{"video_id":"lwCUGMP5zzk","title":"Western Digital My Passport Elite External 2.5\" USB Hard Drive Unboxing and First Look","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2010-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":290,"segments":[{"start_s":0.88,"end_s":8.96,"text":"So here I am with the My Passport Elite and this is different from the My Book","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.16,"end_s":12.88,"text":"Elite because it is smaller. So you can see the actual package for the My","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.559,"end_s":17.279,"text":"Passport which is a 2 and 1/2 in drive is actually about the same size as the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.639,"end_s":21.68,"text":"entire My Pass My Oh man, this is going to confuse me. My Book Elite that we had","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.359,"end_s":25.439,"text":"a look at a little while ago. So this is an ultra portable hard drive with a USB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.68,"end_s":28.32,"text":"dock. It is a premium backup and storage, which means that it has their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.8,"end_s":32.32,"text":"their premium backup and storage software. It has all the same sort of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.8,"end_s":36.64,"text":"things here. So, it has a three-year limited warranty. It has a drive space","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.88,"end_s":40.079,"text":"indicator, which is pretty cool. It is secure. I I don't know what this means.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.559,"end_s":44.96,"text":"I'm guessing they think it's like intelligent or something. That would be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.32,"end_s":52.64,"text":"my guess. It stores up to 38 hours of HD footage, 80,000 MP3s or 64,000 JPEGs.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.68,"end_s":56.399,"text":"So, this is a 320 gig drive. Obviously, the 2 and 1/2 in ones are available in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.559,"end_s":59.6,"text":"smaller capacities than the 3 and 1/2 in ones. This is all stuff that we're going","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":58.239,"end_s":64.159,"text":"to see when we actually open the box. So, why don't we have a look at the back? Automatic continuous backup.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.879,"end_s":69.92,"text":"Whenever you add or change a file, it's backed up on the spot. That's pretty cool. It has a drive lock, password","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.0,"end_s":73.439,"text":"protection with 256-bit hardware encryption. It has an illuminated","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.68,"end_s":77.32,"text":"capacity gauge. See at a glance how much space is left on your drive, and it has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.52,"end_s":83.36,"text":"convenient one-hand connection to your computer. One hand connection. That is a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":81.119,"end_s":87.92,"text":"feature that I can't imagine myself needing, but for like my mother, that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":85.6,"end_s":90.6,"text":"would be really good because like connecting things to computers is not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":89.84,"end_s":95.52,"text":"her forte. And uh like not like the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":93.36,"end_s":99.92,"text":"commercials where she has a Kiaforte and that's her forte, but like not her","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":97.36,"end_s":103.84,"text":"forte. Like she's really bad at it. If she ever watches this, she's going to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":101.36,"end_s":107.439,"text":"totally rage at me, too. All right, here we go. So, we have the drive itself","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":106.159,"end_s":112.159,"text":"comes out first. We'll have a look at that in a moment. Then we have some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":109.96,"end_s":116.159,"text":"documentation. So, important note to Windows users. Um, it tells you how to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":114.72,"end_s":120.479,"text":"install the software, which we actually covered in the My Book Elite uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.719,"end_s":124.56,"text":"unboxing. No, that wasn't in the unboxing. That was in the how to set it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":122.0,"end_s":130.479,"text":"up video. Then it comes with a little guide that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.2,"end_s":132.72,"text":"is two steps really. That's it, huh?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":130.479,"end_s":138.319,"text":"Well, there you go. So, you plug in the USB cable and then you run the software.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":136.959,"end_s":143.44,"text":"That was easy. Okay. Then we have the 300 million","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":141.52,"end_s":148.8,"text":"language technical support and limited warranty guide, which is about the size","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":145.84,"end_s":154.16,"text":"of your typical wall poster. Oh, no. This one isn't as big. Wow. Okay. It","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":151.92,"end_s":158.599,"text":"still has this graph, though. I want to know what that is. Okay. That's not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":156.64,"end_s":162.36,"text":"that's not there in the English version. So, there we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":160.84,"end_s":167.56,"text":"go. Uh, I'll figure out how to fold that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":164.56,"end_s":170.48,"text":"back up off camera. Then we have a USB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":167.56,"end_s":176.08,"text":"cable. So this is just a straight USBA to mini","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":171.879,"end_s":177.84,"text":"cable. Then we have a USB dock cable.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":176.08,"end_s":181.76,"text":"Cameraman wants to look at the cable. All right. Here you go. You happy now?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.08,"end_s":185.36,"text":"You can see the cable. It's about this long. Yeah. You can't see that. Oh, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":183.92,"end_s":188.84,"text":"now I took it away. Okay, I'm kidding. Now you can see how long it is. Fine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":187.68,"end_s":193.44,"text":"All right. Then the dot cable is actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":191.36,"end_s":197.12,"text":"quite a bit longer. So you can see this one is designed more to uh reach around","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":195.599,"end_s":201.519,"text":"to the back of your computer and then sit up on your desk kind of thing. So","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":200.239,"end_s":205.68,"text":"all right, why don't we have a look at the drive itself because that's what you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.36,"end_s":210.48,"text":"folks all paid good money to see is the My Passport Elite. So there it is. Oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":208.64,"end_s":214.56,"text":"that's quite slick. It's uh very small as you would expect from a 2 and 12 in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":212.239,"end_s":218.319,"text":"drive. It's got a silvery WD logo on the front. Then on this side there is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":216.319,"end_s":223.04,"text":"nothing. And on this side there is nothing. And oh no, that's a USB port.