Posted on 8th Feb 2013 at 09:37 by Antony Leather with 132 comments
I absolutely loathe the optical drive. The only times I've felt remotely attached to this historically flaky device is the first time I used one 20 years ago, when I got my first CD burner, and maybe when they finally started using SATA cables and not mile-wide IDE monstrosities.
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Posted on 27th Oct 2009 at 11:28 by Richard Swinburne with 38 comments
Yep, you read that right, I want your help in designing a Home Theatre PC reference guide to go on the site and in the mag.
I get constantly asked for one, but we simply don't test enough HTPC hardware to be as widely knowledgeable as I'd like in order to recommend a setup with 100 percent confidence.
The difficulty is that HTPCs vary by country; in the UK we don't have analogue HDTV (cable) access like the US, not to mention other issues, like varied internet TV services and user need - does it need terrabytes of storage or is gaming compatibility a priority, for example?
With that in mind we want your advice; what have you seen that works? What would you recommend to others that fits the spec below?
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Posted on 5th Mar 2008 at 18:59 by Podcast
Issue 55 of Custom PC is out in the shops now and we’re back with another podcast. HD-DVD is dead but does that mean Blu-Ray has won? The team also debate the launch of the GeForce 9-series with the 9600 GT, what makes a good game, and Boffin News is back with the news that boffins are at work inventing super intense lasers.
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