CES 2015

We had the chance to stop by Razer’s booth and saw some really exciting new stuff. Razer is a company that is well-known for making fantastic gaming peripherals, and most recently have ventured outside that market into building actual gaming laptops, wearable’s and various other devices geared toward gaming and gamers. FORGE TV AND CORTEX: STREAM The first of their …

We had the chance to stop by TP-Link’s booth at CES 2015, TP-Link is a fairly well-known Router and Networking company that has created a reputation for itself for providing excellent performing routers and networking devices at very competitive prices. ARCHER C9 AC1900 ROUTER The first product we looked at today is their recently announced Archer C9 AC1900 dual-band wireless …

Monday evening our group attended PEPCOM 2015 – a by invitation only press event for vendors to display their latest wares and technology. It was a little bit of a combination of the newest technology in a lot of areas combined with a touch of nostalgic technology as far as retro gaming. We saw several robotics displays but there were …

This week at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, we got a chance to check out Ace, a company that specializes in enterprise server solutions as well as high-end Media Servers, which they sell only to re-sellers. As many will know, Media Servers and HTPCs are not as big of a market as they use to be, due in large part …

Throughout our ventures of Pepcom Digital Experience! and Showstoppers, we checked in with Otterbox and Lifeproof who were showcasing their latest and greatest. Both companies are phenomenal manufacturer’s of protective cases that can save your expensive device from it’s demise. We first met with Otterbox, who unveiled the Resurgence case for the iPhone 6. The Resurgence features specially formulated polycarbonate to …

Up next on our busy schedule was our meeting with PNY at Pepcom Digital Experience!, a smaller consumer-based show that occurs during CES 2015. We met with Bernadette who was showcasing PNY’s solid state drives for gamer’s, consumers, clients and enterprise. First up is the CS1111, which is part of the new CS1000 series. We were told that this would be …

We had the chance to check out Intel’s Press Conference yesterday, and while interesting it definitely lacked in desktop hardware announcements. Instead, Intel focused on 3D cameras and wearable’s, the latter of which seems to be a running theme of CES 2015. INTEL REALSENSE 3D CAMERA Intel spent the bulk of the show talking about their RealSense 3D camera technology, …

The next press conference we attended to at CES 2015 was with ZTE. ZTE is a giant in the telecommunications world, as they develop several different types of smartphones, internet devices and tablets. Last year at CES, they introduced the first generation of the ZTE Spro mini-projector. This year at CES, we heard from ZTE that they are the 2nd in sales …

Next up on our extensive CES schedule is Phanteks, which is a well known company in the enthusiast PC cooling and case markets. Phanteks has always impressed us year after year with their new products and this year is no different. ENTHOO MINI XL CASE The first of the new products we took a look at is the Enthoo Mini …

Our first private meeting today was with Zotac, a premier producer of graphics cards and mini-PCs.  Buu Ly, Zotac’s Global Product Marketing Manager, started off by showing us their latest graphics cards, including a pair of GeForce GTX970-based cards geared towards gaming enthusiasts.  Zotac is labeling these as their GTX970 Core Editions. These latest GeForce GTX970 cards move away from …