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Samsung SSD

This drive holds 2 Terabytes and it’s the size of a credit card

Oct 25, 2020 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments
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I remember when my office had a 10-Megabytes drive (Mega, with an M). It was (give or take) the size and weight of a car tire. A few weeks ago, I got the T7 SSD from Samsung. It is two Terabytes big and the size of a credit card. I feel old.

Not only does this drive boasts an impressive 2TB storage, but it also claims to run at read speeds up to 1,050 MB/s and writes at speeds up to 1,000 MB/s.  This is quite impressive, so, of course, we had to put it to the test.

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How to use Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on a PC

Oct 22, 2020 by Udi Tirosh 3 Comments
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Working with video often requires big storage and fast speeds. Here, we use SSDs to either capture the video directly (like with the BMPCC) or to create an on-location backup (like with everything we do). When we need to evaluate the performance of an SSD, we turn to benchmark software.

There are many SSD benchmarking tools out there. CrystalDiskMark is probably ranked at the top, but there are others too. For video, though, one of the best benchmarking software is the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test. Sadly it is only available for Mac. I use a PC.  So in this tutorial, I will show you how to install and enable the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on a PC.

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Samsung launches the T7 Touch portable SSD – Twice as fast as the T5 – with Touch ID security

Jan 10, 2020 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Samsung has announced its newest portable SSD, the Samsung T7 Touch. Building on the popularity of the Samsung T5, the new T7 Touch is designed to operate with the fastest speeds possible on the USB 3.2 Gen 2 spec. It doubles the speed of the T5, coming in at around 1GB/sec. The Samsung T7 also comes with security in mind, adding a Touch ID fingerprint scanner on top of password protection and AES 256-bit hardware encryption.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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