congratulations you are on the new Server Congratulations! If you are reading this you are now utilising XSR's brand spanking new server. Enjoy.
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Cartlann na 'Táirgí eile' Catagóir Sapphire Mini Teilgeoir 101 In amanna eacnamaíochta diana riamh tá sé ina phlean olc a éagsúlú; is cosúil go bhfuil feidhm le cuideachtaí móra freisin. Sapphire, tá lucht déanta ATI cártaí grafaicí do chórais dheasc brainseach minic i motherboards agus a leithéidí, ach anois tá siad ag dul isteach an cluiche a thaispeáint freisin. Ní Mar sin féin, le LCD caighdeánach nó faoi stiúir monatóireacht a dhéanamh, ach teilgeoir stiúir. Tá sé beag a thagann, lena Tripod féin agus in ann déileáil le réiteach réasúnta ard. A ligean ar a fheiceáil conas tá sé suas. Creative ZiiSound D5 Creative bhí le déanaí chineál leor a chur chugainn Stíl 8GB Zen seinnteoir MP3 a athbhreithniú agus rinne sé sách maith. Mar chomhlánú ar an alt bunaidh ní mór dúinn eile píosa de threalamh as an comhlacht céanna a bheidh cetainly níos éasca a thástáil leis an seinnteoir meáin in-tí. Ar a dtugtar an Choire Zii D5, tá sé seo le Bluetooth agus cainteoir ag luí 3.5mm atá deartha le haghaidh feistí soghluaiste agus nascacht smartphone, a thugann deis do fuaime níos fearr do do media.It stóráilte 's mór go leor, le tag praghas inchomparáide. A ligean ar a sheiceáil amach. Swann RemoteCam DVR-410 Ceann de na buntáistí a bhaineann le bheith go leor suíomh athbhreithniú ar siúl le fada é (féach ar ár 5 mbliana ar an bhfód i mí Eanáir) go minic amanna ní gá duit dul i dteagmháil le cuideachtaí a fháil ar tháirgí chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh; thagann siad a thabhairt duit. Mar sin féin nach bhfuil an teorainn ach é féin le do táille athbhreithniú is gnách ar an chuimhne, HDDs, cártaí grafaicí agus CPUs; linn a fháil freisin a ghlacadh le breathnú ar roinnt gadgets suimiúil too.Today Tá gléas amháin den sórt sin. Is Swann Slándáil cianda Cam DVR-410 an t-ainm, agus tá físeáin stealthy agus tógáil pictiúr a cluiche. A ligean ar iarracht an buachaill olc amach. Creative Zen Stíl 8GB X-Fi Cé go raibh hijacked an focal seinnteoir MP3 le popularisation de iPodanna, ar an mbealach céanna go banna-áiseanna hijacked an plástair téarma sna Stáit Aontaithe, tá sé míthuiscint go bhfuil ceachtar de na margaí áitithe amháin bhranda amháin. Ceann leanúnach ar fud an chluiche ar fad MP3 agus Media Player bhí Creative, lucht déanta na gcainteoirí, cártaí fuaime agus níos mó. Inniu táimid chur le breathnú ar dhuine dá ghlúin is déanaí de seinnteoirí iniompartha meán, an Cruthaitheach Zen X-Fi Stíl 8GB. Tá go leor a mouthful, ach an gléas féin dhlúth agus glan á lorg. A ligean ar a fheiceáil conas a choimeádann suas é faoin micreascóp XSR. ACRyan PlayOn! HD DVR Cé go bhfuil muid den chuid is mó ar ríomhaire fhoireann athbhreithnithe crua-earraí anseo ag XSR, is maith linn a sheiceáil ar ár aon gadgets nó gizmos gur Hook suas leo, nó feidhmeanna den chineál céanna chun iad a dhéanamh. Oiriúnach Táirgí nós seinnteoirí AC Ryan meáin go han-néata isteach sa chatagóir seo, mar sin a chur i gcrích ár n-trí-fecta AC Ryan PlayON! Athbhreithnithe HD, lá atá inniu ann tá muid ag cur le breathnú ar a n-leagan DVR, a pacáistí gach rud na cinn eile a dhéanamh chomh maith le a tógadh i tuner teilifíse agus tacaíocht a thabhairt do ar an taifeadadh clár eitilt. NZXT Sentry 2 NZXT is eol go príomha le haghaidh a gcuid cásanna, ach ní hé seo an rud amháin a tháirgeann siad. Inniu táimid ag cur le breathnú ar rud éigin nach féidir a Tá sé léirithe ag suas ar gach duine radar go fóill, an Sentry NZXT 2 rialtóir Fan. Pacáil comhéadan scáileán tadhaill agus le breathnú sleek, beidh sé ina luí san athbhreithniú mion? A ligean ar a fháil amach. Aimsitheoir Raon Ultrasonach Laser Cé go mb'fhéidir nach mbeadh sé ró-chostasach, ag smaoineamh tá sé margaíochta stáit féin speil go bhfuil sé go hiontach do ghníomhairí eastáit nó tógálaithe, ba mhaith liom é a aimsiú deacair a mholadh an táirge seo. Más rud é go raibh sé áiteanna níos dheachúlach raibh mé in ann a rá gur mhaith sé go hiontach le haghaidh a thomhas go cruinn achair beag go tapa, ach ós rud é go dtéann sé ach amháin maidir le chéadú mhaith leat a bheith díreach chomh maith le amach le beart téip. Really é seo gadget go ndéanann an méid atá sé ceaptha a, ach ní go han-mhaith. É sin ráite, i gcomparáid le gairmiúil nó fiú leath-gairmiúla léasair réimse aimseoirí, is é an rud faoi 10 ar an bpraghas. Má tá tú ar bhuiséad mhór agus go bhfuil siad ró-leisciúil a úsáid beart téip, is féidir an táirge seo obair le déanamh agat, ach ní bheadh a mholadh sé mé. Edimax AR-7284WnA Ródaire Thar na blianta tá Edimax tógtha suas le ainm go leor respectable ar a son féin mar tháirgeoirí táirgí ar ardchaighdeán ar phraghas réasúnta. Mar sin féin, in ainneoin a bheith orthu urraíocht a láithreán seo an chéad uair againn glacadh le breathnú ar a cheann crua-earraí ar. Uimh ardaigh spéaclaí tinted anseo folks. Inniu táimid ag féachaint ar an catchily ainmnithe AR-7284WnA. A ligean ar a fheiceáil cad tá sé ar fad faoi. Tunebase FM modulator Leis an treocht atá ag fás na rialtas scáineadh síos ar dhaoine ag baint úsáide as a ghuthán agus iad ag tiomáint, ní tá sé inmholta a bheith níos mó a piocadh suas le headset Bluetooth de chineál éigin. Inniu táimid ag féachaint ar gléas leis, ní hamháin feidhmiúlacht lámha saor in aisce, ach freisin sruthú ceoil agus naisc stórála seachtracha. A ligean ar a fheiceáil conas a dhéanann sé. ACRyan PlayOn! HD 1TB Rinneamar athbhreithniú roimhe sin ar an mol meáin AC Ryan PlayOn! HD Mini agus chuaigh in áit leis. Mar sin féin, go raibh ach leanbh i gcomparáid le cad tá muid ag breathnú ar lá atá inniu ann. Ní fhéadfadh sé a praghas a bheith i bhfad níos airde, ach ar pháipéar cosúil leis an 1TB neamh-mion leagan atá le teacht a phacáil le extras deas beag. Ligeann fheiceáil conas i gcomparáid leis a dheartháir níos lú agus bíodh sé fiú an costas infheistíochta breise.