The main issue is that drivers often look to plug-in heaters to replace or augment a factory heating system that has stopped working, and that’s a kind of heat output that just can’t be matched due to the inherent limitations of plug-in car heaters. Types of Plug-in Car Heaters There are two main plug-in car heater options available, and they are not created equal. 120 V residential space heaters: These are electric space heaters are designed to plug into the wall....

By including all the features of a smart TV inside a soundbar, you can now transform any old TV into a “smart” version without needing to add an extra box (Apple TV, Chromecast, etc.) or purchasing a new TV entirely. While these types of soundbars are relatively new, there are lots of options to choose from if you’re currently searching for something like this to upgrade your audio experience. Before you jump the gun, read our full review below to find out if the Command Soundbar is the best fit for you....

What Is a Port Number in Networking? Port numbers allow different applications on the same computer to share network resources simultaneously. Home network routers and computer software work with these ports and sometimes support configuring port number settings. How Port Numbers Work Port numbers relate to network addressing. In TCP/IP networking, both TCP and UDP use a set of ports that work together with IP addresses. These port numbers work like telephone extensions....

Character TDs work closely with animators to make sure any specific technical issues are accounted for, but their primary duty is to take a static 3D mesh and make it ready for animation—a process called rigging. What Is Rigging? A character rig is essentially a digital skeleton bound to the 3D mesh. Like a real skeleton, a rig is made up of joints and bones, each acting as a “handle” animators use to bend the character into the desired pose....

The Razer Wolverine V2 is the first Razer controller for Xbox Series X|S, and it carries forward a lot of the same features that made the Wolverine line so popular on Xbox One and PC in the past. It upgrades the rubber dome switches found in the standard Xbox Series X|S controller with clicky mechanical switches, brings back the trigger locks and additional bumper buttons found in previous Wolverine controllers, and allows you to easily remap buttons using an app on your console or PC....

The reason it’s important to know the difference between restart and reset is that they do two very different things, despite sounding like the same word. One is much more destructive and permanent than the other, and there are plenty of scenarios where you need to know which action to perform in order to complete a certain task. All of this might sound cryptic and confusing, especially when you throw in variations like soft reset and hard reset, but keep reading to learn what’s really meant by these terms so that you’ll know exactly what’s being asked of you when one of these terms shows up in a troubleshooting guide or someone in Tech Support asks you to do one or the other....

See our list of other free remote access programs for some RemotePC alternatives, like Chrome Remote Desktop and Remote Utilities. More About RemotePC RemotePC can be used with Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 Windows Server 2016/2012/2008 and Macs can use RemotePC as well In addition to the desktop program for the client computer, you can download an Android or iOS app to make a connection RemotePC can listen to sound from the remote computer Sticky notes can be created on-screen The remote session can be opened in full-screen mode You can make the remote screen blank as you’re remoted into it Lock, sign out, reboot, and reboot to Safe Mode are all supported by the client The client can take screenshots of the host computer during a remote session You can open the file transfer utility without having to remote into the computer...

The Samsung Q60 Series QLED Smart 4K UHD TV with HDR series of televisions are designed to provide superior picture quality and color reproduction regardless of source. Using what the company refers to as Quantum Dot technology, these TVs deliver over a billion shades of color, along with smooth upscaling of regular high definition content to 4K resolution. We tested the 55-inch version of the Samsung QN55Q60RAFXZA, which is simply noted as Samsung QLED Q60R on the side of the box, to see if its Quantum Dot technology and all of its other features make for a TV you’ll want in your home....

Scanner resolution and color depth are key factors to understand when considering a scanner purchase. Here’s a look at what these terms mean, and how to assess your scanning needs to purchase the right device. Optical Scanner Resolution In scanners, optical resolution refers to the amount of information the scanner can gather in each horizontal line. In other words, resolution is the amount of detail a scanner can capture. Resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi)....

According to a new report, iPhones could dial 911 automatically when they detect you are in a crash. Google’s Pixel phones already can use information like your phone’s location, motion sensors, and nearby sounds to monitor a possible accident. It’s part of a growing push to use phones to monitor car safety. “The level of data that is being captured on a modern smartphone is accurate enough to take the sensor feeds and not only determine that a crash has occurred, but the details behind the impact and aftereffects,” Mubbin Rabbani of Agero, a company that uses smartphones to detect car accidents, told Lifewire in an email interview....

