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A new video format has been in consumer development for a number of months now but the complete links to make it all work are just now possible.
The standard consumer HD video format was HDV and many camcorders were made for this format. It is basically an mpeg 2 video with 25 mbs bit rate and used a 15:1 GOP which is the main drawback as compared to the big daddy of HDCAM at 1 GOP and 100 mbs.
Yet HDV was still good enough for most. Now enter the latest video format AVCHD It is an mpeg4 version and has upped the ante of picture resolution to 1080i x 1920 (compared to 1080i x 1440 for HDCAM and HDV.
The new AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition does not use tape. It records directly to a hard drive or memory stick. The latest Sony camcorder comes with a 120Gb hard drive capable of recording 14.5 hours including DD5.1 audio. The image quality is phenomenal. The direct comparison between large format cameras and small format cameras has narrowed considerably with this new mpeg 4 technology.
Until recently the draw back has been work flow to go from the video in camcorder to distribution. Today you have two major systems tyo complete the process of shoot, edit, duplicate and distribute. Pinnacle and Sony Vegas offers solutions now that make the process fairly easy.
1. Shoot the video
2. Transfer the video files from the camcorder to the computer hard drive
(two options here: cable connection or memory stick swap)
3. Edit the content on AVCHD capable software.
4. Burn the video to a standard DVD-R or equal.
This DVD will not play in a standard DVD player. It is MPEG 4. However, it will play in a Blu Ray DVD player including PlayStation 3.
So, now we can shoot, edit and distribute high definition content using currently available hardware and software. Note that presently, there is no solution to play the DVD's in HD DVD playback equipment. You will need a different work flow using an HD DVD burner as well.
Siome of you may be thinking - why not just burn the content to a BluRay - R disk in a Blu Ray burner. Yes, this is possible and also is the preferred way with HDV content as it is mpeg 2. However, the cost of blu Ray disks for distribution is out of sight. They typically run $20 each while the DVD-R can be bought for as little as $.22 each in bulk. BIg difference and that is why I say this work flow is finally something that we can like. It makes the back end of HD distribution affordable.
I am excited about this new format. I expect to take delivery on my first AVCHD camcorder this week. Sony HDR SR 12.
The standard consumer HD video format was HDV and many camcorders were made for this format. It is basically an mpeg 2 video with 25 mbs bit rate and used a 15:1 GOP which is the main drawback as compared to the big daddy of HDCAM at 1 GOP and 100 mbs.
Yet HDV was still good enough for most. Now enter the latest video format AVCHD It is an mpeg4 version and has upped the ante of picture resolution to 1080i x 1920 (compared to 1080i x 1440 for HDCAM and HDV.
The new AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition does not use tape. It records directly to a hard drive or memory stick. The latest Sony camcorder comes with a 120Gb hard drive capable of recording 14.5 hours including DD5.1 audio. The image quality is phenomenal. The direct comparison between large format cameras and small format cameras has narrowed considerably with this new mpeg 4 technology.
Until recently the draw back has been work flow to go from the video in camcorder to distribution. Today you have two major systems tyo complete the process of shoot, edit, duplicate and distribute. Pinnacle and Sony Vegas offers solutions now that make the process fairly easy.
1. Shoot the video
2. Transfer the video files from the camcorder to the computer hard drive
(two options here: cable connection or memory stick swap)
3. Edit the content on AVCHD capable software.
4. Burn the video to a standard DVD-R or equal.
This DVD will not play in a standard DVD player. It is MPEG 4. However, it will play in a Blu Ray DVD player including PlayStation 3.
So, now we can shoot, edit and distribute high definition content using currently available hardware and software. Note that presently, there is no solution to play the DVD's in HD DVD playback equipment. You will need a different work flow using an HD DVD burner as well.
Siome of you may be thinking - why not just burn the content to a BluRay - R disk in a Blu Ray burner. Yes, this is possible and also is the preferred way with HDV content as it is mpeg 2. However, the cost of blu Ray disks for distribution is out of sight. They typically run $20 each while the DVD-R can be bought for as little as $.22 each in bulk. BIg difference and that is why I say this work flow is finally something that we can like. It makes the back end of HD distribution affordable.
I am excited about this new format. I expect to take delivery on my first AVCHD camcorder this week. Sony HDR SR 12.
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Had some time this afternoon to get down to a real test of this process-
Here's the work flow:
Shot 4 short clips in both DD5.1 and DD2.0 with the SR12.
I used the software that comes with the SR12 to transfer the files from the SR12 hard drive to my hard drive on my XPS1210 laptop drive. Here I have a DVD-R burner as well as Sony Vegas 8 installed.
