Ladies and Gentlemen,

For a number of years, we have made our hunting videos freely available to all AR members.

WE enjoy sharing with you our hunts, hopefully as much as you enjoy watching them.

We do everything here in house, from editing to copying, printing and shipping.

It is a quite time consuming task, both for us and for those waiting to get the copies they have asked for.

What we are thinking of doing this year has several advantages, both for us here and hopefully for you too.

Last year we only managed to ship normal DVDs, as the Bluray disks we got were not as reliable to copy onto as we had hoped.

We are thinking of putting the videos on USB sticks, and offer two resolutions.

One is 720P for those who are using older computers which are not capable of playing full HD.

And 1080P Full HD for those who wish to have them.

Your feedback would be much appreciated it.

Really good idea and will save you on post and packaging. Probably more durable?

Saaed once again this is a very generous offer to the forumn. This is all at your expense both time and money. I think you should do watever is easiest for you.

The USB is a very good idea. Most HD or Flat screen TV`s have a USB slot so they can be played direct.
Much cheaper to ship also.
If people want DVD`s they can have it done at any video shop.

Would certainly work for me, but I'd scrounge up a Betamax player if necessary.

Any format you choose, I want.

Great idea.
Looking forward to this years adventures.
Good hunting.

Saeed,

Any medium works - USB would be just as good at DVDs.

The quality of private non-commercial stuff such as yours is so much better than all the commercial product placement stuff out there.

Thanks for sharing it.

Mike

Saeed:

As one who has benefitted from your generosity in the past, I would endorse whichever method lessens your cost and inconvenience. That said, a USB memory stick in 1080P HD would be great, working on both my computer and digital TV, while at the same time being more compact and easy-to-use.

Regardless of the format, I can't wait to see your next safari! Thanks again for the many kindnesses you show all of us on AR.

+1 I repeat verbatim what KPete said!

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Originally posted by Andrew McLaren:
+1 I repeat verbatim what KPete said!

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Excellent idea Saeed.Now why did one of us not think of that. Have a great Safari.jc

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Originally posted by John Chalmers:
Excellent idea Saeed.Now why did one of us not think of that. Have a great Safari.jc

'Cause he is too kind and too damn clever.
Have a good trip and I am sure all will wish you a minimum loss of blood due to Walter's machinations.

All I can say is that I have both a normal DVD and a Blueray of some of the footage from my last hunt and after seeing the Blue ray I want nothing else for my next trip.

Dear Saeed

For several years your dvd´s have been one of my highlights. Having them on USB stick would be even better

Regards CF

What Kim said.

Happy to make a donation towards costs.

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Originally posted by KPete:
Saeed:

As one who has benefitted from your generosity in the past, I would endorse whichever method lessons your cost and inconvenience. That said, a USB memory stick in 1080P HD would be great, working on both my computer and digital TV, while at the same time being more compact and easy-to-use.

Regardless of the format, I can't wait to see your next safari! Thanks again for the many kindnesses you show all of us on AR.

HD?, Blue ray? USB? what's all that? How about a VCR tape?

Do what is easiest for you, my wife can figure out how to make it work.....

Sounds great to me

Great idea. Looking forward to viewing your hunt. Hope you guys have a great trip.

Completely agree!!!!!

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Originally posted by KPete:
Saeed:

As one who has benefitted from your generosity in the past, I would endorse whichever method lessons your cost and inconvenience. That said, a USB memory stick in 1080P HD would be great, working on both my computer and digital TV, while at the same time being more compact and easy-to-use.

Regardless of the format, I can't wait to see your next safari! Thanks again for the many kindnesses you show all of us on AR.

An absolutely great idea! As others have already said this will cut cost, and a lot of work on your part, but work even better as it will work in HD on most computers, and HD flat screen TVs today.

Can't wait for this year's safari!

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Saeed Perfect solusion.....

Thank you Saeed for again making such a generous offer & as usual, kpete said it best.

Excellent idea Saeed

Whatever is BEST for you! We can make about anything work......We all look forward to the videos. Your generosity is already overboard.

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Originally posted by bcolyer:
Whatever is BEST for you! We can make about anything work......We all look forward to the videos. Your generosity is already overboard.

Yes Sir!

Full HD on USB Stick would be super. Can't wait. Thank you.

I have enjoyed your hunts for a number of years and sincerely appreciate your providing them to us. Any format is fine and 1080p USB is best.
Have a great hunt

Great idea. USB port and a stick will work for me sir!
Thanks

USB sounds great. Thank you.

For me, the USB stick would definitely be more convenient.

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Whatever is BEST for you! We can make about anything work......We all look forward to the videos. Your generosity is already overboard.

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Ditto

Absolutely LOVE the USB idea!

Saeed, thank you for doing this for the community. It makes a difference!

Below is some footage I have taken this afternoon with a new Canon XA25 video camera.

It is an H.264 package in Apple 1080P format.

Would those of you who have TVs with a USB drive try to see if it plays directly on the TV?


Quality and compatibility test

Saeed

That link doesn't work for me?

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Originally posted by bcolyer:
Whatever is BEST for you! We can make about anything work......We all look forward to the videos. Your generosity is already overboard.

This and I can't wait to see the daily updates.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Below is some footage I have taken this afternoon with a new Canon XA25 video camera.

It is an H.264 package in Apple 1080P format.

Would those of you who have TVs with a USB drive try to see if it plays directly on the TV?


Quality and compatibility test

Movie plays fine on my 4 year old Macbook Pro but does not play (is not recognized) on my 2012 Panasonic 3d Plasma.

I'm with the majority of everyone else on this!

Quality of the video was very good, not sure the distance you were shooting at but it was very crisp. Can't wait to see it focusing in on a buffalo.

What a great idea. I am new to the forum and have not seen the previous videos, but from the feedback it seems that they were very good.

Looking forward to the potential for getting to see your next safari.