There has been some interesting technology flowing into the office of late and it was time to write it all up and get you in the know. We already reviewed the Optoma Gametime 750 DLP projector which is now the centerpiece of the office gaming and why not? Who doesn’t want to game on an 8-12 foot display, right? The Microvision ShowWX+ has been relegated to casual gaming and Hulu viewing for the most part,
but will play a key role in our Halloween display.
Some other gear we have received lately that we like and are still using to expand the gaming capabilities include the Diamond Multimedia Powerline Internet AV Kit. It’s a pretty cool little device that allows us to have a 200Mbps connection anywhere there’s a power outlet as it expands your LAN to use the electrical wiring in the house. That means we’re not limited to just a wireless connection for the consoles and we didn’t have to run network cables all over the place. We plugged in one unit by the router and the other over by the consoles with a small four port switch and everything is good to go.
Another Diamond Multimedia device we have is the Portable 300 Mbps Wireless-N Repeater. This gave us some sorely needed signal boosting in the office so that I could sit all the way in my office and still have enough bandwidth to play some games like Star War Clone Wars Adventures, HeroClix Online, and Super Hero Squad Online (yes, we’re gamer geeks) while still sequestered far, far from the wireless router. Plus, it filled that one problem area in the office where signal wasn’t all that great, the basement party room, so now no matter where you are here at GDN central, you’ve got enough wireless signal to game on! Even outside if you so choose to be there, which now, with cooler weather coming, wouldn’t be so ideal.
