Divergent Opinions

This week, Mike and Colin dive deep on the current state of codecs, and where they're going in the future. We also round up the latest pre-NAB launches, and discuss the coming show. Sony HXR-NX30 Sony NEX-FS700 Sony PMW-100 C300 for BBC Miro Cam Moviola Acquires Filmmaking Webinars Rear Window Timelapse Highlight Hunter Mother Earth Mother Board

Mike and Colin discuss the launch of ScopeBox 3, and dive deep on the new iPad and h.264 support in FireFox. Photoshop 6 FireFox H.264 Kinect Mocap Laser Camera Cinema 4d

This week, Mike and Colin talk about the impending release of ScopeBox 3! Episode links: NAB Expo - our code is LV3659 Our NAB booth is SL14010 The ScopeBox 3 sneak-peak video is available on vimeo

Mike and Colin round up the news from CES and MacWorld, plus Apple's blowout earnings and some innovation from Sony. Revision 3 Growth Samsung 'future-proofing' Smart TVs with Evolution Kit | The Verge Sony HDR-PJ710V and HDR-PJ760V camcorders with 'Balanced' SteadyShot, built-in projectors (hands-on video) | The Verge Contour teams up with Cerevo for live broadcasting POV cameras -- Engadget JVC's GY-HMQ10 4K Camcorder hands-on (video) -- Engadget Adobe extends CS6 upgrade pricing to CS3, CS4 owners | MacNN BBC News - Sony 'boosts low-light picture quality' with white pixels Crazy Projection

Mike and Colin discussion various bits of post-holiday news, and argue about the significance of the impending NAB show. Magic Lantern HDR Bunim/Murray leaves FCP Thoma Bravo acquires Telestream Stuxnet and Duqu dev platform Digital makeup with Blender

Acquisitions, nerd fights, licensing and FPGAs - this week, Mike and Colin round up the news of the week and then dive into the proposed royalty free MPEG standards. Links: Royalty Free MPEG part 1 Royalty Free MPEG part 2 HDCP cracking FPGA supercomputer Teranex Philip Bloom - no more Epic Kickstarter Helicopter camera

This week, an in-depth discussion on PsF and dying SD cards, plus some notes on other interesting news. PsF's missing workflow AA batteries Open letter to Adobe VMWare 4.1 Remote Phosphor Lighting

Mike and Colin dive into announcements from BlackMagic and The Foundry, plus Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 and the mythical Apple TV. Ocula Final Cut Pro 10.0.2 LomoKino TimeLine Earth from Space

Automatic Duck goes free, Canon and Red announce some cool new cameras, and Apple abandons everything ever. Apple Abandons QT (not really) Apple Acquires 3d mapping company Canon announces C300 Red Re-announces Scarlet iPhone cinema ALAC goes open

Colin and Mike talk about a bunch of news stories, and then discuss the software testing methodologies in use at divergent media, inc. Panasonic HPX-250 Avid Media Composer 6 "leaked" Lytro Cameras

Mike and Colin round up the news. The iPhone 4S and the death of Steve Jobs come first. Then a discussion of some more cool projects from Adobe, 3d rendering technology, and the death of film. Reverse Blur Video Meshes Death of Film Rendering Objects into Images Reconstructing Submerged city Contacts for Closeups

Mike and Colin discuss FCPX 10.0.1 (or is that ... nevermind) as well as other bits of news from the week. Links: Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1 4K integrated graphics Red Rock Micro lens adapter ARRI email hacking More ARRI email hacking Face morphing Brain reading

This week, a round up of the news from IBC, as well as indepth on the addition of a ProRes decoder to libavcodec. Link: ProRes Reverse Engineered

Colin and Mike catch up on the news, and discuss the evolution of CCD and cmos sensors. For more information, check out: Sensor Primer F65 sensor Panavision 35mm Rackmount mini

Colin and Mike discuss the shipment of the Ultrastudio 3d, new announcements from RED, the Chinese 2k camera, computer upgrades, FCS3 back on sale, and 3d monitors. Also be sure to check out http://www.jenshesse.com/.

Goodbye Steve. Discussion of moire effects and a variety of other things.

Mike and Colin discuss the trend of turning University research into features, content restrictions, and Javascript File API. Articles: Adobe Research Fox pulling video

Mike and Colin talk about the interesting papers out of the siggraph conference, and the rapid innovations taking place in 3d imaging.

Mike and Colin discuss migrating a server to a virtualized hosting platform, and then dig into why you're all screwing up handling interlaced footage.

Mike and Colin catch up on the news of the week, discuss the impending demise of optical distribution, and dive deep on the history and future of interframe video compression