A little bit of ranting never hurt nobody!

 
MY WISH LIST (for anyone who has a lot of $$ and likes to be generous)

I have recently acquired the most up-to-date copy of 3 of my favorite trade magazines...Camcorder & Computer Video, Computer Videomaker and Videography. I promised myself that I would stop looking at these things because they only make me drool more than I normally do. But...like an addict to a drug...I keep coming back for more and more of this crazy video-geek pornography. What else is a guy to do?!?

So...having perused the pages of these fine publications, I have come up with a fairly well-rounded "wish list" of sorts for some of the newest and coolest tools I would like to add to my arsenal. Trust me, if I could register at Best Buy or A & M Photo World when I finally get married, I would...don't think my future wife would agree...but hey, it sure would beat Pier One and Pottery Barn!!! So, with only 74 shopping days until my birhtday (tee hee), here goes:

The Sony DSR-TRV950 3-CCD MiniDV Camcorder---Probably one of the best-featured 3-chip camcorders out there under $2,000. And with the Sony name, you can't go wrong when it comes to picture clarity, reliability and functionability. Plus, the price has dropped SUBSTANTIALLY since Sony announced the prosumer DVCAM version, the DSR-PDX10. At $1,399.00, you can't go wrong with purchasing this for me.

The Matrox RT.X100 Video Capture/Editing Card---Just check out the website link...too many cool features to go into here.

The Sonic ReelDVD DVD Authoring Software Suite---very cool stuff. Motion menus, AC3 support (Dolby Digital encoding for all you non-video types), subtitles, you name it!!! Very cool stuff!!! Albeit, it's a little pricey, but it has everything I would need to create Hollywood-quality DVD's...which is great geeky fun!

So...if you want to make videographer happy this year, there are some great suggestions. :)

OK, OK...I'm just kidding. But thought it might be fun for y'all to see some of the geeky and cool stuff I'm in to.

Peace out, yo!

posted by Stacie @ 5:38 PM