Category: Reviews & How-To’s

Alesis MultiMix 4 USB Mixer in 2026: What This 2013 Podcast Setup Still Gets Right

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Originally published November 24, 2013. Updated for 2026. Original review by Brad Chaffee. 2026 editorial update by Jim Collison. 2026 Editor’s Update When Brad Chaffee reviewed the Alesis MultiMix 4 USB for TheAverageGuy.tv in 2013, podcast production looked different than it does today. Brad was trying to solve problems that will sound familiar to anyone who has produced a podcast: microphone gain, background noise, bringing in a remote co-host, playing intro music and sound bites, working with prerecorded interviews, and reducing the amount of time required after the recording was finished. The MultiMix 4 helped him do that. More than

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Your Movie Library on the Go – A First Look at the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless Hard Drive Review

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Part I – Seagate GoFlex Satellite First Impressions Over the years our digital libraries have grown quite large. The accumulation of audio, video and picture files prevents any one portable device from being able to store it all. In my case, I have over 350 GB of Music and Videos in my iTunes library and over 3 TB of Recorded TV and Movie backups on my Windows Home Sever 2011. When preparing for a trip with the kids, I would copy various movies and TV shows from my iTunes library to the different devices I have trying to spread out

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A PC Running Android: Tronsmart MK908 Initial Review

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                       2026 Update: What I Would Buy Instead The Tronsmart MK908 is now a piece of early mini-PC history, not something I would recommend buying for a modern setup. If the idea that attracted you here was a tiny, inexpensive computer you can attach to a TV or use for a lightweight home-lab project, I would shop current mini PCs instead. For a basic Windows or Linux box, an Intel N100/N150-class system is a much more practical starting point today. Current buying option: Shop N150 mini PCs with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage on Amazon. I am recommending the hardware

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Desktop Replacements: The Android Mini PC Option with a Tronsmart MK908

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Android mini PCs have become a very interesting technology segment in the last few years. The Raspberry Pi has really helped to drive innovation around small form factor computing. I became interested in them as a low cost option to replace light desktop computing such as word processing. Many Android mini PCs are about half the size of a deck of cards, making them very portable and versatile. The device can be easily attached to a HDTV and then run whatever operating system is installed; Android is the most popular and various versions of Linux may or may not be

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Hands On Review of the Roku 3

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Don’t make the mistake of comparing the Roku 3’s size to its capabilities. Roku 3 (http://amzn.com/B00BGGDVOO at Amazon) is a sleek, slender device that can easily fit within the palm of your hands. It is a powerful machine that is an absolute delight to use. I have been using the Roku 3 actively for the past one week and have been amazed at its speed and overall features set. Not only can the Roku 3 change channels quickly, its search and channel store library is second to none. This device is leaps and bounds above its competition and a significant

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Adding a Google Apps Email Account to Outlook.com

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  The new Outlook.com is out from Microsoft and it has quietly made a splash with a reported 1 million users in 6 hours. I am a Google Apps user and I have several email accounts that are not your traditional yourname@gmail.com but are myname@mydomain.com and are hosted on Gmail servers.  The set up for regular Gmail accounts is fairly straight forward, the setting up an Google Apps account is not as intuitive for the average guy.  Here is how you get it started. First, go out to http://outlook.com and sign in with your Microsoft ID.  If you don’t have

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