Category: Review

GeekBeat.TV Reviews TriCaster 855
June 18, 2012Posted by csandy

Always cute, often informative: GeekBeat.TV reviews TriCaster 855.


NewTek TriCaster 855 Review
June 12, 2012Posted by csandy

This is my quick review of the NewTek TriCaster 855 (model TCXD855). Pictured on the left is a TriCaster 850 installed in the inner shell of my flight case. To the right of it is the TriCaster 855. You will notice the form factor and for the most part the front plate design is identical….

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AJA has super useful calculator
May 4, 2012Posted by csandy

AJA has a free app for the iPhone that will calculate your data storage needs for a given duration, resolution, an CODEC. This is a “must have” in the bag of tricks.


Quadrocopter Interview at NAB 2012
April 24, 2012Posted by csandy

Local media hero and fellow TIVA-DC member Richard Harrington (RHED Pixel) interviews the multi-rotor cinema aircraft folk at their booth at NAB 2012.  Kudos to him because Quadrocopter’s booth was outside in the hot Las Vegas desert sun.  For some reason, no one was keen on having a 6 pound helicopter flying overhead in the Vegas…

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Solid BMD Converter with Built-In Power
April 23, 2012Posted by csandy

I think BMD really meant “Heavy Duty Mini Converter. New Low Prices.”  or I simply don’t get the joke.  In any event, it’s a great product and here’s my opportunity to give it a plug.