anchorman 93 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 On tonight's 5pm newscasat they debuted "Roadcam 7" which is obviously very similar to Ch. 2's "Mobile 2." Joe Torres was driving. Picture quality was very good. I guess they rushed this in for the storm tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 284 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 What exactly is the Roadcam and the Mobile 2 all about because I'm not sure if I understand the tactic, is it like a live camera that reporters use as they are driving to the scene to report road conditions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioTech 13 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I guess we can expect the following: StreetFox LX Cam 4 CarPix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 284 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 It's a simple small HDV camera hooked up to a laptop computer with Skype and a wireless data card which it works well in moving vehicles. I hate to say this, but it's cheaper and easier to put out live videos over a Skype connection. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 223 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I thought the video on WABC was on par with its 16:9 SD remotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1829 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I thought the video on WABC was on par with its 16:9 SD remotes. It's ridiculously easy to stream 16:9 SD video, so that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 WABC is being rediculous with the "7" branding now..instead of calling their skype interviews "via skype" they are calling them "Skype 7". I personally don't find it necessary to put the station number after every little thing. Am I the only one who feels this way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5287 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 WABC is being rediculous with the "7" branding now..instead of calling their skype interviews "via skype" they are calling them "Skype 7". I personally don't find it necessary to put the station number after every little thing. Am I the only one who feels this way? Seems quite gimmicky for being the "#1 Station in the Country". I'd expect that from smaller stations that use something like "Super Giant Doppler Radar 3 Million XL" to differentiate themselves from the competition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njlady 1 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I thought it was great because I grew up in Forest Hills, haven't been there in many years and it was fun watching Joe Torres drive on QB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's a simple small HDV camera hooked up to a laptop computer with Skype and a wireless data card which it works well in moving vehicles. I hate to say this, but it's cheaper and easier to put out live videos over a Skype connection. Mobile 2, at least, is not Skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsguy 66 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 It's a simple small HDV camera hooked up to a laptop computer with Skype and a wireless data card which it works well in moving vehicles. I hate to say this, but it's cheaper and easier to put out live videos over a Skype connection. Hey Net - isn't the technology similar to that of "Skype" but not actually using the Skype service, rather just a 4G video feed streamed through a laptop, as you mentioned? I'm rather certain of this, because I believe that Skype requires credit for the technology if it's used on the air. (like "Skype7") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 284 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hmm they must have some sort of deal with Clearwire's 4G Wiimax or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 258 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I know this happened a while ago, but I just wanted to bring to your attention that WPIX debuted this riding in the car thing during it's morning news on December 10th of 2013. They did not call it any special name though. I do like the name of "Carpix" though. Jump to 2:03 in the below video link to see Kirstin Cole reporting in the car. Video credit to jaynorris117. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxYjyCUW-eo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 531 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 You guys sure it's Skype? Seems too flakey for a place like WABC to use on air. I would've guessed the video is transmitted via Dejero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 223 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I would have guessed they are streaming via LTE cell data networks. I've noticed WABC does spme remotes streaming to as sometimes the video video gets pixleated and goes SD then returns to HD quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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