There’s no need to buy a house on the shore when your yacht is a BeachClub
Why it matters to you
It’s always party time when your yacht is a BeachClub.
Yacht buyers less interested in transatlantic crossings with a dozen friends and a crew of 25 than having room to party and relax have a new alternative with the Van der Valk BeachClub 600. A clever use of space on the 62.5-foot yacht frees up uncommon amounts of interior and exterior space.
Van der Valk announced the BeachClub concept with graphics for the smallest design in the range. Two larger versions include the 67.3-foot BeachClub 660 Flybridge and 98.5-foot BeachClub 1000. The latter is the only vessel that qualifies for superyacht status, generally accepted as 24.3 meters (80 feet) or longer.
The big trick in freeing up space aboard the vessels is ditching the traditional engine room, usually located aft just forward of the swimming platform. The builder’s patent-protected design installs the propulsion system in the same area as the swimming platform area.
The BeachClub 600 gets its power from two 10.8L Volvo Penta D11B2-A MP six-cylinder engines with IPS-950 drive units with a combined 725 horsepower. The Volvo Penta IPS (integrated propulsion system) includes helm station control, the engine, and the propellers in an efficient, space-saving design. The BeachClub isn’t the only vessel to use Volvo Penta IPS’s, they have been around for a while, but Van der Valk has taken full advantage of the IPS space-saving aspect.
According to Volvo Penta, in addition to space the IPS engines, which do away with inboard drive shafts, provide 40 percent longer cruising range, 20 percent higher top speed, 30 percent reduced fuel consumption, 30 percent fewer CO2 emissions, and 50 percent lower perceived noise. Sounds like a win from every angle — unless you drive big yacht drive shafts. The BeachClub’s cruising speed is 19.2 knots, and her maximum speed is 24 knots. Onboard tanks hold 925 gallons of fuel and 198 gallons of water.
The BeachClub’s moderate V, hard chine hull and superstructure (the upper part) are both aluminum. The beam is 18 feet at its widest part.
In addition to a spacious 269-square foot foredeck (the upper forward deck), there is a 183-square foot cockpit deck and a 151-square foot beach club aft — aka swimming platform. All of these areas are proportionally larger than usual, especially for a relatively small yacht.
Inside, there is a forward owner’s suite with wraparound windows and a large lower deck lounge with galley and dining areas and direct access to the swimming area through curved glass sliding doors. In addition there are two twin bed staterooms for guests. There is also space for a single crew member, apparently, all that is required to run the yacht.
The BeachClub 600’s emphasis is on space to party and chill with an open design that encourages informal style.
Is 1440p resolution missing from your laptop? Here’s what happened
Over the last several months, we’ve noticed a trend in a few recently reviewed notebooks. Certain laptops have shipped with 1440p resolution missing, when we’d expect to be present. This resolution, which boasts 2560 x 1440 pixels, used to be the best PC owners could expect.
When we benchmark laptops — especially those with a discrete, stand-alone graphics chip — we rely on 1080p and 1440p resolutions to gauge performance.
Yet in recent reviews, we noticed that the 1440p display setting was missing on certain laptops. Its a odd oversight, because it means the laptop might be hard to use with an external monitor. Or, when a laptop has a native 4K display, the lack of 1440p eliminates an attractive second-best resolution if the laptop can’t handle 4K resolution when gaming.
It’s an unusual turn of events, so we dug into why it’s happening.
Easier use means fewer options
When we asked HP about the lack of a 1440p resolution in its ZBook Studio G4 mobile workstation, a representative said the company wanted to simplify the built-in screen’s Extended Display Identification Data. In other words, although we discovered that the panel does in fact support 1440p resolution, HP merely wanted to shorten the resolution list you see in Windows 10 (Settings/System/Display).
“It’s worth noting that pro applications from HP’s software vendors have been optimized for FHD and are now transitioning to UHD (3,840 x 2,160),” the representative said. “The company’s goal is to simply provide the best UHD display possible for its users.”
We also reached out to EVGA regarding its SC17 1080 laptop, which doesn’t list 1440p resolution, although its 4K screen is clearly capable of supporting that specific level of visual fidelity. A representative said that the panel used in the laptop doesn’t officially support 1440p due to hardware limitations. The representative could not, however, tell us exactly why that’s the case — as of his writing, EVGA is still investigating the issue.
