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Thursday, February 19th, 2009 – running time 32:54
How good is a $200 HD Camcorder? We've got Creative's Vado, Flip's mino HD and Kodak's Zi6! Tip Of My Tongue .... find that word you just can't remember. Recycling Alkaline Batteries. Your WHS Questions!

Stuttering jerky HD content on YouTube? Bummer, Zach! His machine is more than capable, our big question is if he's got the bandwidth to maintain a constant bitrate to stream. It could also be Flash player issues, a bad video encode, or problems with your browser... try re-installing Flash and updating your browser first!

Then download the video you're having problems with using a service like KEEPVID.com or browser plugin to save the clips to your desktop. If they play fine there, chances are you have a problem with your Internet connection.

A DIY tripod for your pocket camera or camcorder for less than 2 bucks? It's the Soda Bottle Tripod!

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Freebie Download? This week's pick is WinPatrol. Plenty of things need tweaking in Windows. All to often they require you to run one more app to tweak. Enter WinPatrol. This handy little program lets you perform a multitude of PC maintenance and modding tasks through a simple user interface. File Type Associations, Cookie Filters, Managing Startup Programs, Delaying the launch of apps to speed up startup... it does way to much to mention here... just download it and check it out!

Pocket HD Camcorders? The Creative Vado HD Flip mino HD and the Kodak Zi6 all street under or around $200, capture 720p video and fit in your pocket. Which one captures the best looking audio and video? Which one is the best for you? Watch the show to find out!

Sponsor Deal: This week's www.netflix.com/tekzilla sponsored Movie of the Week is Bottle Shock, the real story of how vintners from Northern California bested their French rivals in the "Judgment of Paris" wine tasting competition in 1976. Want to watch it for free? Get a free 2 week trial membership at www.netflix.com/tekzilla, and it'll be in your mailbox in no time!

Website We Can't Get Enough Of: This week's pick is Tip Of My Tongue a web app you'll be praising when it helps you remember that word you've been trying to think of for hours!

Our Windows Home Server Challenge, brought to you by HP's MediaSmart Server powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server continues with raft of your questions... everything from setting up a common iTunes library, remote backup, if the WHS OS supports software RAID, and why you need to be careful when you add new hard drives to a WHS box!

Where are the benchmark numbers, Patrick??? Our top transfer has been 10.992 megabytes per second... aka 87.83 megabits per second... which seems kinda low is the top speed so far... so I'm re-doing a bunch of testing!

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Last week Veronica thought the new multiple inboxes in Gmail were The Big Lame... she still does (multiple inboxes from multiple address's please!) but likes the kluge that Paul sent in to help Gmail "almost do what people want!"

"What is the proper way to recycle alkaline and other electronic items." Great question, Mark! Unfortunately, you'll have to search around your hometown of Cheyenne, Wy. While there are tons of places that recycling old electronics and -especially- rechargeable batteries, recycling Alkaline batteries and other electronic goodies can be a lot tougher, and it varies a lot from state to state and town to town.

The Battery Disposal Guide for Households and Call2Recycle's website can be a big help, as can calling your local recycle/refuse hauler and electronics shops.

In theory, most modern Alkaline batteries can go into the dump 'cause they no longer have mercury in them... we'd love to hear any and all suggestions of ways to recycle them properly instead! Email your ideas to tekzilla@revision3.com. Thanks!

We love your email questions, but we love video questions even more! Just keep it to 15 secs, upload to your YouTube account and send us the link in an email with "Video Question" in the subject line.

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" Does that present issue with YouTube HD playback machine his pizza so seem pretty capable he's got an Intel core two duo H every can't HD 3870 graphics card two gigabytes of DDR two ram. Yeah hardware looks decent."

" I was actually shocked is. You know I apparently don't spend enough time openly YouTube's is Steve what he needs you but I still -- you know view of nineties and before it looks like crap and Rogers like look at this video Andy shows me the office attack it you see -- that its its won't put a link to in the show notes it's. Ridiculous it's the most amazing -- eating now producing cats since I'd -- cats now. What happens fired back Apple apparently we -- grapples at a time on the books that this thing was that is like okay -- but without some you know -- like okay so there is an HD content on YouTube. But there is no reason it should be challenging machine those specs right unless you're running 32 other applications at the time or you know. Well there's some interesting stuff like. The video encode can be screwed up. Your roommate can be downloading 49000 gigabytes of portable you're trying to do stuff -- made a curious. We've everybody is trying to warn oh my goodness. Network server congestion at the mother ship that YouTube may be that one's a little. They. Google they got -- they got the bandwidth in the."

