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23Dec New Video Editing laptop MSI GS60 Ghost pro 4k-080

My old editing laptop managed to eject flames from the side vent after an afternoon of editing on the deck of a local bar in Eureka’s foggy winter weather. Taking my old Dell XPS 15 apart I found the GPU portion of the motherboard completely fried. Three solid years of use was a good run […]

18Jun Crucial MX100 512GB SSD Speed Test

The Crucial MX100 512GB was only released a few weeks ago and I’ve already seen it on sale a few times for as low as $199. That puts the MX100 at about 39 cents a GB compared to the current average price of around 48 cents a GB, making it one of the most affordable […]

10Jun Nvidia GTX Titan vs R9 290x for NLE work – First impressions

I’ve been test driving the R9 290x for almost a month now and so far it has been a positive experience. Rendering speeds are slightly faster than a GTX 680 and it has no problem keeping up with the Samsung 4k panel I’ve been using. It’s pretty impressive for a GPU that sells for around […]

09Jun Crucial MX100 512GB SSD $219

For those of you who haven’t made the jump yet, an SSD is well worth considering and the new Crucial drive has a very attractive price. While the new Crucial MX100 512GB SSD drives aren’t at the top of the pack in terms of speed, the current $219 price tag still makes them a very […]

03Jun Panasonic GH4 support in Adobe camera raw 8.5 release candidate for CC

If you’ve been using the Panasonic GH4 for stills as well as video you’ll be happy to know that Adobe’s latest Camera raw 8.5 release candidate now supports the GH4 as well as a number of other cameras. While the release candidate is only prerelease software it will at least provide an alternative to the bundled SILKYPIX software […]

29May ASUS 28″ 3840×2160 4k 60hz monitor coming june 10th

If you are in the market for a 4k (UHD 3840×2160) 60hz panel and you weren’t happy with the build quality of the Samsung U28D590D 4k monitor you might want to take a look at the Asus PB287Q 28″ monitor. It’s basically the exact same screen crammed into a much better stand and case combination […]

16May Radeon R9 290x used prices down to $300

If you haven’t already, you might want to check out my rendering tests with the R9 290x. While the 290x doesn’t support CUDA, openCL has come along way in terms of rendering performance in Adobe CC and the used prices make it a very attractive option. Right now the used prices for the R9 290x are […]

02May Samsung 4k monitor U28D590D – First Impressions

The Samsung U28D590D 28 inch 4k monitor just showed up from Amazon. I picked this up over easter while it was on sale for $599 but shipping was delayed several times on my order before it finally made it to Fedex. Sometimes Amazon Prime shipping just doesn’t live up to its super fast delivery promise. Inside the […]

26Apr OpenCL vs Cuda Adobe Premiere CC rendering test

As I mentioned earlier this week, I was pretty impressed with the OpenCL Adobe Premiere CC demonstrations I saw at NAB this year. Thanks to some attractive used prices on ebay, I decided to pulled the trigger on a used Sapphire R9 290x GPU. The R9 290 and 290x GPUs have had a drastic drop in […]

24Apr Samsung 28-Inch 4k Monitor $629 on ebay

If you missed out on the $599 easter pricing on the Samsung 3840×2160 4k monitor I posted earlier this week, you can still pick this monitor up for far less than the $799 the price has shot up to on Amazon. Right now there are a hand full of these monitors on ebay for $629 with […]