New PC upgrade for the AverageGuy.tv Studios: Intel Core i7 and Windows 8.1 Update
I spent some time over the last several weeks putting in an upgraded PC for the Studio. I had been running a home build Intel Core i3 530 / 8GB RAM / 120GB SSD that was getting a little long in the tooth for what I was doing with it. Besides daily use, the studio pc does all the edits, both audio and video for the several podcasts that I do weekly. A one hour video podcast was taking up to 3 hours to render in 1080p with the older box. With the new setup, I can render that same
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Hands on Review of the Elgato Video Capture Device – Digitizing and Archiving Analog Video
John Greenaway is a Home Tech listener since show #1 is guest writing for The Average Guy Blog. This item was purchased with proceeds from the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund. https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy Working through the outset of this project was emotional as well as therapeutic for me. As such, I felt compelled to elaborate a small amount on why I embarked on this project and how the combination of my personal / family situation, my nostalgic nature, my interest and appreciation for technology, and my paranoid approach to data management, and archival led me to this point. For those solely
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