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Hardware 5/9/2008 Daily Hardware Reviews
Brandon Hill (Blog) - May 9, 2008 9:58 AM
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HP Pavilion dv6750ea Entertainment PC @ Trusted Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday

Notebooks
HP Pavilion dv6750ea Entertainment PC @ Trusted Reviews
ASUS M70 Laptop @ Gadget Zone

Motherboards
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe - Intel P45 @ Legion Hardware

Memory
Patriot Viper DDR3-1866 2GB Memory Kit @ TweakTown
Kingston HyperX KHX14400D3K2/2GN DDR3-1800 @ I4U

Video
Diamond Viper HD 3650 1GB @ Overclockers Online
Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC Video Card @ Futurelooks

Cases
IN-WIN B2 Stealth Bomber Mid-Tower Case @ Hardware Canucks

Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler @ Elite Bastards
Cooler Master Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler @ Chile Hardware
Cooler Master LED Silent Fan @ XSReviews
Scythe Zipang 139MM CPU Cooler @ OCC

Power Supplies
Enermax PRO82+ 525 W Power Supply @ Hardware Secrets

Peripherals
ASUS Xonar DX PCI Express 7.1 Audio Card @ HotHardware.com

Consumer Electronics
Samsung SGH-F490 @ Trusted Reviews
Canon IXUS 80 IS @ InsideHW

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No Blu_ray on an entertainment PC
By PAPutzback on 5/9/2008 11:22:34 AM , Rating: 1
Why'd they even bother with the HDMI out.




RE: No Blu_ray on an entertainment PC
By Nihility on 5/9/2008 1:19:34 PM , Rating: 2
HDMI is a digital output which is superior to the VGA out that also exists on the laptop. Furthermore HDMI also includes audio on the same cable making things tidier and easier to manage.
The laptop itself features a graphics card that supports video decoding on the GPU which allows it to do a pretty good job on HD content, so were you to get some high quality video you could output it to an HDTV with ease through HDMI. Also, I'd argue that we're more than likely to see an external Blu Ray player in the future, much like how external DVD players are now freely available.

It's a smaller cable, includes audio and gives high quality digital video, why not include it?


By kenji4life on 5/10/2008 6:07:19 AM , Rating: 2
In fact, I wouldn't even consider buying a laptop anymore that doesn't have HDMI. Anyone who has ever hooked up their laptop to a television via s-video/VGA/DVI + an audio cable knows that it can be a true pain.

In fact a truly good laptop would come with the HDMI output as well as finding a way to include a "breakout box" which you plug into the HDMI, which would include RCA/Svid/Component/DVI/VGA/optical audio. This would require circuitry in the breakout box, such as a DAC, but would be the perfect way to market such a laptop as an HTPC as well.


Canon IXUS 80 IS @ InsideHW
By SanLC504 on 5/9/2008 10:54:28 AM , Rating: 2
Just for clarification, overseas Canon labels their Powershot slim models IXUS. In the U.S., the model is the Canon SD1100 IS. They are the exact same model, just different labeling.




Dead link
By Bigjee on 5/9/2008 2:35:07 PM , Rating: 2
The following link is dead:

Scythe Zipang 139MM CPU Cooler @ OCC




in win cases
By jbjoe6 on 5/10/2008 12:27:29 AM , Rating: 2
there was a good review on another inwin case called the metal suit on a site called ocpulse, you should list their new reviews, i seen some of their stuff on xtremesystems




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