SHAWN JOHNSON IS PROFILED BY ONE OF THE BEST REPORTERS ON WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST NETWORK NEWS PROGRAM ON TV - I HD-DVR IT EVERY SUNDAY MORNING - I HAVEN'T MISSED THIS SHOW IN MANY, MANY YEARS - LIKE I SAID, THE QUALITY OF THEIR STORIES AND REPORTING IS THE BEST ON TV - I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SHOW !!!
AND SHAWN IS MY GIRL TO ROOT FOR AT THE OLYMPICS ONCE AGAIN, CAUSE I WAS BORN IN IOWA MYSELF (CEDAR RAPIDS).
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ONLY POSITIVE COMMENTS ALLOWED..... ANYTHING NEGATIVE, OR NOT G-RATED, AND YOU WILL BANNED FROM ALL MY CHANNELS.
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SOME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW SOME OF US YOU-TUBERS (INCLUDING MYSELF) HAVE BEEN UPLOADING SOME CRYSTAL CLEAR, HIGH DEFINITION VIDEOS. I FINALLY GOT SOMEONE TO TELL ME THIS CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. THERE IS THIS COMPANY THAT HAS INVENTED THE GREATEST LITTLE DEVICE SINCE THE DVD RECORDER. THEY ARE THE INVENTORS OF THE WORLD'S FIRST HIGH DEFINITION RECORDERS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH ABOUT 4 OR 5 DVD RECORDERS - ONE THAT LASTED ABOUT A YEAR ANOTHER THAT LASTED A COUPLE YEARS - THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE LEFT THAT "SORT OF" WORKS (IF YOU CAN GET IT TO LOAD A DISC - IT HAS A LOT OF TROUBLE LOADING DISCS) IS MY FIRST GENERATION PANASONIC - THE BIG SILVER BEAST WHICH WAS THE FIRST DVD RECORDER AVAILABLE FROM AROUND 11 YEARS AGO, ABOUT 2000 OR 2001 - PROVING THAT A LOT OF TIMES SUCEEDING RELEASES OF DEVICES ARE OFTEN TIMES PUT OUT WITH LESSER QUALITY, TO CUT DOWN ON EXPENSES.
ANYWAY, SINCE THAT ORIGINAL MACHINE IS FINALLY ON IT'S WAY OUT, AND THE OTHERS ARE ALREADY GONE, I WAS SHOPPING FOR A NEW DVD RECORDER AND QUITE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANY MORE (EXCEPT FOR ONE MODEL OF TOSHIBA). YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND AN OLD MACHINE BEING SOLD AS NEW IN SOME STORES OR ON THE INTERNET, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY MADE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THEY HAVEN'T SOLD YET - FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER, THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE.
THE PERFECT REPLACEMENT IS THE "HAUPPAUGE" DEVICE THAT YOU CONNECT TO YOUR CABLE TV OR SATELLITE (VIA THE SUPPLIED COMPONENT CABLES) THEN TO YOUR COMPUTER VIA USB, AND YOU CAN RECORD PERFECT HD PICTURE AND AWESOME SOUND DIRECTLY ONTO YOUR COMPUTER - AND WITH THE SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH IT YOU CAN TURN THE FILES YOU RECORDED INTO DVD OR EVEN BLUERAY HD DISC (BELIEVE IT OR NOT) ONTO A REGULAR CHEAPO BLANK DVD, NOT THE EXPENSIVE BLANK BLUERAY DISCS - DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID !!! YOU CAN BURN THE FILES ONTO A REGULAR CHEAPO BLANK DVD AND THEY ARE CONVERTED WITH THE FREE SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH IT, TO WORK IN A BLUERAY PLAYER, OR YOU CAN BURN THEM TO PLAY IN A REGULAR DVD PLAYER, OR YOU CAN PUT THE RAW FILES ON A BLANK CD OR BLANK DVD TO BE PLAYED JUST ON YOUR COMPUTER (WORKS BEST ON MY COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - REALLY TOP QUALITY, COOL STUFF - YOU REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THE QUALITY, SINCE IT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST DEVICE THAT CAN DO THIS - EVEN IF YOU WERE A BILLIONAIRE YOU COULD PROBABLY NOT GET SATELLITE OR CABLE TV ONTO YOUR COMPUTER AT HIGHER QUALITY (UNLESS YOU ARE JAPANESE, AND WORKING ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUFF).
THE DEVICE IS PRETTY SMALL, IT IS ONLY ABOUT AS BIG AS A STACK OF 6 OR 7 CD's AND COST ABOUT $179.00 OR SOMETHING LIKE $190.00 WITH TAX (SO LESS THAN $200.00 - CHEAPER THAN MOST DVD RECORDERS) - I FOUND ONE AT BEST BUY, BUT YOU CAN GET THEM ON-LINE TOO. THE STORE I GOT IT AT, I WAS SURPRISED THEY HAD ABOUT 4 OR 5 LEFT, PROBABLY CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW POWERFUL THE DEVICE IS, OR THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS YET - BUT SINCE THEY DON'T MAKE DVD RECORDERS ANY MORE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, GUARANTEED TO BE HOW PEOPLE WILL RECORD EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE - AND THE FUTURE IS NOW IF YOU HAVE ABOUT 200 BUCKS.
I HOPE EVERYBODY GETS ONE OF THESE DEVICES AND UPLOADS THE FILES THEY MAKE TO YOU-TUBE IN THE FUTURE - I'M SICK OF ALL THE CRAP 240p VIDEOS ON HERE - THAT'S WHY I SHARE ALL THIS.
YOU CAN ALSO PLAY YOUR OLD TAPES THROUGH THE DEVICE AND CONVERT ALL YOUR OLD STUFF TO COMPUTER FILES (TO UPLOAD TO YOU TUBE) AND/OR MAKE DVD's OR BLUE-RAYS. PRETTY AWESOME STUFF !!!
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HERE IS THE LINK TO THEIR WIKI PAGE TO READ MORE ABOUT IT :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauppaug...
AND HERE IS THE LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE :
www.hauppauge.com/
I AM NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPANY - I JUST ENJOY THEIR PRODUCT AND WISH TO SHARE WITH OTHERS WHAT IT CAN DO.