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19Nov Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB on sale for $99
I posted that external hard drive teardown last week and now the external drives are back on sale. Right now on Amazon you can pick up the Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB drive for $99 with free shipping. The only difference between the drive in the teardown and the one on sale right now is that the […]
14Nov Removing the hard drive from a Seagate Plus external drive
For whatever reason external desktop USB drives are often cheaper than the equivalent sized OEM drive. They also seem to come with better warranties, in this case the drive has a 3 year warranty while most of the lower price OEM drives from Seagate only come with a 1 year warranty. The 3TB Seagate Backup […]
02Oct Gigabit speeds via wireless AC with ASUS AC68 adapter
I’ve been very happy with my Freenas build. Theres plenty of storage in a small form factor and it’s very reasonably priced. The only problem is that since i’ve moved I haven’t had access to a hardwired connection. I’ve upgraded my wireless router to something that supports 802.11ac, however the first PCI-e card I picked up […]
11Sep Nexus 7 FHD tablet – First Impressions
The 32GB Nexus 7 FHD showed up at the beginning of the week and I’ve just started playing around with it. I held off on posting anything until I could get someone to lend me a working Nexus 7 so I could do some side by side comparisons. So far touch screen response on the […]
04Sep Samsung 830 512GB SSD $319
Just a quick heads up for those of you upgrading your PC or looking for a large capacity SSD. There’s a batch of Samsung 830 512GB SSD drives with a buy it now price of $319 a peace with free shipping on ebay. They are brand new drives, not refurbished or used and the price […]
06Aug Fixing corrupted audio files with VLC
If you work with a lot of audio files, especially longer recordings, sometimes you run into an error like this one from Adobe Audition. The error is usually caused when a field recorder fails to close an audio file properly or when a field recorder looses power during a long recording. Without going too deep […]
25Jul ASUS RT-AC66U Gigabit wireless router & wireless 802.11AC
If you’ve been wondering why my posts have been somewhat sparse this month it’s because I’ve been moving and doing a lot of filming. One of the bad things about moving (besides packing and unpacking) is that your network setup completely changes. The layout of my old place allowed me to run dedicated cables to […]
22Jul Seiki 4k monitor price drop and new 39 inch 4k model under $1,000
I mentioned awhile back the Seiki 50 inch 4k monitor. It was the first affordable 4k monitor i’d come across on the market at it’s original price of $1499. It looks like the 50 inch model is now available on Amazon for just $1100. This brings the price into the range of your average 55 […]
10Jul Rip off alert 2560 x 1440 monitors sold by seller lightnspace on ebay
Just a quick heads up, I’ve had great luck with my my first Achieva 2560 X 1440 monitor. I’ve been using it for almost a year now and it’s been a great experience. I thought I’d order another monitor for the studio computer down stairs. This time I ordered the monitor from Seller “lightnspace” on […]
09Jul Adobe CC official OpenCL support update
Finally there is some more information on what effects are supported when using OpenCL in latest version Adobe CC. Apparently the list is pretty comprehensive so instead of going over what effects are supported, lets take a look at the effects that aren’t supported when compared to an Nvidia’s Cuda cards. According to adobe here […]
