Q&A - SSD, iPad 3 Android _ iPhone Gaming, Storage & NAS - Episode 6
**Dual Core Phone Update and Android OS**
I'm going to be talking about my experience with a dual core phone that's going to receive the ICS update. This phone is quite nice, so if you're interested, you can check it out again. As for Sony and HTC, they're soon going to launch some phones that will come with the IC update, but I won't speculate on products that haven't been released yet.
**PAL vs NTSC: An Issue of the Past**
Regarding PAL and NTSC, these were once an issue in the old days when we used VHS tapes. For example, if you had a VHS tape encoded for NTSC that wouldn't play on your TV, which was PAL. Nowadays, with HD media, this isn't an issue anymore. In fact, I've recently purchased an Xbox 360 in India and Call of Duty, and noticed that the Call of Duty sold in India is NTSC and works perfectly fine with my modern television.
**The Difference Between PAL and NTSC**
In terms of technical specifications, PAL is mostly seen in Asian regions, while NTSC is more common in North America, South America, and other parts of the world. PAL videos are encoded at 25 frames per second, whereas NTSC videos are encoded at 30 frames per second. However, with modern high-definition televisions, this difference no longer matters.
**iPad as a Sketching Tool**
I was asked by Bhat Kumar Gupta about using an iPad as a sketching tool compared to tablets like Vicom or laptops like mine. While I'm not an artist and don't have firsthand experience with finger sketching on iPads, I can offer some insights. Some people have managed to create beautiful sketches on their iPads using the stylus, but for precise sketching, I think a tablet with a stylus would be better than just using your finger.
**My Current Job and YouTube**
Gandhi Dey from G and D Geek asked about my current job and how I make money through YouTube. Unfortunately, I don't make all my money from YouTube videos. While I do spend a lot of time watching YouTube videos every day, this isn't my main source of income. I actually work on computers for around 10-14 hours a day, and while I wouldn't want to share too much about my personal life, I can say that I'm fortunate to be able to pursue my passion for technology through YouTube.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is ranit from Tech tos.com and welcome to the sixth Q&A session and we have got quite a few questions from you ranging from Xbox to ssds to storage to uh Nas so let's get away with the same and the first question is from easy to cool and he asks us can you suggest a good but not expensive SSD planning to upgrade my PC thank you uh the thing is that easy to cool you haven't mentioned me the capacity that you want for SSD because uh the price of SSD uh in increases a lot based on the capacity but I am assuming you are on a tight budget uh so you can check out this Kingston uh 64GB SSD that's the V uh plus 100 model that I had reviewed about 6 months ago just about a week ago I saw this SSD on flip cart and it was selling for about four just 4,400 or something like that and I think so that's a good price for a 64GB SSD next question is from uh r 5 CH4 Chan 11 and he ask hey I'm going to buy my first smartphone should I buy Galaxy Note or wait for Apple iPhone 5 I'm a hardcore gamer and I need it for gaming Are all uh games compatible with the node the thing is that uh you won't find uh all the games compatible with the node that's an Android device or all the games that run on the Android device to run on the iOS platform that's the iPhone so first decide which platform you want I would say that right now currently you'll find a little bit more games on the iOS platform so I hope that answers your question and the next question is from Dan zams and he asks us I'm looking to use my Windows computer as a media center I would like to integrate all my music over a network in my home my main concern is that I already have all my songs in iTune on my Mac my question is which media environment is more user friendly setup wise feature wise and all around experience wise thanks and keep up the informative videos thank you you uh the thing is that uh uh I would suggest that instead of building a Windows based computer for just streaming all your content Etc in your home I would advise that you go for a Nas it's much more easier to set up and maintain and personally I've been using a syy Nas that's the ds212j now approximately for four or 5 months and I'm delighted with the same and it has this DNA capabilities and also a built in iTunes server so I think so that should suit you and this uh uh Sy n will also work up as a backup so check out my uh Synology review and that should be helpful for you the next uh question is from Kotaku and he ask us when uh the official Ice Cream Sandwich update will be available for Samsung Galaxy S2 in India my current mobile which is Galaxy S2 is rooted will root access stay after the update or will it be restored to