" Servers com you know something I've noticed I've had a lot of trouble playing YouTube videos. When I'm using Firefox. I don't know why I don't know why that's happening but I've noticed ever since I switched over to Mino haven't had these problems anymore. He was very -- it wasn't just HD video though was YouTube videos across the board. I would get a lot of just it would it would freeze first let me you know kind of lag stuff kind of offering it she is yeah and it was turning me insane I couldn't figure out what it was and then Brian was actually having the very same problem. And when he would be in Firefox the YouTube videos when playwright never heard a few other people say the same thing -- under the deal. He leads the you know resources issue no idea. I'm gonna look at about little bit more though because I have a feeling that there's probably some answers health care every dig deep on the other solutions though before you. Download the video using a service like keep that dot com -- third party -- to save clips to the desktop and watch them there. That way at least you won't have you know the problems are on the mother ship side."

" If you're curious if your machines got more than enough and they actually play the -- go to the quicktime trailer collection. Yes and downloads are the 480. 720. 1080. Online the iTunes trailer site and you should be having no problems with your machine. It playing back stuff off -- any other media site --"

" my -- recommend he watchman trailer. It's coming sure Phoenix -- Andy how do you want to get your fifteen seconds of Internet and send us in a video I need him his record yourself and video camera asking question no longer than fifteen seconds -- upload them to be you to hopefully it'll work okay for you. And emailed the link -- your question in the subject line and remember -- it."

" you wanted to how to make tripod for like two bucks in the industry analysts. It's really easy it's really stupid looking but it really bugs I was wondering why you so high energy sedate and -- and Diet Coke to make this tripod something's happening yet -- I don't realize so. Tripod base but little Bolton about your camera for the little. Hole for your tripod mount your camera there is a quarter inch by twenty -- rich which is your basic common cheap piece of hardware. So all we need is a quarter inch by twenty threads per inch bolt or not. And a couple of nuts to go along with that you know -- a break for fancy. And you need really what you really is the live -- the with the lead the pupil funding your pocket but in your and you drill equipment yet so we are. And that'll hold their."

" As you put up as one important thing you're also going to need to be don't have on this table which is additional water. Hot yes to put inside of this because if you try to put it on an empty. Coke -- don't yeah could be that. -- horrible crunching sounds. So would you recommend -- the twenty fluid ounce or the one liter bottle with a heavier cameras yeah one liter bottles are gonna be a little sturdier. Because they have a little more mass to them in a wider -- could you police the -- You put it out if they'd have to carrier that was about it to carry around the opposite will if you -- what do these what's interesting right is this thing is so small -- like. They've got the one bolt basically bolt it down to believe it. And you put the second both font and the second -- basically just. Now allows you to secure -- TV cameras secret camera there and then this is your walk and a on the camera. So you can put that on that one in Alicia peoples of in the -- what's interesting about these is. Is. Kind of one of the big things is where the center of gravity and cameras so this one that's of the camera so light on this one well yeah kinda. Right that's. We put it on here. It also helps you know to this really fat C in the with a angled it could. Add a little careful Intel often -- experience and but basically. You have sort of instant tripod that's amazing. It's also excellent pick you off these deductibles originally did was watching Soviet built one of these the other games like that's brilliance. But it's a really easy way in if you basically just take. This part of and you drop the very next -- he can't quarter. You basically just keep this part in your pocket and that if you find yourself like you're at a party here you know at the fear you randomly what do step up indeed put the you know. Take somewhere without holding the camera --"

" We do about all the time. That's actually I hear you practicing that's how I got this job but just at the county fair."

" Stick to -- Coke -- with an old bottle tripod of course -- the basically eagle you buy a soda you grab your little cap screwed on the soda bottle."

" And we're good to -- why not one yeah very nice. That's cool and hey speaking of these other guys coming up. We've got some reviews of our favorite pocket HD cameras the first glance at the time now to Banc one today sponsors square space and here to tell you more without end is revision free -- extraordinary."

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" Our pocket pasty -- quarters. We both the player how these you're like all over the -- that you get excited about it."

" I do have the other DM minute HD at home and use it quite often so I was expecting it to see some other ones haven't played with these too much outside of the office."

" To get the creative about it eats eat you could just tell the flip -- each key and this is -- codec is the -- six. They actually have more in common in the having different a lot of ways there all the up to about rating use they're super small compared to a regular camp quarter also means the kind of hard to hold steady with spicy so much shaking vision coming off of these if -- water based I'm. Yes he's kind of the reason I started thinking about that. And there are all seven point pieces there basically told -- horizontally 720 vertical thirty frames per second the Kodak also adds in a sixty frames per second mode. All of that two X digital zoom basically blow up pixels it's not optical zoom which means game. None of them are great low light situation they all love something bright light. The codec in the flip both use east 96 for video the creative auto actually does everything EV eyes and -- on your system. Now some really cool about Kodak actually having run out of battery sort of rechargeable batteries is it will work with any set of -- always comes of the pair returned doubles. In the box which is really nice. We created and the fifth both charge off of USB. And it's always helpful hit the USB button instead of I think it instead of the power button in the and I were arguing about this before I actually like the I think you for you as."

