2002-2003

ARCHIVES           

The meister's WHITE PAPER
 We are about to celebrate about this time next 
year the 10th anniversary of DV... before you 
    start firing off to me e-mails...  I know it would  
   be not until NAB 1995 the USA would see them
(Sony's VX1000 & Pana's DV1000).         I am
             stating this because of what I'm about to say...            
          
   There just may very well be ONLY 2 DV cams 
       left by that anniversary date... say Goodbye DV!
    My beloved MX5000 is One Year Old Already
  & You Won't Believe What Is Coming Next!  

And get ready for the High Definition wars...
It looks already a format skirmish with DVD
  having three going on 5 formats up for grabs.
"Can't we all just get along?"


Hit Image for Link to
Steve's Digicams for 
PMA Write Up

 Blue Laser, mini DVD's, encased DVD's???
   Nope, none of the above...  This is what your 
meister saw... it is already in print so there
      is no going back... a postage stamp Flash Mem
      chip that hit 1GB last year, is set for the 2 GB 
        release any day now & 4 GB by end of 2004!     
  ... and get this... 18 GB by Dec 2006 !



 How much will these chippies be? Cheap, dirt 
         cheap as R&D cost have mostly been amortized       
   according to IBM @ Triangle Park N.C.   Pana
 will have the 4  GB ready for their entire cam 
  line both video, photo and now music.  Sony   
is trying to tie up Microsoft to support theirs
  with Music & Data in computers like Laptops
 but more importantly... Palm form factors.    

Loading these chips into a kind of ammo clip
and in no time five or maybe four will yield  
 RAID levels or 100+ Giga Bytes of storage!   

 MPEG4 and you are talking gobs of hours   
and if you are talking High Definition with  
the amount of Bandwidth & storage space   
that's concomitant ... enter the Tetra-Flops 
or a billion billions.

 Now we have the makings of a video & audio 
  capture system & a music and data playback 
  & entry system (read computer) that is: wrist
       watch size & more powerful than any of today's 
 individual systems which this will all replace
in one giant technology leap... and it will be 
   here sooner than any of us can realize; in fact 
I hear it already at the door ! 

  How does OLED fit in? Can't watch TV or  
 movies on a wrist watch... so, it'll be like a  
100 dollar bill or maybe at least folded up   
next to one and you just unfold it... once &
you have a Great wide screen 2 3/4" X 6" 
and unfold it twice 5" by 12" and 4 times  
 and you get  18" by 10" HD Wide Screen! 

Now, what happened to all those shootouts 
meister guy?  The results were NOT in the 
     favor with many of the popular 3 chip brands 
  and unfortunately... many US jobs could be 
adversely affected... so I elected to hold my
   posting and let people on their own come up 
 to me at shows, conventions or via e-mail to
      ask what concerned them and their particular  
         circumstances & choices & about the outcome. 

This is not a perfect world & not everything  
 can be laid out in a neat and timely manner   
especially when it comes to bad news...
  Suffice it to say... the MX units that went to  
     Europe and other PAL locations, got stripped 
  some very critical features and worse the two
  new 3CCD models that will show up in the   
  States are going to fare: worse... sad to say.  
      The MX5000 still reigns supreme & the new    
       mini version I call the MX6000 that's smaller    
            than a Sony PC120 1CCD is...   hundreds             
cheaper
or at least the non American version !   
  

Check out X3
HERE 

Canon GL-2s ?


Pana Announces...
New MX 3CCD Hybrid

Is This Replacement 3CCD for the 
 PV-DV953?

Blue what DVD? 

 So you think you know Cell Phones... Part II
(Part 1 was Feb page)
  We now have Blue Tooth, Color Screen,
Optional Camera & World Phone for 
Free!

Gets Better... IBM's
Pixie Dust  "ARRIVES!"

OLED Laptops in 2003
Begin! 

Sony USA Announces
2003 Line-Up 
That Unfortunately... was the good news! 
The bad news... just look at the 2002 line 
 up and you will have your 2003 Line Up !
Like we said in the Army... SS-DD !b

 
                IP220 Replaces PC Series    TRV80 Replaces TRV50         

  New FLIGHT II FIELD Video Editing Laptops 
World's ONLY Dual DVD Burners!
Now for sale this month   3.06 GHz version! 
               128MB VideoCard, Windows & Office XP,                 
1600 X 1200 UXGA HD   16" Ultra Screen,  
 RAM @ 1 GB & 60 / 120 GB HDD and 
SD Flash Memory 1 & 2 & soon 4GB!      
e-mail me for a USA source  

    

Well, they say Beware of the Ides of March... 
Kodak to show world's 1st OLED Camera  &
5+ Mega Pixel @ March PMA Show

ALL OLED HERE 

I am back from the Pana, JVC & Sony 
Dealer New Products 2003 shows...
 e-mail me for the Free March Report


I Now have Late Breaking News ! 

Can anyone say HD DVD?   For under $1,000?    2004 !

STOP   PRESSES

According to my boys on the Canon assembly line   
there is now a rush to get Blue Tooth added to both 
the 2003 GL-2s &  XL-2 
Uh... I'll believe it when I see it... meister   

Your SPRING Prices A/O March 1st!
E-Mail Me for these products, their contacts & toll free phone numbers.
Please let me know if you are NTSC or PAL based. Only PAL with Analog Inputs are priced...

PS... When e-mailing me let me know if
you are NTSC or PAL!