I just received my Vulkano with great hopes of it replacing my HAVA box.

I was looking forward to recording my favorite TV shows and watching them at a later time on my iPad or the TV.

Here are the current feature limitations:

Record one show at a time

Can’t watch another show while it is recording

To watch a saved show, It must be fully downloaded to the iPad before you can watch it.

I have just finished installing the device, and turned it on.  Color bars appeared and then a setup wizard began after i hit the ok button on the supplied remote.  It scanned for wireless networks and found my access point.  I gave it my credentials to log in, and it continued on to the next section of the install.  I am using the Verizon Fios DVR with the componet video cables hooked up between the two devices.  I am using the HDMI out to my TV.  The setup wizard detected that a new firmware release was available and it began to download.  It said it could take a half hour to complete.  I was tired and just shut off the tv and let it run overnight.  I woke up to find that it was frozen after about 15% completion.  I had to power off the unit, and when it turned back on, it completed the setup wizard.  A simple menu came up and Live tv was the first option. I selected it and it began to show what was live on TV.  After about 3 seconds i noticed a pause, and that the video quality was less than desireable.  It looked like 320i or less on the HD TV. Then I noticed that it began to fast forward and then it slowed down.  I made watching live TV next to impossible.

I then went to my iPad and download the free Vulkano app, and launched it.  I loaded and found my Vulkano.  It started to buffer, and after about 30 seconds, I had a video showing on the screen.  After about 5 seconds it started to get pixialized and then paused.

I called tech support and they said they will work on it and get back with me, since it is a new product, they think the next firmware revision will solve my problems.

My first impressions, they took 10 steps backwards from the Hava, and 1 step forward with being able to record to the supplied esata 2.5″ 1tb hard drive.

I do not recommend this device at this point in time.  Wait till they get all the bugs worked out.

I just recieved my Go Pro HD Camera and decided to take it for a test drive.  Overall, I find this camera is going to be great for underwater footage and sporting events.

PROS:

• Underwater housing, up to 180 feet.
• Lightweight
• 5MP still shots
• Full HD 1080p video
• Up to 16gb SD memory support.
• 2 1/2 hour lithium replaceable battery
• Almost indistructable, designed to handle excessive g-force
• Several mounting kits included
• Great for mounting on  a helmet or windshield, surf board, boat etc.

CONS:

• Doesn’t have any zoom features, just field of view changes
• Fish eye wide angle lens only.
• Mounting requires underwater housing
• No LCD preview
• No Memory card included

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Use your iPad with the Yeti Microphone.   Amazon for $107.35 . Record professional quality audio directly to your iPad.

Yeti official home page

Read all it about it here

Clam Case – Turn your iPad into a laptop

iPod Connection kit $27

iPad Connection Kit – Apple Store $29.00

Have a TomTom ?  You will want to get the directions from Darth Vader.  Check out the 3 samples

1. Depart
2. Turn around when possible
3. Left turn ahead

Voices will be coming for the Droid in June.

Links are courtesy of John Harris

1. Youtube - Use Google chrome to view this.  It will allow you to turn on HTML5
2. Youtube moving to HTML5 – Big step
3. Watch a video in HTML 5 – 1080p, 720p, and 480p.  Also gives slow motion control. Hidden in play button. You will notice that you are using html5 when the video loads, it will show the word HTML5.
4. Programming in HTML5 – Google youtube video
5. Google to open-source VP8 for HTML5
6. Flexible OLED Screens
7. Android tablet with Flash

Adobe CS4 Premeir and M2Ts AVCHD video editing.

Based on a chart that Adobe has published, you can import AVCHD video, but you can not export it in the original format.  I have found that youtube will allow you to upload your raw m2ts files directly.  However, if you want to edit the video, you will need to export it to another format.  I am currently searching for a way to do simple Splice and Slice in the native format.

I have found a simple program to splice the video.  It is very fast and will playback fine on windows 7.  However, when you upload the video to youtube, it doubles the size of the video and playback is in slow motion. It is as if the frame rate doubled.

Supported file formats in Premiere Pro CS4

I have also researched Sony Vegas Pro and have found the same problem.

Supported File Formats

Opens: AA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, HDP, IVC, JPG, M2T, M2TS, MOV, Sony MXF, MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MTS, OGG, OMA, PCA, PNG, PSD, QT, R3D, SFA, SND, SWF*, TIFF, TGA, VOX, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV

Saves: AA3, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVC, AVI, DPX, EXR, FLAC, HDP, MOV, MP3, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MP4, M2T, Sony MXF, OGG, PCA, RM, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV

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Final score 0 Aquinas High School to 6 Ontario Christian.

Aquinas High School vs Western Christian Feb 4, 2010

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