WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.600 this product brings back some actually pretty amazing memories for me this 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:10.280 promotional video for the original Voyager air was actually the first 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:14.679 Revenue generating project that we ever did for lonus Media Group that was a 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:17.640 really uncertain time for us but we've kind of stuck together through the 00:00:16.119 --> 00:00:21.359 amazing journey that the last year and a half has been and I feel like both my 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:26.599 team and I have grown and changed so much as content creators in that time 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:31.119 but what about the Voyager air how has it changed welcome to my video of the 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.759 Voyager Air 2 wireless media streaming drive from 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:43.719 Corsair the Jazz mini phone and tablet stand from Cooler Master is now 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:47.680 available in a variety of cool colors from these great retailers click now to 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:51.520 learn more out of the box the most obvious change is the industrial design 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:55.719 the Voyager air the red one in particular had an angular aggressive 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:59.960 looking style to it that I personally really liked and while the bottom of 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:03.320 this new generation product is buold gold and eye catching with a quality 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:06.880 feeling soft touch finish on the blue part and a nice grippy rubber ring to 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:10.360 keep it in place on the table unfortunately this design language 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:14.560 didn't carry over to the top where instead we find an unexceptional matte 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:18.479 and glossy black plastic Affair thankfully the glossy plastic accent 00:01:16.479 --> 00:01:22.119 isn't easily scratched but it'll still always look smudgy no matter what you do 00:01:20.479 --> 00:01:26.200 because the buttons for power and wireless are both built into it which I 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:29.400 guess leads pretty well into a physical tour of the unit on the front aside from 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.799 the aforementioned buttons there are indicators for remaining battery power 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:38.840 and DC power in then on the back there's a usb3 micro connector for charging and 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:43.759 data that Corsair includes a cable 4 as well as a 5vt 2 amp power input just for 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:48.680 charging that unfortunately corer doesn't include the cable 4 in fact the 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:53.079 accessory package has been slimmed down in a few ways you no longer get a wall 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:58.680 adapter a handy cigarette lighter to 2 Amp USB adapter or an accessory pouch 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:03.360 just a drive and a USB 3 cable and while normally I'd complain bitterly about 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:06.960 this Corsair does get a pass here because they are passing along a 00:02:05.240 --> 00:02:10.479 significant price reduction to the customer so if you really want this 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:15.560 stuff you can just buy it yourself and you won't be paying any more than the original Voyager air all right so enough 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:20.200 staring at this black box what the heck does it actually do lonus great question 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:23.879 inside you'll find a few things first is a one tby hard drive second is a 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:28.800 wireless network card and third is a large 6200 Milah battery to power both 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:33.519 of those other things the hardware on its own actually doesn't do much it's 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:37.080 all about the software with the voyage R so start by powering up the drive and 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:40.760 turning on the wireless interface wait a minute or two and using a smartphone or 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:44.879 tablet there are apps for iOS Android and Kindle download the Voyager air app 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:49.239 connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot that the Voyager Air 2 generates on its own 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.959 launch the app and start setting up your new toy from the settings menu we can 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:56.640 configure Wireless pass through so devices connected to the Voyager Air 2 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:00.360 can also access the internet through another nearby Network set up a password 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:05.360 for the onboard Wi-Fi set up a DLNA media streaming server if 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:09.799 you want and set up automatic sync for Dropbox or Google Drive a feature that 00:03:07.519 --> 00:03:13.599 makes the device much easier to load up prior to a trip or something very handy 00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:18.560 active transfers is the next button down the Voyager air2 can either stream media 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:22.799 like the old one or here you can see the que of files that you've selected to 00:03:20.519 --> 00:03:27.319 cach locally on your device to save power I prefer this approach since less 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:31.560 Wi-Fi streaming will cut down on battery use for both devices you can see and 00:03:30.040 --> 00:03:36.519 manage everything you've cached in the download folder or by using any standard 00:03:34.200 --> 00:03:40.000 File Explorer program on Android anyway speaking of managing files one of the 