factory unrooted uh the thing is that I have no idea when uh Samsung India is going to launch the S2 update uh if previous history is to go by Samsung India is really slow to roll out updates I have seen International updates to come at least about a month or two earlier and India is really slow in this department so uh Samsung India should be in a better position to answer this question when the IC update for S2 will launch in India but regarding your route yes if you update the official update of IC by Samsung uh most probably your phone will be uh unrooted your root privileges will go the next question is from crazy bbo and he asks hello first all I'm a big fan of you thank you and I'm planning to get an iPad after my exam should I get the new iPad that's iPad 3 or an iPad 2 I'm not interested with Android tablets due to lack of Market apps and features even some people got some issues with overheating with the new pad please suggest uh the thing is that if you are in India apple right now hasn't launched the iPad 3 but I guess they should launch it soon and I would say that go for the iPad 3 if you can afford it it currently the iPad 2 is selling at a discount that is the cheapest version that is the 16GB Wi-Fi is currently selling for about 24,000 I think so when the iPad 3 launches the basic 16GB Wi-Fi version will be around 30,000 so if you can afford that definitely go for the iPad 3 and regarding this heating issues yes uh the iPad 3 runs a little hotter compared to iPad 2 but most most of the heating issues what I have personally read on blogs and stuff is like when people were directly using It Outdoors in sunlight so if you going to use this tablet indoors I don't think so the heating issues should matter the next question comes from George Jacob and he says hi I'm using a 2 TB hard drive which is attached to my Nas but I'm afraid about all my huge amount of data getting lost due to hard drive failure please tell me how can I connect some more hard dis in order to back up my data so if one fails the other takes care of of that data is there any other way to backup please advise me the best way to back up huge amount of data if possible do make a video regarding data backup uh the thing is George you did not mention me what kind of a Nash are you using is it a single Bay Nash or what many of the nas even the single Bay have a USB port at the back so you can attach external hard drive to that and do a backup but I don't like that actually because uh there is a point of failure I particularly like Nas which have at least two base or prefer four Bays so for example uh let's say if you're on a tight buget go for a 2bay Nas where you can populate two hard drives and you can configure the nas in such a way that whenever a file is written it is automatically written to both the drive so even in a let's say a hard drive failure there's a very slim chance of both the hard drives failing at the same point so if even the one hard drive fails you'll have all your data on the second hard drive so again uh I would say if your Nas supports something like this go for that otherwise I would say upgrade your Nas I'm personally again using the syy nas which is a 2bay Nas and it's excellent Nas syy also makes 4 Bay 5 Bay nases so check that out and I hope this helps you the next question comes from funar and he ask hey Ranjit I want to buy a portable hard drive 500 GB which company is better I used toshima and Western Digital both aren't working as plug and play and I have to connect it again and again funa uh as you telling after connecting your drive again and again to the USB port sometime it's coming or not then I would seriously tell you to check the USB port on your computer or the connector that you're using because uh either it shouldn't work at all or when it's uh there is something wrong with the connector I personally again used Cate and both Western Digital drives and have no issues with the same I can't say one is which one is better or not because none of them for me have personally failed till date and the next question is from s Prasad 10 he asks us please list the video calling apps that are supported in Blackberry playbook as well as Android phones and I have heard rumors that Playbook 2012 is launching is it true regarding video calling apps on this that is the Playbook uh we don't have actually I didn't find any third party apps that work with the Playbook the only app that video calling app that works with the A playbook is the native one and that works only with other uh Playbook devices regarding Android you have plenty of video calling apps like Skype quick Etc uh but Playbook uh video calling is a issue regarding Playbook 2012 yes I also heard about it but again these are rumors uh the next question comes from srikant ker and he asks us I have seen a recent videos of yours about Windows 8 is this uh Windows 8 developer preview trial or something in your video you said that it's not even a beta uh uh actually the Windows 