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GBTV #593 (HD) | Drobo Pro
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If you've been watching GeekBrief.TV for a while, you're familiar with my love of Data Robotics, the company that made Drobo (the first storage robot). Their newest edition is the Drobo Pro. Data Robotics makes data redundancy easy. Shortly after I fired up my first Drobo, I asked them for a Pro version (http://m.podshow.com/media/13917/episodes/91078/gbtv-91078-12-14-2007.mp4) with double the drive bays. Two days ago my wish to have a Drobo Pro came true. I had 13 external and internal drives with GeekBrief.TV related files, and it took about 40 hours to get everything transferred due mainly to three drives that only had USB ports. Here's a look at the read/write speeds we got with Drobo Pro. USB Read: 15.8 MB/second Write: 13.8 MB/second Firewire 800 Read: 53.4 MB/second Write: 43 MB/second iSCSI Read: 73.6 MB/second Write: 78.7 MB/second We used a free application called AJA System Test to get these results. You can download here. For photographers, video professionals, small businesses, or anyone with a large amount of files that need to be in one location, the Drobo Pro is a great solution. It will certainly help us at the GBTV Studios be more productive and more efficient. The cool thing that's already happened is that I've found photos from the early days that I thought were lost forever. In the episode I mentioned Taylor Mark. It's a company owned by a friend of ours that specializes in Mac repairs and hard drive recovery. I'll be taking my failed WD MyBook drive to Mark next week to see if he can recover the missing GBTV episodes stored on that drive.
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20:16:52 11/14/09
GBTV #586 (HD) | WordCamp Dallas, PogoPlug, iJector, MiLi Evolution, X-mini Tiny Speakers
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I had an awesome time at WordCamp Dallas this weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped John P. and me organize the event, and to everyone who came! You can see a full write up on my blog, CaliLewis.me. Dave Curlee will be cleaning up the recordings and I'll post them right here on GeekBrief.TV. The best way to know when they're up is to follow me on Twitter, where I'll post the links. PogoPlug is now Mac friendly. It makes external hard drives accessible on your local network and over the Internet. They're sending me one, so we'll have a review soon. Two iPhone projectors are coming to market. Lancer's iJector appears to work with any iPod that does video including the iPhone and iPod touch. Resolution is 557X234 and projection size is up to 50 inches, and has stereo speakers. The second one is a joint effort from BeamBox and MiLi. The Evolution Mini Power Projector is 10 lumens, and resolution is 640X480. X-mini Capsule Speakers are smaller than an egg when closed, but they have a patented expandable vacuum that they say mimics the resonance of a sub-woofer. When expanded, one is about the size of an egg. It has a rechargeable battery, and an 1/8-inch mini plug and USB connector.
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20:13:01 11/14/09
GBTV #585 (HD) | Behind the Scenes
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Kino Flow Diva-Lite 400 LitePanel 1X1 Spots LitePanel MiniPlus Spot and Flood American DJ LED Megabar Rosco Ultimatte
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GBTV #570 (HD) | Microsoft Project Natal
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Microsoft announces Project Natal for the Xbox 360
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20:12:56 11/14/09
GBTV #565 (HD) | B&D Automatic Jar Opener, Sanyo PCL-WXU700 Update, Pirates vs Ninjas, Pentax K-7, Kindle iPhone App Update
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The Automatic Jar Opener from Black & Decker will open your jars with just a push of a button. I could see this being very useful for people with arthritis or any kind of disability. I talked about the Sanyo PLC-WXU700, the first Wireless N equipped projector, on Brief 559. The price when it comes to the US will be $3000. Pirates vs. Ninjas sounds like the only way to play a game of dodgeball, and it comes in the form of a Wii game. The Pentax K-7 camera records in 720p with a 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor built just for this camera. It's lighter than any in its class and will sell for $1300. The Kindle iPhone app got a facelift, with the ability to read in landscape mode, gesture control, and a Sepia option to read with less contrast than the harsh black and white of a screen. You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here. George used my promo code GB1 to save money when he registered PrincetonRodeo.com at GoDaddy.com.
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20:12:53 11/14/09
GBTV #583 (HD) | Remote App Adds Gesture Control for Apple TV, Vizio HDTVs with Social Integration, Cello HDTV with Built in Tuner, WildCharge
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Apple updated the Remote iPhone App. I haven't had a chance to give it a try yet, but it'll let you control an Apple TV with multi-touch gestures. Vizio is adding WiFi to HDTVs along with social network integration and Internet streaming. You'll have Facebook, Flickr, Yahoo Widgets, and Twitter integrated and streaming from Vudu, Netflix, Blockbuster On Demand, Amazon Video OnDemand or Rhapsody. Cello Electronics introduced an HDTV with a built in tuner and records to SD cards. The video will be portable, which is great to see! Unfortunately, it doesn't have HDMI. WildCharge is in the business of wireless charging. Their Adapter Skins will allow you to just place your iPhone on the pad to charge. The WildCharger will be $34.99, and you'll need a Pad as well, which is $50.
