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Review: Apple Thunderbolt Display

By TechRadar, published 28-10-2011

Glance at Apple's new Thunderbolt Display and you might mistake it for an iMac. Look a bit closer, and you might still be fooled – the display is the same as the panel used in the current 27-inchers. Even if you were to take it apart, the sheer volume of chips, ports, fans and assorted gubbins inside it might not convince you that this is just a monitor. But it's more than just a monitor! Let's start with its performance as a straight display, though. It's entirely as we've come to expect from Apple: a glossy panel (no option for matte) with a high resolution and gloriously wide viewing angles. As usual, colours are good – if perhaps no more than good in the eyes of demanding creative professionals – and the general feel is rewarding. 27-inches can dominate many desks, but it's unden...

Buying Guide: Best monitor: 10 top displays tested

By TechRadar, published 22-08-2011

Picking where to put your pennies when it comes to pricing up a PC can be a pain. Compromises must be made. But if any component deserves a large chunk of your dosh, it's undoubtedly a monitor. Choosing the best LCD monitor can be a pain, but we're here to help. The screen is quite literally a window into the workings of your PC. It's the one component that influences the user experience every time you sit down and fire up. Put another way, a shader-packed graphics card is great for games. For everything else, it's a billion transistors twiddling their thumbs.A high-end CPU admittedly has a wider repertoire. For most things, most of the time, however, a cheap quad-core chip delivers all the performance you can actually use.What LCD monitor?So, a good PC monitor gives more and it gives it m...

Buying Guide: Best LCD monitor: 10 top displays tested

By TechRadar, published 22-08-2011

Picking where to put your pennies when it comes to pricing up a PC can be a pain. Compromises must be made. But if any component deserves a large chunk of your dosh, it's undoubtedly a monitor. Choosing the best LCD monitor can be a pain, but we're here to help. The screen is quite literally a window into the workings of your PC. It's the one component that influences the user experience every time you sit down and fire up. Put another way, a shader-packed graphics card is great for games. For everything else, it's a billion transistors twiddling their thumbs.A high-end CPU admittedly has a wider repertoire. For most things, most of the time, however, a cheap quad-core chip delivers all the performance you can actually use.What LCD monitor?So, a good PC monitor gives more and it gives it m...

Buying Guide: Best computer: how to choose the right one

By TechRadar, published 28-07-2011

When buying a new computer, it's easy to become confused by the sheer volume of technical decisions that you'll have to make. You might wonder how much RAM you'll need, for instance, which CPU or which graphics card to pick, what display to look for, which hard drive will be best for you - there are so many issues that it's difficult to know where to begin.There is a simple way to at least begin cutting down the choices on offer, though, and ensure you get the best PC for your needs. And that's to forget about the low-level technical specifications, and fine details like the brand of graphics card just for the moment and instead concentrate on something much more fundamental and important: what you will be expecting your new system to do.So read on to find out how to buy the best computer ...

Review: Hazro HZ27WA

By TechRadar, published 22-07-2011

When it comes to LCD computer monitors, bigger isn't always better. Often, you don't get any extra pixels. Not so with Hazro's HZ27WA. At 27 inches, it's much bigger than your average HD screen. Crucially, however, it also packs a lot more pixels.For the record, you get 2560 x 1440 of the little multicoloured blighters, making for a grand total of 3.7 million. That's nearly double the 2.1 million of a standard 1080p HD monitor. But that's not all. Hazro hasn't skimped on the panel technology, fitting essentially the same in-plane switching (IPS) LCD panel to this display as found in pricier screens such as the Dell Ultrasharp U2711 and the Apple 27-inch Cinema Display. The only slight snag is that Hazro's own HZ27WC is actually £100 cheaper. But then the HZ27WC does without the HZ27WA's o...

Oversized iPod touch PMP/tablet hybrid tipped ahead of iPad 3

By SlashGear, published 19-02-2011

Steve Jobs may have dismissed 7-inch slates as “tweeners“, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t considering an oversized iPod touch according to the latest batch of rumors. Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple is working on a “big iPod touch” with a screen size of around 5-inches, AppleInsider reports, likely with the same resolution as the current model and offering the same PMP UI rather than the iPad UI. According to the analyst, the new oversized iPod touch is expected to debut in the second half of 2011, more in line with Apple’s PMP refresh than its tablet schedule. The slate would allow Apple to compete in the low-end tablet market, as well as differentiating the iPad from comparisons with cheaper, smaller rivals. It wo...

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