Comments on: iPod Touch or iPhone for video producers?

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:08:48 +0000

Good comparison. Just curious, what is teh different between iphone 8G and 16G beside the harddrive space, interms of hardware or usability?

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:55:05 +0000

Great summary. They key point here is that there now is so much choice for carrying video on the go. We are extremely excited about the iPhone, iPod touch and the nano.

You can now get a portable video player for $149. That is amazing. This will open up so many more distribution models for producers and filmmakers.

There will be millions of people with mobile video devices in their hands/pockets next year. It’s time for content creators to get to work to deliver great content!

By: WorX

WorX — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:39:24 +0000

Both Composite and Component video out possible for both iPhone and iPods:

Apple Composite AV Cable
Easily connect your iPod to the composite video inputs on a TV.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E099&nplm=MB129LL/A

Apple Component AV Cable
Easily connect your iPod to the component video inputs on a TV.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB128LL/A

Which is best? Thanks.

By: ieba

ieba — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:12:12 +0000

Kristiano,
The Touch has 16g of Flash.
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html

WorX,
Componen out is nice, but thusfar, you can’t put HD video on an iPod device, so you’re still just spitting out QVGA (320×240) or VGA (640×480) video, probably heavily compressed. The advantages of a component output are minimal, and a simple composite video cable can connect to far more displays.

By: Matt Jeppsen

Matt Jeppsen — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:54:05 +0000

iPhone, no question. Might as well if you are going to bite the bullet and lay out that much cash. And with the $200 iPhone price drop, they have made a seriously good case for buying the phone. I agree though…if the Touch had a hard drive with larger capacity, the decision would be harder.

-MJ

By: WorX

WorX — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:29:29 +0000

What about the possibility of video out? Easily connect your iPod to the component video inputs on a TV. And a video projector?

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=MB128LL/A

Apple has also added component video output to the iPods announced today via a component video cable. Apple states that component video output is currently supported with the iPod Nano (3G) and iPod classic (6G) at 480p or 576p, and the iPod Touch at 480i or 576i resolution.

By: Kristiano

Kristiano — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:18:58 +0000

The iPod touch doesn’t have 16G of RAM.

It has 16GB of harddrive space.