Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Canon announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 underwater housing for the VIXIA HF20 & HF200 flash memory camcorders

Wow! Now I know which little consumer camcorder will be my next purchase.

This case is good up to an amazing 130 feet! You can shoot video, or stills with the camcorder flash. This compact and light-weight housing hugs the camcorder like a wet suit, enabling easy on-camera operation and control.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 18, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging technology, announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 Waterproof Case for the VIXIA HF20 and VIXIA HF200 Flash Memory Camcorders. Consumers can now dive up to depths of …



How to calibrate an NTSC monitor + New Pro Features!

Calibrating a Broadcast Monitor from Guy Cochran on Vimeo.

Read these simple steps for calibrating an NTSC monitor in the instruction manual of the Marshall monitor.

1. Allow the monitor to warm up for at least 5-10 minutes.
2. Display SMPTE split-field color bars on the monitor using an external source.
3. Enable Monochrome mode.
4. Locate the pluge pattern (super black, black, and gray bars) at the lower-right corner of the screen. Adjust the Brightness knob until there is no visible …



DV Kitchen gets another awesome review! This one from Allan Tepper.

“DVKitchen is unique in helping you to determine your ideal settings… very quickly…”

“No other program on the planet has all of these time-saving features ”

“As you play with any of the five sliders, the recommended bitrate budget number updates dynamically! I don’t know any other software tool, at any price, that offers this. ”

“DVKitchen’s TimeFreezer is a tool which very simply and easily helps you to select and then export a still frame from a video clip, in JPG, PICT, or PNG.” - maybe

“Thanks to the built-in FTP client, DVKitchen doesn’t have to stop after encoding your video. The built-in …



DVcreators.net website traffic

I just found a couple websites that estimate visitors to a website. Curious about how we rank alongside some other digital video-related sites that feature advertising, I typed in some URLs, and guess what?

Apparently more cool people hang out at our site than some other popular sites, and since you’re reading this, you are one of the cool people!

Trafficestimate.com estimates 144,200 visits in the previous 30 days.

(Of course, there are a few more popular sites… so we’ll just have to keep working harder to provide ever more valuable info and resources!)