New Florence. New Renaissance.

The camera never blinks

and nowadays it is everywhere.

Dennis Howlett on his 6 ways of creating video.

With the coming explosion of citizen journalism, Comcast's limit of 250 gb a month will soon start to look mean.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II

A new benchmark in DSLRs.

 21.1 megapixel. HD Video capture at full 1080 at 30fps. And lots more.

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3M's Pocket Projector

"In a dark room, it could project a big enough image to be the ultimate cheap-o home theater. The projector will sell for a mere $359. It doesn’t have a speaker, so you’ll have to get that separately. But really, how good could a microscopic speaker jammed into this thing sound, anyway?

The MPro110 is pretty basic looking on the outside—just a grey box. But it gets the job down. A VGA input lets you plug in a laptop; and the composite video jack will take output from a digital camera, PSP, iPod, iPhone, or most any handheld device (though video-out is still pretty rare on cellphones)"

Popular Science

How would you like a 700 inch HD TV?

That's what the 30'x50' screen at the Republican Convention translates to. The podium in contrast is only 4' high - the lowest ever for a Republican convention so people in front do not need a rubber neck. (Photo credits FoxNews and Yahoo News)

Of course, it pales compared to the 70'x160' screen planned at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium.

Netflix Streaming Video

"First, Netflix destroyed weekend trips to Blockbuster with their ubiquitous red envelopes and now they promise to destroy the postal service by totally cutting out the middle man.The Netflix Player by Roku is the first in what portends to be a long line of devices designed to download and stream movies from Netflix. While in its current incarnation the device is fairly limited, I can firmly recommend it with the expectation that the movie selection will improve."

CrunchGear

Fastcompany.TV

Robert Scoble, a pioneer in blogging, is joining a "new, interactive, online video community called FastCompany.TV"

With traditional networks and now "open source" videos via YouTube, do we need yet another broadcast channel? 

With Robert, you know every new mobile gadget and web widget will get exposure so for consumer tech innovation watchers that is great. Besides, he intends to use newer video and broadcast technologies   " like Qik, Kyte, Seesmic, Mogulus, DotSub". So, yes, expect him to pioneer new trends in broadcast and content

Video Snacks, Formats and More

"In cubicles across the country, lunchtime has become the new prime time, as workers click aside their spreadsheets to watch videos on YouTube, news highlights... or other Web offerings." "The trend — part of a broader phenomenon known as video snacking — is turning into a growth business for news and media companies, which are feeding the lunch crowd more fresh content."

In time for the Las Vegas CES show, Warner decides to back the Blu-Ray format - a major coup for Sony. It bet heavily on Blu-ray even as it was haunted by the loss its Betamax videotape format suffered to VHS a generation ago.

Netflix plans to offer a new streaming service will allow customers to watch movies on a high-definition television, using a networked set-top box that LG plans to ship later this year, the companies said.

While Netflix seems keen to invest more in download services, other players are pulling out. U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart closed down its video download service last month, less than a year after introducing it.

In the meantime, here comes an open source video device

"The (Neuros) OSD is a versatile recorder. Using a memory card or a U.S.B. storage device, it saves copies of DVDs, VHS tapes and television programs from satellite receivers, cable boxes, TVs and any other device with standard video output."