Netflix Announces New Prices For Streaming and DVD plans
Today, Netflix announced significant changes to the movie rental service’s pricing structure in addition to a new DVD only plan. Representing their lowest price ver for unlimited DVD’s they have...
View ArticleCapture any streamed media with the help of Hauppauge
Missing Remote have assembled an impressive guide on how to use a Hauppauge Colossus to capture any media you can stream to your HTPC. Hulu, YouTube, Netflix or anything else, this guide will show you...
View ArticleAcer Launches New "AcerCloud" Cloud Service
Last summer Acer purchased a cloud-service company for $325 million, and now that we are at CES the reason for the acquisition is apparent. According to Cnet, Acer is launching a new cloud service....
View ArticleSony Shows Off Bloggie Live Video Recorder At CES
Among the Crystal LED televisions Sony had a small pocket camera on display, the Sony Bloggie Live. The successor to the original Bloggie, the stylish camera fits in your pocket and somewhat resembles...
View ArticleUsers Will Be Able to Play Hawken On Gaikai Before Release
Mech Shooter Hawken will launch on December 12th, 2012 but streaming gaming service Gaikai has made a deal with Meteor Entertainment to allow gamers to play the game before launch to demonstrate its...
View ArticleESR Labs Crafts Cheap Nexus Q Competitor With Raspberry Pi
Last week at Google I/O 2012, the company announced a new high-end media streaming device that taps into the Google Play cloud to bring music, movies, and TV shows to your living room television....
View ArticlePC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2012 @ Quakecon 2012 in Dallas, TX
It is that time of year again: another installment of the PC Perspective Hardware Workshop! Once again we will be presenting on the main stage at Quakecon 2012 being held in Dallas, TX August 2-5th....
View ArticleCutting the Cord Part 5 - Media Center Add-Ons, Options and Wrap Up
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:Cutting the Cord Part 1: The AssessmentCutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The HardwareCutting the Cord Part 3:...
View ArticleCorsair Acquires Simple Audio: Aggressive Expansion into New Markets
Corsair sure does like to expand upon their product base. The company was founded in 1994 and produced only memory for quite a few years. The past five years have seen tremendous growth from the...
View ArticleGoogle Launches $35 Chromecast Media Streaming Stick
Earlier this week, web search giant Google launched a new portable media streaming device called the Chromecast. The Chromecast is a small device about the size of a large USB flash drive that has a...
View ArticleGain root to your Chromecast dongle
The Chromecast streaming dongle you heard about just a few days ago has now been opened up thanks to a quickly discovered exploit. As a bonus, the page on Hack a Day also shows off more of the...
View ArticlePC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2013 @ Quakecon 2013 in Dallas, TX
It is that time of year again: another installment of the PC Perspective Hardware Workshop! Once again we will be presenting on the main stage at Quakecon 2013 being held in Dallas, TX August 1-4th....
View ArticleDIY Control Surface for Wirecast and XSplit
Over the past few weeks, I have been developing a device that enables external control of Wirecast and XSplit. Here's a video of the device in action:But now, let's get into the a little bit of...
View ArticleNVIDIA GRID Beta Testing on SHIELD - An Optimistic First Hands On
Over the weekend NVIDIA released a December update for the SHIELD Android mobile gaming device that included a very interesting, and somewhat understated, new feature: Beta support for NVIDIA GRID....
View ArticlePC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2014 @ Quakecon 2014 in Dallas, TX
UPDATE: The event is over, but the video is embeded below if you want to see the presentations! Thanks again to everyone that attended and all of our sponsors!It is that time of year again: another...
View ArticleHack your Chromecast for extras and protection
Chromecast and some of its alternatives have been covered previously on PC Perspective, not just their capabilities but also ways to gain more control over your content stream. The market is quite...
View ArticleNVIDIA GeForce NOW Initial Thoughts and Review
Yesterday NVIDIA officially announced the new GeForce NOW streaming game service, the conclusion to the years-long beta and development process known as NVIDIA GRID. As I detailed on my story yesterday...
View ArticleSure ... it's the filesharing that takes up all the bandwidth
The next time you hear someone harping about how the tubes are clogged with filesharing, either legal or illegal, as the reason why your internet is slow or dropping out you should reference this...
View ArticleConsole Gaming on the PC: PS4 Remote Play vs. Xbox One Streaming
Introduction to Remote StreamingThe ability to play console games on the PC is certainly nothing new. A wide range of emulators have long offered PC owners access to thousands of classic games. But the...
View ArticlePC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2016 @ Quakecon 2016 in Dallas, TX
It is that time of year again: another installment of the PC Perspective Hardware Workshop! We will be presenting on the main stage at Quakecon 2016 being held in Dallas, TX August 4-7. Main Stage -...
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