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Technology test-driver John Buckley reviews a range of gadgets for storing your precious family photos and videos.
Plustek Opticfilm 7200i Film and Slide Scanner
With this user friendly machine you can scan your negatives or old
slides and convert them to digital images in seconds. The unit
comes with a powerful software pack that aims to reduce dust and
scratches while restoring the images' original colours. After
installing the software you simply power it up, plug the USB cable
into your computer and press one or two buttons to get going.
Recommended retail price: $699
Available from: Computer retailers such as
ascent.co.nz and
pbtech.co.nz and photo retailers
such as
snapshot.co.nz
Product website
Rating: 4 out of 5
HP SimpleSave Photo 5 Pack
How easy is this? Simply pop the HP SimpleSave disk into the
DVD burner tray and it automatically finds, organises and backs up
your image files. And you don't even have to install any software
to use it. It recognises a variety of photo and video formats and
saves up to 2,000 photos per disk.
Recommended retail price: $24.95
Available from: Harvey Norman
Product website
Rating: 5 out of 5
ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 (Network attached storage)
With this system you can add a high capacity hard drive to
your home network by attaching it to your wireless router (if you
have one). You can then back up the contents of your hard drive, or
drives, onto the ReadyNAS duo. It comes with one hard drive but if
you like you can add a second drive into the unit which "mirrors"
the first and acts as a backup if the original were to fail. You
can also create a personal webpage to easily share photos with
friends and family over a network or the internet.
Recommended retail price: $979
Available through: Dick Smith Electronics
Product website
Rating: 3 out of 5
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