January 16, 2012
Featured Tech News, HTPC, Keyboards
Xebec Tech are not a very well known company but they produce a very interesting and innovative range of products which are quite different to what else is available on the market at the moment. All of their products are designed in the UK and their product range encompasses multimedia …
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January 13, 2012
Featured Tech Reviews, Monitors
A growing number of people are gradually learning about the benefits of using a higher resolution screen. Long gone are the days of 1024×768 resolution as the latest Steam survey in December 2011 has highlighted. 17.59% of gamers are using a 1680×1050 panel now, with 7.77% using 1920×1080. Only 4 …
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January 12, 2012
Featured Announcement, Graphics, Monitors
If you own a laptop computer quite often you are limited to a display on a single, or dual screen via DVI or HDMI out. Sapphire have released their new Vid 2X Display Expander, which allows two monitors to be connected to almost any computer, including a netbook, laptop or …
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January 6, 2012
Featured Announcement, Mouse
We recently took a look at a rather attractive looking Diablo III headset from SteelSeries which impressed us with the extra features it offers over the standard Siberia V2 headset. While the most obvious differences were mainly cosmetic, there were a few hardware tweaks including a built in USB soundcard …
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January 1, 2012
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
We have looked at a vast number of gaming headsets from SteelSeries in the past and none of them have failed to impress us. Our favourite gaming headset from SteelSeries is, without doubt, the Siberia V2 which offers great all-round performance and an unparalleled comfort level. This is one of …
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December 28, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Those who have been reading KitGuru for a while will know that the SteelSeries Siberia V2 is one of our favourite gaming headsets of all time. Take a short walk around any serious LAN event, like Multiplay's i-Series, and you'll see quite a number of gamers sporting this particular product. …
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November 24, 2011
Featured Tech News, Pen Drives
No other industry moves as fast as the technology sector. While a few years ago we had to make do with sluggish flash drives, in 2011 there are a myriad of lightning quick USB 3.0 options available. A few weeks ago we tested at a very fast model from ADATA …
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November 11, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Turtle Beach are one of the biggest names in the gaming audio industry and their products are favoured by gamers across the globe. We recently looked at one of their PC headsets – the Z6A, which was very impressive indeed. Going on past experiences we were very happy to receive …
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November 9, 2011
Announcements, Headphones, Peripheral
We recently took a look at Corsair's latest flagship gaming headset, the Vengeance 1500, which impressed us on a number of levels. The outstanding build quality and good sound quality were a winning combination that helped it achieve our most prestigious ‘Must Have' award. Corsair offered us a sample of …
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November 2, 2011
Peripheral
Duracell are universally recognized as being one of the leading manufacturers of battery technology. What many of our readers might not know however is that they also make a range of peripherals to support device charging. Today we are looking at their 5 Hour Portable USB charger, created for mobile …
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November 2, 2011
Featured Announcement, Pen Drives
Almost everyone reading this article today will have either a USB 2.0 flash drive, or removable hard drive. Keeping an offline backup of sensitive and important documents is a very wise move. Today we are looking at the latest USB 3.0 drive from ADATA, the ‘Pro' version of their popular …
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October 31, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
Cooler Master have released many quality products this year, from CPU coolers and power supplies to computer chassis. Today we are looking at the latest headphones from their Storm series – the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones. The Sirus is a product which hopes to target both the gaming and …
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October 31, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
In the past year or so we have seen a number of component manufacturers such as Thermaltake and Cooler Master expand their product ranges into the gaming peripherals market. While some of these manufacturers have entered the market very quickly with a large range of gaming peripherals, Corsair has taken …
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October 24, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Those who read KitGuru on a regular basis will know that we review quite a number of gaming products from SteelSeries. They are renowned for being one of the best gaming peripheral manufacturers on the planet and are held in high esteem by gamers across the globe. Take a trip …
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October 10, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones, Peripheral
A little while ago we took at two Xbox 360 headsets from Plantronics and were very impressed with what they offered for the money. We did however comment that the Wireless X95 headset would be a much better product if it featured an integrated rechargeable battery, as buying replacement batteries …
