RED blows away small room of videophiles with 4k RED RAY footage at half the bitrate of MiniDV

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 29th, 2009

While RED has been pretty tight-lipped about its planned RED RAY product, some footage shown off at RED’s NAB party gave a sizable hint that RED RAY could be much more than meets the eye — specifically a $1,000 device that can play cinema-quality 4k video off of standard DVDs. At the party they played a……

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AgfaPhoto debuts seven new cameras of varying compactness

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

Not to be outdone by GE and its onslaught of ordinariness, AgfaPhoto has now rolled out seven new compact cameras of its own on the eve of PMA, which range from the most basic of point-and-shoots to a ruggedized, underwater cam. Arguably the most interesting of the lot are the OPTIMA 1438m (pictured above), ……

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AEE boasts that its new “Mini DV” camera is the “world's smallest”

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

AEE Wireless’ new “Mini DV” camera may or may not actually be the “world’s smallest” video camera (alright, it’s probably not), but it certainly has a strong claim to the title of least imaginatively-named, and it is, in fact, pretty darn small. What’s more, unlike some other world’s smal……

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Bluetooth 3.0 + HS gets official, adds speed with 802.11

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

The rumors were true, and today’s the day that the Bluetooth SIG gets official with the latest, greatest version of Bluetooth. Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, as it’ll be called, promises to be markedly faster than prior iterations thanks to the reliance on 802.11, which is the same protocol used by WiFi modules……

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Pioneer debuts $249.99 8x BDR-2203 internal Blu-ray burner

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 22nd, 2009

Slowly but surely, these internal Blu-ray drive prices are sinking down to levels we’d consider to be “halfway reasonable.” For instance, have a look at Pioneer’s latest, the BDR-2203. An 8x BD writer that’s totally capable of toasting DVDs and CDs when the BD-R spindle runs dry and very eager to……

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