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[rm]

CVS is now selling disposeable DV recorders. One time use, good for just 20-minutes of material at an eh resolution. This is dumb, but the very limitation of the format sort of turns me on, and I sort of want to come up with a little project for one.

Comments

[roy-batty.livejournal.com]

How about a pseudo documentary piece using multiple cameras? I'm thinking something that explores differing viewpoints on the "truth" of an incident (like a car crash) from each individuals point of view - each view true in its own way, but through its own (literal and figurative) lens. Kinda like Kurosawa's "Rashomon", but sans-samurai, and even less liner (perhaps).

Now that I'm thinking of it, if you don't develop it, I will :-)

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

As you note, $30 for the hardware and ~$12 or so for processing, with CVS recycling (and reselling) the camera afterward. Wouldn't you know, there would appear to be a hardcore contingent of geeks out there who are actively reverse engineering the unit to allow the video to be transferred to a computer and the camera to be reused. FWIW.

Cheers...