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Guide: Set the correct colour range of connected monitors via HDMI and DVI

Maybe you have already noticed, but very often when you connect a new monitor to the video card colours are not used to the full, making the overall enjoyment of contents not as good as it should be. All this is caused by Windows and drivers that, when they detect a new monitor, set an inappropriate colour profile. With the correct colour profile in fact the blacks will be much “blacker” and, in general, colours will feel truer and much more “alive”. Now let’s see how to fix this problem.

If you have NVIDIA

If you use DVI or HDMI to connect your monitor, this small fix that will automatically set the right level of RGB (0-255). Method:

  1. Download the software from this LINK
  2. Unzip the contents into a folder to store later
  3. Right-click on the extracted file and click “Run as Administrator.”
  4. Click on the newly appeared window , “Set Full Range (0-255)”
  5. Restart your PC to enjoy the improvement.

If indeed you notice an improvement in the situation, remember that it will require a new adjustment of brightness and contrast.

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AOC presents two new 27 and 32 inch 4K monitors

AOC, one of the most popular brands of monitors in the world, is adding two new Premium 4K UHD monitors to their award winning 77 series. The AOCU2777PQU (which has a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and a screen measurement of 68.6 cm (27”) diagonally) and the AOX U3277PWQU (which has screen measurement of 82.2 cm (31.5”) diagonally) have an ultra high resolution, four times higher than Full HD, and are capable of reproducing extremely detailed images, which separates them from the competition.

Thanks to the high pixel density of these monitors, users now have more workspace, which allows for more productivity. In addition to an excellent image quality, integral ergonomic features and Flicker Free technology make these monitors ideal for users looking for precise and detailed images, as well as a good purchase for improving health and wellbeing.

AOC Monitor

The AOC U2777PQU (27”) and AOX U3277PWQU (31.5”) come equipped with high quality IPS and with an AMVA panel respectively, they have 4k HD resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels) and have an aspect ratio of 16:9. These monitors also reproduce live images, with more than 1 billion colors (8 bit real + FRC) and 100% of sRGB gamma, which makes them perfect monitors for advanced users who work with images.

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MSI VR Ready GT72VR Dominator Pro-015 Review (Intel Core i7-6700HQ, GTX 1070, 256GB SSD +1TB HDD)

While the general PC market is not going through its best times, gaming oriented hardware is thriving with new needs emerging in the form of massive online competitions or the rebirth of virtual reality, and in this market gaming laptops have a very special niche.

MSI has been working hard in recent years to become one of the crucial points of reference in PC gaming. All this work has paid off as recently they have become the number one gaming laptop manufacturer in the world beating with a market share of 19% to its main rival ASUS, which was left behind with 15%.

MSI VR Ready GT72VR Dominator Pro-015

Staying on the crest of the wave ain’t easy so the company keeps launching new models with the latest technology on the market, and today the latests are the new NVIDIA Pascal GPUs for laptops like the GTX 1070 that the company has integrated into the GT72VR 6RE Dominator Pro Tobii that we will be analyzing today.

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ASUS ZenBook UX305UA-AS51 Review (6th Generation Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10)

The world of ultra portable computers has undergone a great evolution, specially after the important diversification that some manufacturers have created, who have incorporated new products with great features at constantly more affordable prices, a category in which we can perfectly put the ASUS ZenBook UX305UA.

Thanks to the courtesy of ASUS we have been able to test this unit, specifically the model that comes with a Core i5-6500U processor, 13,3 inch 1080p screen, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 256 SSD.

After using it for more than one month we have been able to draw a number of interesting conclusions which we will share with you in this analysis, where as always we will give the product a final score based on our personal experience.

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Cherry MC 4000, a High Precision Gaming Mouse

High performance periferics specialist Cherry has announced the launch of a new mouse to join their wide catalog, the Cherry MC 4000. This mouse is aimed at Professional Gamers and users that require maximum precision, which is why it uses the manufacturer’s best optical sensor.

