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Pivos XIOS DS Media Player Review

Pivos is one of those companies that you might not have ever heard of unless your looking for the specific types of devices they offer. Being a major player in digital media playback and IPTV systems among many more emerging technologies we had heard of them a bit before looking at this unit.  The unit we are looking at today is the Pivos XIOS DS which is a multi function media player based on the Android OS.

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Diamond Multimedia VideoStream (WPCTVPRO)

The Diamond VideoStream WPCTVPRO is a new device to help you setup a dual-monitor without a long wire connected to your PC. Using DisplayLink technology, the device communicates to your secondary monitor (TV for example) wirelessly through Ultra Wide Band (UWB). How does it perform? Does it live up to its promise? Let’s find out. 

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GIGABYTE Z77X-UP5 TH

 

 

GIGABYTE was not long behind the release of Intel’s Thunderbolt, and quickly instituted the new technology on desktop boards. One of their first entries in the Z77 line with included Thunderbolt is the Z77X-UP5 TH. So far, it looks like a great product with dual-Thunderbolt, allowing for up to 12 devices. Let’s see if the board can perform as well as its specs say.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II TOP Edition

 

 

ASUS has been on a consistent roll recently with every Nvidia 6 series release and it is continuing with the 660 Ti as they drop in again and dressed to impress in full DirectCU II garb and bearing the TOP Edition muscle. Does it have what it needs to top the charts?

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ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP

 

 

ASUS continues its premier GPU offerings of the Nvidia lineup with the GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP edition.  This is no joke as we just finished testing the 680 version of this card and the performance was downright exceptional.  The 670 is the 680′s not-so-little brother so lets take a look at how this card matches up.

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GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD5

The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5 offers not only superb overclocking potential but advanced power saving technology. Keep reading to find out more.

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