Recent content by Sixstringmonk

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    News Alienware's 34-inch AW3425DW QD-OLED beams down to Earth with 240 Hz refresh rate and new design language

    There's a hidden story with this monitor that I haven't seen any media talk about. The AW3423DW and DWF had both pixel and panel refresh options. The 25DW only has a pixel refresh option. Why? Traditionally a pixel refresh is used for temporary image retention / voltage stickiness on the TFT...
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    Question Getting my first 34" Ultra wide OLED monitor, which connection should I use ?

    As TheStryker said, HDMI is slightly better in this case because you can get 240hz / 10 bit color with DSC switched off in the OSD. You need to have DSC on to do this with the display port connection. DSC is supposed to compress the signal without any noticeable loss in visual fidelity. This may...
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    News The Commodore 64 Ultimate computer is the company's first hardware release in over 30 years — pre-orders start at $299

    It is a great price. I'll be assembling my own using the Retro Fusion case, the Blingboard keyboard(which still hasn't shipped yet), the C64 Ultimate Elite-II (which still hasn't shipped yet), and a Raspberry Pi power supply. Grand total: $640 USD. The $299 version will be essentially the same...