Rumors of the next version of the next Xbox are heating up again, and it sounds like it may include everything but the kitchen sink. It seems like every time a new rumor about the next version of the Xbox pops up, it gets a little wilder than the last one. This time around VG247 is saying that certain partners have been filled in on the specs of the device, and it’s going to be leaps...
We're here in New York City at an event where Samsung just unveiled three of its latest home speaker systems, including the DA-E750 Audio Dock, the HT-E6500W Blu-ray 3D 5.1 Home Theater System and the HT-E6730W Blu-ray 3D 7.1 Home Theater System. Each of the systems offer Samsung's new vacuum tube amplifier tech, which use "a long-lasting heated cathode inside a glass bulb to amplify...
I bet that’s a headline you didn’t expect to see today… or ever, in fact. And it’s not just something we dreamt up to try and pull you in; it’s completely true. Commodore has today announced both a brand new Amiga gaming PC, and a C64 remake that’s still clinging on to that famous 80s design. Let’s being with the new Amiga, a PC that looks remarkably similar to Apple’s older Mac mini...
As I thought about the upcoming holidays, and the inevitable wishlist of items I will share with family, my ideas seemed to fluctuate between useful, nostalgic and "I really just want that because it's awesome!" In the old days, a "useful" gift would be socks or a sweater, but in the 21st century it's an emergency charger for your phone. Nostalgia had me turning to some of the items...
Prefer to do your gaming with a mouse and keyboard rather than a controller? Then check out Samsung’s new Series 7 Gamer notebook that hits the U.K. today; a machine so beefy it makes Hulk Hogan look like Paris Hilton. Built with hardcore gamers in mind, the Series 7 Gamer boasts a speedy quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM as standard, an AMD Radeon HD 6970M 6GB GDDR5 graphics...
Like the VCR of yesteryear, the optical drive is quickly going the way of the dinosaur. For those of us that cherished our whirring, clicking little friend, the date of July 20th, 2011 will live in infamy. This is the date that CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs everywhere, overcome with a collective vision of impending doom, withdrew their life savings and rolled away to Cabo. This date also...
The TechnoBuffalo staff meets and talks a lot. Conference calls of the weekly variety are a constant. The doughnuts promised by a certain Noah Kravitz, however, are not. More than that, though, are all of the interactions that go on every day. We chat with one another all the time. It was in one of these discussions that Sean Aune pitched me an idea for editorialization. Will the next...
Samsung just sent me their BD-D5300 Blu-Ray Player for review. Which more or less means they sent me their new Smart Hub software for review, since I am not a Blu-Ray expert. But I have been spending lots of quality time with various forms of connected TV over the past six months, so I dare say I’ve got some experience in that field. What’s cool about the BD-D5300 is that it offers...
In speaking with corporate investors after E3 last week, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed that the upcoming Wii U will not feature Blu-ray or DVD playback capabilities. Why? Iwata claims that the company has reviewed the costs associated with the drive features and elected to pass on it entirely. As the President explains, and I’ll tend to agree with him, the console’s timing...
It seems that the sales of Blu-ray discs just aren’t getting to the levels that Hollywood hoped for. Combined with the news from last week that DVD sales are in steep decline, and you can see that the age of physical media is definitely looking as if it’s on life support. According to a report from NPD Group, sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs fell 9.4 percent for the six months ending in...