Journal
Read buying guides, product notes, material stories, and field updates from the team.
Resolution and refresh rate get all the attention, but the port behind the screen decides what your display can do. How to match display, hub and cable by the numbers.
The Hong Kong Electronics Fair opens tomorrow at HKCEC: 3,200+ exhibitors, a hybrid online format and the accessory industry's biggest buying week. What to watch.
Operating system updates kill accessories in waves: docks go dark, adapters vanish. How to buy hubs, docks and adapters that survive the next update, whatever it breaks.
The MZTC344A is a USB switch with two inputs and four outputs: share one keyboard and mouse between two PCs with a single button press, no recabling ever.
OWC's USB4 hub ships with active optical cables reaching three and five meters at a full 40Gbps. USB-C finally stretches across the room, and installs change.
The MZTC9791 drives three displays, an 8K DP output plus dual 4K HDMI, through one Thunderbolt 4 cable, with an M.2 NVMe/SATA bay, 10Gbps USB, cards and audio: 15 in 1.
CE, FCC, RoHS, UKCA: the marks are not decoration. What each certification actually proves, which ones your market requires, and how to verify the paperwork behind them.
New launches from UGREEN and AVerMedia point to a Q4 capture card boom, riding October's game lineup and the holiday streaming season. What it means for buyers.
The MZTC344C captures HDMI at 4K 30Hz over USB-C with loopout, audio mixing and mic input, plus 100W PD pass-through so the streaming rig never loses power.
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