» Archive for the ‘Computer hardware’ Category
09Feb Building a giant 80 watt DIY Laser
I picked up a smaller laser and I’m using it to build a monster laser. A DIY laser build seemed a little crazy at first but after thinking about it, I released I understand how everything works and if I can just avoid getting hit by the laser beam during the build process I should […]
25Jan Catleap 27 inch 2560×1440 IPS display – Road Test
I posted about Catleap IPS 2560×1440 display a few months back and I haven’t really posted much about it since. I don’t do a lot of monitor testing, so for me the best sign that a monitor is doing a good job can be summed up in the lack of complaints. After 5 months of […]
22Jan Samsung 840 500GB SSD $319.99
Just a quick heads up, right now on Newegg you can find the Samsung 840 500GB SSD for $319.99. Just add promo code EMCXWVV38 at check out and the price drops from $369 to $319.99. Promo code expires 1/23/13 at 11:59 PST, so if you’re in the market you might want to check it out.
11Jan 4 TB of hard drive space for $189
You can pick up an oem 4TB hard drive for around $259, so why is it that you can buy a portable 4TB hard drive with usb 3 port for $189? It seems to me that at a price of $189 it would make sense to simply order a few of these drives for your nas and […]
07Jan Samsung 840 Solid State Drive $334
There seems to be an ebb and flow to SSD prices. For awhile prices were dropping and you could pick up 512GB ssd drives for as low as $285, but now the prices have spiked back up to around $400 for those same drives. Samsung’s 840 series SSDs are currently clocking in at around $334 […]
27Dec Recovering Data from a corrupted SD or CF card.
Ironically, I have my first memory card failure right after writing a post about proper data management. The card, an Adata 16 GB SDHC, came out of the behind the scenes camera. When I placed it into my card reader and clicked on the drive a windows popped up asking if I would like to format […]
26Dec Managing your film project’s data needs
It’s never a very sexy topic, but data management for your film project is very important. In a single day of shooting with two cameras you can easily fill up 5 or more 32GB cards and that’s not even counting the behind the scenes shots and stills. If for some reason you have to get everything done in a […]
25Dec MSI GTX 660 TI 2G OC Graphics Card
If you want to speed up your rendering times and smooth out effects playback in CS6 a Nvidia GTX graphics card is a very nice upgrade. My main editing bay uses a GTX 670 which will set you back around $400, but over the last few months Nvidia has released some slightly more affordable graphics cards that have […]
15Nov Rode VideoMic pro w/free copy of Plural Eyes 3
If you need a simple compact microphone, the Rode VideoMIC Pro is at the top of the list. It’s small, light weight, and it offers up to 20db of gain, which makes the output much more friendly to DSLR users then the original Rode VideoMic. Right now B&H is offering up a free copy of […]
10Nov Old school 16 track recorder for cheap: Fostex VF-16
I was looking for some old commentary tracks I recorded for a film I worked on a few years back and ended up having to dig this old beast out of the closet. Meet the Fostex VF-16 multitrack recorder. This monster is capable of recording up to 16 tracks of audio simultaneously (with optional adat interface) while saving everything to […]
