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Internet Video News
10 New Years Resolutions for the Home Video
Enthusiast
Are you planning on getting a new camcorder
this holiday season?
December 9,
2006- San Diego, CA - Internet Video
Magazine announces 10 New Years Resolutions
for the Home Video Enthusiast and Home Movie
Maker.
Maybe
you have been making home movies and tapes
for awhile and have noticed that your friends and family
never seem to want to watch them? They ever so kindly turn you down
saying they have to wash the car or shovel
the snow off the sidewalk.
These resolutions may help turn your
video experience around...
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I
am going to start using my tripod. Really, I promise. Everyone is sick of my videos
jumping up and down like a seasick sailor.
I bought that darn tripod and now I am going to use it. I
don’t care how much it weighs or how dorky I look.
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I
am going to charge my camcorder batteries before a family event.
Never again am I going to get stuck in the middle of a kid’s
holiday party with no juice.
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I
am going to edit my videos. My computer has video editing software
in it that will enable me to cut out the bad parts and quit
subjecting my family and friends to outtakes and shots of my feet
because I forgot to turn the camcorder off. I am going to edit
those parts out. I really am. I promise.
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I
am going to learn how to use my computer and the Internet so that
I can start sending video clips of my kids and family to my relatives all over the country. And, I am going to learn how to
compress those video clips so those family and friends don’t
hate me after enduring a three-hour download.
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And
if the video clip is just too big or too long, I am going to start
putting the video on DVDs instead of just burning CDs of cool
music.
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I will learn to label
my tapes correctly. Even those tiny little Digital Video cassettes
with hardly any space at all to write what the tape is all about. I
am going to come up with a plan ... or at least my significant other will.
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I
am going to leave the camcorder out on the mantle so that the
family can use it whenever it is needed, rather than having to dig
it out from the closet, find the batteries and hope it all works
before that special moment disappears forever.
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No
more zooming. I have learned my lesson. I am not going to zoom in
and out and drive everyone crazy. I promise to physically move my camcorder in closer to everyone's faces for those close-ups.
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No more silly comments
while videotaping. I promise to never tell people to smile or act
natural again. And I promise, no more chasing my family with the
camcorder around the house too early in the morning.
Finally, I am going to let my kids operate the
camcorder. We don’t
want the family to be watching the tapes back ten years from now and
saying, “Where’s Daddy? Anybody remember what daddy looked like
before he got chubby and all his hair fell out?”
Cool Toys and Tools for
Home Theater
People
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Recreating
the cinema experience at home is a thrilling
experience for home theater enthusiasts -
but it isn't a cheap one. If you've decided
to treat someone to a home theater-related
gift you should be a) commended for your
generosity and forward-thinking ways and b)
prepared to shell out some fairly big bucks.
That said, there are some gifts that your
friend will appreciate that are south of the
four-figure mark.
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