The optical sensor Cherry installed in the MC 4000 has it’s pros and cons. The biggest pro is absolute precision, at any speed and on any kind of surface that is not reflectant (like all optical mouses). The con is that it’s only capable of running at two resolutions: 1000 and 2000 DPI. This huge limitation exists to make sure the sensor’s precision is absolute. Also, it has two different lights, red light at 2000 DPI and blue at 1000 DPI. It has a button next to the scroll wheel that changes the resolution easily.

Cherry MC 4000

One interesting feature is that the manufacturer installed teflon feets that cover the whole perimeter of the mouse’s base, in such a way that it’s always supported on sliding material so it slides perfectly at all times. I can’t remember any mouse of any manufacturer with this base disposition.

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Samsung announces its new V-NAND chip and their SSDs of up to 32TB

Samsung announced in the Flash Memory Summit 2016 its fourth generation of 3D V-NAND memory Flash. These new memory chips of vertical arrangement have up to 64 layers, which means that each chip has a capacity of up to 512 Gigabits. The manufacturer has also announced that these will be used in their next generation of SSDs that will reach up to 32TB capacity in a 2.5-inch format.

Samsung

The previous generation of Samsung’s V-NAND had 48 layers per chip, so the maximum capacity of these was 256GB. As an example, these third-generation chips have been used in the 4TB versions of SSDs Samsung 850 EVO. With the arrival of the fourth generation,the number of layers has been increased to 64, significantly increasing the maximum capacity per chip, occupying the same space.

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Seagate already has a SSD that reaches 10GB/s the PCI-Express

Seagate

The Flash Memory Summit just ended, so have to talk about storage devices. One of the biggest bombs of the fair was given by Seagate, as they introduced their new PCI-Express SSD Nytro XP7200, with a total capacity of up to 7.7TB and is capable of operating at speeds up to 10,000 MB/s . They have also shown a 3.5-inch SSD with 60TB capacity.

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How to Get Rid of (Delete) Android Viruses?

Android is a very flexible operating system. Compared to competing platforms like iOS and Windows Phone, it gives more freedom of action to the user, but this evident advantage means taking some more risks about informatics safety.

The opportunity to install apps from external sources, “outside” the Google Play Store, and the pretty wide spread of the operating system (it’s the most used platform in the world, as regards smartphones) has meant that Android attracted some unpleasant attentions from cybercriminals, who create malwares aimed to spy the users’ activities, collecting their data and sometimes activating some very expensive premium services by SMS.

To protect yourself from this kind of risk, you need to use your own smartphone/tablet wisely, avoiding downloads of apps from external sources (but it must be said that sometimes, viruses have been found even on the Play Store, disguised as innocuous games or apps) and, if possible, installing a good antivirus: there are many of them, even for free, without slowing the system down at all, and getting to guarantee a great level of protection. If you want, I can suggest you some of the best ones around and teach you how to delete Android viruses by using them. It won’t take long, I promise.

How to prevent malwares installation on Android

Before we take a look to the best antimalware apps currently available on Android, let’s clear up an important point: to reasonably rest easy, you should just download apps from safe sources only, so from the Play Store only, from developers with proven reliability, and don’t root the Android system.  (Read More: How to Root Android Phone)

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Full HD vs 4K: what differences are there?

Until the 10th of July, UEFA Euro-cup will be the predominant media event on papers, online media and, above all, television.

Precisely, and despite other screens, like tablets, mobile phones or laptops, television is still the preferred media to enjoy sports competitions, in our own homes, at a friend’s or at public places like pubs and bars. And the bigger the screen,the better.

Generally, TV screens are categorised by the diagonal size of the screen, associating a larger size with a better quality of the device. But there are other parameters relevant in the quality of the screen, besides its diagonal inches.

Screen resolution

One of the characteristics of a television device, besides its size, is the screen resolution. Through history, this resolution has been increasing, coming from 365 lines of the analog TV, to the 576p of the SD (Standard Definition) resolution, later to the 720p of the HD (High Definition) and to the 1080p of the Full HD.

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