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OWC Mercury Pro Blu-ray burner: FireWire 800/400, USB & eSATA

, Feb 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

OWC have announced their latest Mercury Pro Blu-ray/SuperDrive "Quad Interface" External Drive, offering Blu-ray and DVD burning for any PC or Mac with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 or eSATA connectivity.  The new Mercury Pro also doubles the burn speed of the previous-generation version. Read The Full Story

OCZ boasts Thumb Drive speed with eSATA Interface

, Dec 5th 2008 Discuss [0]

USB thumb drive is convenient. The interface is standard with most computers made in the last decade and almost guarantee to work in any platforms. The only downturn is its speed remains an area for improvement. OCZ engineer looks to break the tradition, their new line of ultra fast thumb drive has an eSATA interface instead of a conventional USB ones. The result is sensational; the new integration boasts an astonishing transfer speeds of 90MB/s in reading and 30MB/s in writing. The OCZ Throttle eSATA drive family ranges from 8GB, 16GB to 32GB capacities. Like the USB with plug-and-play capability, the Throttle allows instantaneously data access from any computer without the need to install any additional hardware or drivers. Product availability and pricing have not yet announced.

Kangaru e-Flash dual eSATA & USB 2.0 32GB flash drive

, Nov 19th 2008 Discuss [0]

Kangaru Solutions have announced what they're claiming is the first ever eSATA flash drive.  The double-ended e-Flash drive has a USB 2.0 connector on one side and an eSATA connector on the other, offering users either the paltry 480MB/s of dull old USB or the blistering 3Gb/s of everyone's favorite external SATA interface.  Of course, those are just theoretical speeds: when you dig into the spec sheet you see the e-Flash is slightly less impressive than the headlines might suggest. Read The Full Story

Gateway FX6800-05 Intel Core i7-940 Gaming PC

, Nov 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

If our review of Gateway's FX6800-01e Intel Core i7-powered desktop PC whetted your appetite, but you want more Nehalem goodness, you'll be pleased to hear that the company has unveiled a second FX6800-series PC.  The FX6800-05 swaps the entry-level model's Core i7-920 processor for an i7-940 CPU, running at 2.93GHz.  That's not the only change, either: out goes the graphics and three single gigabyte RAM chips, to be replaced by ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 video cards and 6GB of DDR3 1066MHz memory. Read The Full Story

SimpleTech Pro and Duo Pro: eSATA, FireWire & USB, with 3TB RAID in Q4

, Sep 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

SimpleTech have unveiled a pair of external hard-drives offering multiple connectivity options and a reinforced casing for durability.  The Pro and Duo Pro drives each have eSATA, FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0 ports, for data transfers up to 3 gigabytes per second, and in the case of the Duo Pro will offer a choice of RAID 0 or 1 configuration. Read The Full Story

HP Pavilion HDX16 & HDX18 High-Definition Notebooks

, Sep 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

HP have announced two new multimedia Pavilion notebooks, the HDX16 and HDX18.  Both have 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 processors, NVIDIA GeForce 512MB graphics and optional Blu-ray, together with HP's unique "imprint" casing finish.  Inprint uses a combination of different colors, vacuum metalized and printed, which are then injected with resin to make durable, wear-resistant panels.  The HDX16 has a 16-inch display and the HDX18 an 18.4-inch display; both are 16:9 aspect, the smaller a choice of 720- or 1,080 resolution while the larger is full 1080p HD.  Each has flush-fitting glass and 300nits dual-lamp illumination. Read The Full Story

Iomega 500Gb DVR Expander Review

, Aug 13th 2008 Discuss [3]

Anyone with a Digital Video Recorder is probably not a stranger to running out of storage space and being forced to delete old programs. What you may not be aware of is that there are a few products out there claiming to make expanding that storage straightforward: essentially a plug-n-play external hard drive to add capacity to your DVR. The Apricorn DVR Xpander and Western Digital My DVR Expander are two such examples, and here we have a new kid in town, the Iomega DVR Expander.

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Lian Li add eSATA to front I/O bay

, Jul 31st 2008 Discuss [0]

Lian Li have taken the (small) wraps off of a new multimedia I/O bezel for their high-end cases.  The BZ-U02 has the usual USB 2.0 ports, Firewire and audio in/out, but also adds eSATA for plugging in high-speed external hard-drives. Read The Full Story
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