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Blackmagic Cinema Camera 1.2 Software Update

January 31, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Blackmagic Design has released a software update for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. The version 1.2 update adds time lapse recording, aperture indicator, ExFAT disk format and Thunderbolt support for Windows.

More details in the complete press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: Blackmagic, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, BMCC, ExFAT, firmware, hdslr, Thunderbolt, Time Lapse, video

 

WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo Takes Thunderbolt to Next Level

August 30, 2012 By Eric Reagan

My Book VelociRaptor Duo

Western Digital’s new My Book VelociRaptor Duo is a new 2TB Thunderbolt drive that sports two 1TB 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor drives.  It includes two Thunderbolt ports for connecting multiple Thunderbolt devices, including daisy-chaining additional My Book VelociRaptor drives for insane RAID 0 speeds. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: hard drive, My Book VelociRaptor Duo, Thunderbolt, VelociRaptor

Mac Pro Refresh Due Next Week w/ Thunderbolt & USB 3.0

June 7, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Mac Pro

Mac users have been waiting nearly two years for a refresh of the Mac Pro.  Many have speculated over the last several months that Apple had quietly decided to axe the Mac Pro line altogether.

Recent leaks of product numbers and specifications all but confirm that Apple will, in fact, unveil a refreshed Mac Pro lineup next week at WWDC.

The new Mac Pros are rumored to feature 8-core Xeon E5 CPUs, Thunderbolt & USB 3.0.  According to Apple Insider, the new Mac Pros are also rumored to “feature 1600MHz memory with 8 channels, SATA III/SAS 6-gigabyte-per-second drive connectivity, and PCI-Express 3 native support for video cards.”

I’ll have more info next week when/if the new Mac Pros are officially unveiled.

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: apple, Intel, mac pro, Thunderbolt, usb 3.0, Xeon

LaCie Thunderbolt-Powered eSATA Hub Now Available

April 7, 2012 By Eric Reagan

LaCie Thunderbolt eSATA Hub

The $200 LaCie eSATA Thunderbolt hub that we saw at CES is now available on LaCie’s website. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: apple, eSATA, hub, lacie, mac, Thunderbolt

WD Thunderbolt Duo is Here and Smokin’ Fast

April 5, 2012 By Eric Reagan

WD Thunderbolt Duo

WD Thunderbolt Duo

Just a quick note on the WD Thunderbolt Duo that I’m putting through the paces over the next few weeks.  I just took it out of the box a little while ago and ran a speed test on it with the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: My Book Duo, Thunderbolt, WD, Western Digital

Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo Drives Now Shipping (Finally!)

March 15, 2012 By Eric Reagan

WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo

We’ve been waiting a long time for this one folks – an actual, shipping Thunderbolt external hard drive for mere mortals.

Western Digital has announced pricing and that it is now shipping 4TB and 6TB versions of its My Book Thunderbolt Duo external hard drives.  I first looked at these at CES 2012, while they were still getting them ready for final production.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyt6jwohQ_M&w=640&h=360]

The dual-drive system is configurable as a RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD.  As a RAID 0 drive, the Thunderbolt connection puts a single unit in the 280MB/s transfer range.  Additionally, a daisy-chained series of 6 drives configured in RAID 0 will deliver transfer speeds up to 780MB/s.

The 4TB model is priced at $600, while the 6TB model is priced at $700.  WD says it is now shipping the drives.  Check B&H Photo, Amazon and WD’s online store for availability. I should have my hands on one soon and will report back as soon as I get a first look at its performance.

More info in the full press release below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: external hard drives, My Book, My Book Thunderbolt Duo, Thunderbolt, WD, Western Digital

MacBook Air Editing 4K RED Footage

January 31, 2012 By Eric Reagan

The above video shows off some of the real world potential of Thunderbolt.  With the combination of a RED Rocket card and a Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis, even a little MacBook Air can chew through 4K RED footage at full resolution.

It was good to see some Thunderbolt products at CES 2012 finally starting to trickle into the market.  See coverage for LaCie, G-Tech and Western Digital for other Thunderbolt devices.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 4k, apple, MacBook Air, red, RED Rocket, Thunderbolt, video editing

Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo and My Book Live Duo Hard Drives

January 14, 2012 By Eric Reagan

I caught up with Western Digital at CES 2012 for a look at the new My Book Live Duo and My Book Thunderbolt RAID drives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2012, hard drive, Thunderbolt, WD, Western Digital

G-Tech G-RAID w/ Thunderbolt and G-Connect Wireless Storage

January 12, 2012 By Eric Reagan

G-Tech G-RAID Thunderbolt

G-Tech was on-hand at CES 2012 showing off a couple of recent products from its line of performance storage products.

The G-RAID with Thunderbolt comes in 4TB, 6TB and 8TB capacities priced at $799, $999 and $1199, respectively.  It packs to 3.5″ drives at 7200RPM each as single 2TB, 3TB or 4TB drives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: G-Connect, G-RAID, G-Tech, ipad, iphone, RAID 0, RAID 1, Thunderbolt

LaCie Thunderbolt 2big Drive and eSATA Hub

January 9, 2012 By Eric Reagan

LaCie eSATA Hub

LaCie just dropped a couple of new Thunderbolt devices this week at CES 2012 – a 4-6TB drive and an eSATA hub (above).  Nick had a chance to get a closer look at the drives with Kristin Hunt from LaCie.  Check out the video below for more.

Full post and more pics over at Tech Tilt.

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: CES 2012, eSATA, lacie, Thunderbolt

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