There are dozens of consumer and prosumer video cameras out there within the vicinity of $1000.  All have their ups and downs.  However, none of them come close to Canon HV20.  Not only it’s cheap (retail value $800) but also shoots HD 1080i at 24F.  Now that’s wicked.  I recently used HV30 (one model up) but still HV20 has better features and boy it looks like a pro camera.  I loved it so much that I just bought a used one and can’t wait to get it.

To add on, the beauty of this camera is that you can mount on 35mm adapter and make it work almost like XH A1 and other high end cameras which cost 4 times as much. I sure will be putting up footage from the camera when I get it in a week’s time. Take a peak below

This has been a long long wait. Apple introduced rent and buy movie option last year in United States to people who had Apple TV. I actually purchased my Apple TV last year and thus far used solely for my business and pleasure (watching trailers in HD) but now I can actually rent a movie in HD instead of going to Blockbuster to buying Blu-Ray player. Although, I will be buying a Blu-Ray player but this new service allows me to save some bucks and by then Blu-Ray prices will fall further down.

At the moment, Films from major studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International with over 700+ titles. And yes they will be adding more titles as they come to DVD.