" You want want floppy as an honor. Yeah like pilot the one on -- a little bit better just because I have mine on aid. On the -- elevator for laptops. For my MacBook pro. Just put -- aside doesn't wobble around it holds pretty steady. So it's always worked okay for me at plus I have a few on the external USB. Adapters that I can use this -- need to -- they all."

" Remember early desperately need especially if you USB ports are kind of an out of the way please USB extension I actually like the popping connectors that it's less like actually damaging USB torture. I also knew somebody actually did somebody drop encyclopedia Britannica -- something -- of the USB port or not that awful. -- actually. Hello bill include basic editing updating tools. Both excellent start with kind of like the the old hand the industry pure Digital's name of the company that flip eight the use their latest pocket cam -- Shiny black -- fingerprints which I'm rallying against because I find it annoying the tiny monitor. That's the -- monitor of the three which is kind of frustrating issue with it also litter box -- your media. Which really -- use 736 by nine video. Sixty minutes record time in not a user replaceable battery which means once you've got sixty minutes of video of this if you don't travel around with a computer you're done shooting for the day."

" I have to say -- on my patch for that particular device in my bag for probably two or three months. And I've not had the charger once you just to pull out and used for a couple of minutes of video and you know. Download it somewhere I haven't actually ice plug it into charge different extended period for ever and -- still like basically full since seen."

" It's perfect for that it's not so perfect if you're like going to Disneyland for the day trip and it and it is up a lot more battery life and record time. So the codec the ice excess sells for 155 bucks which is really cheap we'll explain why it's a -- it's the biggest of the three mile long shot it's got a two point four inch LCD. Which is awesome for shooting. It's much easier in the hand -- the other two it's little big in your pocket. Lots of space in the case -- it feels a little bit cheaper than the other three. So what are the other reason the cases so being is because it's got an SD card slot and taking 32 gigabyte SD card Mac -- taking huge SD card. But it doesn't ship with the car there's only 128 megabytes onboard out of the box which means you have thirty megabytes for video which is 36 seconds of seven when he. Media. Well because it makes it really really cheap to buy and the store and you know like a two gigabyte for gigabyte two gigabyte cards sold for like nine point boxed -- where you shop -- these days. Great about it eight the 230 box kind of pricey. Very easy to use controls the bigger monitor in the Nino each do you which is really nice. It does -- out here HDTV with an adapter cable that comes in the box two hours of record time on board which is nice and like talked about before it does heavy user replaceable battery missiles acts. -- most importantly what about the video quality art foot regulates the best video the Treo it's kind of those nuances that Cingular with exposure changes like if you're going from the sunny corner of the room to the dark for the root and the looks true to life color of the bottle in the -- seen. Count over saturated almost fake great job with the audio best of the three by far. The creative -- almost as a flip Mino leads the video. And you were actually pretty excited this -- very flat lands that's kind of the shortest ones the -- So it's got the widest field visions which means like if you -- issued -- car this is your camera. Like and I don't like a wide angle land absolutely until it for sure especially compared to -- codec. Which is kind of the longest ones of the three the bottom of the digital -- is unusable if you racket all the way and and it's seems kind of slow seems like the firmware -- it takes for ever to adjust exposure from bright to dark to bright. And surprisingly creative is an audio company that audio is the weakest of the three really yes."

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" That's pretty shocking that aren't like create about it access uses it seems like big and they just didn't do yeah and didn't didn't -- and -- and -- the basics the longest lens of the three so -- to -- outdoors soccer keep your whole you know -- in -- Best digital zoom of the three Indians that's like being sort of the best of that you know. The you know what I'm saying here in the least accurate color though the audio feels kind of squashed not as bad as the bottle oh but not as good as the -- so that said if the -- is a 100% of the codec is still like 80% of its video quality -- 95%. As was -- audio is better. So much of the three when you carry around in your pocket teen -- day if like the Kodak is the most dating amusing -- friendly if you want to record a whole bunch of video and I have to constantly run to a notebook computer the Kodak is your friend. Just keep their -- cards into it. And -- batteries in your did you go for hours and hours the flip. Is the best video and if you know if you basically if you want to have a camera on YouTube to take that video of this -- when you. In nearly instantly this is your this is your go to camera."

" And that smile twinkle. The videotape celebrities the second has seen them yet mean the only downside is that the least and it's only as an hour video Dan's. He can't replace the battery I don't see many celebrities."