8 uh consumer preview that was launched just a month ago is actually a trial version it's going to expire sometime in 2013 it'll work fine till that date uh and again many of the people were installing it as official Windows 8 installation and I wanted to say that it is not it is actually Microsoft does not say it's a beta but it is a kind of a beta because this is not the final release the next question is from Chris and he asks can I rate zero my corset GT and OC vertex 3 uh these are ssds I would really appreciate if you could let me know by the way both are 120 GB ssds but have different right speed uh Chris to be really Frank I have never used uh raid with the SSD I have used raid zero earlier uh but those were are with identical normal hard drives so I would ask uh you guys if you have used raid on SSD and particularly uh not the same make of ssds if you have done so please uh answer that in the comments below I'll really appreciate the same and uh the next question comes from sanket 311 and he ask us hi Ranjit I want to buy a new Android smartphone uh between the price range of 15 to 20,000 but I'm quite confused that should I wait for the upcoming ICS update uh updated devices like that from Sony or htcc or buy right now a proven smartphone like Samsung Galaxy S Plus which is a very good value of money please uh help me uh sanket I would say that in this 15 to 20,000 Range current phones first let me talk about the current phones that you can buy I would say uh you can check the Sony newo V that's approximately 178,000 uh again you have mentioned Galaxy s+ uh actually I have personally used this phone quite some time and it's a nice phone I would say but the problem is that Samsung hasn't mentioned about ICS update for this phone and so I'm assuming officially it won't get the ICS update again I just recently reviewed this phone it's a Motorola Atrix 2 it's a dual core phone and this phone is going to get the ICS update and uh I played around with this phone quite some time it's a very nice phone so you can check that out again if you want to wait again yes Sony and HTC are soon going to launch a few phones that will come with the IC update but again I cannot speculate about products that haven't been released yet the next question comes from Jr 1 and he asked what is pal and Xbox 360 uh have you seen the difference game CDs that are PAL or without pal please explain the first thing I want to explain is difference between pal and ntsc generally this pal and ntsc used to be an issue in the olden days when we have we used to have those vs tapes or something like that so for example if you had those VHS tape that were of ntsc that they w't play on your tal uh uh television but nowadays with HD media and something you actually do not have issues like that and uh if you follow my videos recently I purchased what do you say uh the Xbox 360 in India and I also purchased this Call of Duty and I just noticed that the Call of Duty that they selling in India is ntsc and it works perfectly fine with me because the modern televisions that we have the high televisions you can play anything pal ntsc Etc and you'll not have issues technically speaking pal is mostly seen in Asian region and this ntsc is seen in what do you say America North America and South America technically speaking the p video is encoded at 25 frames per second whereas ntsc is encoded in 30 frames per second but if you're using a modern high definition television you need not have to worry about ntsc and pal the next question comes from bhat Kumar Gupta and he asks dear anit what do you advise using iPad as idea sketching tool compared to tablets like vcom Etc uh which need a laptop or PC I wish to know if iPad is a great tablet for casual sketching needs as I'm an Attis and a value tablets more than laptops which are heavy to carry and travel what is your take on this and thanks for reading my question bat uh the thing is that I'm not an artist and uh I don't know if you can accurately do finger sketching I know a few people have seen can do uh even fingers sketching on iPad and that's good but personally I feel uh tablet like a vicom or something or even uh let's say this galaxy note that I'm using that has a stylus that they call Spen would be easier for precise sketching again I'm as I said I'm not an artist so I can't uh uh comment a lot on this but I think so uh if uh it is very fine uh sketching you want to do something like with a pen or a SP pen stylist thing would be much more better than just using a finger to do sketching the last question is from G and D geek and he asks me is YouTube your current job for living what you used to do before YouTube uh and I want to say that no if you're thinking that I make all my money and my living based on this YouTube videos I'm sorry to say no I'll sta to death if I do that I actually spend a lot of time uh with YouTube videos every day I actually spend a couple of hours every day with YouTube videos but this is not