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5 year old Ink Jet Prints

Did some test prints about 5 years ago (September 2010) using Ink Jet Printer. Prints was stored inside room without album and with minor expose to sunlight. There is an adhesive tape on a left bottom corner of each photo. To see how impact light compare to air contact. Also top left corner was immersed in water.

Original photo.
GRAND STEP

Printed using: Canon PIXMA iP1900.

5 Years old prints:
Print on HP Premium Premium Plus photo paper. 0.40 $
HP_Photopaper_Premium_plus
Print on Canon Photo Paper Plus II (PP-201) 0.24$
Canon_PhotoPaperPlus_Glossy_PP-201
Print on Canon Photo Pro (PR-101) ~ 1$ (not available now)
Canon_PhotoPaperPro_PR-101
Print on Canon Photo Pro Plus II (PR-201) ~ 1$ (not available now)
Canon_PhotoPaperPro_II_PR-201

Need to mention that HP Everyday photopaper (not participating in test) was faiding out like that in about 6 months.

others less expensive

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Gigabyte BRIX i7-5500

New Gigabyte BRIX GB-BXi7-5500 is the only nettop available now on Ukrainian market with Intel Core i7 CPU. Intel NUC 5i7RYH still not there. Therefore, I decide to get Gigabyte BRIX i7-5500 and among other compare it to my old Intel NUC D54250

Box

GB-BXi7-5500 BOX

Device

It is actually very similar to Intel NUC.
GB-BXi7-5500 front
GB-BXi7-5500 back

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Devices SSD

Samsung SSD 840EVO 1TB

New 1TB SSD from Samsung. For mSATA. Very small.
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA
Speed test by CrystalDiskMark 3
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA 1 TB CrystalDiskMark 3
Speed test by CrystalDiskMark 4
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA 1 TB CrystalDiskMark 4

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SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC 128 GB UHS-1

Now 128 GB MicroSDXC available.

SDSDQUAN-128G-G4A

CrystalMark results

128GB_Sandisk_MicroSD_speed_

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Devices Wi-Fi

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260

Wireless speed of Intel NUC with DualBand (TX/RX 2×2) 802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260.

Access point Apple Time Capsule AC. results:

2.4 GHz (802.11n)
3962170797

5 GHz (802.11ac)
3963199458

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Devices Flash

Some USB 3.0 flash drives speed comparision

Verbatim Store N Go Mini Metal USB 3.0 32GB
Patriot Memory Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 32GB
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB

Verbatim_32_150px Patriot_32_150px SanDisk_32_150px
Read speed
Sequential Read (MB/s) 130.534 171.560 202.369
Random Read 512KB (MB/s) 117.856 137.535 154.432
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) (MB/s) 6.666 8.750 15.531
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) (MB/s) 6.881 8.127 11.704
Write Speed
Sequential Write (MB/s) 29.276 51.995 113.030
Random Write 512KB (MB/s) 20.669 1.678 30.921
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) (MB/s) 0.582 0.215 9.074
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) (MB/s) 0.490 0.234 2.951
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Devices Flash

Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Mini Metal USB 3.0 Flash Drive 32GB

Yet anothe USB 3.0 flash. Verbatim.
Verbatim_StoreNGo_MiniMetalUSB_3_32GB_small

Speed test:

CrystalDiskMark_Verbatim_49840

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Devices DVB-T2

USB TV Tuner for DVB-T2 (Evromedia Full Hybrid Full HD)

Test of USB TV Tuner with DVB-T2. After Zeonbud have decrypted some channels USB TV Tuner are somehow useful again. Device support Analog, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-T2. Test in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Evromedia_FH_FHD

VivaTV (application from CD) have found 11 channels. Application is very “old style”.

Channels: Перший, ТВі, НТН, UBR, РАДА, 5 Канал, News One, RU Music, OTV, (not working) Menu TV, ICTV, GAMMA

VivaTV_UT1

channels_preview

Windows Media Center looks much better, show 26 channels (found 44, but some is crypted), show EPG

Using WMC next channels available: Інтер, Україна, 1+1, НТН, К-1, Перший Т2, ICTV, СТБ, ТЕТ, Новий, Мега, 2+2, Тоніс, БТБ , КДРТРК, 112 Україна, ТРК Київ, ВСІ Новини, Перший, ТВі, НТН, UBR, РАДА, 5 Канал, News One, RU Music, OTV, (not working) Menu TV, ICTV, GAMMA

Those are encrypted/unavailable: Enter-Film, Zoom, Кіноточка, К-2, M1, Піксель, XSPORT, НЛО ТБ, ДОБРО, Business, ЕСПРЕСО ТВ, Вінтаж, Ескулап ТБ

WMC_Channels_scan_600

WMC_TV_EPG

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Patriot Supersonic Boost 32 GB (PEF32GSBUSB)

Yet another USB 3.0 flash drive speed test. This time Patriot Memory Supersonic Boost XT 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (PEF32GSBUSB). Advertised to have up to 150 MB/s Read and up to 30 MB write speed.

PEF32GSBUSB

Just unboxed FAT32 results are:
CrystalDiskMark

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Parkcity ELM-327WF + DashCommand (iPad)

I have discovered Onboard Diagnostic (ODBII) scanners as a new device class. It is tool for those who interested in some insight on usually hidden car parameters. Modern car have standard controller area network (CAN) and standard diagnostic interface (OBD), that allow to collect and analyze some car internal data with universal devices.

ParkCity_ELM327WF_box_side

My set up was devices: Apple iPad Air + Parkcity ELM-327WF (~80$) and application DashCommand (10$). ELM-327WF using Wi-Fi to connect tablet or smartphone. There is also cheaper Bluetooth version OF ELM-327 exist, but it not work with Apple devices (due to Bluetooth limitation in iOS).

ParkCity_ELM327WF_device_front

See application screenshots below:

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