What is iFrame and why did Apple release it today?

About 960 x 540

About 960 x 540:

This is the "near HD" format supported by APPLE TV. So any virtually any HD camcorder's footage can be edited and then EXPORTED to this 960 x 540 frame size and it is readable by the APPLE TV product.

AVC-Intra

I assumed, given the name, that this is something like AVC-Intra - i.e. intra-frame only, no P or B frames. And they chose the lower resolution because intra-only at 1080p or 720p would be too unwieldy for a camera.

How else would iMovie support editing in the native format (which the KB article claims it does http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3905) unless it's an intra-frame codec, and Apple said it's H.264 - so gotta be I-frame only H.264.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVC-Intra

Release of the Sanyo VPC-HD2000A and Sanyo VPC-FH1A

Great post.

I have been a fan of the Sanyo Xacti line for a couple of years now - owning an Xacti VPC-1000 model and making some great video and stills with it. File handling has been a constant torment with all AVCHD flavors, this looks like a step forward.

You said in your post, dated October 14, 2009, "The Sanyo VPC-HD2000A and Sanyo VPC-FH1A are the only two camcorders in the world that currently support this resolution. They were also released today." which I would like some clarification on.

I think that there has been an VPC-HD2000 out since the beginning of the year - is this an "A" model which is newer, with different specs, and in fact new as of the 14th.? Is the file format different than the previous Xacti AVCHD files. Will the iFrame video format (is it a codec?) work with the previously generated files (from my VPC-1000)?

Thanks for the info and the clarification.

Be well.

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The iTablet and iFrame

Consider the dimensions of two 16:9 screens measuring (diagonally) 10" and 7" Then consider the possibility of screen resolutions slightly greater than the 163 ppi of the current iPhone and iPod touch.

Is it not possible that these two devices could display 1080p and 720p video?

I think Apple TV is about to grow up

Jobs referred to it as a 'hobby' in comparison to iPod, iPhone and Mac. I think they are going to have another home run product here. Maybe the iTablet will be as much a TV as it is a computer.

Apple tablet / slate connection?

The much-rumoured Apple device that is meant to be launched in Q1 2010 is (again rumoured) to be a touch-screen, e-reader, movie player, internet browser etc. It would make sense to me that there is a video format created to support this device. Why would they benefit from having 1080 on a 10 inch screen, when the additional resolution quality would be lost, but to have a slightly lower resolution that maximises the viewable quality (and storage capacity) on a device that is "four times the size of the iPhone screen." Hmmm...