Comments on: iPhone Leaves Video Out in the Cold http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/ NewTeeVee Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jeff http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-229514 Jeff Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:06:11 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-229514 <p>I Can't believe Mac has spooned the iPhone be so bad. What a Ginormic waste of time and engineering, media splash, and general wanking. FREAKING unbelievable that mac is locked in a battle with Avid over editing supremacy, claim to be the king of all things audio and video and their stupid phone doesn't shoot video when every other single $30 phone DOES.</p> <p>Simply unbelievable to infinity and beyond. I work on macs all day (real movie editing on AVID run on macs)</p> <p>Simply the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time.</p> I Can’t believe Mac has spooned the iPhone be so bad. What a Ginormic waste of time and engineering, media splash, and general wanking. FREAKING unbelievable that mac is locked in a battle with Avid over editing supremacy, claim to be the king of all things audio and video and their stupid phone doesn’t shoot video when every other single $30 phone DOES.

Simply unbelievable to infinity and beyond. I work on macs all day (real movie editing on AVID run on macs)

Simply the dumbest thing I have seen in a long time.

]]> By: David http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-28196 David Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:17:55 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-28196 <p>I own a Film Production company and when my business partner purchased the iphone yesterday I couldn't believe it didn't have video camera capabilities. I simply told him I wouldn't go to the store and buy one.</p> <p>I also use all mac for my non linear editing etc.</p> <p>I did realize that the image the camera took was extremely clear...better then any camera I have seen on a phone. If you were to print it would be 480x640 at 72 dpi. Maybe there concern is with this resolution capability it would be impossible for a phone of that size to have the power to capture even say 12 fps at that resolution. That's basically NTSC broadcast quality.</p> <p>They made a choice. Clear picture image vs. low quality video. Clear picture wins.</p> I own a Film Production company and when my business partner purchased the iphone yesterday I couldn’t believe it didn’t have video camera capabilities. I simply told him I wouldn’t go to the store and buy one.

I also use all mac for my non linear editing etc.

I did realize that the image the camera took was extremely clear…better then any camera I have seen on a phone. If you were to print it would be 480×640 at 72 dpi. Maybe there concern is with this resolution capability it would be impossible for a phone of that size to have the power to capture even say 12 fps at that resolution. That’s basically NTSC broadcast quality.

They made a choice. Clear picture image vs. low quality video. Clear picture wins.

]]> By: not_buying http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-22722 not_buying Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:50:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/06/29/iphone-leaves-video-out-in-the-cold/#comment-22722 <p>Why the oversight?</p> <p>Likely, because a video camera application would have impacted Battery Life and Storage (which is miniscule to begin with), and would have had a ripple effect across size, design, etc.</p> <p>Encoding direct to H.264 is more than a little problematic and energy intensive (though, a couple of companies have figured out ways to achieve). But, it is a missed opportunity for Apple to have further standardized H.264 and taken a bit out of Flash. . .(and, supported x-marketing to Apple TV. . .)</p> <p>I'd say it's a Style-over-Function decision, and Apple are notorious for releasing a better version of their products on second generation (or third) release, somewhere right around the December Holidays.</p> <p>For now, there's absolutely no reason to rush out and get a Gen-1 product that will be dated within 6-months.</p> <p>Welcome to NewTeeVee Laurie. . .it's fascinating times. . .</p> Why the oversight?

Likely, because a video camera application would have impacted Battery Life and Storage (which is miniscule to begin with), and would have had a ripple effect across size, design, etc.

Encoding direct to H.264 is more than a little problematic and energy intensive (though, a couple of companies have figured out ways to achieve). But, it is a missed opportunity for Apple to have further standardized H.264 and taken a bit out of Flash. . .(and, supported x-marketing to Apple TV. . .)

I’d say it’s a Style-over-Function decision, and Apple are notorious for releasing a better version of their products on second generation (or third) release, somewhere right around the December Holidays.

For now, there’s absolutely no reason to rush out and get a Gen-1 product that will be dated within 6-months.

Welcome to NewTeeVee Laurie. . .it’s fascinating times. . .

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