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Comment by garyb on September 23, 2009 at 11:05pm

not quite a FLIP..but as a personal device worth considering - iPodNANO with video

too small for student hands IMHO
but spectacular capacity.

take 4hours video VGA (640x480)
standard definition eg DVD quality

with HD definition need blueray to playback the quality to a HD LCD or plasma screen..or just play out of the computer to the screen (or HD projector!)

The nano will play out to a projector or screen in composite video and sound. Audio out on the FLIP needs work.

the other place to go for FLIP info

www.flipvideocafe.com.au/

Comment by garyb on July 11, 2009 at 6:29pm

rumours are getting stonger that the next iPod Touch will have a camera with video capabilit¥

'only' VGA - 640x480 ( about 0.3MP) but identical to FLIP Ultra

The newer FLIP HD offers 720p (1280x720) and can record 2h
(4GB per hour)

the VGA quality takes 2GB per hour, so the Touch has 16GB capacity...several hours depending on other Apps

release?...expected in time for new US school year September 1st
( also a new financial quarter!!)

Comment by Tristan Mether on July 11, 2009 at 6:15pm

Over the past few weeks I have been watching the Film Riot podcast http://www.revision3.com/filmriot/ if you looking for some great ideas for teaching simple and basic special effects that you can go with the flip cameras and maybe some free software like Wax2.0... then check out Film Riot ...

***HINT*** You will have to watch each video first before using them in class to make sure the ones you are using are age appropriate.. As there are some nice blood/gunshot efftects some may wish to avoid..

Comment by garyb on July 5, 2009 at 3:23am

i had a chance to see the new minoHD chrome last week and the new UtlraHD

both look great!

the ultrHD has the option of either doubleA batteries or a re-chargeable from the USB connection.

excellent idea gives flexibility to download to a netbook and recharge by swapping batteries when out and about..the drain on the netbook is not recommended.

check out edsoft.com.au for details

Comment by Junita Lyon on July 5, 2009 at 2:07am

Ive just bought the community college a flip, we are having a bit of movie making fun for personal development.
Its so simplistic the flip.
Cheers

Comment by Russel Montgomery on June 21, 2009 at 2:58pm

I've not got my hands on a flip yet, but boy I would like to.
I can see how a class set of flips could revolutionize the curriculum.

Comment by garyb on June 2, 2009 at 12:51am

another new FLIP is about to arrive
ULTRA HD

first review was posted today on eWeek

Comment by Helen on June 1, 2009 at 7:05pm

Love the flip. Its sooo easy to use with students and teachers at school. We have bought 10 all totals and hope to get more.

Comment by garyb on March 30, 2009 at 3:11pm

possibly quicktime pro (winXP/VISTA/OS X), unless you have a mac where iMovie has it built in...

$25AUD at apple.com.au

this will allow conversion to/from
avi/mov/m4v/wmv

the m4v is particularly important for ipods-touch/iphone
assuming you want to play or stream the file rather than just compress for sending (eg .zip)
movies do not compress particularly well beyond a MB per min
so 10MB = ten minutes
the screen size needs to be reduced at that file size as the resolution has been reduced as well
320x240 works OK
160x120 starting to be a bit small, though OK for blogs/wikis

Comment by pilsward on March 30, 2009 at 12:28pm

What is the best way to compress and reduce the file size of the videos? I have a 30 min file that is over 1gb.

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