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Amazon is offering a $50 discount on the Garmin Dash Cam X110, an entry-level model in Garmin's X-series lineup. The camera records 1080p HD video with a 140-degree field of view and includes a 2.4-inch display, built-in GPS, voice control, and a Clarity polarizer to reduce windshield glare.
A comparison of current PC component prices found that matching or beating the Xbox Series S's 1080p-1440p gaming performance requires a custom build using only new, currently available parts, since no modern PC hardware directly mirrors the console's older custom chip. The analysis excluded refurbished components due to price volatility and restricted the build to parts obtainable from major retailers today.
A technical blog post revisits H.264, the video codec used across internet streaming, Blu-ray discs, phones, drones and security cameras, explaining the engineering behind its compression. The author demonstrates that a 300-frame H.264 clip of the Apple homepage is far smaller than a single uncompressed PNG frame from that same clip, then walks through the techniques—built on more than three decades of development—that make such dramatic bandwidth savings possible.
Amazon is selling the Garmin Dash Cam Mini 3 for $99.99, a $50 cut from its $149.99 list price. The compact, key-sized camera records 1080p video with a 140-degree field of view and includes a Clarity polarizer plus HDR-style processing to handle glare and changing light. It has no screen or built-in GPS, relying instead on voice controls and the Garmin Drive app, with footage timestamped but not location-tagged.
Amazon is selling the XGIMI MoGo 4 portable projector for $399, a $100 discount off its $499 list price. The battery-powered 1080p DLP projector offers 450 ISO lumens and can project images from about 40 to 200 inches, making it suited to darker rooms.
Amazon has cut the price of the Dangbei N2 mini projector by $50, bringing it to $178.99. The device supports 1080p output, built-in Netflix access, and a 190-degree gimbal stand designed to make positioning easier for viewing.
Amazon is offering a 24% discount on the XGIMI MoGo 4 projector bundled with its PowerBase Stand, bringing the price down to $417, the lowest price recorded for the set. The projector supports 1080p streaming and offers up to five hours of battery life for portable use.
Amazon is selling the XGIMI Elfin Flip Laser projector for $599, a 20% discount that marks its lowest price yet. The device offers 1080p laser projection and is marketed as suited to smaller rooms.
Tom's Hardware compared NVIDIA's 8GB and 16GB RTX 5060 Ti cards, which share the same chip and clock speeds, across 21 games and found the 8GB model averaged 2.3% slower at 1080p medium settings but 12% slower at ultra, with minimum frame rates down 16%. Hardware Unboxed reported a bigger gap in The Last of Us Part II (67fps vs 109fps at 1080p very high) and said Indiana Jones and the Great Circle crashed on the 8GB card at 1080p ultra.
Aurzen's D1R Cube projector, which includes built-in Roku TV and native 1080p resolution, is currently discounted to $169.96, a 32% reduction that ties its previous lowest recorded price. The deal offers buyers a streaming-ready projector without needing a separate media device.
A newly published Show HN project analyzed roughly 1,000 real browser viewport measurements and found that displays marketed as 1080p typically render usable browser content at around 920 pixels of height, once toolbars, address bars, and OS chrome are accounted for. The dataset organizes results by device environment, withholding rankings until each category collects enough samples, and separates out anomalies and legacy tablet data to keep results accurate.
A report explains that streaming platforms must compress 4K video heavily to send it over the internet without buffering, which strips out fine details like film grain, shadow gradients, textures and complex motion data. A 1080p Blu-ray, by contrast, uses a much higher bitrate and preserves that visual information more faithfully, so it can look sharper in demanding scenes despite having fewer pixels.