If you don’t see a 1440p option, you might be able to force it
EVGA’s response was interesting, given the SC17 1080’s screen could clearly handle 1440p without any problems whatsoever. We managed to benchmark this resolution by going into Nvidia’s control panel and forcing the setting.
You can do this by right-clicking on the desktop, select “Nvidia Control Panel” on the list, and click on the “Change resolution” link listed in the “Display” section, as shown below.
On this page, you’ll see a section called “Choose the resolution,” followed by a “Customize” button. Click on that, and a new window will emerge with a button to create a custom resolution. Another window will appear where you can manually supply 2,560 as the number for the horizontal pixels, and 1440 as the number of vertical pixels.
You can also manually enter the desired refresh rate, choose the scan type, and adjust the timing via presets or manually. Because creating a custom resolution can be a guessing game, this panel only provides a “Test” button to see if your selected settings work.
On AMD-based machines, right-click on the desktop and open “AMD Radeon Settings.” After that, click on the “Preferences” button on the bottom toolbar, which expands upwards to present a button called “Radeon Additional Settings.” Click on that, and a new window will appear with a link to “Custom Resolutions” listed under “My Digital Flat Panels.”
As with Nvidia’s custom resolution method, you’ll see a warning accepting the risks of running unofficial resolutions. Stop here if you’re worried about damaging the panel over time, or move on to clicking the “New” button to create the 1440p resolution. Again, set the desired horizontal and vertical numbers, the refresh rate, the scanning, and the timing method. You’ll see a “Verify” button at the bottom to test the resolution settings.
Custom resolutions aren’t without risk
Even if you still want to push an unlisted resolution, the laptop manufacturer may not provide the means to do so. In the case of HP’s ZBook Studio G4 with the Nvidia Quadro discrete graphics chip, we jumped into Nvidia’s Control Panel only to discover that most of the customizable settings were gone, including the option to create a custom resolution. We then dove into Intel’s software managing the integrated graphics, but Intel’s resolution creation option was gone, as well.
That sent us digging into the laptop’s BIOS, the embedded “operating system” that controls all hardware, input, and output operations. Here we discovered that you can set the laptop to use one of the two graphics options by default — Intel’s integrated component, or Nvidia’s discrete Quadro chip. By default, the laptop was set to rely on Intel, but once we switched over to the Quadro chip and rebooted, Nvidia’s control panel unlocked its full suite of settings, allowing us to create a custom 1440p resolution for testing.
Pour one out for 1440p
Cutting 1440p resolution is a strange turn of events, but it seems to fit into how laptop manufacturers are starting to think about their laptops. As with HDTVs, the most common and well-known resolutions are 1080p (also know as Full HD) and 4K (also known as Ultra HD).
2560 x 1440 resolution is known as WQHD — a term which, if you’re not a PC gamer or hardware enthusiast, you’ve likely never heard of. Throw in the fact that 4K panels are now widely available, and you’ve the making for a new era of laptop displays, one in which 1080p and 4K become the standard options — with everything else falling by the wayside.
Bill Roberson/Digital Trends
That doesn’t mean the loss of 1440p is acceptable, however. We think laptop owners should have the option to choose from a variety of resolutions, and past models haven’t had problem offering it. We simply assumed that any modern laptop can handle it without problem — until we started to run into laptops that, mysteriously, couldn’t.
Given all the hype over Ultra HD and its new push in the laptop market, we’ll likely soon forget about 1440p anyway. Still, if you purchase a lapatop and don’t see your favorite resolution you use on a desktop setup, chances are there’s a limitation in the panel, or the OEM just doesn’t want to officially support it.
Is 1440p resolution missing from your laptop? Here’s what happened
Over the last several months, we’ve noticed a trend in a few recently reviewed notebooks. Certain laptops have shipped with 1440p resolution missing, when we’d expect to be present. This resolution, which boasts 2560 x 1440 pixels, used to be the best PC owners could expect.
When we benchmark laptops — especially those with a discrete, stand-alone graphics chip — we rely on 1080p and 1440p resolutions to gauge performance.
Yet in recent reviews, we noticed that the 1440p display setting was missing on certain laptops. Its a odd oversight, because it means the laptop might be hard to use with an external monitor. Or, when a laptop has a native 4K display, the lack of 1440p eliminates an attractive second-best resolution if the laptop can’t handle 4K resolution when gaming.