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20:11:56 11/14/09
GBTV #568 (HD) | Zune HD, American Idol Vote Influenced by AT&T?, Mobile Broadband Speed Tests, New Specs for 13" MacBook, DSLR Remote
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Microsoft has finally announced the Zune HD, meant to compete head to head with the iPod Touch. It'll have an OLED screen, and Internet Explorer browser, and will be using flash memory. The American Idol vote was allegedly influenced by AT%T. We're hearing they provided Kris Allen fans with phones with free text-messaging services and lessons on how to submit 10 text messages at once. Engadget put all the mobile broadband companies to a head-to-head speed test. AT%T won for speed, but is most expensive when it comes to overage charges. Take a look at the results from Engadget - it's pretty interesting! Apple announced new specs for the 13" white MacBook. The processor is faster at 2.13GHz. It has faster RAM, but is still 2GB, and the hard drive is bigger at 160GB. DSLR Remote is an app that allows you to control your Canon EOS DSLR with iPhone/iPod Touch. If your camera supports Live View, you'll be able to see the live stream on your iPhone screen. It'll be $20, but for a limited time after it's approved, will be selling for just $10. You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here.
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GBTV #587 (HD) | Maximum Movie Mode, ASUS USB Blu-ray Drive, Cool Drive U360, MyDeskFriend, US Debt Clock, There I Fixed It
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When Watchmen comes out , it'll have a special feature called Maximum Movie Mode, where the director will stop the movie in various places and show you the scene being shot raw and compare the scene to panels from the comic book. ASUS announced a USB Blu-ray drive, the SBC-04B1S-U. It's Windows only and the glowing X on the side is dimmable. The Cool Drive U360 offers USB computer to computer file transfer, as fast as 17MB/second. The MyDeskFriend is a robot penguin that will be released in Septemeber, and will read your Facebook messages, news and weather forcasts to you. It has an accelerometer and 5 infared sensors. You can friend me on Facebook at Facebook.com/CaliLewis. This isn't Shiny, Happy. It's actually a bit scary....the US Debt Clock. The There I Fixed It! Blog is Shiny, Happy, though.
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20:11:48 11/14/09
GBTV #567 (HD) | Vista SP2, Jorge Columbo's iPhone Art, Nokia Ovi Store, Panasonic DMP-BD15, Boxee Dev Challenge
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is available for download. You can get the 32-bit version here, or the 64-bit version here. Jorge Colombo has begun creating iSketches using an iPhone app called Brushes. Instead of setting up an easel in the middle of the street, he "paints" on his iPhone, and sells archival prints. The June 2009 cover of New Yorker Magazine is one of his iSketches. Nokia phone owners have access to the Ovi Store as of today, where they can get a variety of apps. Panasonic's 9-Inch Portable Blu-Ray Player supports Amazon Movie downloads and has Viera Cast so you can watch YouTube videos, view photos stored on Picasa and get weather information. You can pre-order it from Amazon now. I'll be one of the judges for the Boxee Dev Challenge, along with Veronica Belmont, Chris Pirillo and Avner Ronen. If you're interested in learning more, click here for contest details. see you at Mezzanine! - we were able to book Mezzanine in San Francisco as the venue for the event on June 23rd. following our meetup in Webster Hall in NYC, we thought we should find a similar place in San Francisco. how to build a boxee app - there are now two examples of boxee apps that could serve as a good starting point for building your own app. the first one is ThruYou and the second is songza. if you have any question about the API or the development process you can check out the boxee dev forum, or connect with idan on twitter. Drobo + 4TB - our friends at Seagate are sponsoring 4TB of Barracuda drives for each of the 3 Drobos we are giving away at the event. Drobo + 4TB is my personal setup at home, connected to my Mac Mini over the network and serving all my videos, music and pictures. it is excellent! ideas for boxee apps - want to build an app, but don’t have a specific idea? you can look at what people are asking for on getsatisfaction, search on twitter, look at services with open APIs, or just think of what you’d love to see on boxee and is not already there. fred wilson will be happy to see someone build a La Blogoteque app. working on a boxee app? let us know http://bit.ly/boxeedevchallenge You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here. William, the former Geek Brief intern used promo code GB1 at GoDaddy.com to RENEW WilliaMedia.com.
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GBTV #572 (HD) | WordCamp 2009: It's Chris Pirillo!!
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I got to chat with Chris Pirillo at Wordcamp San Francisco about new vs old media.
