[QuadList] OT: And now-- your palm-sized, color, HD, Quad editing suite replacement

[Ted Langdell]

I don't mean for this thread to divert us away from the main focus of  
the list... Quad video recorders, preserving them, tape and the  
knowledge of how to use them, so let's keep discussion to a 24-hour  
period and hope we don't cause folks to unsubscribe.

Considering the changes in size and capability represented here  
compared to 1956's three-racks of black and white... this seems a  
significant milestone in television history.  Why do I say that?  Keep  
reading.

Just in from StudioDaily...
http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=3375

Speaking today at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010,  
Apple CEO Steve Jobs blew the roof off the joint by showing the new  
iPhone 4. Not only did he claim that the phone’s new camera will shoot  
720p/30 video, but he debuted the new $4.99iMovie app for iPhone,  
allowing users to trim clips, apply transitions, and create titles  
without leaving their mobile environment. What’s more, the new phone  
will have a very high resolution 960×640 pixel display that should  
make working with its touch screen a real pleasure, and its front- 
facing video camera and “FaceTime” wi-fi video-chat capabilities will  
make remote collaboration a whole new game.
Editing on the iPhone isn’t going to make dedicated NLE workstations  
obsolete, of course, but it’s another step toward mobilizing — and  
miniaturizing — the creation of content. While the quality of HD video  
shot on your phone will be dubious, there may be some situations where  
pros get a kick out of using their iPhone to shoot and string together  
some video clips. But having this kind of functionality on a palm- 
sized device carries clear implications for the entire PC hardware  
market.


I can see television news departments equipping their reporters (and  
other staff) with iPhone4's and iMovie... and letting people literally  
"phone it in."

Instead of "Get that camera/microphone outta my face!" we'll hear and  
see "Get that iPhone outta my face!"

Will Garret Brown invent an iSteady?  I can see someone fitting a zoom  
lens or telephoto lens accessory over the existing lens.

The more nagging technical question is whether the 720p/30 is actually  
720p/30, or is 720p/29.97.

One thing the new phone does is allow more than one app at a time... a  
complaint about iPhones' OS that some of the competing phones had  
overcome.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary

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