DealExtreme: $12.90 NTSC Mini Surveillance AV Camera (628x582px)

Dirt cheap NTSC security cameras-
Found Via Create Digital Motion
DealExtreme: $12.90 NTSC Mini Surveillance AV Camera (628x582px)

Popgadget: FastVDO SmartCapture Lite - Tiny USB device captures and shares video

Another USB dongle H.264 encoder, but what differentiates it from, say, the Turbo264, is that this one has its own analog input and it claims to encode in real time.

Popgadget Personal Technology for Women: SmartCapture Lite - Tiny USB device captures and shares video

Create Digital Motion - Record Your Gigs and Legacy Media to H264: Blackmagic Video Recorder

CDM shows us a nice looking hardware H.264 encoder from Blackmagic, your choice of inputs.
Create Digital Motion - Record Your Gigs and Legacy Media to H264: Blackmagic Video Recorder

5 minute romp through the IP - Patch based modular analog video computer run by a gentleman in a viking hat.

I am speechless.

Forums are up

I just set up public forums for Video Thing! I put in some basic topics, but for the most part anything goes. Have fun.

I'm live bogging Digital Cinema Summit at NAB

ProVideo Coalition.com: HD for Indies by Mike Curtis

...and I'm typing this while walling with my iPhone.

Cool panel on 3d - all my notes posted at Above link

MAKE: Blog: Panoramic video experiment

Another Make Magazine reader named Dr. Photon attempts Cementimental's Christmas bauble 360 degree lens hack. Unfortunately Mr. Photon does not have any video available to view from what I saw.

Quadruplex - Call for Submissions

Pete from Quadruplex writes:

hi wiley,

Hi, I really enjoy your blog and the videothings that you find.

I'm putting together a video screening that I think would be right up
video thing's street [...]

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the 2 mile
QUADRUPLEX
Video bending and noise films

Please Forward!

The 2 mile Quadruplex is a new film organisation that is pro-magnetism and
anti-narrative.
We are looking for video in the following (made-up) genres:

* noise
* video-synthesis
* video-bent
* demoscene
* trash/broken
* old media
* data bending/'Mush'-inima
* ear-eye experiments
* VHS nostalgia
* other...

for an evening of video, film and live performances in Hull, UK.
Deadline: 30th May 08

Screening in late June, exact dates TBA

Please send DVDs, mini-DVs or twisted VHS tapes to:
Pete McPartlan
The Quadruplex
140 Worthing St
Hull
HU5 1PR
UK

Or contact Pete about submitting online on: info(at)quadruplex.co.uk
Please don't directly e-mail video files...

www.quadruplex.co.uk