Epson FastFoto FF-680W Unboxing, Setup & Review

[@Danny-wv8ec]

This is the best review of the FF-680W I've ever seen.

[@adiblasi]

I have a feeling that it’s the ONLY review of the FF-680W that you’ve ever seen…

[@Danny-wv8ec]

@@adiblasi you know me so well Al🙃

[@zakruowrath]

That last line in the video when you were looking at the anime magazine made me laugh so hard, great video Alfred! 🤣

[@adiblasi]

Glad you got a few laughs from this crap!

[@ThisIsAdamB]

Hello back. Ping me the next time you want to go down there.

[@yepitiyep]

Mighty mighty

[@adiblasi]

And we will bring a large black marker to modify the box!

[@Filipcreate]

@@adiblasi Alfred is making big moves lately. Definitely watching 👀 FF class everything ✅😂 Jokes aside, Alfred, Epson scanners and printers are very good, especially those refillable with ink bottles 👍 I highly recommend. By the way, the Web Archive got hacked. Crazy times we live in... they could have hacked Facebook instead of some really useful site. Web Archive is actually like something cut out from the past times, when the Internet was full of knowledge and not overloaded with memes and funny cat videos. Greetings like always. Please keep uploading these from time to time 👍🤝 A new collab with Adam B would be fire ❤

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

ROFL Thanks for the mutiple shoutouts at the end there. I wouldn't hold any kind of breath regarding me becoming a EVP... lol That's likely not happening. I am doing well, but not THAT well haha. I'm happy FL finally has a MicroCenter location... Previously y'all'd have to "commute" up to one of the Atlanta, GA stores in either Marietta or Dulluth. That's easily 4h+ each way. A day trip and a half. If I somehow get the chance to visit you and if it's okay with you I'd like to visit the new Miami store when I'd be down there. I could use my EP (no not extended you know what... Employee Purchase privs) and get stuff lol. Also don't be surprised if you get hit with a copyright or content ID claim... There was a moment when Beyonce's "Single Ladies" was playing... Just a heads up.

[@adiblasi]

Gasparrrrrr! I am glad you are doing well at your store! I hope you get a chance to visit the Miami store!

[@f1addict]

Quality content as always Al. I hope the password was a joke though....

[@adiblasi]

Hello F1! Thanks for the heads-up, and yes, it was indeed a joke, making a reference to the film "The Hangover." Hope you got a few smiles from this 'quality content' (you are too kind!) LOL! - Alfred

[@Nabeelco]

Reminds me of the ScanSnap scanners made by Fujitsu.

[@adiblasi]

I think it’s the snap scan in disguise. Is that still being made?

[@xsimesx]

Great model number FF 😂

[@adiblasi]

Yes - the ONLY reason for filming this crap!

[@yepitiyep]

Hey Alfred, hope you're doing great. I sent my unmountable hard drive back to Seagate and they performed a data recovery on it. Today I got the recovered files back. I'd say 80% of the videos on there can't be opened, can't play using QuickTime nor VLC. 10% has zero bytes (i guess they weren't able to get recovered). 10% playable videos. I tried searching for apps to repair corrupted video files but all seem shady AF. FF class shadiness. Do you know anything about fixing corrupted video files? appreciate it as always.

[@adiblasi]

Sorry to read this news. Understand the 2 types of failures - physical and logical. Physical is when the drive head crashes into the platter, or the platter can't spin up to rotational speed. Logic is when there is a 'burp' in writing out the data and the directory structure gets messed up. I was hoping that it was an (easy) physical problem in your case, like the drive mechanism would not spin. up, leaving the data intact. This was either purely a logical failure, or a combination of both. My next step would be to: 1) Do NOT write any new info to that drive 2) Pull off the 10% that is 'good' and move to another drive 3) Take screen shots of the file names even of the files are empty and/or do not work. I have found it VERY useful knowing WHAT I lost 4) Look back at my prior comments and consider turning one of the third party utilities onto the drive in an attempt to reconstruct the data. Cross check the utilities and see if they support HFS/APFS -- some of them do NOT work with an APFS volume. 5) Digital depression is real. Make sure you manage it properly. You can get totally OCD/Obsessed with that f_cking hard drive and keep trying -- at a certain point, start singing like the Disney film "Frozen" and just "Let it go" (or let it blow, or suck my yo, or however best to make it crude and vulgar in Alfred.TV style...)

[@yepitiyep]

​@@adiblasi I appreciate your detailed response, Al. The 'Frozen' part had me dead! Well, yea, the depression is real, years of consistent hard work is lost. I have another seagate refurbished drive that contains a ton of family videos as well, this drive isn't yet broken, I'm planning to get all the videos transferred to a more expensive hard drive. What precautionary measure should I be taking when dealing with this transfer? I can't take another hit no more.

[@adiblasi]

@@yepitiyep What's your current computer setup looking like? Mac or Windows? Laptop or a desktop system? How many gigs of data are you lugging on that 'not broken yet' Seagate drive, and then, on 'everything else' -- what's the number of gigs (or, like me, Terror-Bytes) that you are lugging, as I like to say. Give me overall specs on your current setup (specs as in specifications, not dust...)

[@yepitiyep]

@ I'll go in detail during tomorrow's webcast , Al.

[@yepitiyep]

pretty neat machine. I use the scanner that comes with the $35 printer on all my photos, so far so good. very time consuming though. Do you have any recommendations on home office color laser printer, Al? I used to have a Brother laser printer, it's so heavy, wifi often doesn't connect, not the best.

[@adiblasi]

Yes I do!! After quite a bit of searching, I purchased this color, laser printer. The ink is reasonably priced, and the print quality is outstanding. It also has a half speed but double resolution mode. amzn.to/4dJRuya

[@adiblasi]

Once you get past the dog, shit, very small LCD display, which totally sucks, you manage it via a web interface. Once you have it hooked up to your home network. No big deal.

[@yepitiyep]

@@adiblasi woah, that printer looks beautiful, I've never seen the brand though, what's the equivalent to that of a car brand?

[@yepitiyep]

@@adiblasi ok, so it'll print when I need to print, right? No hiccups? I hate whenever I need to print something, the printer stops working and I had to fiddle with it for 30min

[@adiblasi]

@@yepitiyepNo problem - great color, nice double sided printing

[@PrinceWesterburg]

4:53 - Password on display - My Chinese paymasters will be most greatful for these informations....

[@Nautilat0r]

I fully thought that by the of this geek porn video the printer would have had some grease prints! All seriousness tho that scanner is fast AF.

[@adiblasi]

Yes!!! Its crazy fast at 300 DPI

[@Surefirejacob]

For a laugh you should of used windows vista with that device

[@adiblasi]

No! XP all the way!!

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

@@adiblasiNah Windows ME lmao

[@Surefirejacob]

@@adiblasi i loved windows xp

[@jonaha.2431]

The only thing i learned about this video al is that you should spend $8k on a new mac studio.😂. I kinda wanna buy one of those xeon mac pros itd be a cool windows machine. They go for next to nothing on ebay.

[@adiblasi]

@@jonaha.2431 the gosh darn trashcan is working too good now. I might be able to hold out until the M5 version of the Mac studio! And yes, from time to time I keep on looking at that 28 Core Intel Mac Pro, but it truly gets smoked by the newer apple chips