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GBTV #588 (HD) | neoHD Media Controller, NAS-Z200iR Remote, The Man Wall, VholdR Countour HD, Liquid Image Video Scuba Mask HD320
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Yamaha's neoHD Media Controllers are aiming to simplify your options. You get the choice of Watch, Listen or Play, and then more options as you go through the menu. There are two models. The YMC500 (without Wi-Fi) is $599.95. The YMC700 (with Wi-Fi) is $799.95. Sony's NAS-Z200iR is a beautiful, crazy and expensive iPod dock and remote. It has a 3.5" LCD touch screen and will cost 400 Euros. The Man Wall is the ultimate for any sports guy and HDTV lover. It has a 52" HDTV as well as two 26" HDTVs, a 5.1 home theatre system, DVD player, sports ticker, kegorator, microwave, two cigar humidors, a wine rack and and iPod dock. We'll miss you, Billy Mays! The VholdR ContourHD is a small HD camera that's intended to be mounted on a moving object. You can shoot in either 720p at 30fps or 858X480 video at 60fps and lets you position it any way you want. The Liquid Image Video Scuba Mask HD320 shoots 720p video and has a 5 megapixel still camera. You can dive up to 115 feet and there will be a pair of 1Watt LED lights that mount on each side of the goggles. The promo code at Angie's List is GEEK. It will save you 25% on a membership.
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20:09:04 11/14/09
GBTV #566 (HD) | BenQ GP1, DC Power Splitter with USB Ports, World's Largest HD Display, Sharp Aquos DX, Powerloo
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The BenQ GP1 Pocket Projector is the first to use LED lights. It weighs 1.5 pounds with a 20,000 hour lamp life. Santok released a DC power splitter that includes two USB slots, and it's designed in the Wall-E/Minoru cute little robot looking way. The Dallas Cowboys unveiled the world's largest HD display. It cost $40 million, is 180x72 feet (actually there are two of them) and uses LED lights. Sharp's Aquos DX 20-Inch HDTV has Blu-ray but only a resolution of 1366x768. People with kids and dogs running around the back yard might be interested in the Powerloo, a professionally installed system for flushing away the poo. You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here. Ian used promo code GB3 to register the domain name, Floor Fillers.fm at GoDaddy.com.
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GBTV #573 (HD) | BH-905 Bluetooth Headset, NEC CRV43, CrunchPad Launch Prototype, ioXtreme
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Nokia thinks they have the best bluetooth headset ever made with the BH-905. It wil be compatible with a wide range of phones, has eight microphones dedicated to active noise cancellation, and two microphones dedicated to capturing your voice during phone calls. Nokia BH-905 Bluetooth Headset with Active Noise Cancellation NEC CRV43 Surround Display CruchPad Launch Prototype Launch Windows in a Second with the ioXtreme from Fusion-IO WWDC09 Cali
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GBTV #590 (HD) | PogoPlug
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The PogoPlug is intended help you easily access your files from anywhere, whether you're at home or out and about. Plug the PogoPlug into the wall, attach it to an ethernet cable plugged into your router, then plug an external hard drive or USB stick to it. Once you activate it online, you're set and ready to go. The interface is simple and intuitive. I was surprised to see that not only do you get preview images of your files, you can click to watch a movie, view a photo, or listen to a song. The preview process is immediate and smooth. The transcoding isn't perfect, but surprisingly good. You can find out more at PogoPlug.com. You can also mount it as a hard drive on your desktop and access your files via the iPhone app.
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20:08:02 11/14/09
GBTV #564 (HD) | Authentic Captain Kirk Chair, Electroluminescent Star Trek T-Shirt, Panasonic HDC-TM350, 3G Netbooks Subsidized by AT&T, Intel IVI
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How cool would this be to have on the GeekBrief.TV set??? It's an authentic Captain Kirk chair that plays sounds from the original Star Trek. It costs $3,000. Or, I could just get an electroluminescent t-shirt. The Panasonic HDC-TM350 shoots 24 frames per second in 1080p. It has 64GB of storage, line in and a mic in. AT%T is testing out a new program, for now just in Atlanta and Philidelphia. You can get a netbook with built in 3G subsidized with a 2 year contract. Intel is working on something called IVI (In-Vehicle Infotainment) in conjunction with Volkswagon. They embedded a full IVI computer in a head unit to provide gesture control over music, photos, and 3D GPS navigation. You can save money on domain name registrations and renewals from GoDaddy.com with discount codes GB1, GB2 and GB3. For an explanation of each code, click here. Zach used promo code GB1 to save money at GoDaddy.com when he registered CookingwithDottie.com.
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20:07:51 11/14/09
GBTV #592 (HD) | Chrome OS, Juicy Pink Keyboard, Yoostar, Frolicat BOLT
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Google finally officially announced Chrome OS. It's meant for netbooks at first, is built on Linux and uses Web apps to keep things simple. Juicy is selling a pink silicon roll-up keyboard with their logo on it. You can get it at Nordstrom for $45. Yoostar has potential, but I'm afraid there isn't enough information on the website to get me excited. It's a kit that includes a camera, a green screen, software and movie scenes that you can insert yourself into, then upload to the Yoostar website. Frolicat BOLT can offer a lot of fun for not a lot of money if your cat or dog enjoys chasing lasers. Set it on the table and it'll create random patterns for your pet to play with. When you need to find trusted vendors to work on your house, Angie's List can help. Use promo code GEEK to save 20% off your membership.
11/15/09