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":221.2,"end_s":227.28,"text":"Sorry, that isn't nothing. And then on this side, there is nothing. And on this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":225.2,"end_s":232.799,"text":"side, there is an illuminated capacity LED as well as a little lock um light","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":230.56,"end_s":237.36,"text":"and then a power indicator as probably an activity LED as well. On the back, it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.2,"end_s":241.12,"text":"is labeled my passport. And then there is a serial number and a part number.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.599,"end_s":244.56,"text":"So, it's got four little rubberized feet. So, if you're using it on your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":242.72,"end_s":247.599,"text":"desk, you don't actually have to balance it this way. You can just put it down","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":245.84,"end_s":252.2,"text":"like this. And then if you're using it with the dock, you can see the dock is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.92,"end_s":256.72,"text":"just a USB port. So you just go like this and plug it in that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.4,"end_s":262.32,"text":"way. See, it's funny because I was saying my mom isn't good at plugging","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":260.88,"end_s":266.0,"text":"things in, but then now you look at me trying to do it, it's hard. Oh, I get","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":264.479,"end_s":271.199,"text":"it. It's because it goes in at like an angle. It doesn't actually sit like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":268.96,"end_s":276.24,"text":"flat. So it doesn't go in like this straight in. It actually like kind of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":273.919,"end_s":280.16,"text":"slides in at sort of this angle there. There. Now I've got it figured out. And","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":278.56,"end_s":284.16,"text":"why don't we have a look at that from a different angle? Okay, I guess that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.96,"end_s":289.639,"text":"pretty much covers it. That's my unboxing of the My Passport Elite.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"So here I am with the My Passport Elite and this is different from the My Book Elite because it is smaller. So you can see the actual package for the My Passport which is a 2 and 1/2 in drive is actually about the same size as the entire My Pass My Oh man, this is going to confuse me. My Book Elite that we had a look at a little while ago. So this is an ultra portable hard drive with a USB dock. It is a premium backup and storage, which means that it has their their premium backup and storage software. It has all the same sort of things here. So, it has a three-year limited warranty. It has a drive space indicator, which is pretty cool. It is secure. I I don't know what this means. I'm guessing they think it's like intelligent or something. That would be my guess. It stores up to 38 hours of HD footage, 80,000 MP3s or 64,000 JPEGs. So, this is a 320 gig drive. Obviously, the 2 and 1/2 in ones are available in smaller capacities than the 3 and 1/2 in ones. This is all stuff that we're going to see when we actually open the box. So, why don't we have a look at the back? Automatic continuous backup. Whenever you add or change a file, it's backed up on the spot. That's pretty cool. It has a drive lock, password protection with 256-bit hardware encryption. It has an illuminated capacity gauge. See at a glance how much space is left on your drive, and it has convenient one-hand connection to your computer. One hand connection. That is a feature that I can't imagine myself needing, but for like my mother, that would be really good because like connecting things to computers is not her forte. And uh like not like the commercials where she has a Kiaforte and that's her forte, but like not her forte. Like she's really bad at it. If she ever watches this, she's going to totally rage at me, too. All right, here we go. So, we have the drive itself comes out first. We'll have a look at that in a moment. Then we have some documentation. So, important note to Windows users. Um, it tells you how to install the software, which we actually covered in the My Book Elite uh unboxing. No, that wasn't in the unboxing. That was in the how to set it up video. Then it comes with a little guide that is two steps really. That's it, huh? Well, there you go. So, you plug in the USB cable and then you run the software. That was easy. Okay. Then we have the 300 million language technical support and limited warranty guide, which is about the size of your typical wall poster. Oh, no. This one isn't as big. Wow. Okay. It still has this graph, though. I want to know what that is. Okay. That's not that's not there in the English version. So, there we go. Uh, I'll figure out how to fold that back up off camera. Then we have a USB cable. So this is just a straight USBA to mini cable. Then we have a USB dock cable. Cameraman wants to look at the cable. All right. Here you go. You happy now? You can see the cable. It's about this long. Yeah. You can't see that. Oh, and now I took it away. Okay, I'm kidding. Now you can see how long it is. Fine. All right. Then the dot cable is actually quite a bit longer. So you can see this one is designed more to uh reach around to the back of your computer and then sit up on your desk kind of thing. So all right, why don't we have a look at the drive itself because that's what you folks all paid good money to see is the My Passport Elite. So there it is. Oh, that's quite slick. It's uh very small as you would expect from a 2 and 12 in drive. It's got a silvery WD logo on the front. Then on this side there is nothing. And on this side there is nothing. And oh no, that's a USB port. Sorry, that isn't nothing. And then on this side, there is nothing. And on this side, there is an illuminated capacity LED as well as a little lock um light and then a power indicator as probably an activity LED as well. On the back, it is labeled my passport. And then there is a serial number and a part number. So, it's got four little rubberized feet. So, if you're using it on your desk, you don't actually have to balance it this way. You can just put it down like this. And then if you're using it with the dock, you can see the dock is just a USB port. So you just go like this and plug it in that way. See, it's funny because I was saying my mom isn't good at plugging things in, but then now you look at me trying to do it, it's hard. Oh, I get it. It's because it goes in at like an angle. It doesn't actually sit like flat. So it doesn't go in like this straight in. It actually like kind of slides in at sort of this angle there. There. Now I've got it figured out. And why don't we have a look at that from a different angle? Okay, I guess that pretty much covers it. That's my unboxing of the My Passport Elite."}