3D printers were meant to be a way where you could create useful stuff around the home, including replacement parts for things that break. However, understandably, companies tend to keep their design specs under wraps.

Your monitor isn't as good as it could be out of the box. If you want it to reach its peak, you need to calibrate it, but how necessary is it? The answer is a little more nuanced than I'd first expected.

Retro console gaming fans love to extol the virtues of playing on original hardware, but what about retro PC gaming? There's a distinct subculture of people who go out and find old computer parts to build period-accurate computers, so they can enjoy retro PC games as intended.

For modern audiences, "Mac" and "gaming" are not two words that seem to go together. However, across the history of Apple, the company has experienced highs and lows when it comes to the gaming industry.

Modern monitors are about more than just plugging in your graphics card so you can see what's going on in computer land. The typical modern monitor is packed with ports of all sorts, and you might be missing out if you're not using it to its full potential.

A nice Hi-Fi system used to be the center of a home's audio experience, but today a flood of Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, soundbars, and even more audio gadgets make it seem like the Hi-Fi's days are done.

The great thing about PC gaming is that you can take just about any modern PC, and find some way to get any classic PC title to run on it. However, if you're using a flat panel display some of these games just won't look as good as they once did.

Every modern flat panel display consists of physical "pixels" or "picture elements" that make up the image as a whole. Pixels are already tiny, but each one is a complex machine in its own right, with numerous independent parts.

Anime went from a niche medium that only existed in the West thanks to a geeky subculture, to a mainstream entertainment form available all over the world, but where would someone coming into the hobby even begin today?

When it comes to TVs, people can have an intense level of brand loyalty. I get it! It's good to stick with a name that you know and trust, but being a little too snobby about the TV brands you're willing to buy can come back to bite you in the end.

I had the opportunity to pick up a nice little 17-inch Samsung SyncMaster CRT monitor a while ago, which I bought specifically for retro gaming—which worked out pretty well. Then, I got the idea to relive my college years and actually do some work on the little tube.

Some games are just misunderstood when they first hit the public eye. There might be weird stories surrounding their development, or early reviewers may just not "get" what makes a game special. It happens!

You're probably not buying a new monitor often. It's one of those components that will follow you from one computer to the next, but at some point you'll want to upgrade and benefit from the great new screen technology that's on offer.

CRTs have been out of the mainstream for over two decades, but that doesn't mean there aren't modern games that get something a little special from being displayed by a high-voltage electron gun instead of twisty liquid crystals.

4K monitors are finally becoming more affordable, and so you may be thinking it's time to upgrade that 1440p or even 1080p display to something with way more pixels, and a much sharper image as a result.

Macs used to have no end of gaming options, until about the turn of the century. Since then, gaming on a Mac has been a bit of a joke at Apple's expense. However, in recent years, things have taken a turn for the better, with Apple making many moves that should result in more games coming to its platform,

Weekly show releases feel like a partial return to the bad old days of broadcast television, where you had to conform to someone else's schedule, or at least figure out how to program your VCR.

4K monitors are some of the highest resolution monitors you can buy for a desktop setup, and that means you're usually going to pay quite a premium! So is it worth it?

It's become incredibly common for tech publications (and people on Reddit) to give out blanket advice to skip the base iPad and buy an iPad Air instead. I'm here to tell you that for most people, most of the time, the base iPad is more than you actually need.