I was able to load all the *.m2ts clips imported to the Vegas timeline and was quite surprised how well it played live from the timeline in preview mode. Even with some long dissolves and some transition effects the video played well. I added some title graphics and then set out to render. While the render did process a file I can see in the timeline and play fine in Vegas, I haven't yet figured out the work flow and settings to get the 1080p x 1920 file to burn to the DVD. After 3 tries with different settings I gave up and posted some questions and call for help over at AVS. We'll see what I am not doing right with this step.
Meanwhile I decided to use the process of building a DVD-r single layer video authored with a nice graphic menu with chapters from my imported clips. The Sony software that comes with the SR12 allows for a basic menu structure with custom graphics and window buttons and titles similar but cut down like DVDA. But this software is specifically designed to work with the AVCHD files. Not bad for a simple authoring package. It will certainly do until something professional is out.
The burn process was easy and without events. It burned the DVD pretty fast.
So down to the HT and test in first my HD DVD A30. ERROR message, Disk is unreadable. No surprise there. Next I put it into both drives in the XBOX 360 and neither the internal drive nor the HD DVD drive would recognize it.
So folks... What was it you were telling me you've been doing this since before Blu Ray?
One more test. The BD1400 BluRay player. The disk was immediately recognized as an AVCHD and the output was native 1080p x1920. The menu popped up with the windowed buttons and the default text I didn't nother to redo. The navigation on the buttons worked flawlessly and the video quality was, as expected. real life like. The rendering left no visible artifacts and played like any other flawless blu Ray disk.
I am very happy with this as what I expected to do is actually quite easy. With BluRay the winner in the format war, and this process making DVD duplication without the need to spend a fortune on blank media, we're on the way to where I want to be with this. Nice when a plan acutally works out. Too bad on the HD DVD but then again, I never expected it to work.
I want to do some additional testing of capacity in minutes of programming at the FULL HD quality. That limitation needs to be determined. The SR12 has several lessor quality HD settings but I chose to work with the highest one for this test.
Now if I can figure out the settings in Vegas for the render output, I'll be well on the way to making this all happen the way I want.
Here's the work flow:
Shot 4 short clips in both DD5.1 and DD2.0 with the SR12.
I used the software that comes with the SR12 to transfer the files from the SR12 hard drive to my hard drive on my XPS1210 laptop drive. Here I have a DVD-R burner as well as Sony Vegas 8 installed.
I was able to load all the *.m2ts clips imported to the Vegas timeline and was quite surprised how well it played live from the timeline in preview mode. Even with some long dissolves and some transition effects the video played well. I added some title graphics and then set out to render. While the render did process a file I can see in the timeline and play fine in Vegas, I haven't yet figured out the work flow and settings to get the 1080p x 1920 file to burn to the DVD. After 3 tries with different settings I gave up and posted some questions and call for help over at AVS. We'll see what I am not doing right with this step.
Meanwhile I decided to use the process of building a DVD-r single layer video authored with a nice graphic menu with chapters from my imported clips. The Sony software that comes with the SR12 allows for a basic menu structure with custom graphics and window buttons and titles similar but cut down like DVDA. But this software is specifically designed to work with the AVCHD files. Not bad for a simple authoring package. It will certainly do until something professional is out.
The burn process was easy and without events. It burned the DVD pretty fast.
So down to the HT and test in first my HD DVD A30. ERROR message, Disk is unreadable. No surprise there. Next I put it into both drives in the XBOX 360 and neither the internal drive nor the HD DVD drive would recognize it.
So folks... What was it you were telling me you've been doing this since before Blu Ray?
One more test. The BD1400 BluRay player. The disk was immediately recognized as an AVCHD and the output was native 1080p x1920. The menu popped up with the windowed buttons and the default text I didn't nother to redo. The navigation on the buttons worked flawlessly and the video quality was, as expected. real life like. The rendering left no visible artifacts and played like any other flawless blu Ray disk.
I am very happy with this as what I expected to do is actually quite easy. With BluRay the winner in the format war, and this process making DVD duplication without the need to spend a fortune on blank media, we're on the way to where I want to be with this. Nice when a plan acutally works out. Too bad on the HD DVD but then again, I never expected it to work.
I want to do some additional testing of capacity in minutes of programming at the FULL HD quality. That limitation needs to be determined. The SR12 has several lessor quality HD settings but I chose to work with the highest one for this test.
Now if I can figure out the settings in Vegas for the render output, I'll be well on the way to making this all happen the way I want.
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And you've proven it yourself by playing your result on the XPS.
When talking about playing AVCHD on HD DVD players, I said at least three times it won't...
Diogen.
Careful reading would answer thatSo folks... What was it you were telling me you've been doing this since before Blu Ray?
And you've proven it yourself by playing your result on the XPS.
When talking about playing AVCHD on HD DVD players, I said at least three times it won't...
Diogen.
For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
www.apple.com
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big cityAnother Tulsa King spin off.
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.