" I want to find that we didn't like the video quality in this one the best of Gulfport and get your YouTube on -- is one -- listening question. And keep question I'm gonna keep pushing it has more -- your questions."

" I have crossed about our editor of one of our editors shear reason three forget hands on the all of these he's quite the -- camera meeting and he actually had a lot of fun coming up with tests. To hurt these cameras on."

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" December the final installment of the windows home server challenge brought do you buy the HP media smart server which is powered by Microsoft windows home server -- let's look good benchmarks we're builders -- box but we got but tons of questions from people out there. Shall we start to --"

" Yes let's start with up yet she wrote in in the past I've got a Mac in four PCs on my home network. Have been frustrated with creating a single iTunes library that centrally located. Accessible on all my machines is windows own server and specifically the HP media smart home server a fix for this problem. In Nashville Tennessee well iTunes sharing and has streaming of their shared files."

" Easy to stream files all over your network no problem just turn on sharing you're done making a central iTunes collection you can manage state and songs to from any machine network. A little more difficult. Only one cases of iTunes will be able to make changes to that library to time and you're gonna need to close at iTunes on the computer you were making changes on about with the library on another computer. Step one. Created giant full with the music in a step to put that music -- shared drive all the machines have access to doesn't matter what that shared drive is on just so long -- all your machines have access to it. Step three you gotta point iTunes on that library when to launch its not that hard launch iTunes on OS-X while holding down the option key. Or while holding down shift on windows and selected network drive which are you common library. You can use any windows home server you just don't have to building yourself because the HP media smart --"

" And next we have a question from Marten in Alabama he writes my parents Brothers have broadband connection. And adjusted in replicating some of the content in my windows own server to their home for redundancy. That another few windows own servers and give them -- to each of my family members can I can back up some of my data consul wired to the windows owns the -- sent them. It seems kind of complicated -- but yes you can -- have to do is you can actually kind of manually remote access to those. Boxes individually and -- of those -- yeah as far as we know there's there's -- control panel or you."

" And be like said these files that there insidious files to there. Basically you're gonna promote access manually through the windows through through the browser -- drag and drop yes depending on what your connection is this can patent an economic studio head that can take. Short on yeah but it can't be done what you ought to do it and deteriorates it does the windows home server support -- one with the OS itself Jimmy. I actually know when -- server does not. Support any kind every in the operating system software but you have built in -- once supported by the horse and kind of hardware rate ones that. It should work just fine -- as long as it's seen as a logical drives in it doesn't matter if it's -- reiterate yours it -- drive it will work. Of course you know if you want do you want the raid redundancy you do need to do with rates in the motherboard again and hardware. Well let's question yes ship away from using free -- using windows home server mostly for getting movies to my Xbox 360 -- as a Megan past server Megan ass like that of the that they are built. Is -- way to get all my drive's added to the server storage of windows home server console without format that. Kim from Denmark's. I'll case that this is the one issue I actually do you have windows home server besides the few of them minors static ones. -- that you actually do need to format each of those drives. Within windows observatory get it to. Be accessed -- server is as a windows home server the -- server storage pool yes because you keep throwing drives edit it basically keeps extending storage area across those drives that you just plug it in it will see it as an extra drive but it won't be part of that does storage -- that windows home server. Stores and pulls data from. But yet if you're adding it to the storage -- formatted C need to back that off first then join the storage pool then move the deal. So -- weeks ago I will have the windows home server benchmarks hopefully it into Drupal benchmarks. Turning people into -- are also going to be talking about basically. The network -- regaining its over the differences some of the real world differences were fighting between you know hundred base T and he basically you know. 100%. And Gigabit ethernet it's actually kind of fascinating. At least if you'd like. Tool coming up we got some new questions but first to work one of the sponsors that makes issue."

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" Our last question of the show and actually what are my favorite questions because batteries or we keep -- pain in the you know what to get rid of -- Cheyenne Wyoming. Oh boy it's really -- if you -- pain in the ass for human rather. He writes in I don't have any source takes off batteries but what is the proper way to recycle outlines and other electronic items. Mark in Italy."

" After the super easy for us -- sense of a lot of big name chains and -- get these crazy green recycling program yet."

