Category: Review

Livestream Announces HD Broadcaster Device for under $500
April 12, 2012Posted by csandy

Today Livestream.com announced they will be shipping a high definition streaming media appliance by the end of May.  For under $500.  This is a preliminary review of the announced product and a cursory review of the new Livestream CDN to which it is tied. Here are the highlights: Inexpensive Can run off of 3 AA…

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I Know How to Fix Google+
April 5, 2012Posted by csandy

[fblike url=”http://www.facebook.com/sandyaudiovisual” style=”standard” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [twitter_follow username=”DCTriCaster” language=”en”] I know how to fix Google+. Make it amazing. Right now it sucks. Really bad. And I say this at my own peril. My family is heavily invested in Google stock and I’ve helped some friends become richer by recommending the stock long before many…

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TTFN StudioTech Live Reviews the TriCaster 850 CS
March 5, 2012Posted by csandy

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Atomos Samurai Compared to Blackmagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle 2
February 17, 2012Posted by csandy

Today Blackmagic Design released a public beta, which enhances the DNxHD capabilities of the Hyperdeck Studio and Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. The two major enhancements are a Quicktime wrapper for DNxHD and the addition of embedded SDI timecode. Since it’s in beta, I won’t be updating the chart below just yet, but I will once a…

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No Thunderbolt for New Mac Pro
June 12, 0008Posted by csandy

What do you call a slow painful death? Torture. That’s probably how long time Mac Pro fans feel after the WWDC announcement of a refresh in the Mac desktop product line. Notably absent is Apple’s new Thunderbolt technology. Releasing a new Mac without Thunderbolt sends a clear message that the days a numbered for the…

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