FYI, this blog is closing down. I'll leave it published because I know a few search engines will send people here looking for good HD podcasts.
I'm pleased to say though that the guys over at Apple TV Source have put together an excellent directory of HD podcasts and you'll find everything you need over there.
http://appletvsource.com
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Shutting the blog down
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Fxguidetv joins the HD podcast list
One of my favourite audio podcasts fxguide has added a new high definition video podcast to its offerings, fxguidetv.
Fxguide is a specialist website for film, television and commercials visual effects artists, covering industry news, technology, tutorials and interviews with artists and companies who are working on cutting edge vfx.
Whilst the fxguidetv video podcast is aimed at those folks in the vfx industry, the podcast is still great for those (like myself) who aren't in the industry but love hearing all the latest movie news, watching behind the scenes stories about how effects are done, and seeing interviews with the immensely talented people who do vfx work.
The gorgeous Australian host Angie Richards delivers all the latest vfx news with panache and the programme is presented in a magazine style format that's both entertaining and informative. Check it out!
Links
- Subscribe in iTunes
- fxguide website
- fxguidetv in the podcasts listing
Friday, June 29, 2007
How to get your HD video podcast on the list
The Apple TV & HD video podcast listing is aimed at shows that have been produced with HD viewing in mind.
To get on the list, your video podcast should...
- Be shot in HD for the majority of the show (minimal 4:3 footage)
- Ideally, delivered to viewers in HD (e.g. 720p, 1080p) or Apple TV (960x540) or thereabouts
- Anything less than this is really not HD and it's debatable whether it should make the list. You may be able to slide through, but resolutions should be at least in the upper iPod range (640x360) and must look absolutely fantastic when scaled up - no jaggies!
- Have good production quality - i.e. - you've made some effort to capture clean and crisp video, clear audio, have spent some time editing, maybe made use of titles, bumpers, green screen and other effects with good results
- You're already 'on the air' with episodes ready to download
- Be delivered via a syndicated feed like RSS or iTunes so that people can subscribe to it once and have episodes downloaded automatically
- Be delivered on a regular basis (no one offs)
- Explicit content is OK as long as we can warn people
- Not infringe on anyone else's rights
- Your name
- Podcast name
- Podcast author
- Format (i.e. resolution size, HD or Apple TV etc)
- Podcast syndication link (RSS or iTunes)
- Brief synopsis of the podcast
If you're already on there and need something updated, send an email to atvhdpodcasts@gmail.com with the new information and your listing will be updated.
Listing of Apple TV & HD video podcasts
Below is a listing of all known Apple TV and HD podcasts available on the web. All should be playable on an Apple TV except those noted (usually 1080p HD shows).
Select from one of the genre links to take you to that section of the listing.
[ Have we missed a quality Apple TV or HD podcast off the list? Submit a podcast ]
| Genres | Tech | | | Music | | | Science | | | Automotive | | | Comedy | | | Food | | | Nature | | |
| News & Politics | | | Sport & Recreation | | | Health & Lifestyle | | | Culture & Arts | | | Places & Travel | | | Film & Television | | | Gay & Lesbian | | |
Tech Video Podcasts
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Mac Media Cast (Joseph Nilo) | Mac related tutorials, news, product reviews and human interest stories on audio, video, podcasting, photography, design & web. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes RSS |
| MacBreak (Pixel Corps) | From the excellent stable of the Pixel Corps. All things Mac related, available in stunning 1080p and Apple TV | iTunes [1080p HD] iTunes [720p HD] RSS |
| Digital Underground (Frank Linhares) | Join Mikey, Frank and Sera as they help you void warranties and get you the most out of technology. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes RSS |
| Geekbrief.TV (Cali Lewis) | News about tech tools and toys featuring Cali Lewis. The format is fast, fun and fresh. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes RSS |
| Mobuzz TV - Daily Buzz (mobuzztv.com) | Irreverent and quirky video show for the content curious generation. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes (English) iTunes (Spanish) |
| The Merlin Show (Merlin Mann) | The Merlin Show is a (more or less weekly) video podcast featuring Merlin Mann, and produced by Merlin and his very talented friend, Ben Durbin, in association with Pixel Corps. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720p HD] RSS |
| Gear Media Tech (Pixel Corps) | Join Leo Laporte, Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay each week as they navigate through the tools and techniques of producing media for the internet. Gear Media Tech is your source for real production tips from people in the middle of the online video revolution. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes RSS |
| Technolgy Evangelist (Technolgy Evangelist) | Emerging technology trends in hardware, software, webware, marketing and beyond. Filmed in HD, 1080p and 720p for the Apple TV | iTunes [1080p HD] iTunes [720p HD] RSS |
| Screencasts Online | Top notch onscreen tutorials for all things Mac. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (but subscription required for HD content) | Website |
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Sport & Recreation
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Health & Lifestyle
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Film/TV
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Comedy
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Food
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Places & Travel
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Nature
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News & Politics
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Music
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ScienceSport & Recreation
