STORAGE- THE FUTURE TREND

CLOUD STORAGE

Now a days with the increase amount of technology dependency we use several device i.e- Desktop, Laptop, Notebook, Tablet PC, PDA, Smart Phone etc. Data, Information , Music, Video, Movies and "you know what" all are around us and easily accessible. But with this enormous amount of material we are now facing another problem, where to store all this never ending data? So we need more and more virtual space. There are several options to increase memory of your device. 

Floppy Disk

A. OPTICAL DRIVE

 1. Floppy Disk- Contains upto 150 MB. Obsolete almaost a decade ago.

2.  Compact Disk- Contains around 700 MB/ 80 mins audio. Almost obsolete now. Used only as music album releases.

3.  DVD - Memory 4-8 GB. Going to be obsolete in near future. Now used to launch movie mainly.

4. Blue Ray Disk - It is the 3rd generation optical disk after CD & DVD. Memory 25-50 GB. First launched in 2006. It is now replacing DVD. Though it is mostly used to launch movies rather than storing data. 

Compact Disk                                                  DVD                                                     Blue Ray Disk

Memory Card

Pen drive

The main problem with these Optical Drive (CD, DVD, Blueray) is once you used the space its gone. To solve the problem then came the flash drive via USB port and card slot. These are-

B. FLASH DRIVE

1. Memory Card- Memory variable (1-64 GB) Transfer speed also variable according to class.

2. Pen Drive- Memory variable (2-128 GB usually), Transfer speed variable. (average 5-15 Mbps)

But still we needed more memory so Hard Disk came and took over.

3. External Hard Disk- Starts from as low as 8 GB and now 4 TB is also available in market recently. Here we can store anything we want. External removable HDDs typically connect via USB. Plug and play drive functionality offers system compatibility and features large storage options and portable design. External HDDs are available in 2.5" and 3.5" sizes, their capacities generally range from 160GB to 2TB. Common sizes are 160GB, 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, 640GB, 750GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB.

 Several types of hard Disk

But Now the main problem is you have to carry these device with you and have to connect physically with your pc which may not be possible in all situation. (Ex.-you are in holiday suddenly your boss messaged you to show your recent presentation once more. It was on your PC and backed up in your hard disk but how in this earth you will get that immediately)

 To cope up with these problem now the tech giant came up with a new solution CLOUD STORAGE.

C. CLOUD DRIVE

 It means you are storing your file in a space provided by some 3rd party and can access it from anywhere, any place and any device. Though these were present since late 90 these became popular after 2010 and now the its the future trend. 

 It is the future in Storage solution and recently a Chinese company offering 10 TB of free space breaks all the previous record. Here I am giving you a list of site which offers free storage.

1. Tencent (Weiyun) - offering 10 TB

2. Baidu - 1 TB

3. Qihoo 360- 1 TB

4. Shared.com - 100GB

5. Mediafire - 50 GB

6. Adrive- 50 GB

7. Mega- 50 GB

8. Copy- 20 GB free if you download their app.

9. Google drive- 15 GB

10. Mimedia - 7 GB

11. Skydrive- 7 GB

12. Box- 10 GB

13. Dropbox- 2 GB 

14. Sugarsync- 5 GB.

TECHNOLOGY- 2. Cable Splitter

CABLE SPLITTER

 The job of the cable splitter is to break up a signal into separate electrical paths. 

For example :A two way splitter is a simple device used to take two outputs from one input feed. It is used commonly to split a single cable connection into two.

You may be surprised what you will do with a cable splitter in your everyday life but believe me you can use it in a very useful way.

Many families like to have more than one TV sets at their homes and a simple device such as a 2 way cable splitter can help you do that. Imagine you are enjoying a football match on TV in the living room and your children want to switch to a movie, you can simply solve the issue by using a two way splitter and connecting the cable with two separate TV sets

 If you are using multiple connections then i guess you are loosing your hard-earned money unnecessarily. 

You can just use cable splitter to use all the TV or PC and only pay for 1 connection.

The cable splitter looks like the Pic 1 and it has 1 input and several output option (e.g.- 2,4, 8 also may be 16). What  you have to do is to attach 1 input and then you will get the desired number of output. Anyway some signal fall may happen but if your input source is good then it may not bother you. If you need multiple output then it is wise to use a single splitter with multiple output options rather than using multiple splitter as it will cause more signal fall.

You can use it with more than 1 TV, more than 1 

PC for broadband connection and also may use 

with a TV and a TV Tuner Box+PC.

It is so simple to install. you can do it yourself.

All you need is-

A splitter

Cable wire

Connector

Single

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TECHNOLOGY- 1. TV Tuner Card

    TV TUNER CARD

A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer.

You can use it with your desktop as well as laptop to view any channel with your cable connection. So your computer will be 2 in 1. You just need a cable connection or dish connection (also works with Tata Sky, Airtel TV or set top box)

It can be 2 types--

1. Internal as PCI card

Internal TV Tuner Card

External TV Tuner Card

2. External work via USB port.

For desktop you can use any one but with laptop you have to use the external one. And it is also very cheap just around 1-2k.

Cons: It may not be very good if you are looking from angle.

 

 Also you can use it simultaneously with your TV if you use a 2 in 1 connecter.

You just have to plug your cable into it and the wire from it will connect with your pc via USB.

In most cases it also comes with a remote control facility.

Most of all you also can record TV program directly to your computer and save in to your hard disk. (Check this features before buy)

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iBall

Zebronics

Frontech

D-Link

Avermedia

iBall Claro CTV 27

iBall Claro TV18

Zebronics L 2012

Frontech JIL 0617