" I think between here in market street is probably forward different green operations that are recycling electronics are local Goodwill except electronics. Interesting thought. Traditional outlined batteries are complaints about Mercury possibly in the water table also Duracell for example -- editors are also have eliminated Mercury from the battery so. In theory according to federal law it is okay to put those in a landfill. This site to that is it's actually really hard to find places to recycle alkaline batteries even here in San Francisco we can do it but it takes a little bit of work you're gonna have to search around -- You can to have to search around spent time on the web. Kaczynski to read you have. Rechargeable batteries you recycle because there's lots of expensive metals inside those that manufacturers want to -- so almost anywhere you can buy electronics that don't recycle the batteries if not their place you can actually send them to recycle them. Alkaline and not so much and consumer electronics can be despite the fact -- lot of valuable metals a lot of people don't want to go -- collecting them. So the problem is you need to start by calling like whoever runs the local. I would probably start with whoever -- your garbage yes picket line. Check a local RadioShack check local big box stores -- do some searching on the web the problem is there's no single universal answer for this especially for alkaline batteries those -- really hard defiantly at al-Qaeda has been. Go with whoever is local TU -- and what they're right plants are yes -- cell phones are easy to recycle. Computer parts computer parts -- easy to recycle if somebody in your neighborhood does it otherwise you pay to ship it somewhere Dell for example if you you know -- he recycled by new PC you can actually recycle them for -- point box. But generally speaking. There is no good hard fast -- especially for a -- matters. Those are tough to get enough yeah. -- particular trip from one that's why have a big back into. Canada office to get him a giant bucket because movies like alkaline batteries that we recycle -- rechargeable batteries on the niceties studio speaking skills. The kilt so at least for me to recycle. Every lobster we love your questions we live your questions."

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" Does that present issue with YouTube HD playback machine his pizza so seem pretty capable he's got an Intel core two duo H every can't HD 3870 graphics card two gigabytes of DDR two ram. Yeah hardware looks decent."

" I was actually shocked is. You know I apparently don't spend enough time openly YouTube's is Steve what he needs you but I still -- you know view of nineties and before it looks like crap and Rogers like look at this video Andy shows me the office attack it you see -- that its its won't put a link to in the show notes it's. Ridiculous it's the most amazing -- eating now producing cats since I'd -- cats now. What happens fired back Apple apparently we -- grapples at a time on the books that this thing was that is like okay -- but without some you know -- like okay so there is an HD content on YouTube. But there is no reason it should be challenging machine those specs right unless you're running 32 other applications at the time or you know. Well there's some interesting stuff like. The video encode can be screwed up. Your roommate can be downloading 49000 gigabytes of portable you're trying to do stuff -- made a curious. We've everybody is trying to warn oh my goodness. Network server congestion at the mother ship that YouTube may be that one's a little. They. Google they got -- they got the bandwidth in the."

" Servers com you know something I've noticed I've had a lot of trouble playing YouTube videos. When I'm using Firefox. I don't know why I don't know why that's happening but I've noticed ever since I switched over to Mino haven't had these problems anymore. He was very -- it wasn't just HD video though was YouTube videos across the board. I would get a lot of just it would it would freeze first let me you know kind of lag stuff kind of offering it she is yeah and it was turning me insane I couldn't figure out what it was and then Brian was actually having the very same problem. And when he would be in Firefox the YouTube videos when playwright never heard a few other people say the same thing -- under the deal. He leads the you know resources issue no idea. I'm gonna look at about little bit more though because I have a feeling that there's probably some answers health care every dig deep on the other solutions though before you. Download the video using a service like keep that dot com -- third party -- to save clips to the desktop and watch them there. That way at least you won't have you know the problems are on the mother ship side."

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" you wanted to how to make tripod for like two bucks in the industry analysts. It's really easy it's really stupid looking but it really bugs I was wondering why you so high energy sedate and -- and Diet Coke to make this tripod something's happening yet -- I don't realize so. Tripod base but little Bolton about your camera for the little. Hole for your tripod mount your camera there is a quarter inch by twenty -- rich which is your basic common cheap piece of hardware. So all we need is a quarter inch by twenty threads per inch bolt or not. And a couple of nuts to go along with that you know -- a break for fancy. And you need really what you really is the live -- the with the lead the pupil funding your pocket but in your and you drill equipment yet so we are. And that'll hold their."

" As you put up as one important thing you're also going to need to be don't have on this table which is additional water. Hot yes to put inside of this because if you try to put it on an empty. Coke -- don't yeah could be that. -- horrible crunching sounds. So would you recommend -- the twenty fluid ounce or the one liter bottle with a heavier cameras yeah one liter bottles are gonna be a little sturdier. Because they have a little more mass to them in a wider -- could you police the -- You put it out if they'd have to carrier that was about it to carry around the opposite will if you -- what do these what's interesting right is this thing is so small -- like. They've got the one bolt basically bolt it down to believe it. And you put the second both font and the second -- basically just. Now allows you to secure -- TV cameras secret camera there and then this is your walk and a on the camera. So you can put that on that one in Alicia peoples of in the -- what's interesting about these is. Is. Kind of one of the big things is where the center of gravity and cameras so this one that's of the camera so light on this one well yeah kinda. Right that's. We put it on here. It also helps you know to this really fat C in the with a angled it could. Add a little careful Intel often -- experience and but basically. You have sort of instant tripod that's amazing. It's also excellent pick you off these deductibles originally did was watching Soviet built one of these the other games like that's brilliance. But it's a really easy way in if you basically just take. This part of and you drop the very next -- he can't quarter. You basically just keep this part in your pocket and that if you find yourself like you're at a party here you know at the fear you randomly what do step up indeed put the you know. Take somewhere without holding the camera --"

" We do about all the time. That's actually I hear you practicing that's how I got this job but just at the county fair."

