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iSight Revision Soon?
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MacRy
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I agree with other people in this thread - the price really needs to come down. I'd love to buy a couple of them so I can stay in touch with a distant relative but £200 is just too much to justify. Maybe they could do a reduction on the price for buying them in pairs or something.
Jopling said:
Is it true that rev B didn't get as hot? I noticed that my rev A even got pretty warm when it was in "off" mode (plugged in but not being used). With heat == power consumption, I am hesitant to keep it plugged in unless I actually want to use it.
A lower price would be great and some sort of bundle with tiger would be even better. Especially since the new ichat has the multi-way conferencing feature, they've got to get more people using it. I know no PC-using friends that have web cams, for example.
morespce54
macrumors 65816
swissmann said:
Sure. No Problem. Apple will drop the price, but not include the necessary Firewire. 🙄
jackieonasses
macrumors 6502a
One, Firewire is not "necessary" at all. But they will keep firewire in the iSight, i promise you.rikers_mailbox said:
kyle
jackieonasses
macrumors 6502a
Your sentence said "Apple will drop the price, but not include the necessary Firewire."rikers_mailbox said:
I was just informing you that firewire wasn't that necessary... usb gets along fine. (Firewire still is better) But i promise that Apple won't take firewire off of the iSight.
kyle
wrldwzrd89
macrumors G5
I have no idea what revision my iSight is. Mine's lukewarm right now, and it hasn't been used in a while.
Personally, I'm expecting a pretty minor update to the iSight, similar to what was changed from Rev. A to Rev. B. A few hardware tweaks here, a firmware update there, and Rev. C is born! (Sorry, I don't think a price drop is all that likely.)
Personally, I'm expecting a pretty minor update to the iSight, similar to what was changed from Rev. A to Rev. B. A few hardware tweaks here, a firmware update there, and Rev. C is born! (Sorry, I don't think a price drop is all that likely.)
Eniregnat
macrumors 68000
Funny, the Rev A model is still selling at some retailers, the Rev B (current?) model's price went up this weekend at Amazon.com (Why I don't know.) I hope that there is an improvement of the resolution, and I would hope that the price drops or doesnt increase.
Also the iSight case that was once sold, has long since been discontinued. I have been doing my research, I want an iSight so that I can do some small short stop animation films. I can justify an iSight if my significant other gets into grad-school this year.
Also the iSight case that was once sold, has long since been discontinued. I have been doing my research, I want an iSight so that I can do some small short stop animation films. I can justify an iSight if my significant other gets into grad-school this year.
SpaceMagic
macrumors 68000
jackieonasses said:
Hmmm... kyle... I think he mean't it as a joke... as cheaper iPods have no firewire.
I found it funny.
Better Quality Video
What about just increasing the quality of the picture? If they could get the resolution up to full Broadcast Quality (NTSC and PAL, I'm not asking for HD) then using an iSight with iMovie would be much cooler. iSights would actually have a practical use beyound iChating then.
What about just increasing the quality of the picture? If they could get the resolution up to full Broadcast Quality (NTSC and PAL, I'm not asking for HD) then using an iSight with iMovie would be much cooler. iSights would actually have a practical use beyound iChating then.
Eniregnat
macrumors 68000
Yes funny, but wow- what a great idea. Hey I would foot the bill for a 3ccd iSight with HD or near HD resolution. The idea is brilliant, small, maneuverable, interchangeable lenses (hopefully), and no bulky body to worry about. Just stream the data and record directly to the HD, just like importing footage from a miniDV camera. No viewfinder, just a window on the laptop. Brilliant!!! 1/3 to 1/10th the cost, and yet professional quality footage. Coupled with Asteroid for quality audio input, it would be extremely cost effective!. Now I just need a lackey to carry the laptop while I artor. Quite now, I am creating art!macOSX-tastic said:
Lacero said:
rofl! 😀
um, I have been waiting to get an isight. two actually so that i can chat with someone. but my money supply is kind of non existent, so i'll wait.
jackieonasses
macrumors 6502a
Crap! I get it now, Its just after you wrote that second post, i thought you were serious! I am sorry dude.....rikers_mailbox said:
anyways I am looking on buying an iSight in a week or 2... I don't really care about revisions either...
kyle
jackieonasses said:
No worries.
BTW, your avatar is V-dubs (you know what I mean? I don't want to give it away). Now do I earn your respect? 🙂
jackieonasses
macrumors 6502a
aswitcher
macrumors 603
Well I would like to see a price drop downunder for one.
Maybe H264 support requires some tweaks...At some point I expect the iSight to go HD in the year of HD but people seem to think that a shift from B to C wont do anything substantial, so maybe later this year after Tiger appears...
Maybe H264 support requires some tweaks...At some point I expect the iSight to go HD in the year of HD but people seem to think that a shift from B to C wont do anything substantial, so maybe later this year after Tiger appears...
Applespider
macrumors G4
macOSX-tastic said:
I'm glad you added a LOL! With the current HD camcorders on the market going for $3,000 upwards and a lens that would dwarf an iBook, I can't see an HD iSight coming out for quite a while!
oingoboingo
macrumors 6502a
SpaceMagic said:
..as cheaper iPods have no FireWire cable....they have no FireWire CABLE. They still have FireWire. For the love of Jobs...THEY STILL HAVE FIREWIRE SUPPORT!
Now that's funny.