Video Production

All About Betacam

Betamax  If one can stretch their memories back to just a few years ago when HD DVD and Blu-ray were battling it out over who would become the newest video format for the home consumer, a similar war was waged in the mid 1970s between good old VHS and Sony’s Betamax for the next best broadcast-quality camcorder. Obviously, VHS won out and even today some of us are still clinging to our beloved copies of VHS movies that haven’t been made on DVD even though most of us have nothing to play them on.  Betacam  After the failure of Betamax, […]

Video Conversion, Video Production

HDCAM vs. XDCAM

HDCAM  HDCAM is a version of Betacam. Digital Betacam, or Digi Beta, is a video digital recording format in standard definition, while the HDCAM is the high definition version of it. HDCAM was introduced in 1997, and it was the first HD broadcast format at the time. HDCAM SR (Superior Resolution) is a newer version of HDCAM, introduced in 2003. The HDCAM SR is more commonly used in HD television news today as a master recording format, although television shows across the world still use HDCAM for shooting. Like other Betacam tapes, the HDCAM is colour coded – they are […]

Video Production

Why Producing Real Estate Sales Videos Is Important

 If you’ve already got a website and blog for your real estate business, you may still be missing something: video.  Any business can benefit from an online presence that includes video, but this is especially true when it comes to real estate.  Online sales videos on your real estate website can help you reach a wider clientele base and help you show off your listings in a whole new way:  Old-fashioned real estate listing photos simply don’t show enough of a home, or adequately convey the flow, size or set-up of a home or individual room. As well, a video […]

Recent News

Occupy Wall Street (OWS): Media Control

News & Media in Toronto written by Ian Chow: It has been brought to my attention that many people believe that Occupy Wall Street is a bunch of poor people complaining that they can’t make money and that they’re trying to find blame on someone – the blame falling on the richest corporations and banks that are “screwing” them over. Understandably, through no fault of our  own (well, a bit), that many of us would accept that the protests are about just that – to varying degrees. “A bit” because we are all capable of doing more research to try and learn […]