my daily bread earn or living like that I would love to do this but sadly I don't think so I can do it right now maybe in 2 or 3 years when I have a lot of YouTube traffic I might be able to just live on making this YouTube videos but currently know I do a a lot of other works and to be FR I don't want to get into what I do personally for making my living because I don't think so I need to share everything and I just want to take say that I do work and it's based with computers I work and I work very hard my on a daily average I work between 10 to 14 hours a day so I hope that answers your question uh so this was the sixth Q&A session if I'll be doing the next Q&A session next Friday and if you like and if you would like that I answer some of your Tech questions please post them in the comment section below and start it with the Q&A tag so that I know that I need to include this uh question in the next Q&A session I hope you found this Q&A session uh interesting thanks for watching and if you like this Q&A session please don't forget to hit the like button that's it for now this is rangit from Tech tbs.com and I hope to see you in my next videohi there this is ranit from Tech tos.com and welcome to the sixth Q&A session and we have got quite a few questions from you ranging from Xbox to ssds to storage to uh Nas so let's get away with the same and the first question is from easy to cool and he asks us can you suggest a good but not expensive SSD planning to upgrade my PC thank you uh the thing is that easy to cool you haven't mentioned me the capacity that you want for SSD because uh the price of SSD uh in increases a lot based on the capacity but I am assuming you are on a tight budget uh so you can check out this Kingston uh 64GB SSD that's the V uh plus 100 model that I had reviewed about 6 months ago just about a week ago I saw this SSD on flip cart and it was selling for about four just 4,400 or something like that and I think so that's a good price for a 64GB SSD next question is from uh r 5 CH4 Chan 11 and he ask hey I'm going to buy my first smartphone should I buy Galaxy Note or wait for Apple iPhone 5 I'm a hardcore gamer and I need it for gaming Are all uh games compatible with the node the thing is that uh you won't find uh all the games compatible with the node that's an Android device or all the games that run on the Android device to run on the iOS platform that's the iPhone so first decide which platform you want I would say that right now currently you'll find a little bit more games on the iOS platform so I hope that answers your question and the next question is from Dan zams and he asks us I'm looking to use my Windows computer as a media center I would like to integrate all my music over a network in my home my main concern is that I already have all my songs in iTune on my Mac my question is which media environment is more user friendly setup wise feature wise and all around experience wise thanks and keep up the informative videos thank you you uh the thing is that uh uh I would suggest that instead of building a Windows based computer for just streaming all your content Etc in your home I would advise that you go for a Nas it's much more easier to set up and maintain and personally I've been using a syy Nas that's the ds212j now approximately for four or 5 months and I'm delighted with the same and it has this DNA capabilities and also a built in iTunes server so I think so that should suit you and this uh uh Sy n will also work up as a backup so check out my uh Synology review and that should be helpful for you the next uh question is from Kotaku and he ask us when uh the official Ice Cream Sandwich update will be available for Samsung Galaxy S2 in India my current mobile which is Galaxy S2 is rooted will root access stay after the update or will it be restored to factory unrooted uh the thing is that I have no idea when uh Samsung India is going to launch the S2 update uh if previous history is to go by Samsung India is really slow to roll out updates I have seen International updates to come at least about a month or two earlier and India is really slow in this department so uh Samsung India should be in a better position to answer this question when the IC update for S2 will launch in India but regarding your route yes if you update the official update of IC by Samsung uh most probably your phone will be uh unrooted your root privileges will go the next question is from crazy bbo and he asks hello first all I'm a big fan of you thank you and I'm planning to get an iPad after my exam should I get the new iPad that's iPad 3 or an iPad 2 I'm not interested with Android tablets due to lack of Market apps and features even some people got some issues with overheating with the new pad please suggest uh the thing is that if you are in India apple right now hasn't launched the iPad 3 but I guess they should launch it soon and I would say that go for the iPad 3 if you can afford it it currently the iPad 2 is selling