Looking for more VT writers

The current pool o' VT posters has gotten quiet, and I am stretched pretty thin between work, my blog, and my drinking habit (kidding). So I'm looking for new potential Video Thing writers. Drop me a line about why you think you'd be a good candidate and I'll set you up an account.

Sony RDR-AX75 DVR Dumps PSP Compatible Video - Gizmodo

Sony releases an H.264 recorder that will send to the psp:
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Thanks DVD Guy!

ATI adding H.264 acceleration to Radeon cards

Looks like existing Radeon cards will get the acceleration added on via software (or a firmware update?)
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Thanks DVDGuy!

Red is real.

Mike dishes out the scoop on the new RED HD cameras over on HD for Indies.

Congress tries to plug the analog hole

Today Via Boing Boing:

The government is proposing that devices (consumer electronics, computers, software) manufactured after a certain date respond to a copy-protection signal or watermark in a digital video stream, and pass along that signal when converting the video to analog. The same goes for analog video streams, to pass on the protection to the digital video outputs.

The technology Congress is proposing (VEIL) is derived from one that originated with assorted interactive Batman toys that allowed the toys to respond to Batman television shows or videos. How cool—at least for toys.

The government wants your future TV, TiVo, computer, cell phone, Final Cut Pro, (input your favorite analog signal viewing / converting device here) to respond to the Bat Signal.

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H.264 DVD players

Looks like the first wave of H.264 dvd players are coming out of Asia. Some of these are hybrid divx/h.264/dvd players. One is an h.264 PVR Recorder.
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Thanks DVDGuy!

Retro Thing: Fisher-Price PXL 2000 - Wickedly Lo-Fi Home Video

Our sister site Retro Thing has a nice post today about one of our favorite pieces of lost tech- the venerable PXL 2000.

HD For Indies - Holographic discs in the works

From Mike's blog-

The holographic disk promises to retail for $100, and by 2010, it will have capacity of 1.6TB each. That's pretty inexpensive," said Ron Tarasoff, vice president of broadcast technology and engineering at Turner Entertainment. "Even this first version can store 300GB per disk, and it has 160MB/sec. data throughput rates. That's burning. Then combine it with random access, and it's the best of all worlds.

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Scott Fisher: PXL THIS 15, 11/19

PXL THIS 15, the 15th annual film festival featuring the Fisher Price PXL 2000 toy video camera premieres Saturday, Nov 19, 2 different shows 7 & 9pm at Sponto Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, 310-306-7330, free admission. For more info, please visit: www.indiespace.com/pxlthis and www.81x.com/7dudley/cinema

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"I plugged the video-out port on my video card into the video-in port of my capture card. " Dude, I think you just blew my mind!

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Thanks Paul!

Video feedback

The Ultimate Video Feedback Page

Vintage Television Equipment

Here's a great dirt-style page of vintage television equipment and cameras collected by Mr. Chuck Pharis. Some amazing looking old cameras in here & totally arcane equipment.

Cool Hunting: Nokia N92

Phone/Camera/TV/Laser gun?
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MPEG Streamclip 1.5

MPEG Streamclip 1.5 is now available. Converts Mpeg 1/2/4 files to QuickTime .mov's (incuding Apple's H.264). Muxes and demuxes mpeg and m2v. Since it uses Apple's H.264 it is considerably faster than Handbrake at encoding. This with MactheRipper is the best solution for archiving DVD's or converting them to play on iPods or in iTunes.
Thanks DVDGuy!

Siggraph - Khronos Projector

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Interactive 4d video weirdness from Siggraph.
Thanks Nick

SWEET JESUS

Video ipod.


Daring Fireball weighs in on the product announcements. No firewire on the iPod is kind of a bummer, but frontrow does definitely make it look like we're in for some kind of TV connectivity, not from the ipod, which will only play 320x240, but from the computer itself. By all accounts, the small video looks awesome on the ipod- and that's the screen it's intended for once it's been formatted, the tv connectivity is more for photos. The ipod is the delivery device in this case, and video podcasting seems to be the big use for it... downloading daily shows and watching them on the subway. I've already noticed that the Cinema Minema podcasts I'm subscribed to in iTunes have already farmed out some video clips to my library. I expect HD connectivity from Macs to televisions to be coming next. The Front Row interface they've got in the new iMac begs it. And the airport express is too good a precedent not to expect some wireless video in the future.

The first Videoclip-sampleplayer with Midi

Found Via our sister-site Music Thing (who in turn got it off Module Records), the MFB VJ is a mini video sampler that holds 28 four-second video clips, with a crossfader and some onboard effects.

3D Monitor

From FutureFeeder:

LightSpace claims its DepthCube is the world's first solid-state volumetric 3D display capable of 3-dimensional projections without any headgear or moving parts. The display runs on a stack of 20 liquid crystal shutters synchronized with a video projector (50Hz refresh rate) all packed in a TV set box circa 1980.

Using Play-Doh as an interface to control digital media

Brendan Dawes is working on an digital media interface that involves adding and subtracting wads of play-doh to controll play speed.

As I twist the Play-Doh and take bits away, the film reacts accordingly in real-time. Add too much Play-Doh and the film rapidly speeds up. An intimate connection is made between the user and the media. Every action has a reaction in the digital space. No scary buttons to press. No instructions to read. It's just Play-Doh.

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Found Via Pasta and Vinegar

macosxhints - Record any video stream to disk using VLC

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