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Re: Video Required for Chairmans

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Originally Posted by Beth Sweet View Post
I respectfully disagree. There are a lot of teams with limited money who are doing some great things. Especially the innercity teams, the ones who are not getting STEM as much in school and really need FIRST, those teams are being put at a major disadvantage.
The aforementioned Flip camera costs less than two Victors last year; you might even fare better if you're willing to wake up at dark:30 on Black Friday. Editing and burning software is nearly ubiquitous--if the school doesn't have it, I'm willing to bet that teams are no more than two degrees (friend of a friend) removed from it. If that doesn't work, get to Googling or calling down the yellow pages to see if there's a local production outfit that would help in your efforts to create a three-minute video. If that doesn't work, I've got a MacBook with iMovie '08 and iDVD. Let's go.

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
Hey, didn't Google or someone donate a camera in the KoP a few years back? Maybe ...
Google did indeed donate a still camera in 2006. I don't think video cameras (particularly ones capable of DVD-grade output) are down enough in cost to get donated, but the way that prices are plummeting makes me think we'll see it before a water game.
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