Category Archives: Video

Multi-User, Multi-Touch LCDs

January 23, 2011CES 2011, VideoCES, display, fogview, lcd, muti-touchTom Newman

The MultiTouch company has launched a new multitouch platform for large-scale LCDs. These are multiuser and multitouch LCDs ranging from 32 to 100 inches.

The unit in this video consists of three 46 inch LCDs, stacked together. The video shows a demo of photos and videos floating around the LCDs that allow user interaction. You can drag and resize the objects and even play, stop, and rewind the video objects. All three LCDs were controlled by a single PC.

Typical uses for this interactive display technology is in retail shops, lobbies, museums, and many other places where user interaction is needed.

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New Canon HD Pro Cameras XF Series

January 23, 2011Cameras, CES 2011, VideoCESTodd Cochrane

The new Canon pro line of cameras was unveiled at CES 2011. We saw such products as the Mini XA10, a small but powerful video camera that will be good for on-the-go shooting at remote locations. There’s the XF100, a slightly larger, 50 MB/Sec camera that should hit the market at somewhere around a $3000 price point. But the most exciting new addition to the Canon line is the , which will retail for about $4300 and feature SDI out and storage space for two compact flash cards that will be capable of duel-recording. That’s a bargain price for this powerful of a device.

The new products that Canon unveiled on the video side should all be on the market in the near future, if they aren’t already. The prices we listed are estimated MSRP, but shop around and you may do even better. You can get a close-up look at all three of these new cameras in the video below.

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central.

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iGo Pico Pocket Projector

January 22, 2011CES 2011, Videocamcorder, CES, CES 2011, flip, igo, pico, pico projector, projector, videoEsby Larsen

The Pico pocket projector got an innovation award at CES2011, and for a reason!

iGo has come up with a great mobile solution for those of you who owns a Flip camcorder. What’s so great about this combination is that this project is so small that it easily fits in your computer bag.

This solution allows you to show off your videos on the go whenever you want without additional equipment. You can show a 70″ display with the Pico. Perfect for the traveling journalist and hobbyist.

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Test OTT Video with Optimized Kylo Browser

January 22, 2011CES 2011, VideoCES, CES 2011, kyloAndy McCaskey

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Over the Top Video was all over the CES 2011 show, but the folks from Hillcrest Labs know that many don’t want to jump in and buy a set top box without dipping their toe in the water. Thus, the HDMI cables, video adapters, and hardware to allow them to test out video to their flatscreen from their regular laptop or tower system.

The problem ? Browsers like Firefox or IE look great from laptop distance, but they are very hard to maneuver on a large screen. Hillcrest Labs has a designed a special accelerometer based controller and a special browser optimized for large screens.

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Iomega TV with Boxee

January 22, 2011CES 2011, TVs, VideoCESTodd Cochrane

Iomega becomes the second manufacturer to offer a Boxee-based product with their brand new Iomega TV with Boxee. Available in two variants, one as a media streamer device with no storage, the other with up to 2TB of storage built-in. The devices also offer NAS features such as DLNA server, iTunes server and access to your Iomega Personal Cloud.

Available from late February at $229, $299 and $349 price points. You can register to be notified of availability at the link above.

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Flir Handheld Pocket Night-Vision Scope

January 22, 2011CES 2011, VideoCES, flirTodd Cochrane

Eric Davidson from Flir Systems shows Todd their latest hand-held pocket night-vision scope. Building on their background in military products, this scope is lighter, smaller and cheaper. Aimed at the outdoorsman (and woman), it runs off a re-chargeable li-ion battery for around five hours and can be charged from USB. Available from April.

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MobileMonitor presents Monitor2Go

January 22, 2011CES 2011, Video3D, CES, mobilemonitorTodd Cochrane

Lawrence Pensack presents two portable 15.4″ inch USB monitors that are designed to extend the desktop real estate of laptop computers. Monitor²Go, which is available in May, is a USB monitor that sells for $279 dollars.

The Field Monitor Pro With Keypad is available now and sells for $289, includes an integrated numeric keypad. Both monitors are DisplayLink Certified.

It is possible to daisy-chain up to 6 of these monitors for maximum high-performance portable screen real estate. Both units fold up into the shape of standard laptop computers to go into standard laptop bags and weigh about 4 pounds. They are powered with their own power adapters.

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Mobile HD Only On Dish Network

January 21, 2011CES 2011, VideoCES, dish, mobile, satellite, tailgate, tv, weinguardJeffrey Powers

Remember when you went out to the woods to camp? Remember the tents with no TV or satellite? Remember the tailgates with just the little Webber in the back?

Never again.

Dish Network has the Weinguard mobile HD satellite. It is the dish that you can watch HD programming while on the road. The best part is that Dish offers monthly plans so you are not paying for a service that you don’t use year round.

So if you are the travelling enthusiast, the rock band or just the tailgater that wants to never miss the action, Dish Network has the answer for you.

Interview by Jeffrey Powers of Geekazine

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Hauppauge Colossus HD Video Recorder PCI Express Card

January 21, 2011CES 2011, VideoCESTodd Cochrane

Ken Plotkin, the CEO of Hauppage (www.hauppauge.com), describes the Colossus HD H.264 Video Recorder PCI Express card for the PC. The Colossus card is designed to record high definition video from sources such as an X-Box 360, Playstation 3, as well as high definition video coming from a cable TV or satellite box via component video outputs on those devices, thus avoiding the DRM problem. The Colossus HD Video Recorder retails for $169 dollars, available in the first week in February 2011. According to Plotkin, the Colossus is the only recorder solution available that can record high definition video from component video outputs.

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Stabilizing platform for DV/ DSLR cameras

January 20, 2011Cameras, CES 2011, VideoCES, dlsr, fogview, free shooting, stabilizer, videoTom Newman

Camtrol offers some interesting and well designed rigs to help you get that stable shot on your HD video and DSLR cameras.

Camtrol is the first customizable ergonomic hand held action and movement stabilizing platform for DV/ DSLR cameras with free angle LCD displays. Its uniquely engineered features combine to form a multifaceted mechanism. Camtrol is comfortable and reduce’s shooters’s fatigue while allowing the user unrestricted one handed operation. This creates unparalled range of motion that separate the camera from the user’s body that gives Balance.Support.Freedom

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