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" Our pocket pasty -- quarters. We both the player how these you're like all over the -- that you get excited about it."

" I do have the other DM minute HD at home and use it quite often so I was expecting it to see some other ones haven't played with these too much outside of the office."

" To get the creative about it eats eat you could just tell the flip -- each key and this is -- codec is the -- six. They actually have more in common in the having different a lot of ways there all the up to about rating use they're super small compared to a regular camp quarter also means the kind of hard to hold steady with spicy so much shaking vision coming off of these if -- water based I'm. Yes he's kind of the reason I started thinking about that. And there are all seven point pieces there basically told -- horizontally 720 vertical thirty frames per second the Kodak also adds in a sixty frames per second mode. All of that two X digital zoom basically blow up pixels it's not optical zoom which means game. None of them are great low light situation they all love something bright light. The codec in the flip both use east 96 for video the creative auto actually does everything EV eyes and -- on your system. Now some really cool about Kodak actually having run out of battery sort of rechargeable batteries is it will work with any set of -- always comes of the pair returned doubles. In the box which is really nice. We created and the fifth both charge off of USB. And it's always helpful hit the USB button instead of I think it instead of the power button in the and I were arguing about this before I actually like the I think you for you as."

" You want want floppy as an honor. Yeah like pilot the one on -- a little bit better just because I have mine on aid. On the -- elevator for laptops. For my MacBook pro. Just put -- aside doesn't wobble around it holds pretty steady. So it's always worked okay for me at plus I have a few on the external USB. Adapters that I can use this -- need to -- they all."

" Remember early desperately need especially if you USB ports are kind of an out of the way please USB extension I actually like the popping connectors that it's less like actually damaging USB torture. I also knew somebody actually did somebody drop encyclopedia Britannica -- something -- of the USB port or not that awful. -- actually. Hello bill include basic editing updating tools. Both excellent start with kind of like the the old hand the industry pure Digital's name of the company that flip eight the use their latest pocket cam -- Shiny black -- fingerprints which I'm rallying against because I find it annoying the tiny monitor. That's the -- monitor of the three which is kind of frustrating issue with it also litter box -- your media. Which really -- use 736 by nine video. Sixty minutes record time in not a user replaceable battery which means once you've got sixty minutes of video of this if you don't travel around with a computer you're done shooting for the day."

" I have to say -- on my patch for that particular device in my bag for probably two or three months. And I've not had the charger once you just to pull out and used for a couple of minutes of video and you know. Download it somewhere I haven't actually ice plug it into charge different extended period for ever and -- still like basically full since seen."

" It's perfect for that it's not so perfect if you're like going to Disneyland for the day trip and it and it is up a lot more battery life and record time. So the codec the ice excess sells for 155 bucks which is really cheap we'll explain why it's a -- it's the biggest of the three mile long shot it's got a two point four inch LCD. Which is awesome for shooting. It's much easier in the hand -- the other two it's little big in your pocket. Lots of space in the case -- it feels a little bit cheaper than the other three. So what are the other reason the cases so being is because it's got an SD card slot and taking 32 gigabyte SD card Mac -- taking huge SD card. But it doesn't ship with the car there's only 128 megabytes onboard out of the box which means you have thirty megabytes for video which is 36 seconds of seven when he. Media. Well because it makes it really really cheap to buy and the store and you know like a two gigabyte for gigabyte two gigabyte cards sold for like nine point boxed -- where you shop -- these days. Great about it eight the 230 box kind of pricey. Very easy to use controls the bigger monitor in the Nino each do you which is really nice. It does -- out here HDTV with an adapter cable that comes in the box two hours of record time on board which is nice and like talked about before it does heavy user replaceable battery missiles acts. -- most importantly what about the video quality art foot regulates the best video the Treo it's kind of those nuances that Cingular with exposure changes like if you're going from the sunny corner of the room to the dark for the root and the looks true to life color of the bottle in the -- seen. Count over saturated almost fake great job with the audio best of the three by far. The creative -- almost as a flip Mino leads the video. And you were actually pretty excited this -- very flat lands that's kind of the shortest ones the -- So it's got the widest field visions which means like if you -- issued -- car this is your camera. Like and I don't like a wide angle land absolutely until it for sure especially compared to -- codec. Which is kind of the longest ones of the three the bottom of the digital -- is unusable if you racket all the way and and it's seems kind of slow seems like the firmware -- it takes for ever to adjust exposure from bright to dark to bright. And surprisingly creative is an audio company that audio is the weakest of the three really yes."

