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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

MPEG announces HEVC codec, halves video bitrates

MPEG has announced the HEVC codec, which halves video bitrate without harming quality.

August 15, 2012 | 10:57

MPEG LA to offer free H.264 licences

The MPEG LA has revoked its deadline, meaning H.264 is now free for streaming services.

August 27, 2010 | 10:12

WebM codec 'outperforms' H.264

Tests of Google's WebM video codec by a videoconference firm show it beating H.264.

August 25, 2010 | 10:16

VLC 1.1.0 adds GPU acceleration

The latest release of the VLC Player brings hardware decoding of H.264 video to some platforms.

June 23, 2010 | 10:33

ATI releases Catalyst 10.6

ATI has released version 10.6 of its Catalyst drivers for Radeon GPUs - with Flash 10.1 support.

June 18, 2010 | 10:25

WebM support confirmed in Firefox 4

The next version of Firefox - possibly due later this month - will support Google's WebM codec.

June 10, 2010 | 10:51

Intel hints at WebM acceleration

Intel has hinted that if Google's WebM codec takes off it could add acceleration to its Atom processors.

May 28, 2010 | 10:31

Wal-Mart buys Vudu

American retail giant Wal-Mart has announced its acquisition of video on demand service Vudu, with its first planned project being to delete all the porn.

February 23, 2010 | 13:06

Intel GMA HD Graphics Performance

We test Intel's latest GMA HD graphics in its Clarkdale Core i5-661 CPU to see how it stacks up against AMDs 785G and Nvidia's 9300 IGPs when it comes to gaming and HD video. Long derided as terrible, GMA HD might be about to prove Intel's graphics detractors wrong.

January 25, 2010 | 09:40

Broadcom announces VideoCore IV

Chip manufacturer Broadcom has announced its next-generation mobile graphics processor, the VideoCore IV - and the specifications are certainly impressive.

December 17, 2009 | 13:03

Building an Ion-powered Linux Media PC

We revisit the Linux version of HTPC app Boxee with the help of Zotac's latest Ion-F motherboard and Nvidia's GPU video acceleration to see if this is the future low power, truly silent HTPC solution.

December 3, 2009 | 12:46

Acer to launch HD-ready Aspire One

Acer is set to launch an Aspire One netbook with a multimedia co-processor and 1280x720 screen capable of playing high definition media.

May 19, 2009 | 10:09

TMPGEnc adds support for Cell video cards

Pegasys announces a plug-in for TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress that takes advantage of Toshiba's SpursEngine chip.

April 16, 2009 | 15:27

VIA brings 1080p video playback to small devices

VIA's new VX855 chip features hardware acceleration for H.264 video at 1080p, enabling netbooks to playback HD video.

March 13, 2009 | 15:00

G45 is great at HD video playback

Intel's last integrated graphics chipset, G45, is shaping up to be pretty good according to sources inside Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers.

April 9, 2008 | 10:12

Latest Flash Player streams HD video

The latest update of Adobe's Flash player introduces H.264 1080p HD support but More importantly it also reduces CPU usage for all flash!

December 6, 2007 | 10:18

HTPC face-off: VIA EPIA EX vs. AMD 690G

VIA's EPIA range goes from strength to strength and the latest upgrade to the EX provides a 1.5GHz CPU, DDR2, DVI and component output on-board, with frugal power requirements compared to anything else on the market. How does it stand up to the mighty AMD 690G chipset? We find out.

July 27, 2007 | 12:32

BenQ demos Blu-Ray writer

One of the first PC Blu-Ray players is here at last. We check out playback and burning.

July 5, 2006 | 12:21

IPTV decoded

Lost. 24. Depserate Housewives. Forget broadcast television. The future is here, and it's IPTV. We investigate what's hot, what's not, where you can download it and whether you'll break the law doing so. We also look at great geek shows like Diggnation and Hak.5

May 2, 2006 | 10:20

NVIDIA unlocks more PureVideo features

NVIDIA has announced the availability of some new PureVideo technologies that are aimed at high-definition video acceleration. These include the H.264 and CV-1 codecs that will be used in the Blu-ray and HD DVD media formats.

March 2, 2006 | 17:43

NVIDIA launches GoForce 5500 for mobile phones

NVIDIA has announced its next generation graphics processing unit for handheld and mobile devices. It's capable of true digital TV, high-fidelity surround sound, rapid multi-shot photography and console-class 3D graphics.

February 14, 2006 | 10:56

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

NVIDIA has replaced the GeForce 6200 TurboCache with the GeForce 7300 GS. For under $100, the card delivers H.264 hardware acceleration up to 1080p - ideal for low-noise HTPCs, as well as gaming at 1280x1024. We get the lowdown on the technology and talk to NVIDIA about its plans.

January 19, 2006 | 15:19