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Mod of the Month January 2020 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

February 24, 2020 | 17:00

Corsair Hydro X Liquid-Cooling Kit Review

How cool is the Corsair Hydro X Series?

February 24, 2020 | 12:00

Antec P120 Crystal Review

Antec's affordable, minimalist water-cooling-friendly new case

February 24, 2020 | 11:00

Pioneer announces first PC Ultra HD Blu-ray drives

For those still wed to physical media.

January 27, 2017 | 11:19

Microsoft to bring Dolby Atmos to Xbox One, Windows 10

Fixes a bandwidth bug, too.

December 15, 2016 | 11:00

Microsoft adds DVD playback to Windows 10

Charges £11.59 for it, though.

August 6, 2015 | 11:42

Blu-ray Disc Association announces Ultra HD standard

For those who can't, or won't, stream.

May 13, 2015 | 12:45

Sony and Panasonic team up for 300GB optical discs

Initially targeting enterprise-grade archives.

July 30, 2013 | 09:22

Microsoft tells employees new Xbox won't require constant connection

Microsoft has seemingly confirmed that the new Xbox won't require an always-on Internet connection.

May 6, 2013 | 20:17

It's time to bin your optical drive

February 8, 2013 | 09:37

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Sony to close Optiarc optical drive arm

Sony is to close Optiarc, following a drop in demand for optical drives.

August 28, 2012 | 09:07

Microsoft drops DVD support from Windows 8

Windows 8 will not include DVD playback, Microsoft has confirmed, unless users buy the Media Centre Pack.

May 4, 2012 | 10:39

Is The Xbox 720 Going To Kill Off Second Hand Gaming?

Microsoft, the Xbox 720, and the war on second hand gaming.

March 9, 2012 | 11:08

Do we need Blu-ray drives?

Is there much point building a PC with a Blu-ray drive in it any more?

February 28, 2012 | 07:54

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Company makes stone-like optical discs that last forever

Millenniata and Hitachi-LG Data Storage to offer stone-like optical discs, which last forever

August 11, 2011 | 10:57

Pioneer BDXL BDR-206MBK Review

Pioneer's latest Blu-ray burner can write 120GB to a single disc. We find out how it shapes up.

February 23, 2011 | 13:40

QNAP Network Media Player NMP-1000P Review

QNAP has updated its NMP-1000 with a supplemental 'P' for some extra performance.

November 12, 2010 | 08:34

Zotac ZBox HD-ID34 mini-PC Review

Zotac adds to its mini-PC product range with another gorgeously slim ZBox Blu-ray media PC.

October 27, 2010 | 13:01

LG N2B1D Review

This NAS box has a memory card reader, Blu-ray drive and a Bit-Torrent client, but is it any good?

October 11, 2010 | 10:30

ASRock Vision 3D 137B Review

For those who want the quality of a Mac Mini, but don't like the taste of Apple.

October 7, 2010 | 11:39

Sony VPL-HW15 Projector Review

Sony's new 1080p projector is enormous, but is the image quality any good?

May 2, 2010 | 12:07

BDXL promises 128GB Blu-ray discs

A new standard from the Blu-ray Disc Association dubbed BDXL promises re-writable discs with a 100GB capacity - and write-once discs storing a whopping 128GB.

April 5, 2010 | 08:10

Radeon HD 5450 Review: HTPC Heaven?

A £40 graphics card? Surely that's as useful as a chocolate teapot? We take a look at AMD's latest and cheapest Radeon from the HD 5000 series, the HD5450, see how it stacks up against integrated graphics and find out in what situations it might be a great buy.

February 9, 2010 | 08:09