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September 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
Despite being a well established company in the audio market, Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming audio arena. We have been generally impressed with the gaming products we've seen form them so far, though, especially the GameCom X40 Xbox 360 headset which offered excellent value for money. …
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September 16, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Steelseries have built up a reputation over the years for producing some of the finest mice available to the gaming audience. Their Xai has been my gaming mouse of choice for the last year as I immediately bonded with the shape, weight and size. Today we are looking at their …
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September 16, 2011
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
The gaming keyboard market is becoming more and more competitive with recent releases such as the Razer Black Widow Ultimate and SteelSeries 6G V2 leading the way. Roccat have decided to throw another choice into the mix with the latest addition to their gaming peripheral range. Today we are going …
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September 12, 2011
Featured Announcement, Keyboards
Today we are looking at a new product from Xebec – the iTouchpad Diamond Series Wireless keyboard which features a built in touchpad. It is rechargeable and is designed for Windows operating systems. Is this the ideal ‘controller' for media use? Being a compact, wireless design means the Xebec iTouchPad …
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September 10, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Headphones
Many serious gamers will have heard of Turtle Beach as they are renowned for producing some of the best gaming headsets on the market for both console and PC gaming. Turtle Beach as a company have actually been around for over 20 years now so they have many years more …
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September 3, 2011
Announcements, Monitors
Today we are looking at the new ASUS PA238Q LED Monitor, the little brother to the PA246Q which we reviewed back in May this year. The Pro Art 238Q is targeted at web professionals, designers and the discerning enthusiast audience who demand a high quality image. The Asus PA238Q is …
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September 1, 2011
Featured Announcement, Headphones
The gaming market is very competitive this year with key players such as Steelseries and Razer unleashing a wide selection of superb products. Thermaltake may be relatively new to the scene, but under the TT eSports name they have managed to come up with a number of impressive products such …
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August 31, 2011
Featured Tech News, Keyboards
The gaming market has been thriving in 2011 thanks to a steady release of quality products from Razer, Steelseries and Thermaltake. Today we are looking at the new Tt eSPORTS MEKA G Unit Gaming Keyboard which is targeted at the FPS, RTS and MMORPG audience. In a similar fashion to …
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August 17, 2011
Featured Tech News, Routers
While some of you may be using routers provided by your ISP, such as BT or Virgin Media for instance, there are still many people, myself included, who own routers. The market for networking devices might have peaked a few years back but it is still one of the major …
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August 13, 2011
Announcements, Featured Announcement, Headphones
Over the past couple of years we have seen a mass influx of brands into the gaming peripheral market, making things more competitive than ever. The longer established brands like Razer and Logitech still win favour with many gamers but that might be about to change. It seems that Asus …
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August 12, 2011
Featured Tech News, Headphones, Peripheral
We have looked at a couple of products from Thermaltake's eSPORTS division over the past year including the impressive MEKA mechanical gaming keyboard and the great value Black Gaming mouse. So we are excited to see what they can deliver with their latest gaming headset. Today we are going to …
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August 1, 2011
Announcements, Mouse
Today we are going to look at another mouse designed by Smartfish Technologies – The Whirl Mini. which just like the Whirl is designed with ergonomics in mind. Smartfish Technologies say that their new portable mouse will have a major impact on conventional notebook mouse designs. The Whirl Mini also …
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July 31, 2011
Announcements, Console, Headphones
Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming peripheral industry, especially when compared to the likes of SteelSeries, Razer and Logitech. They do however have plenty of experience with other types of audio products aimed at both corporate and consumer markets. We recently looked at their GameCom X40 headset …
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July 27, 2011
Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse
Back in 2008, NZXT released the Avatar gaming mouse featuring an ambidextrous design. As with all of NZXT’s PC accessories, ‘Avatar' was designed to provide gamers with an advantage over their competitors. Move forward to summer of 2011 and NZXT has released the Avatar S, the successor to the original …
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July 19, 2011
Featured Announcement, Peripheral
The winds of change have been blowing hard for XFX in the last year. As one of the most respected Nvidia graphics card manufacturers, it was a shock when they started making AMD solutions in 2009. With a hiatus in new graphics card releases, they have been diverting some of …
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