"Powell" wrote in message
...

"Robert Morein" wrote

3. Apogee Mini-Me

The new paradigm...cutting edge. Apogee
Mini-Me, Dual core notebook, camera & tripod,
studio mic's & cables and one car battery.
That's a fully operational studio. One which can
create the final package mastered to DVD for
reproduction. This has some interesting business
applications. Properly packed it would fit
nicely in the bottom of my canoe, too.

HD editing on a laptop is not here yet, except for very small stuff.

By that you mean what? HD video editing software
is abundant. USB 2 connection should easily handle
HDTV streams ( 55Mbit/s or 11% of what USB 2.0
offers). A notebook with two USB's (mini-me to
notebook/ HD camera to notebook) should cover it,
no?

This chart explains:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...HDFormats.aspx
If you are referring to HDV, then modest disk bandwidth is all that is
required. However, there are now fairly reasonable cameras that record
uncompressed. This is what all would-be film makers want. HDV has
unacceptable motion artifacts for critical work. According to the chart,
uncompressed HD in the popular 720p requires 332 megabits/second raw
bandwidth. It is surprising how protocol and latency up the requirements.
The actual number is usually determined by experiment on a workstation.