It’s an unusual turn of events, so we dug into why it’s happening.
Easier use means fewer options
When we asked HP about the lack of a 1440p resolution in its ZBook Studio G4 mobile workstation, a representative said the company wanted to simplify the built-in screen’s Extended Display Identification Data. In other words, although we discovered that the panel does in fact support 1440p resolution, HP merely wanted to shorten the resolution list you see in Windows 10 (Settings/System/Display).
“It’s worth noting that pro applications from HP’s software vendors have been optimized for FHD and are now transitioning to UHD (3,840 x 2,160),” the representative said. “The company’s goal is to simply provide the best UHD display possible for its users.”
We also reached out to EVGA regarding its SC17 1080 laptop, which doesn’t list 1440p resolution, although its 4K screen is clearly capable of supporting that specific level of visual fidelity. A representative said that the panel used in the laptop doesn’t officially support 1440p due to hardware limitations. The representative could not, however, tell us exactly why that’s the case — as of his writing, EVGA is still investigating the issue.
If you don’t see a 1440p option, you might be able to force it
EVGA’s response was interesting, given the SC17 1080’s screen could clearly handle 1440p without any problems whatsoever. We managed to benchmark this resolution by going into Nvidia’s control panel and forcing the setting.
You can do this by right-clicking on the desktop, select “Nvidia Control Panel” on the list, and click on the “Change resolution” link listed in the “Display” section, as shown below.
On this page, you’ll see a section called “Choose the resolution,” followed by a “Customize” button. Click on that, and a new window will emerge with a button to create a custom resolution. Another window will appear where you can manually supply 2,560 as the number for the horizontal pixels, and 1440 as the number of vertical pixels.
You can also manually enter the desired refresh rate, choose the scan type, and adjust the timing via presets or manually. Because creating a custom resolution can be a guessing game, this panel only provides a “Test” button to see if your selected settings work.
On AMD-based machines, right-click on the desktop and open “AMD Radeon Settings.” After that, click on the “Preferences” button on the bottom toolbar, which expands upwards to present a button called “Radeon Additional Settings.” Click on that, and a new window will appear with a link to “Custom Resolutions” listed under “My Digital Flat Panels.”
As with Nvidia’s custom resolution method, you’ll see a warning accepting the risks of running unofficial resolutions. Stop here if you’re worried about damaging the panel over time, or move on to clicking the “New” button to create the 1440p resolution. Again, set the desired horizontal and vertical numbers, the refresh rate, the scanning, and the timing method. You’ll see a “Verify” button at the bottom to test the resolution settings.
Custom resolutions aren’t without risk
Even if you still want to push an unlisted resolution, the laptop manufacturer may not provide the means to do so. In the case of HP’s ZBook Studio G4 with the Nvidia Quadro discrete graphics chip, we jumped into Nvidia’s Control Panel only to discover that most of the customizable settings were gone, including the option to create a custom resolution. We then dove into Intel’s software managing the integrated graphics, but Intel’s resolution creation option was gone, as well.
That sent us digging into the laptop’s BIOS, the embedded “operating system” that controls all hardware, input, and output operations. Here we discovered that you can set the laptop to use one of the two graphics options by default — Intel’s integrated component, or Nvidia’s discrete Quadro chip. By default, the laptop was set to rely on Intel, but once we switched over to the Quadro chip and rebooted, Nvidia’s control panel unlocked its full suite of settings, allowing us to create a custom 1440p resolution for testing.
Pour one out for 1440p
Cutting 1440p resolution is a strange turn of events, but it seems to fit into how laptop manufacturers are starting to think about their laptops. As with HDTVs, the most common and well-known resolutions are 1080p (also know as Full HD) and 4K (also known as Ultra HD).
2560 x 1440 resolution is known as WQHD — a term which, if you’re not a PC gamer or hardware enthusiast, you’ve likely never heard of. Throw in the fact that 4K panels are now widely available, and you’ve the making for a new era of laptop displays, one in which 1080p and 4K become the standard options — with everything else falling by the wayside.
Bill Roberson/Digital Trends
That doesn’t mean the loss of 1440p is acceptable, however. We think laptop owners should have the option to choose from a variety of resolutions, and past models haven’t had problem offering it. We simply assumed that any modern laptop can handle it without problem — until we started to run into laptops that, mysteriously, couldn’t.
