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World’s Smallest 8K VR Headset from Pimax Revealed
Pimax has just revealed the design and specifications of its upcoming headset, the Pimax Dream Air. The small and light headset packs an impressive 8K VR experience, in what they’re saying is the world’s smaller “fully featured” 8K VR headset, so I’m guessing there may be a smaller one out…
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5 Christmas Gifts that Even Santa Couldn’t Afford to Put Under Your Tree!
Due to stock shortages, shipping issues, greedy individuals (and retailers), along with another 5-6 other probable reasons, buying tech in 2021 certainly hasn’t been cheap in many instances. With this in mind, therefore, the consumer hoping to find something nice and flashy under their Christmas tree this year is probably…
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Forza Horizon 5 Looks Jaw-Dropping in 8K60 Gameplay Video
Forza Horizon 5 is here at last, well at least it is for those who bought the premium version. However, if you’re a games pass gamer like myself, you’ll be waiting until tomorrow for the final rollout to everyone. It looks like it has been worth the wait too, as…
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Yahama Launching New Receivers for 4K/120 and Xbox Series X – Sort of…
Yamaha are releasing new HDMI 2.1 AV receivers? Good news, right? The AV market seems to be taking its sweet time when it comes to more HDMI 2.1 units, but things are steadily moving along. Albeit, I’m sure some pandemic stuff has likely tempered the market, causing plenty of delays.…
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ViewSonic Launches Masses of New Monitors
ViewSonic, a leading global provider of display solutions, showcases its latest display solutions ranging from monitors for gaming and work-from-home environments to projectors for entertainment and portability. Packed with the latest technology features for functionality and designed for multiple applications, these ViewSonic display solutions deliver performance that remains uncompromised. ViewSonic…
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Microsoft’s Phil Spencer Doubts 8K Gaming Will Ever Be ‘Standard’
With the release of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X confirmed for next month, these new consoles will effectively begin the mainstream ushering-in of 4K gaming as something of ‘the new standard’. There is, however, going to be something of a problem here for a number of consumers. Namely,…
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MSI RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio Review
MSI has long been one of the most high-end gaming brands out there. Their RTX 2000 series cards were easily some of the fastest, and with their Gaming X Trio, I’m expecting a similar result today. Of course, that’s not hard, given the RTX 3090 is set to be the…
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Gigabyte RTX 3090 Gaming OC Review
Gigabyte is one of my favourite gaming brands, as they often strike a great balance between price and performance. Of course, they also have their truly stunning AORUS gaming division for the extreme hardware stuff, but it’s often quite expensive too. Gigabyte keep things more modest, and their RTX 3090…
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Zotac Gaming RTX 3090 Trinity Review
The graphics card arms race has been a bit one-sided for a while now, with Nvidia continuing to push the limits of gamers PC performance and their wallets. The RTX 2000 series was very fast but prohibitively expensive. Relatively speaking, the RTX 3000 series launch has been somewhat of a…
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Crysis 8K Tech Trailer Released
It was only a short while ago that I remarked on the low system requirements for Crysis. I was worried, we all were. Had Crytek forgotten that Crysis was a bit of a boring game? The real popularity of it came from the meme “can it run Crysis” nobody said…
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Survey Finds Most TV Consumers Can’t Tell 4K from 8K
I daresay that many of you reading this may have taken the plunge to upgrade your home TV to a 4K model and, in fairness, with various streaming platforms offering you various compatible packages, it is a very nice upgrade to standard HD. With 8K televisions still being in their…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 Will Record 8K Video for 5 Mins
The Samsung S20 is already packing some pretty immense features and hardware. However, the ability to shoot 8K video is easily one of the most attention-grabbing. The work of 4K is only just getting into full swing, but there are 8K displays and TV’s starting to filter into the wider…
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8K TV Standards Now Officially Nailed Down
8K TV’s are amazingly nothing new. There has been a bunch of them hitting the market for over a year now. However, real consumer adoption is still very much a long way off. There’s a very small amount of content out there, and even then, not really any consumer TV…
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8K Association Sets Out Format ‘Key Performance Attributes’
Consumers are currently, slowly but surely, making the transition over to 4K displays. Be it for gaming monitors or for TVs, however, the transition will take some time. We’re actually in something of an unusual position that the technology is ahead of the practicality curve. For example, to just run…
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New DisplayPort 2.0 Standard Supports Up To 16K @ 60Hz With HDR
Featuring Up to 80Gbps Max Bandwidth VESA has unveiled the latest DisplayPort 2.0 standard, featuring the biggest update since initial ratification in 2007. The new specifications will have bandwidth of up to 80Gbps. Which is more than twice that of DP 1.3/1.4’s 32.4Gbps. Even the link efficiency is now up…
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