I finally finished copying 37 VHS tapes on Friday and bearing in mind that each tape contained an average of 90 minutes of video, that’s about 55 hours of tape. Fortunately, I was able to get on with other work while the tapes were being […]
Back in August 2019, I wrote about my experiences in transferring VHS tapes to digital format in Golden Videos VHS To DVD Converter Review and How To Transfer VHS Tapes To Digital Media. Since then, I’ve converted hundreds of VHS videos for my customers, but
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It’s yet another year since my last Day In The Life Of A PC Technician and since I now wear several hats, I’ve been busier than ever. Argentina has also elected an outsider as president when the country went to the polls last October and
For the past few weeks, I’ve been tasked with upgrading six computers at a customer’s office; a challenge that I was more than happy to undertake until a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition entered the loop. The scenario was five desktop PCs with
Remember the hoo-hah when Windows 8 was released? We hope you enjoy reading this Blast From The Past article by Marc Thomas originally published in July 2014 Let’s face it, Windows 8 is a hybrid operating system which, by definition, is something that is
YouTube Premium With Music As mentioned in a previous article, I subscribed to Spotify a couple of years ago because in Argentina it’s very cheap – around $3 a month after taxes, compared to around $15 in other countries. However, one must always view such
Itchy Boots Crashes In Tanzania In October 2022 I wrote about how globe-trotting motorcyclist, Itchy Boots – Noraly Schoenmaker – became a YouTube sensation. Since then, she has completed her tours of The Americas and South Africa and in February 2023, began her latest tour
A Mini PC To Replace The Desktop Mini PCs have come a long way in recent years, with many models now replacing traditional desktops. This is due mainly to the APUs which are CPUs with integrated graphics, some of which can even play PC games.
Social Media Subscriptions Subscription models are all the rage nowadays, from software programs to social media and it’s easy to see why so many tech companies are following this path. A monthly income is an attractive model but for social media? X, the app formerly
Titanic II Ten years ago, Clive Palmer, the Australian mining billionaire from Queensland, announced plans at The Ritz Hotel, London, to build an exact, to-scale replica of the doomed liner, RMS Titanic. Many observers, myself included, were aghast at this idea, saying that the
Alien: Isolation Generally speaking, gamers are a finicky bunch and difficult to please, even when a darn good game stares them in the face. Both Days Gone and Mad Max have been described as boring by some players, which begs the question, were they playing
Books, films, video games, and art – all these have a subjective slant that can’t be ignored. Abstract art, for example, may convey a multitude of emotions to one person, but absolutely nothing to someone else. The same can be said for video games and
The video game industry is going through a very rough time at the moment. Many blame the problems on the pandemic boom when we were all unlawfully trapped in our houses, buying video games like crazy cave-dwelling orcs, but many others look to industry greed.
To label an underrated video game as an underdog would be stretching it, but I often support a sports team that is considered in such terms, perhaps because I have a David and Goliath tendency. Anyway, there are a few games I play that are
