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Give a geek a HD digital video camera and what do you expect?! Tech talk and lots of footage of gadgets and computing. Tech Knowledge Arena (tkArena) is a new website dedicated to explaining technology, with daily news, blogs, FAQs, glossary, in depth guides and general PC/IT industry commentary.

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Videos (117)

Building a Blu-ray HTPC, Ep2, The Hardware

published 9 months ago

9:45 | 100 views

In this episode, John and Fiona discuss their hardware choices, from the case, to the hard drives, to the all important video cards.
Building a Blu-ray HTPC, ep 3: Installing the CPU, RAM and mb

published 9 months ago

9:43 | 81 views

In this episode, the three major components are installed into the case.
Building a Blu-ray HTPC, ep 4: Finishing Assembly

published 9 months ago

5:41 | 54 views

In this episode, the optical drive, hard drive and cabling is all finished - including one unidentified piece!
Building a Blu-ray HTPC, ep 5: Software Installation

published 9 months ago

7:45 | 50 views

This episode explains the installation of Vista and other drivers and software. Not the most exciting episode, but necessary none the less!
Building a Blu-ray HTPC, ep 6: Testing Playback

published 9 months ago

9:58 | 73 views

In this episode, John and Fiona have tested the playback on all new Blu-ray HTPC. They also explain some options available in WinDVD and PowerDVD.
Building a Blu-ray HTPC, ep 7: Choosing a Video Card

published 9 months ago

6:02 | 70 views

this episode, John and Fiona give the low-down on which video card did the best job as a Blu-ray multimedia PC graphics solution.
Upgrading to the Next Gen PC, ep 2: Preparing the PC for Upgrade & PSUs

published 9 months ago

5:01 | 12 views

In this episode we provide tips on backing up, stripping down the PC and we discuss power supply changes over the last five years.
Upgrading a PC, ep3 : Choice of Graphic Card

published 9 months ago

7:19 | 18 views

In this episode, we discuss about different graphic cards available in the market, what are the differences between them in order to help you choose the graphic card for your PC Upgrade
Upgrading to the Next Gen PC, ep 4: RAM and Drives

published 9 months ago

5:01 | 31 views

Are DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 interchangeable? Can I salvage my old hard drives? What about my optical drives? Common upgrading questions answered here.
Upgrading to the Next Gen PC, ep5: Preparing the Case

published 9 months ago

3:53 | 13 views

Before any new hardware goes in, an old PC case needs to be completely stripped bare.