Vinayak Nair

Author, Technocrat,Tinkerer

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I mostly use my desktop for work, but at times I would like to keep my travel laptop running. As the desk area is already congested, I connect the laptop to my monitor and go through the task of unplugging my keyboard and mouse to connect to the laptop to make it easier to work with. My monitor allows for multiple inputs which I can switch through for multiple inputs, what if I had an easy solution for switching my USB devices between multiple computers. Watch on to find out how! #usbkvm #kvmswitch #4portkvm #oxlaw

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My Lenovo Tab4 10 being a couple of years old, has started acting up, becoming unresponsive, and visibly slow. I needed a replacement tablet but didn’t want to spend too much. I found the Galaxy A8 tablet which sneaked in just under the 20k mark. How good is it? Watch the video to find out. #galaxytaba8 #taba8 #samsung #budgettablet

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Kingston sent me their new KC3000 NVMe SSD. This one has PCIe Gen 4 speeds, but just how fast is it? Let’s find out in this video. #kingston #kc3000 #nvmessd #pciegen4

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I had purchased a 5 TB Seagate Backup portable plus external hard drive around a year back, being a SMR drive it starts getting slower as it fills up. With around 6+ terabytes of video data to backup, I needed an external backup solution which doesn’t take years to copy to. While searching through amazon The Seagate Expansion 16TB Desktop External HDD popped up by chance. A little more research into the drive and I found a Secret so surprising, I’ll tell you about it in this video. #seagate #expansiondrive #seagateexpansion #externalharddrive #16TB

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I have a couple of activepixel cameras, and each of them have their own storage. The microsd cards are on the camera so, if anyone does damage the camera or steals it, we lose all our recordings. Activepixel have their new wireless NVR or network video recorder available, and I bought one to test out. So how well does it work, let's check it out. #activepixel #mininvr #8channelnvr #activepixelnvr #nvr

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Today I'm checking out a new security camera from Sonoff, this seems to be their first foray into security cams, let’s see how good it is. #sonoff #wifisecuritycamera #GK200MP2B

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I'm using an AMD 5800X on my main desktop, and this processor is known to run notoriously hot. The Deepcool Castle 240 RGB does its best to keep temperatures under control, but on full-load, it just crosses the 90-degree mark. As the temps increase, there are chances of the processor throttling and you get lower performance. To rectify that I’m upgrading to the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB, I’ve heard a lot of nice things about this cooler so let’s test it out and see if it performs better than the Deepcool Castle 240. #arctic #cooledbyarctic #rgb #rgblights #casefans #rainbow

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Have you ever set up smart lights in your house and someone turns off the switch to them, completely disregarding any automation you have set up? Well, now you can stop worrying about your family member turning your lights off manually, we have here the Sonoff switchman, a smart wall switch that should make your automation problems go away. #sonoff #smartswitch #switchmanm5 #homeautomation #smarthome

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Today I have two new products from Sonoff the Mini R3 and the S-Mate. Let's set these up to see how they're supposed to be used. #sonoff #minir3 #s-mate #smarthome #homeautomation

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I've been on the fence on whether I should pick the Sony WH-1000XM3, after the XM4’s released prices have gone down, but they’re still pricey. Why did I pick up the XM3's instead of the XM4, watch on to find out? #sony #wh1000xm3 #bluetoothheadphones #ancheadphones

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Well, I always wanted to work with solar panels, especially power gadgets outdoors without having to run any wiring. I picked up a 10-watt panel made by Loomsolar to see what devices I can power using the energy from the sun. Let’s check it out. #solarpanel #solarcharger #loomsolar #10wattsolarpanel

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As I might have to start traveling for work, being used to working with two monitors at home, I needed one which I can carry on the go and not need any extra power brick to power it. This is the CloudWalker CTM 15T. I've only heard of CloudWalker in the TV space, but how good is their Full HD Portable touch screen monitor, let’s check it out in this video. #cloudwalker #portablemonitor #ctm15t

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TrueNAS Core Quick Setup I always wanted a NAS at home, I do have a WD Cloud, but it’s slow and not expandable. I have this system on the side that can be converted into a Network Attached Storage. Using TrueNas, previously known as FreeNAS, let’s build our own. In this video, we set up a personal NAS using an old computer, by installing TrueNAS Core. #truenas #freenas #NAS #coolermaster #seagate #corsair #asus

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Crucial sent me their new P5 Plus Gen 4 Nvme SSD to try out. All NVMe SSD on my pc at present are gen3, let's see how much of a performance gain we get using PCI-e Gen 4. Storage is something I always have a need for especially being a Video creator, but if the same could also run faster that’s icing on the cake. I have with me the Crucial P5 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD. This drive is targeted at enthusiast-class users with speeds up to 6600 Mbps. The P5 Plus supports PCIe 4.0 which is the reason it can hit those high transfer speeds. #crucial #nvme #p5plus #m2nvme #ssd #pciegen4

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With work moving back to the office becoming the norm, my thin and light laptop is a bit underpowered for the kind of work I do. Not able to pack and carry my desktop every day, I needed a laptop with the power of my desktop but be portable enough to carry to the office. The Lenovo legion 5 is what I chose, watch on to know why? #AMD #Ryzen #GetAMD #rtx3060 #5800H #lenovolegion @Lenovo_in

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This is the Sony ZV-1, a camera targeted at Vloggers and released a year back. With the release of the ZV-10 is this still worth considering? Watch the video to find out. #sony #zv-1 #budgetcamera #youtuber #vlogger

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Looking at the whole ocean of smartwatches out there, I wanted one with most of the features you can get and also not break the bank. The Mi Revolve active looked like a good option, let's see how good. #xiaomi #smartwatch #revolveactive