at a discount that is the cheapest version that is the 16GB Wi-Fi is currently selling for about 24,000 I think so when the iPad 3 launches the basic 16GB Wi-Fi version will be around 30,000 so if you can afford that definitely go for the iPad 3 and regarding this heating issues yes uh the iPad 3 runs a little hotter compared to iPad 2 but most most of the heating issues what I have personally read on blogs and stuff is like when people were directly using It Outdoors in sunlight so if you going to use this tablet indoors I don't think so the heating issues should matter the next question comes from George Jacob and he says hi I'm using a 2 TB hard drive which is attached to my Nas but I'm afraid about all my huge amount of data getting lost due to hard drive failure please tell me how can I connect some more hard dis in order to back up my data so if one fails the other takes care of of that data is there any other way to backup please advise me the best way to back up huge amount of data if possible do make a video regarding data backup uh the thing is George you did not mention me what kind of a Nash are you using is it a single Bay Nash or what many of the nas even the single Bay have a USB port at the back so you can attach external hard drive to that and do a backup but I don't like that actually because uh there is a point of failure I particularly like Nas which have at least two base or prefer four Bays so for example uh let's say if you're on a tight buget go for a 2bay Nas where you can populate two hard drives and you can configure the nas in such a way that whenever a file is written it is automatically written to both the drive so even in a let's say a hard drive failure there's a very slim chance of both the hard drives failing at the same point so if even the one hard drive fails you'll have all your data on the second hard drive so again uh I would say if your Nas supports something like this go for that otherwise I would say upgrade your Nas I'm personally again using the syy nas which is a 2bay Nas and it's excellent Nas syy also makes 4 Bay 5 Bay nases so check that out and I hope this helps you the next question comes from funar and he ask hey Ranjit I want to buy a portable hard drive 500 GB which company is better I used toshima and Western Digital both aren't working as plug and play and I have to connect it again and again funa uh as you telling after connecting your drive again and again to the USB port sometime it's coming or not then I would seriously tell you to check the USB port on your computer or the connector that you're using because uh either it shouldn't work at all or when it's uh there is something wrong with the connector I personally again used Cate and both Western Digital drives and have no issues with the same I can't say one is which one is better or not because none of them for me have personally failed till date and the next question is from s Prasad 10 he asks us please list the video calling apps that are supported in Blackberry playbook as well as Android phones and I have heard rumors that Playbook 2012 is launching is it true regarding video calling apps on this that is the Playbook uh we don't have actually I didn't find any third party apps that work with the Playbook the only app that video calling app that works with the A playbook is the native one and that works only with other uh Playbook devices regarding Android you have plenty of video calling apps like Skype quick Etc uh but Playbook uh video calling is a issue regarding Playbook 2012 yes I also heard about it but again these are rumors uh the next question comes from srikant ker and he asks us I have seen a recent videos of yours about Windows 8 is this uh Windows 8 developer preview trial or something in your video you said that it's not even a beta uh uh actually the Windows 8 uh consumer preview that was launched just a month ago is actually a trial version it's going to expire sometime in 2013 it'll work fine till that date uh and again many of the people were installing it as official Windows 8 installation and I wanted to say that it is not it is actually Microsoft does not say it's a beta but it is a kind of a beta because this is not the final release the next question is from Chris and he asks can I rate zero my corset GT and OC vertex 3 uh these are ssds I would really appreciate if you could let me know by the way both are 120 GB ssds but have different right speed uh Chris to be really Frank I have never used uh raid with the SSD I have used raid zero earlier uh but those were are with identical normal hard drives so I would ask uh you guys if you have used raid on SSD and particularly uh not the same make of ssds if you have done so please uh answer that in the comments below I'll really appreciate the same and uh the next question comes from sanket 311 and he ask us hi Ranjit I want to buy a new Android smartphone uh between the price range of 15 to 20,000 but I'm quite confused that should I wait for