Given all the hype over Ultra HD and its new push in the laptop market, we’ll likely soon forget about 1440p anyway. Still, if you purchase a lapatop and don’t see your favorite resolution you use on a desktop setup, chances are there’s a limitation in the panel, or the OEM just doesn’t want to officially support it.
How to set up a VPN on a Chromebook
Setting up a VPN connection on your Chromebook isn’t hard once you know where to look.
If you have an account with a VPN provider, you can use it on your Chromebook, too!
While most VPN companies have something you can download for Windows or Mac that’s a one-click-install setup, on your Chromebook you’ll need to enter the information manually. It’s not difficult; you don’t need to know any network jargon or define any extra parameters, and any VPN setup to work with OpenVPN is compatible.
Before you start, you should check to see if your VPN company has an app in the Chrome Web Store. There are a handful of VPN providers that do, and you install their apps like you would any other app or extension. But if your VPN company doesn’t have a Chrome app, here’s what you’ll need to do.
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Importing certificates
If your VPN provider uses a CA Certificate for a connection you’ll need to import it into your Chromebook.
- Get the CA Certificate from your VPN company. A CA Certificate is a key that verifies your trust, and your Chromebook already has a number of them installed for web services. You’ll need to import the one you were given from your VPN provider if you were given one. Store this file on your local storage so you can import it.
- Open a new tab in the browser and put chrome://settings/certificates in the address bar, then press enter.
- Click the Authorities tab at the top of the page.
- Press the Import button and choose the file you downloaded.
- A box will open asking what you trust this certificate to verify. If you’re unsure, you can leave everything unchecked (recommended).
- The certificate will import and install.
- Use these same instructions to import a User certificate if you are provided one. Simply choose the User certificates tab instead of the Authorities tab.
Enter the VPN network settings
Next, you need to enter the account and server information you’ll use to connect. You’ll do this in the settings as well.
- Click your account photo in the lower left of the screen, then click the gear icon to open the settings.
- Near the top, in the Network section, click the Add connection button.
- Click Add OpenVPN / L2TP.
You need to fill in the information about your connection in the box that opens. If your Chromebook came from your work or your school, you’ll need to get this information from the person who administers your Chromebook. Otherwise, you’ll find it at your VPN provider’s website.
- Server hostname: The name or IP address of the server you’ll be connecting to.
- Service name: The connection name that shows in the settings. You can name it anything you like.
- Provider type:
- Select L2TP/IPsec + Pre-shared key if you need to enter a second password once you log-on to your VPN.
- Select L2TP/IPsec + User certificate if you have a separate user certificate as mentioned above.
- Select OpenVPN if neither applies to your VPN connection.
- Pre-shared key: Enter the secondary password you need to connect here. If you don’t need to use a second password, leave this blank.
- Server CA certificate: If you installed a CA Certificate as described above, choose it from the list. Otherwise, leave it at Default.
- User certificate: If you installed a User Certificate as described above, choose it from the list. Otherwise, leave it blank.
- Username: The username you use to log in to your VPN.
- Password: Your VPN account password. Note this is not the same as the Pre-shared key.
- OTP: If you were given a token or website address that generates a One Time Password, generate it and enter it here. Otherwise, leave it blank.
- Group name: If you need to enter a Group name it goes here. Otherwise, leave it blank.
- You can check the box to Save identity and password if you want to be able to connect with one click. If you prefer to enter your username and password each time, leave this unchecked. Your Pre-shared Key will be remembered either way.
- To test your connection, click Connect.
You’ll know you’re connected when you see a key symbol beside your Wi-Fi icon. You’ll also see the word Connected in green at the new connection in the settings window. If you connected without any problems, you can click the back arrow in the upper right to see other configuration options, like a setting to always use the VPN connection or delete (Forget) it, or edit it.
If you choose not to use the connection all of the time, you can connect by clicking the network icon (the Wi-Fi symbol) in the tray and choosing your new network.
Questions
I know that was a lot to take in at once, so I’ll be hanging around in the comments below to answer any questions you may have.
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Pay what you want for the White Hat Hacker 2017 Bundle
Malicious hackers keep popping up in the news, with the latest Equifax scandal putting millions of Americans’ personal data at risk. Hackers show no signs of slowing down, so the need for ethical white hat hackers to test security systems has never been more crucial.