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" That's pretty shocking that aren't like create about it access uses it seems like big and they just didn't do yeah and didn't didn't -- and -- and -- the basics the longest lens of the three so -- to -- outdoors soccer keep your whole you know -- in -- Best digital zoom of the three Indians that's like being sort of the best of that you know. The you know what I'm saying here in the least accurate color though the audio feels kind of squashed not as bad as the bottle oh but not as good as the -- so that said if the -- is a 100% of the codec is still like 80% of its video quality -- 95%. As was -- audio is better. So much of the three when you carry around in your pocket teen -- day if like the Kodak is the most dating amusing -- friendly if you want to record a whole bunch of video and I have to constantly run to a notebook computer the Kodak is your friend. Just keep their -- cards into it. And -- batteries in your did you go for hours and hours the flip. Is the best video and if you know if you basically if you want to have a camera on YouTube to take that video of this -- when you. In nearly instantly this is your this is your go to camera."

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" Yes let's start with up yet she wrote in in the past I've got a Mac in four PCs on my home network. Have been frustrated with creating a single iTunes library that centrally located. Accessible on all my machines is windows own server and specifically the HP media smart home server a fix for this problem. In Nashville Tennessee well iTunes sharing and has streaming of their shared files."

" Easy to stream files all over your network no problem just turn on sharing you're done making a central iTunes collection you can manage state and songs to from any machine network. A little more difficult. Only one cases of iTunes will be able to make changes to that library to time and you're gonna need to close at iTunes on the computer you were making changes on about with the library on another computer. Step one. Created giant full with the music in a step to put that music -- shared drive all the machines have access to doesn't matter what that shared drive is on just so long -- all your machines have access to it. Step three you gotta point iTunes on that library when to launch its not that hard launch iTunes on OS-X while holding down the option key. Or while holding down shift on windows and selected network drive which are you common library. You can use any windows home server you just don't have to building yourself because the HP media smart --"

" And next we have a question from Marten in Alabama he writes my parents Brothers have broadband connection. And adjusted in replicating some of the content in my windows own server to their home for redundancy. That another few windows own servers and give them -- to each of my family members can I can back up some of my data consul wired to the windows owns the -- sent them. It seems kind of complicated -- but yes you can -- have to do is you can actually kind of manually remote access to those. Boxes individually and -- of those -- yeah as far as we know there's there's -- control panel or you."

" And be like said these files that there insidious files to there. Basically you're gonna promote access manually through the windows through through the browser -- drag and drop yes depending on what your connection is this can patent an economic studio head that can take. Short on yeah but it can't be done what you ought to do it and deteriorates it does the windows home server support -- one with the OS itself Jimmy. I actually know when -- server does not. Support any kind every in the operating system software but you have built in -- once supported by the horse and kind of hardware rate ones that. It should work just fine -- as long as it's seen as a logical drives in it doesn't matter if it's -- reiterate yours it -- drive it will work. Of course you know if you want do you want the raid redundancy you do need to do with rates in the motherboard again and hardware. Well let's question yes ship away from using free -- using windows home server mostly for getting movies to my Xbox 360 -- as a Megan past server Megan ass like that of the that they are built. Is -- way to get all my drive's added to the server storage of windows home server console without format that. Kim from Denmark's. I'll case that this is the one issue I actually do you have windows home server besides the few of them minors static ones. -- that you actually do need to format each of those drives. Within windows observatory get it to. Be accessed -- server is as a windows home server the -- server storage pool yes because you keep throwing drives edit it basically keeps extending storage area across those drives that you just plug it in it will see it as an extra drive but it won't be part of that does storage -- that windows home server. Stores and pulls data from. But yet if you're adding it to the storage -- formatted C need to back that off first then join the storage pool then move the deal. So -- weeks ago I will have the windows home server benchmarks hopefully it into Drupal benchmarks. Turning people into -- are also going to be talking about basically. The network -- regaining its over the differences some of the real world differences were fighting between you know hundred base T and he basically you know. 100%. And Gigabit ethernet it's actually kind of fascinating. At least if you'd like. Tool coming up we got some new questions but first to work one of the sponsors that makes issue."

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" After the super easy for us -- sense of a lot of big name chains and -- get these crazy green recycling program yet."

