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Blu-ray drive won't play Blu-ray discs... Really.

2006-08-14T11:28:00.000-07:00

Aussie CNET is reporting that Sony's first internal Blu-ray hard drive won't play studio movie Blu-rays... But you didn't want it for THAT did you!?!?!!?

http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/dvdburners/0,39029405,40091720,00.htm

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New posts on Fridays!

2006-08-11T09:37:00.000-07:00

If you look at my postings of late, it seems that I only find time on Fridays for updates. I will try and find cool stuff during the week but Fridays are definitely the days to look for new posts!

Cheers!

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New Front Screen technology?

2006-08-11T09:32:00.000-07:00

gizmag.com has an interesting article on the Planar X screen. No real explaination of how it works or price... I am more than a bit sceptical on this one.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5987/

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BBC reports BBad news for HD format wars...

2006-08-11T08:58:00.000-07:00

BBC reports the Blu-ray / HD-DVD war will have no winner. Bummer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4782953.stm

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Star Trek Inspiration

2006-08-11T06:41:00.000-07:00

Funny stuff...

http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html

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HD DVD Vs. Blu-Ray - Round 1

2006-08-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

Looks like round one goes to HD DVD...

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/hd-dvd-and-bluray-compared-using-identical-source-material-192100.php

Ouch.

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Nearly famous!

2006-08-04T09:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry for no posting lately! Got back in the local paper, read the interview here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060804/NEWS02/608040342/1029

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AAtronics partners with VER

2006-06-30T09:06:00.000-07:00

Good Morning,
AAtronics has partnered with Video Equipment Rentals (VER) to provide the Boise area access to the largest rental inventory in the United States. VER carries top projection, sound and broadcast video equipment. You can check out their extensive list of equipment at www.verrents.com. Please call your AAtronics representative for more information.

AAtronics Inc. 208-343-0900
Store Hours Monday-Friday 8am-5pm MST

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Snakes on a Plane!!!

2006-06-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

Snakes on a Plane trailer, no I'm not kidding.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/snakesonaplane.html

This will be the best OR the worst movie of all time...

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Can you pass the Citizenship test?

2006-06-29T06:50:00.000-07:00

Don't know mush about history? Well MSNBC has a sample citizenship test, give it a try (not to brag, but I got 100%, US History was my best course in school).

Give it a go...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

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Explaning Bandwidth

2006-06-29T06:32:00.000-07:00

Netmore has a nice simple page explaining bandwidth, well... Not really, but it does define some of the more useful terms and standards pertaining to delivery systems.

http://www.netmore.net/explain_bandwidth.html

From Clicked: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6409077/

Here's more on Bandwidth from Extron Electronics:
http://www.extron.com/search.asp?search=bandwidth

More is better!

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Spidey 3 Teaser

2006-06-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/spider-man_3/

Nice.

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Kramer VP-413

2006-06-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

The Kramer VP-413 is a very small (a bit larger than a pack of smokes) video scaler. It take a Composite or S-Video signal and outputs it at one of four fixed computer resolutions (VGA, SVGA, XGA and WXGA). Got to see it at INFOCOMM and had to get a couple for the AAtronics rental stock to play with. I so bought two! We have these available for rent for a mere $25.00 per day.

We also have them available for sale here:

http://www.avsuperstore.com/moreinfo.cfm?id=5774 for only $276.00.

What a bargain!

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Mistakes, failures and other show stoppers

2006-06-19T08:35:00.000-07:00

Last week, during the critical "STORM TRACKER 7000 Update" local weather guru, Rick Lantz (second from left) was bedeviled by a Lavalier microphone that kept cutting out.

These guys do multiple shows a day, with some of the top broadcast professionals of the Northwest, yet a simple dying battery was bringing the show down.

Like the pros they are, soon an arm appeared in frame bearing another mic and our noble weatherman casually clipped the new unit on.

Point is, even those of us who work with this stuff everyday, electronics do occasionally fail us. So we prepare for the worst and do our best to have back-ups (as the crack channel 7 team did).

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Slow bloggin'

2006-06-16T11:58:00.000-07:00

Apologies for not posting for a week or two! Been busy with trade shows and whatnot. Hope to have some new products and rumours from Infocomm up next week as well as some fresh tech links.

Enjoy the weekend!

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Film is dead

2006-05-26T12:26:00.000-07:00

Realtech News is reporting that Canon will follow Nikon and no longer develop 35mm SLR products.

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3095

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Worst tech products ever!

2006-05-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,125772,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp

Quite the list, amusing and disturbing at the same time!

Thanks http://gizmodo.com/

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HD DVD - Another negative review...

2006-05-26T11:17:00.000-07:00

So far the reviews for the Toshiba HD DVD player have been less than encouraging...

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060526/BIZ04/605260370/1013

From http://www.tvpredictions.com/

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Mr. Rogers rides again

2006-05-24T07:14:00.000-07:00

Great clip of Mr. Rogers in front of a Senate commitee for funding of PBS. Classic stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sd7TcVH670

Thanks http://www.screenhead.com/

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First pics of $100 Laptop

2006-05-24T06:34:00.000-07:00

$100 laptop for children in developing countries I blogged about last year. More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/72057594143224765/

From http://www.boingboing.net/

More info here http://www.laptop.org/

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Presentation Tips

2006-05-11T14:42:00.000-07:00

Audio Video Producer has some good tips for getting the most out of your presentation:

http://www.audiovideoproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=42464

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Mackie 450 Speakers

2006-05-11T07:56:00.000-07:00

The Consumerist has a review of the Mackie 450 Speaker, our powered speaker of choice here at AAtronics Rental Department:

http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/howto/blog-all-day-dance-all-night-172973.php

Simple to use, versatile and damn near indestructable.

We also have them for sale at AVsuperstore:
http://www.avsuperstore.com/moreinfo.cfm?id=335

Daily rentals in the Boise, ID area (208) 343-0900

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Featured Manufacturer Website - Countryman

2006-05-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

The Countryman E6 headset mic is amazing, we have them for sale or rent! Check out the website here: http://www.countryman.com/

Or check out the units we have for sale: http://www.avsuperstore.com/countryman.cfm

Rentals available in Boise, ID (208) 343-0900

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New Superman Returns Trailer

2006-05-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

Kinda like it...

http://www.egotastic.com/video?qt=http://images.apple.com/movies/wb/superman_returns/superman_returns-tlr2_h.640.mov&w=640&h=288&info=Superman%20Returns%20Trailer

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PS3 to drive Blu-Ray?

2006-05-09T09:51:00.000-07:00

From CBS and TVPredictions.com:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/09/tech/main1600616.shtml

http://www.tvpredictions.com/

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