Right now, you can get a full suite of courses from Android Central Digital Offers, and best of all you get to choose how much you pay. It’s another Pay What You Want deal that features eight courses valued at over $1,200. Featuring 63 hours of training, the topics include:
- The Complete Ethical Hacking Course for 2016-2017
- Learn Ethical Hacking From Scratch
- Networks From Scratch to Advanced Implementation
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- Information Security Management Fundamentals
- Web Security: Common Vulnerabilities & Their Mitigation
- Python For Android Hacking Crash Course: Trojan Perspective
- Wi-Fi Hacking with Kali
To get all eight courses, all you need to do is beat the average price (currently under $20), or you can make a play to beat the leader price and be entered to win an epic giveaway.
The choice is yours! Take a look at this great deal and decide how much you want to pay — then take your new-found skills and join the fight against malicious hackers!
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Leave your cable company behind with this $60 streaming bundle
If you’re ready to cut the cord, Best Buy has a nice bundle for you to help get you started. Right now you can pick up a Roku Streaming Stick and 40-mile Rocketfish HDTV antenna for just $59.98, which is a savings of $40 compared to when buying them separately.
The Roku Streaming Stick is a streamer’s dream. It plugs into your TV and can run tons of different apps, giving you access to Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV Now, ABC, HBO, and so much more. You’ll use the OTA HD Antenna to be able to watch those local channels that you love, so you won’t miss news and sporting events.
You can also get a package with Mohu’s 30-mile antenna for the same price. The big difference between the two is the range of antenna and brand. You can’t go wrong with either of them, though.
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Essential has probably sold around 5,000 Essential Phones since its release
More than a month after its initial release, the Essential Phone has only sold 5,000 units. That’s not good.
Just like every year, 2017 has brought the release of a lot of new phones — most of them very good. You’ve got your heavy-hitters like the Galaxy Note 8 and LG V30, but then there’s the market oddity that is the Essential Phone. The very first product from Andy Rubin’s new startup was officially launched on August 17, and since then, it’s being reported that a mere 5,000 units of the Essential Phone have been sold.
In the smartphone world, 5,000 units sold in more than a month’s time is nothing. BayStreet Research came up with this number by tracking shipments of the Essential Phone across the United States, and when BayStreet asked Essential for a comment on their findings, they didn’t receive any sort of response.
To put things into perspective, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 saw 650,000 preorders in South Korea in just five days. Compared to the Essential Phone’s reported 5,000 units for more than a month, that’s not a great start at all.
So, what’s the cause for the Essential Phone’s weak sales? Although we can’t say with absolute certainty because every person has different buying habits, we can safely narrow it down to a handful of possibilities.
For starters, if you want to buy the Essential Phone in the United States, the only carrier you can get it from is Sprint. If that isn’t your carrier of choice, you’ll need to pay the full $699 asking price upfront. Carrier exclusivity is never helpful for increasing sales numbers as much as possible, and that point is further reinforced when you limit your phone to the least popular major carrier in the country.
If you want to sell a lot of phones, don’t limit yourself to the country’s weakest carrier
Along with its limited availability, the Essential Phone really isn’t a complete product. Between unfinished software and numerous camera issues, the phone doesn’t perfectly justify its $700 asking price. The premium materials used for its construction are something to behold, but when you’re advertising a phone as having all of the “essentials” that everybody needs and don’t include a headphone jack, you’re looking at a tough sell.
Andy Rubin has reiterated numerous times that the Essential Phone is just the beginning for a host of other products that will make up Essential’s ecosystem, and while that may be true, 5,000 units sold in a month’s time isn’t the best way to kick things off.
How much longer do we wait for Essential to figure it out?
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Tame your home screen with a dragon wallpaper
Dragons are powerful and fearsome. Put one on your home screen.
Dragons can command the elements to shoot fire or ice. Their bodies are living tanks, often able to withstand swords and even heavy artillery. Dragons are terrifying, and maybe that’s why we’re so drawn to their legends. Dragons have been a part of our mythology for centuries, and our infatuation may ebb and wax with the times, but they never vanish from our imaginations and our hearts. With these wallpapers, you can keep that spark of dragons’ fire alive on your home screen.
