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  3 days ago

  Videopia commented on DTV: The End of Television

  Ha! Well now, I don't cut my hair myself, but I do have serious hair issues, to be sure! I think the last two episodes I've managed my hair better, but I can assure you: it could be a lot worse!
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  3 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  I agree with everything you said and traditional broadcasting is already dead. It just doesn't know it yet.
  
  However, I doubt there will ever be a single worldwide video standard:
  
  videopia.org/content/view/94/229/
  
  Of course, the death of broadcast television and the rise of Internet video changes all that: Who even needs standards anymore at all beyond Flash or QuickTime or whatev? Still, us rich folks with our fancy computers and $100/mo broadband don't represent the rest of the planet, but it'd still be nice to see a new class of quality progressive scan cameras come out.
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  3 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  I don't know enough about the tech specs of that camera (but I'm sure someone here does). If it is shooting a true 480p then no deinterlacing will be required. 720p won't require deinterlacing. 1080i will. I suspect it'll be very straightforward with that camera. The only cameras that can be tricky are the ones that shoot progressive at the CCD/processor level, but then save to an inherently interlaced format, like all MiniDV cameras do. It's kind of a pseudo-progressive format, like with the DVX100.
  
  But, ultimately, you can just look at the video: if it looks good, it is good. If you can't see any interlacing artifacts on fast moving object with the frame frozen and examined closely, I wouldn't think another thought about interlacing!
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  4 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  You actually don't disagree with me, you just misunderstand what I was saying. I'd much rather have progressive everything too, however, progressive 30p WAS not possible in 1932 and 1080p WAS thought to be impractical when the ATSC and television broadcasters got together and settled on 720p and 1080i, THEREFORE: interlacing is not just some arbitrary evil inflicted on us by a bunch of idiot television engineers. That's my point. And I never said 60i was better than 30p. I'd take 480p over 480i any day.
  
  And, yea, the Internet and broadband distribution changes all of this, but that is a very very recent development. AND we producers are gonna have to deal with interlacing until next gen cameras come out - thus my segment.
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  4 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  Yea, I have "hand issues" - I'll keep working at it! But it's just me and I don't take direction well, especially not from myself. (Just kidding: I wish I had a director to help me with this and tell me to "Keep yer freakin' hands still!")
  
  Thanks for the coaching!
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  5 days ago

  Videopia commented on DIY "Flying Support"

  Sweet! I'm certainly flattered!
  
  But the song... are you saying YOUR DIY Steadicam is better than MINE!?
  
  Hehe. Just kidding - it probably is!
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  6 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  The theme music is Digital Juice StackTraxx. The song is "Force Majeure," but I don't know what volume that's from off hand.
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  6 days ago

  Videopia commented on The Joy of Interlacing

  Yep - pretty much all Vegas, including all of the composting in this episode.
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  6 days ago

  Videopia commented on Matt Cutts and Off Topic Link Bait

  You aren't doing much to discourage people from saying "You know, you look a little bit like Steve Martin."
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  6 days ago

  Videopia commented on Yahoo Is Now Google's B*tch

  fuuuuny