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Video and TV over the Net – part 3 in a series
Voice narration isn’t necessary to make the point of this two minute video as it notes the progression of IP in telecom and the progression of Video and TV over the Net. IP displaced ATM in an industry that would have said "no way" ten years ago. And now, Video and Television over the Net…
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Streaming Media West – Live, No LiveU
Throw out the $100,000+ video production truck, it is now possible to use 3G/WiFi or, in the future, WiMAX as a low-cost video uplink. At Streaming Media West, we caught up with LiveU, which has a pay as you go ($1,500 to $2,500 per month) solution to allow anyone with a video camera to transmit video in a…
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Hybrid Satellite – Internet Distribution Video
This brief video captures the essence of the Todocast internet video distribution system. For around $750 per event and 50 cents per user, one can quickly create a live pay per view event that is transmitted via the Internet to user’s desktops. In this video, Todocast used their satellite uplink to transmit a live signal…
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Good HD Video on a Still Camera?
Yes it is possible to get fairly good quality HD video on a still camera. My quest to find one started with a Flip. Ken Pyle was using a Flip Camera, and the camera showed interesting potential, so I looked around for something more. I thought there had to be a still camera with better…
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The Sony PS2 – an Inexpensive Set-Top Box?
With 140+ million units in the field, the Sony PS2 has been a workhorse in the gaming world. Could a sub-$50 piece of software turn this consumer-owned device into a mechanism for pulling content off the Internet, as well as USB-enabled storage devices? The above video, filmed at Digital Hollywood in August ’08, demonstrates an…
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The Value of Moving Pictures
Perhaps a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think the professor at Cal Tech got it right… combining them is really the cat’s meow; moving pictures perhaps.