" I think between here in market street is probably forward different green operations that are recycling electronics are local Goodwill except electronics. Interesting thought. Traditional outlined batteries are complaints about Mercury possibly in the water table also Duracell for example -- editors are also have eliminated Mercury from the battery so. In theory according to federal law it is okay to put those in a landfill. This site to that is it's actually really hard to find places to recycle alkaline batteries even here in San Francisco we can do it but it takes a little bit of work you're gonna have to search around -- You can to have to search around spent time on the web. Kaczynski to read you have. Rechargeable batteries you recycle because there's lots of expensive metals inside those that manufacturers want to -- so almost anywhere you can buy electronics that don't recycle the batteries if not their place you can actually send them to recycle them. Alkaline and not so much and consumer electronics can be despite the fact -- lot of valuable metals a lot of people don't want to go -- collecting them. So the problem is you need to start by calling like whoever runs the local. I would probably start with whoever -- your garbage yes picket line. Check a local RadioShack check local big box stores -- do some searching on the web the problem is there's no single universal answer for this especially for alkaline batteries those -- really hard defiantly at al-Qaeda has been. Go with whoever is local TU -- and what they're right plants are yes -- cell phones are easy to recycle. Computer parts computer parts -- easy to recycle if somebody in your neighborhood does it otherwise you pay to ship it somewhere Dell for example if you you know -- he recycled by new PC you can actually recycle them for -- point box. But generally speaking. There is no good hard fast -- especially for a -- matters. Those are tough to get enough yeah. -- particular trip from one that's why have a big back into. Canada office to get him a giant bucket because movies like alkaline batteries that we recycle -- rechargeable batteries on the niceties studio speaking skills. The kilt so at least for me to recycle. Every lobster we love your questions we live your questions."

" We need your questions at Nellis Tekzilla at revision3.com. That they'll probably views how to use you ask this will do it but we need those emails -- revision3.com. Even better than than a video question think -- the final you can have an admiration of all your friends and family when they see your love. On our show disputed fifteen seconds uploaded to YouTube and send -- link in email -- video question in the subject line. By popular demand Herman Wright is back with pixel perfect learn how to do cool things the photos are -- images in Photoshop illustrator and other applications intent full episodes every Monday at 12 noon eastern time that I am Pacific time and -- only if you catch our forums at this entry dot -- platform. They get so much for watching I'm better Norton I'm -- about wants to next week even watch it."

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Started discussion: February 19, 2009 @ 3:28pm GMT

Episode 76 - Pocket HD Camcorder Roundup, $2 DIY Tripod, YouTube HD Problems, Fix Windows With One Free App! [Discussion]

How good is a $200 HD Camcorder? We've got Creative's Vado, Flip's mino HD and Kodak's Zi6! Tip Of My Tongue .... find that word you just can't remember. Recycling Alkaline Batteries. Your WHS Questions!

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Fee
9 months ago
A great episode, I enjoy the review on the mini hd camcorders. Also I agree you should shot on Friday more often :D
computoman
9 months ago
It was interesting about the cameras.... Funny, the fact that freenas now how has an audio itunes compatible server built in was not mentioned. You do not even have to set up a share to use it. Except for the limitation of remote desktops (third party software can get around the limitation) I would prefer to use Windows XP as wamp/firefly server instead. I was using a tv card with whs and when I did the last update, it no longer worked. After I reinstalled another os, the card worked again.
MetallicNitro
9 months ago
I have been waiting for a comparison of these three cameras. I was on the fence of which one to buy but I think I am going with the Kodak Zi6 for my trip to London this August.

THANK YOU!
boldfire
9 months ago
Wow, loved this episode. Great mix of DIY projects, reviews and not too many viewer questions! Brilliant work :D Hope more episodes are like this.
curahee101
9 months ago

Link to winpatrol

the link to winpatrol is broken... there is an extra character at the end of it.

www.winpatrol.com"

instead of

www.winpatrol.com
davmoo
9 months ago
For disposal of alkaline batteries (or practically any other kind) check your local post office. All the post offices around here have a bucket you can toss anything except vehicle batteries in.

Also, I'd echo the advice already given on the show...check with your local garbage pick-up people. My local city/county government-run collection site accepts batteries (any kind, including car, truck, and forklift) on Wednesday afternoons. There may be a limit on how many big batteries you can bring at one time (here the limit is three vehicle batteries at a time).
dirtyhat
9 months ago
I have the Kodak zi6 and love it...

I agree, it does feel a little light for it's size, giving it a cheap feel. But the videos are great and I actually like the fact that it takes AA batteries and SD memory.
jonnygozy
9 months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXN8SzC2XHk&feature=hd
Is this the "office attack" video patrick mentioned? It wasn't in the show notes.

I found the kittens inspired by kittens video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtX8nswnUKU).
computoman
9 months ago
Did Veronica ever say what she did with her nettop?
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