At Vidgle we have begun shooting our Con Goer series in high definition and all future shows will be shoot in 1080i HD as well. We started in HD this year since we have upgraded our equipment to handle the high definition video smoothly. We are using 6 GB of RAM on our Mac Pro currently and we are planning to max it to 16 GB by the end of the year. This upgrade of equipment wasn’t that expensive since all of our equipment were HD ready, we just didn’t have our video coverage in HD.
Our first coverage in HD was at New York Comic Con in New York City. You can see the HD picture by clicking on the picture above and then clicking it again on the page its displayed in. We currently only master it into 720p HD instead of 1080i.
Some cosplayers were excited that we began filming in HD so that the camera can pick up every single thing they are wearing.
There is some sad news though with this HD transition, the website is not expected to have the HD version in the years to come. All of our videos are on our website server in Los Angeles, not a third party podcast syndication network. Though we have a lot of space, it takes alot of disk space, such as 1 gigabyte for just one of videos. We are planning to have a HQ version which is in EDTV format (that’s 854×480 SD) but we think it is not worth establishing yet. But when we believe the time comes of establishing the HQ or HD feed, we will establish it. Vidgle already has a mobile website, flash video for desktop websites, and a podcast format.
The first Con Goer video that was mastered in HD will be available on Vidgle later today. Click here for the video.
Here are some other pictures in HD that you can find in our video. We’ll let you decide if its better or not! Just click on the picture, then click on the picture that displays on the page it brings you to too get the experience.
Not as good as last year, Fred and I talked about our experience at New York Comic Con on the WRAJ Internet Radio podcast. Our video reports will start coming in later this month. Click here to listen.
Of course, if you use a video-podcast catcher software, you should have received the video report by now if you are subscribed to the Vidgle or Con-Goer Podcast Feed. Click here to learn more about the video podcast feed.
I hope you enjoy it. The next Con we are reporting will be at the Totally Normal Event this June.
During the New York Anime Festival, it was Santa-Con that took place in Manhattan, which hundreds of Santas came together. But this gathering is a little different, instead of Santas walking around, it was “No Pants Day,” that took place on Saturday. Hundreds of people came together at a Subway station by wearing no pants. According to Improv Everywhere, the organization that held the event, said there was an estimated 900 participants in the event.
“It was basically like a sci-fi convention with people wearing costumes, but instead, it was people wearing no pants.”
The group splits into three different subway trains and took the subway from downtown Manhattan to Union Square.
You can see pictures from Steph Goralnick on Flickr by clicking here.
WNBC announced on Thursday that New York City has opened the first public bathroom that can self-clean itself. At a fair price of 25 cents, you have 15 minutes “to do anything inside.” After the fifteen minutes, the doors will open automatically. After leaving, the bathroom will self-clean itself for 60 seconds before its next use. The first toilet is located in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, another 19 is on the way throughout the city.
The New York Anime Festival is over and what a great time it was. There was somethings I didn’t like about the con, but I still had a good time. This is the fifth and final con for the year, the next con is Katsucon in Washington D.C. this February. Each day, my sister and I took the train in, instead of staying near the city. That was because there is no good hotels near the convention center, the closet one was Hotel Pennsylvania, which is located near Penn Station. We stayed at the hotel in March 2007 for the IBS Radio convention; because of the poor quality, we are not planning to go back to hotel.Pictures of the con are already up, click here to see the pictures!
Of course, I can’t forget the friends who went to the con. If it wasn’t for them coming to the con, I would have left the con and never come back. I think its pretty much like that for most of the cons. Mostly everyone was there: Fred, Jon, Meredith, Louis, Jesse, Brian was there!
The Dealers Room was the place to be, actually, it was the only place to be. Luckily, there was a variety of different merchandise at different booths, which usually 1 out of 5 booths will have the same stuff as another one, especially at Otakon. I think there should have been more stuff going on, especially after 7:00pm. Most of the panels at the convention either did not draw me interest, or I wasn’t there at the time of a panel.
Compared to the Big Apple Anime Festival (BAAF) in 2002 and Anime Expo (2003) in New York City at Marriott Marquis, NYAF wasn’t as big and I believe that NYAF should be at the Marriott next year. (I compared it to BAAF and AE because it was the con in New York related to NYAF) Not only it was big, but there are other attractions outside of the hotel, which of course is Times Square. Of course, at the Javits Center where NYAF, there was nothing outside of the convention center, not even a variety of restaurants. The closest place to be near attractions is Times Square which is around a 10-15 block walk.
If there shall be another New York Anime Festival again next year, I won’t mind going again. However, I wish that the convention can be at the Marriott Marquis, which I mentioned, or at a different location near attractions; such as restaurants, hotels, and coffee shops where we can go to a place to sit down or hangout after the con is over.
Two more weeks before school is out… then back to school 2 weeks after. The warm weather is coming and I can’t wait for the summer vacation! Of course, I’ll be working very hard this summer! I am expected to work 6 days a week and having a second job at FTC for three times a week.
And did everyone heard? The Afternoon Show is moving to earlier time slot, because of recent complaints from the Nerd Night Crew. The Afternoon Show is planning to start at noon and end at 4. I made the change because of everyone complaining at me when we hang out on Fridays.
I hope listeners won’t mind the new time slot. The new time slot will begin in late June.
New image everyone is loving. Its a new picture on my Myspace ( I hate that site) and Facebook and many people just love it. The picture of me was taken a few years ago at Rockefeller Center after spending a day over there (The picture is in HD but it is not displayed lol) next to a WNBC news van. Since I haven’t used the picture at all, I decided to add the Tower graphics on WNBC to act like I am actually on TV lol. Recently I walked by the same news van during the IBS conference in March and the truck had Christmas lights on it, unfortunately I don’t have a picture of it lol.
Besides the troubled RIAA and CRB problems bothering my life with WRAJ, I did attend the IBS conference in New York City last weekend. Friday was the fun day, while Saturday was the boring day.
I got into the conference a few minutes late Friday because of parking issues I had the train station. Later, I got into interesting conversations with several other students from different colleges. I stayed at the conference till 6 until I left to go out to eat. I did stay at the same hotel the conference was held that night, and Saturday night as well.
No one from Five Towns went Saturday, besides my friend Rob. I was in several panels on Saturday, After attending several panels on Saturday, I meet up with my sister Jen and friends, Jim and Fred. We went to Rockefeller Plaza later that night and purchased ‘Sorry’ at Toys ‘R Us in Times Square (Why did we get it, I don’t know). Sunday morning, Jim and I went to Top of the Rock and what a great view!
During the New York Anime Festival, it was Santa-Con that took place in Manhattan, which hundreds of Santas came together. But this gathering is a little different, instead of Santas walking around, it was “No Pants Day,” that took place on Saturday. Hundreds of people came together at a Subway station by wearing no pants. According to Improv Everywhere, the organization that held the event, said there was an estimated 900 participants in the event.
