Note: I had this post written since the summer, but somehow forgot to publish it. I apologize for my lateness on publishing it. Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the 50-pack Gigablock DVD+R DL media I brought on Amazon. This 50-pack cost about half the price of a standard 100-pack DVD+R spindle. They are rated at 8x. The discs do not come in a standard spindle, so you have to be very careful when opening it. They have a branded…
Hi everyone, Today, we will be looking at the Philips BD-R DL White Inkjet Printable Blu-Ray Recordable media: These discs were at a surprising price of just $9 dollars on Amazon, so I picked up 5 spindles of these. These discs holds up to 50GB and are rated to be burnt at up to 6x. Let’s take a look at the disc surface and label sides: The discs have the Philips brand at the center of the disc. Also, we…
Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing a teardown of the Pioneer BDR-2212 Blu-Ray recorder. Like most PC Disc drives, a teardown is usually a very simple process. First, let’s take a look at the drive itself: Before attempting to open it, we must open the disc tray, so we’ll be able to remove the front faceplate: We will now flip the drive and remove each screw: And viola! We now have opened the drive: Its internals are very similar…
Hi everyone, This last week, I ordered the Pioneer BDR-2212. It is a Blu-Ray burner capable of burning up to 16x on BD-R, 14x on BD-R DL, 8x on BD-R TL (BDXL TL) and 6x on BD-R QL (BDXL QL). My reasons to get this drive are the following: The Pioneer will be my main burner (assuming it can burn the discs fine) and reader from now on, and I’ll use the LG exclusively for 4K discs, since the BDR-2212…
On the past days, I wrote about having purchased an used spindle of 10 Verbatim BDXL discs. I mentioned that I had also ordered the same item again, but the used condition mentioned was “Like New”. Today, we’ll see my experience this time, which may or may not surprise you. The first thing is I received this item on an “Amazon Renewed” bag. The sticker is different from the “Amazon Inspected” one from my previous order: Visually looking, we can…
Hi everyone, Yesterday afternoon, I received the “Used – Good” Verbatim BDXL discs that I purchased last week. Today, we’ll see exactly what these discs really mean and if they are really used. First, we see the item arrived on a bag. Visually inspecting it from the bag it seems the packaging itself looks good. Indeed, it all looks good, except it isn’t really wrapped like new items are, so the spindle was actually opened already. The spindle package looks…
On the past few days, I ordered several quantities of BDXL discs to backup my recorded videos from the past years. These projects have varying sizes and some goes up to 1TB. This means I need several of these BDXL discs to back them up. When looking at the BDXL media on Amazon, I noticed they can be purchased “Used” straight from the Amazon Warehouse seller. A spindle of 10 discs cost $41.88, while the Used condition was at $36.85….
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I received a spindle of “Blue CD-R” from Optical Quantum. This brand is a subsidiary of Vinpower Digital and the discs are manufactured by Optodisc Taiwan: I brought this spindle because the “Blue CD-R” caught my attention. Usually, CD-Rs are produced in a very light green color, but these discs should be different. These discs are marketed as having a “Blue AZO Burning Die”, which should be superior than standard CD-Rs. The discs are rated at 52x…
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the TP-Link Archer T2U Nano AC600 USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter: This is a USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter about the size of a mouse USB receiver, very small. It follows the Wireless AC protocol and should theoretically give us speeds of up to 600Mbit/s. If that’s true or not, we’ll see later in this post. This wireless receiver is currently being sold at about $13 dollars on Amazon, or at $12 if you buy them…
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the Avantree DG80 Bluetooth USB Audio Transmitter: This is a Bluetooth adapter that works as a PC audio card. It transmits audio via Bluetooth using the SBC, FastStream, aptX, or aptX Low Latency codec, depending on which codecc your headphone or adapter supports. Having the aptX codec provides us with a better audio experience. The aptX Low Latency codec allows us to watch movies and videos without any audio delay. Most Bluetooth receivers today…