Posts Tagged ‘storage’

Walk on to almost any Sydney movie or TV production set or wander through local post-production houses and you will be struck by the profusion of 1TB orange rubber-enclosed grey aluminum portable hard drives. With the recent release of the 8TB Drobo Mini, the signature…

I found this article some time ago (i don't remember where I'm afraid) and thought it was incredibly interesting and wanted to share with everyone. I prefer CF cards because I'm constantly losing SD cards (and they're so darn flimsy)[adrotate group="6"] I don't know if…

The Tooga FloCam is a very interesting new option for handheld camera stabilizers now up on indigogo. I asked Chris Anderson (who sent this to me and is the creator) if it was any easier to balance than the 'other' stabilizers on the market: The…

Weekend sidetrack (but not completely off topic): Many of us are now using some kind of "Cloud Storage" -- in fact, one of the biggest around is called "Dropbox" (not to be confused with a 'drop-box' on a mac computer which is just a way…

Yes, I'm finally getting back to giving away another Drobo and I'm excited to make this a great Hanukkah or Christmas present for one of our loyal readers - and you've got multiple ways to enter this giveaway! [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] December Giveaway We're…

We've now given away 3 Drobos on planet5D! Again our thanks to the folks over at Drobo who have helped us - you really should think about how a Drobo might help you with your data management issues. [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] Winners The July…

Yes! We've got another Drobo to give away!!! That makes 2 for the month of August! You can win one of two ways - this quick giveaway - or on the planet5D forums (see this post with info). This new giveaway is gonna be a…

We're very pleased to be offering another great prize in our August giveaway - a Drobo 4-Bay! All of the instructions for entering are below - but here's a pic of the Drobo boxes that arrived at my house the other day! [caption id="attachment_12823" align="aligncenter"…

Remember the Drobo 100 contest? we almost won! Tho we didn't win the grand prize, the folks at Drobo did decide to award runner up prizes and they're graciously giving us a few Drobos and we're going to give some away. You can see the…

Everyone remember the "Pay it Forward" movie? Well, hopefully you do and understand the idea of passing along something good to someone else. The folks at Drobo are going to give away 100 Drobos and we've submitted our entry (see video below). Our entry is…