the upcoming ICS update uh updated devices like that from Sony or htcc or buy right now a proven smartphone like Samsung Galaxy S Plus which is a very good value of money please uh help me uh sanket I would say that in this 15 to 20,000 Range current phones first let me talk about the current phones that you can buy I would say uh you can check the Sony newo V that's approximately 178,000 uh again you have mentioned Galaxy s+ uh actually I have personally used this phone quite some time and it's a nice phone I would say but the problem is that Samsung hasn't mentioned about ICS update for this phone and so I'm assuming officially it won't get the ICS update again I just recently reviewed this phone it's a Motorola Atrix 2 it's a dual core phone and this phone is going to get the ICS update and uh I played around with this phone quite some time it's a very nice phone so you can check that out again if you want to wait again yes Sony and HTC are soon going to launch a few phones that will come with the IC update but again I cannot speculate about products that haven't been released yet the next question comes from Jr 1 and he asked what is pal and Xbox 360 uh have you seen the difference game CDs that are PAL or without pal please explain the first thing I want to explain is difference between pal and ntsc generally this pal and ntsc used to be an issue in the olden days when we have we used to have those vs tapes or something like that so for example if you had those VHS tape that were of ntsc that they w't play on your tal uh uh television but nowadays with HD media and something you actually do not have issues like that and uh if you follow my videos recently I purchased what do you say uh the Xbox 360 in India and I also purchased this Call of Duty and I just noticed that the Call of Duty that they selling in India is ntsc and it works perfectly fine with me because the modern televisions that we have the high televisions you can play anything pal ntsc Etc and you'll not have issues technically speaking pal is mostly seen in Asian region and this ntsc is seen in what do you say America North America and South America technically speaking the p video is encoded at 25 frames per second whereas ntsc is encoded in 30 frames per second but if you're using a modern high definition television you need not have to worry about ntsc and pal the next question comes from bhat Kumar Gupta and he asks dear anit what do you advise using iPad as idea sketching tool compared to tablets like vcom Etc uh which need a laptop or PC I wish to know if iPad is a great tablet for casual sketching needs as I'm an Attis and a value tablets more than laptops which are heavy to carry and travel what is your take on this and thanks for reading my question bat uh the thing is that I'm not an artist and uh I don't know if you can accurately do finger sketching I know a few people have seen can do uh even fingers sketching on iPad and that's good but personally I feel uh tablet like a vicom or something or even uh let's say this galaxy note that I'm using that has a stylus that they call Spen would be easier for precise sketching again I'm as I said I'm not an artist so I can't uh uh comment a lot on this but I think so uh if uh it is very fine uh sketching you want to do something like with a pen or a SP pen stylist thing would be much more better than just using a finger to do sketching the last question is from G and D geek and he asks me is YouTube your current job for living what you used to do before YouTube uh and I want to say that no if you're thinking that I make all my money and my living based on this YouTube videos I'm sorry to say no I'll sta to death if I do that I actually spend a lot of time uh with YouTube videos every day I actually spend a couple of hours every day with YouTube videos but this is not my daily bread earn or living like that I would love to do this but sadly I don't think so I can do it right now maybe in 2 or 3 years when I have a lot of YouTube traffic I might be able to just live on making this YouTube videos but currently know I do a a lot of other works and to be FR I don't want to get into what I do personally for making my living because I don't think so I need to share everything and I just want to take say that I do work and it's based with computers I work and I work very hard my on a daily average I work between 10 to 14 hours a day so I hope that answers your question uh so this was the sixth Q&A session if I'll be doing the next Q&A session next Friday and if you like and if you would like that I answer some of your Tech questions please post them in the comment section below and start it with the Q&A tag so that I know that I need to include this uh question in the next Q&A session I hope you found this Q&A session uh interesting thanks for watching and if you like this Q&A session please don't forget to hit the like button that's it for now this is rangit from Tech tbs.com and I hope to see you in my next video\n"