From water-making solar panels to new cleaning methods, scientists are always looking for ways to make solar panels more efficient and useful. Recently, engineers at Stanford University devised a thermoelectric generator that uses the infrared light bouncing from the surface of solar panels to generate a small amount of electricity, essentially creating electricity from the panels even at night. But while the science is sound, it’s the economics that could prevent this from gaining mainstream traction....

SpiderOak One Backup is an online backup service with tons of great features, not the least of which is a level of security not seen in many other cloud backup services. Four online backup plans are offered by SpiderOak CrossClave, all of which are identical, except for the amount of storage you’re allowed to use. This model of pricing in terms of cloud storage space usually makes choosing the right plan pretty straightforward, you can learn more about this and other features in our SpiderOak review....

What a Subwoofer Is A subwoofer is a type of speaker that reproduces only the lowest of audible frequencies. In home theater, this feature’s called low-frequency effects. Home theater surround sound is implemented by 5 or more channels, with each channel represented by a speaker. The surround sound channel dedicated to the subwoofer is referred to as the .1 channel. With home theater sound systems requiring specialized speakers for center channel dialog, main soundtracks, surround, and sometimes even height effects, the need for a speaker to reproduce just the deep bass portion of a movie soundtrack is all the more important....

Whether you’re brand new to Minecraft, or you’re just new to modding, we’ve put together a list of the 15 best Minecraft mods that improve graphics or performance, add useful functionality, and open up brand new worlds to explore. The mods in our list work regardless of the platform you’re using, so you can safely grab them whether you’re playing on Windows, OS X/mac OS, or Linux. However, they only work with Minecraft: Java Edition....

Below is a list of the best free text editors. Use them to edit everything from TXT files to HTML, CSS, JAVA, VBS, PHP, BAT files, and more. They can also be used to convert between those formats. This program uses tabbed browsing, which means several documents remain open at a time and they’ll display at the top as tabs. While each tab represents its own file, the program can interact with all of them at once to do things like compare files for differences and search for or replace text....

Listed here are all the best geocaching apps, some free and some that require payment. At their core, most of them work the same way: log in to your Geocaching account to access your information, and then use the app to find caches. Every app that accesses Geocaching uses the same map as every other geocacher, meaning that no matter which app you use, all the same caches show up on the map....

Keep in mind that you shouldn’t expect a flawless 4k gaming experience, or to play cutting edge titles at any better than medium settings, but the PC is a platform that is a treasure trove of gaming experiences that have accumulated over the decades. There are a great wealth and variety of virtual experiences that are playable even on lower-end, older video cards. Additionally, there are many excellent current games such as DOTA 2, League of Legends, and Minecraft, which are specifically intended and maintained to be playable on older hardware....

Apple isn’t the only company that makes Apple-compatible charging cables. There are a ton of them out there, so it can be hard to know what to buy. We’ve rounded up the best lightning cables we can find, and we’ve included them all below. Some of these cables come directly from Apple. Others come from third parties and are MFi certified. We’ll cover that in more detail at the end, but it basically means the cable is Apple-certified that it works as it should....

This feature is limited to voice calls made between two or more Skype accounts, not phone numbers, but it’s completely free, can be quickly activated once a call has begun, and the recording becomes available to download for 30 days for all parties in the conversation log. The 30-day limit may be frustrating to some, but you can download the file to your iPhone as many times as you like for sharing or editing before the deadline and then use it for whatever you like for as long as you like....

We’ve researched the best options on the market, including classically designed picks or modernized players with premium new design elements. All of them will play CDs, but several will bring some contemporary features with them. Here are the best portable CD players to consider. You get 100 seconds of skip protection, MP3 and WMA playback functionality, and a sizable 12 hours of listening with the onboard rechargeable battery. Some extras that NAVISKAUTO has included are extra equalizer (EQ) controls that help you tailor your sound and a super-bright LED control array that’s easy to see and use....