Google TV Goes ARM with Marvell's ARMADA 1500
It wouldn't be far off the mark to call Google TV as one of the unmitigated disasters of 2010 - 2011. Through the failure of the Logitech Revue, it...
37 by on 1/5/2012
Logitech's HD Pro Webcam C920 Enables Skyping in 1080p
CES is supposed to begin next week, but the press releases have already started coming out. Logitech is one of the companies we follow closely here at AnandTech. This...
21 by on 1/5/2012
Netgear NTV200 : Over-the-Top Streaming for Non-Networked TVs
The current flux in the television market is embodied by the emergence of two closely related categories, namely, the Smart TV and the connected TV. While the former category...
24 by on 12/22/2011
Syabas Launches Popcorn Hour C-300
Syabas launched the second generation version of their BDA licensed unit, the Popcorn Hour C-300 today. The previous version was based on Sigma's SMP 8643, and the C-300 is based...
6 by on 12/6/2011
Zotac Introduces Passively Cooled GTS 450 Zone Edition
Passively cooled high performance GPUs are quite popular with the HTPC community. NVIDIA GPUs are preferred by many HTPC users because of good software support (LAV CUVID, for example...
25 by on 11/23/2011
2011 Media Streamer Roundup : Netgear NTV550, A.C.Ryan PlayOn!HD2 and the Boxee Box
In the last year or so, three major SoC manufacturers vied for market share in the media streamer market. While Intel's CE41xx took the high end path with design...
43 by on 11/20/2011
Netgear's Marvell Based ReadyNAS NV+ v2 Review
Netgear's ReadyNAS lineup is well respected in the sub-$5K SMB / SOHO / consumer NAS market. In November 2010, Netgear updated their Ultra lineup meant for the high-end prosumer...
39 by on 11/9/2011
Android Based TViX Xroid A1 Gears Up for the US Market
Many Android based media streamers have been announced and demonstrated at various trade shows over the last year. We covered the Patriot Box Office Alpine which was on show...
13 by on 10/22/2011
WD My Book Live Network Attached Hard Disk Review
The rise of powerful home networking solutions have led to the shift in consumer focus from DAS (Direct Attached Storage) units to NAS (Network Attached Storage) units in the...
28 by on 10/11/2011
Western Digital Introduces New WD TV Live Streaming Media Player with Spotify in Tow
Western Digital jumped on to the local media streaming bandwagon quite early in the game. With better codec compatibility and a more stable platform compared to other vendors, the...
20 by on 10/6/2011
Syabas Launches Popcorn Hour A-300
Syabas launched the next generation member of their immensely popular Popcorn Hour A-series today. The previous version were all based on Sigma's chipsets, and the A-300 is no different. It...
13 by on 10/5/2011
Roku 2 XS Review : Streaming Videos and Casual Gaming on the Big Screen
Roku is one of the pioneers in the media streamer market. They introduced the first Netflix streaming box in 2008. New models have been coming out every year. This...
35 by on 9/30/2011
G.hn Gains Momentum with Marvell Silicon
We have covered the powerline networking battle between HomePlug and HomeGrid in a lot of earlier pieces. With demonstration of working silicon at CES 2011, G.hn finally emerged from...
11 by on 9/27/2011
QNAP TS-659 Pro II Review
The SMB (Small to Medium Businesses) and Corporate NAS market is a highly competitive one. Over the last one year, we have been expanding our coverage of this market...
69 by on 9/19/2011
StarTech.com Portable SATA Duplicator & USB / eSATA Dock Review
Once in a while, we encounter a gadget performing a niche, yet handy function. A month or so back, we received a pitch for the portable SATA duplicator (with...
36 by on 9/6/2011
ASRock CoreHT 252B Review
Approximately a year back, we reviewed the ASRock Core 100 HTPC which was a pioneer of sorts in the small form factor (SFF) HTPC space. Till that point, the...
56 by on 9/2/2011
Compro IP 70 Network Camera Review
Surveillance cameras are increasingly moving away from the analog to the digital domain. Advances in image and video processing silicon, emergence of efficient video compression standards and abundance of...
16 by on 7/28/2011
Roku 2 Brings Casual Gaming to TVs
Roku, founded in 2002, is one of the pioneers in the media streamer market. OTT (over-the-top) content from premium service providers like Netflix and Hulu has become more popular...
16 by on 7/19/2011
LG N2A2 NAS Review
The consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has seen tremendous growth over the past few years. As connected homes become more ubiquitous, the need for centralised storage has become...
24 by on 7/18/2011
AMD A8-3850 : An HTPC Perspective
Today is all about Lynx, the desktop version of the Llano platform from AMD. Anand is reviewing the A8-3850 from a generic PC perspective, and Ian is covering its...
107 by on 6/30/2011
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