Not all dragons breathe fire. Not all dragons are massive flying tanks that rain hellfire over the civilians below. In eastern mythologies, there are many dragons that were considered benevolent, dragons that brought peace, prosperity, and most importantly, good weather. Rain-bringing dragons like Shenlong were worshipped and respected because if their blessings soured, droughts or storms would destroy their crops.
It also reminds me of a certain benevolent dragon from my youth…
Shenlong the rainbringer by VampirePrincess007
Dragons can be more than bold and daunting. They can be stealthy. They can be peppy. They can be adorable. Toothless is a reminder that dragons can be both lethal weapons and completely cute goofballs. Tell the truth, if you could take a dragon trick-or-treating, you would. No one would dare skimp on the candy staring down that obsidian muzzle.
Also, Toothless is the best Umbreon. And that includes actual Umbreons.
A Very HTTYD Halloween by TsaoShin
This dragon is not cute. This dragon’s gonna kill you and your whole village because you decided to climb the mountain and violate his sacred territory. Those crimson scales may shine in fire and sunlight, but the shine best when draped in the blood of its enemies. Feel that aggression and power in the wallpaper, and try to steal some of it for yourself as you fight your way through the chaos of our lives.
Red Dragon by LhuvIk
Not all dragons are terrifying warriors. Some dragons are benevolent, and some dragons are even helpful. This dragon, in all honesty, isn’t a dragon. This is Shenron (or Shenlong, depending on your translation), and really, Shenron’s less of a dragon and more of a genie. If you get together the seven Dragon Balls, you can summon Shenron and make one wish. Yeah, this emerald wish-granter looks terrifying, and has a breath-taking temper, but he doesn’t fight.
If you ever manage to gather the Dragon Balls and summon this beautiful serpentine behemoth, make your wish quickly, and make your wish awesome.
shenron or shenlong? by Caikitty
Many dragons are guardians rather than attackers, and earth dragons like this mossy beauty choose to use their power to guard the natural world from which they draw their power. Let the fire dragons and the lightning dragons bring chaos and destruction to world, we’d rather savor the peace and tranquility of the forest.
Guardian of Earth by JemLeigh
There’s a lot of dragons in anime, but none of them are quite this cute in a maid outfit. Tohru is a huge, green, dragon that decides to repay the human that saved her by becoming her maid. Miss Kobayshi’s Dragon Maid is a fan-service anime, filled with ridiculous antics, adorable sidekicks, and slice-of-life butting heads with the supernatural. In short, it’s freaking amazing, and I want another season.
Also, this show has made me want a kotatsu more than anything in 15 years of watching anime. All hail the heated blanket table!
Tohru | Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon Minimalis by Lucifer012
Never be without light again thanks to this rechargeable extremely bright $10 flashlight
Flashlights are something that everyone should have at least one of in their home or with them while out camping, but many of us forget to buy them or check if the ones we have even work. There are few things worse than needing a flashlight only to find out that the one you have is dead or broken.
Right now you can pick up OxyLED’s super bright LED flashlight bundle for $10 at Amazon with coupon code OXMD50PL, which is a savings of just over $5 from its regular price. This bundle comes with not only a very bright flashlight, but also rechargeable batteries, a charging base, and a plastic holder for the battery.
The flashlight has five different light modes, including a strobe and SOS function in case you find yourself in an emergency situation. You can zoom the light to focus in on objects that are further away, and the durable metal and water resistant design will ensure that it can meet your camping and outdoor needs.
With over 3,000 reviews at Amazon, this flashlight maintains a 4.6 out of 5-star rating. With a price this affordable on a product this good, you have no excuse not to be prepared for the next time the power goes out or you hear a rustling in the backyard and you want to see what it is.
If you want something a bit bigger, and even brighter, OxyLED has its Long Tube Rechargeable flashlight on sale for $21.99 with coupon code OXMD01PR.
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Chromecast Ultra is the best Chromecast to use with Gear VR
The Chromecast Ultra delivers the absolute best casting experience.
With the Chromecast update that started rolling out back in July, Samsung made it easier than ever to show off gameplay on your Gear VR to friends. Of course, you’ve got three different options when it comes to Chromecast and picking the best one for the job doesn’t have to be difficult. Chromecast Ultra delivers a superior experience, and we’ve got the details on why!
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