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:43.840 big complaints about early Wi-Fi drives was that you couldn't really do that 00:03:41.720 --> 00:03:48.439 through the included apps nowadays with the Voyager rir 2 you can you so you can 00:03:45.959 --> 00:03:51.840 view reorganize rename and delete stuff at will with the only drawback being 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:55.200 that's a little bit awkward and it's not the only thing that's a little awkward 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:59.079 about the UI the built-in music player is well integrated on iOS and you can 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:03.159 swipe up to change tracks and whatnot whenever music playing but on Android 00:04:01.799 --> 00:04:07.400 when you want to get at it you need to launch the whole app rather than Corsair 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:11.239 throwing it in notifications or providing a widget and another Quirk 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:14.959 that I noticed here is that it's the only part of the Voyager air app where 00:04:13.239 --> 00:04:20.040 you have to press the top left of the screen to go back because swiping in 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:22.040 from the left doesn't work which I guess 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:25.880 since we're in there now is the last stop in our little tour so I showed the 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:30.199 folder-based navigation and file management none of that stuff was really 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:34.320 new in the voyage rare software but Corsair has added some other stuff some 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:38.759 of which is not that important some of which is pretty great so using metadata 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:42.840 and tags Corsair tries to organize your files for you in four categories music 00:04:41.400 --> 00:04:47.360 actually worked pretty well with it sorting by artist album Etc and even 00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:51.880 doing a pretty good job of displaying thumbnails and whatnot but photos only 00:04:49.880 --> 00:04:56.080 really let me sort by a year videos didn't sort at all with any of my stuff 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:59.400 even though Corsair said TV shows should split out by season and episode so let 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:04.360 me know if you guys have a different result there and documents ended up just 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:08.120 being a bit of a mess of desktop.ini files subtitle files and other random 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:11.840 junk that didn't fit into the other categories 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:14.680 now they're kind of getting there but there are a lot of ways that they can 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:20.840 continue to improve this and I think the big thing missing right now is granularity how come I can only sort my 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:24.479 uncategorized videos alphabetically why can't I sort by whatever has been most 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:28.720 recently transferred to the drive and then why isn't there a search function 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:33.800 so I don't have to rely on tags that sometimes work or manually scrolling 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:35.639 through endless lists of random files 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:40.160 which I guess sort of leads me to another positive point it's got support 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:44.039 for thirdparty media players now so you can use o player or VLC or whatever else 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:50.400 instead of worrying about running all your videos through handbreak before transferring them to the Voyager air 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:52.600 this is Handy but my dream device would 00:05:50.400 --> 00:05:56.240 be even better than that while addressing the whole metadata thing um I 00:05:54.960 --> 00:06:01.160 guess I'll need to wait a few more years for this but I'd really like to see something that has a Plex server running 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:06.039 on it or something like that that transcodes media on the Fly the Voyager 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:11.840 Air 2 has improved over the original one but not to that degree which leads us 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:15.680 into our conclusion on the hardware side 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:17.840 nothing from my big wish list has really 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:22.919 improved there's still no dualband Wireless a key feature for media 00:06:19.880 --> 00:06:25.280 streaming and wireless still turns off 00:06:22.919 --> 00:06:29.240 as soon as you plug something in via USB meaning that without a DC plug adapter 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:33.639 you can't power the drive off of an external source and stream at the same 00:06:31.400 --> 00:06:37.800 time on the software side while it's certainly not perfect it is better 00:06:35.960 --> 00:06:41.120 better enough to call it a sequel to the original one even though it's lacking 00:06:39.599 --> 00:06:45.400 the Ethernet port tough to say especially since 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:49.720 they're not getting rid of the original Ethernet equipped model and that one 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:53.720 gets all the new software updates as well so this review puts me in a bit of 00:06:51.919 --> 00:06:58.319 a weird position where I have to call the name Voyager Air 2 kind of 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:02.440 misleading when it isn't better than the first one really in any way 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:06.000 but I also have to give kudos to Corsair for supporting their 18-month-old 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:09.199 product with new software when they could have just as easily abandoned it 00:07:07.520 --> 00:07:14.360 and told their customers no you need the new Voyager air to for that so basically 00:07:12.039 --> 00:07:18.440 the same conclusion as last time it's a concept that I like 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