Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

Looking for a cheaper and more versatile Logic/Pro Tools remote controller than Far Out Labs ProTransport? Well, you need look no further! PowerKeys is exactly what you need. In fact, you can pretty much control anything that has keyboard shortcuts with this thing. (more…)

Eircom has hired Richard Griffiths, former director of technology strategy for BT Vision to roll out digital TV services across Ireland next year. Their plan is to bring some sort of video-on-demand & internet (more…)

Apple has released its new range of laptops, and they look great. The black keyboard, reminiscent of the Air, and the black surround of the screen, echoing a motif started with the latest iMacs, really makes the new machines look classy. Particularly improved is the (more…)

If the me from 10 years ago could hear the me now, he’d be laughing incredulously. “So, you’ve got an 80 gig hard drive in your laptop, and you’re telling me you don’t have enough space! WTF?” (Did they have WTF back in 1997?)

Yes, indeed, Apple have users of their notebooks in a bit of a constant quandary; (more…)

It’s worth mentioning that yesterday, Joost, the streaming TV system, was made available for everybody. So far, the content on it is so-so, but this is the way the future of TV will look. No doubt about it. Check it out at http://www.joost.com.

One of the things about it that is very interesting is that its streaming nature means that advertising works again! Yay! Boo! (more…)

iPhone mania has gripped the US. And not without reason. Okay, so there’s no 3G, and okay, the hard drive’s miniscule, and yeah, who knows if it’ll last a week before the battery starts going flat mid-call, and you can’t use Skype, and it’s got no bluetooth sync with your Mac (and the list goes on…), but there’s a reason people feel it’s a must-have item. (more…)

It’s been going on now for 2 years. TWO YEARS! And there is really no sign of any major takeup of either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, the supposed heirs to the throne of DVD. Who’s gonna win this particular format war? Hell, I’m a format war nerd and even I don’t care anymore! (more…)

Love the iLaunch or hate it, you’ve got to admire Steve Jobs hype machine. I’ve been using Macs for way too long now, and up until recently, every time he’s stepped up to the podium, I’ve expected something special. And usually I’ve got it. Blisteringly fast processors, funky looking new boxes, must-have consumer stuff. And until the last few months (more…)

So, you just bought yourself a 42” “HD Ready” (whatever that means), multi-HDMI input, 5000:1 contrast, flat-screen TV. It’s capable of displaying a High Definition signal which is almost indiscernible from reality. Combined with Blu-Ray DVDs, cinema is brought to your home in a way you never thought possible, and with services like Sky HD, your (more…)

OK, let’s get this straight; I pretty much hate PCs. Now, of course I don’t mean I hate personal computers as a whole. After all my MacBook Pro, which I’m typing into right now is somehow cuddly to me, despite being a hunk of sharp edged metal. I even find the coloured wheel of death oddly appealing, and the odd crash kinda acceptable, in a “Love Is…” cartoon (more…)