Posts Tagged ‘black’

Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB External Hard Drive

Pros:
Looks great
Space saving design
Plug & Play
Lots of storage for a low price
Cons:
A bit noisy compared to more expensive drives
Lack of on/off switch
Rating: 5/5
For the last few years, I’ve been using a hard drive in an external enclosure. It was a 120GB hard drive and lately has just kept backups. I’ve never trusted the drive 100% [...]

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse and Keyboard 5000 Review

Keyboard Pros:
Function Buttons can be useful in Vista
Keyboard Cons:
Stupid Shape
Hard to type on
Too big to fit on a desk
Rating: 1/5
Mouse Pros:
Very Comfortable
Extra buttons on each side
Accurate
Mouse Cons:
Scroll wheel is useless at scrolling sideways
Rating: 5/5
Before I got my Apple Keyboard and Mouse, I used a Microsoft Wireless laser Mouse and Keyboard 5000. Rather than type a [...]

FREECOM HDD Classic 500GB Unboxing and Review

Pros:
Very quiet when not being accessed
Stylish design
Cons:
Loud when being read/written from/to
Not very small
Rating: 4/5
As a viewer you probably know that I haven’t been recording many videos lately. The reason for this is because I’ve filled up my hard drive. My Mac mini has an 80GB HDD which is very small, and I’ve managed to use [...]

Crushing the Blacks

To ‘Crush The Blacks’ is a phrase used in video editing meaning to darken the black areas of the picture. You’re probably thinking I made a mistake there aren’t you? How can you make black parts darker? Well, it means to make the dark areas (dark greys, shadows, etc.) pure black. This removes detail in [...]