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Golf Tips (ON Networks) | A dynamic instructional and educational way to demonstrate the best golf techniques to date. The host Joe Beck (a certified golf professional) will cover basic tips all the way to complex shots. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Raw Golf (ON Networks) | Each week, celebrity golf pro Buck Mayers takes another indie band through the paces, teaching them his tricks of the trade before letting them loose on a local course to test their talents. Get to know your favorite musicians while they get to know the game of golf. Oh yeah, and play some music on the side. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Golf Lessons (Sven Ljungholm III) | Podcast Golf Lessons is here to help you with your golf game. Get video golf lessons from a PGA instructor. Learn about golf etiquette, course management, and course maintenance. Watch video of Sven Ljungholm III practicing the shots and competing in some golf tournaments. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
Health & Lifestyle
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Zen Living (ON Networks) | Incorporating a balanced lifestyle through the connection of food, exercise, spirituality, and medicine. Blending old world philosophies with the convenience of contemporary advances to improve the Zen art of living. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| ON Dating (ON Networks) | Online dating is the fastest growing social phenomenon on the Internet, and something celebrity dating coach Andrea Syrtash knows all about. From shining successes to equally impressive failures, join our expert host as she reveals the do's and don'ts that help you stand out in a crowd. After all, who wants to kiss all those frogs just to find the perfect prince? Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Austin Connoisseur (On Networks) | Austin. It's cool, it's hip and it's totally unique. Go behind the scenes with the city's most fascinating topic experts as they what they do and how it influences the social, cultural and economic fabric of this inimitable capitol metropolis. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Midwestern Teen Sex Show (h-pep.com) | A show for teens and adults covering the wonderful, awkward, stimulating, sticky world of sex. Each episode focuses on a central topic pertinent to teen sexuality. Released twice a month. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes EXPLICIT |
Film/TV
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Trailercast HD (DigPodcasts) | Latest HD movie trailers in various formats | iTunes [1080p HD] iTunes [720p HD] RSS [720p HD] RSS [1080p HD] |
| National Geographic Channel | Nobody does documentaries better than National Geographic Channel. Everything is covered - from how we live to where we live, to all that's around us. With exclusive video podcasts their programmes are offering you even more, from behind the scenes footage to specially shot scenes and interviews. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| fxguidetv (Heusser, Montgomery, Seymour) | A high definition podcast covering vfx and design work in films, television and commercials, as well as news and software developments. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
Comedy
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Backpack Picnic (ON Networks) | Five guys that are redefining how weird and hilarious sketch comedy can be. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Comedy Insider (ON Networks) | Learn about the ins, outs, ups, and downs of being onstage. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Rumor Girls (Rumor Girls) | Enjoy your favorite episodes of Rumor Girls in HD High Definition on your HD device such as Apple TV! Karla and Karen are the two most popular sisters in podcasting, so subscribe now and catch every episode. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Noodle Scar Daily (Bonny Pierzina) | Noodle Scar Daily HD is a daily 30 second comically satirical video blog with Bonny Pierzina. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Tiki Bar TV (Doctor Tiki) | From the golden era of the lounge culture comes adlibbed tales of bartending tomfoolery. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes RSS |
| Kablah! (Kablam! Podcast) | What's new and interesting online - and off! | iTunes |
Food
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Cocktails on the Fly (ON Networks) | She's been called a cocktail innovator, an aperitif artist and a mixologist. And with good reason. Alberta (a.k.a Miss Flighty); Straub is known for turning fresh homemade ingredients into wildly sexy, exuberant drinks. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Stump the Chef (ON Networks) | Wondering what to do with those Ramen noodles from 1992? Chef Matt Weaver has some crazy ideas. With three surprise ingredients and endless imagination, Weaver transforms kitchen pantry staples into palate pleasing dishes - or at least that's the goal. Part Price is Right and part Iron Chef, this hilarious show features a panel of discriminating judges who decide which dishes make the grade, and which ones meet the disposal. Lemon ramen risotto anyone? Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Dinner with the Band (ON Networks) | Here's a cooking show that breaks the mold - the perfect mash-up of indie music and edgy food for total entertainment. Chef Sam Mason has been raising the stakes in the culinary world for the last ten years. Now join him as he invites his favorite touring bands to dinner for an intimate evening of cooking, conversation and live performance. Part rocker, part chef, Mason creates "intellectual food" that stimulates the palate as well as the dialogue. Rock on. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Budget Health Nut (ON Networks) | Don't let modest funds get in the way of gourmet taste. Instead, learn how to shop, cook and eat on a budget with culinary cheapskate, Joe Dias. Dias' Italian heritage informs his good humor and skilled ability to prepare satisfying, nutritious meals at half the restaurant price - or less. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Cooking with Marilyn (Marilyn Harris) | Each and every week we will have a new cooking show podcast for you to download. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Harvest Eating (Keith Snow) | Your weekly video magazine to learn the art of seasonal cooking with organic and natural foods. Chef Keith Snow takes viewers to farms, markets and other locations including stores, to find the freshest ingredients available. Each episode has our chef in the studio kitchen demonstrating new and creative ways to cook with nature's best seasonal bounty | iTunes |
Places & Travel
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| London Landscape TV (Nick Lansley) | If you love London, you'll love London Landscape TV. This regularly produced high-definition video podcast allows your TV or computer to become your own window overlooking one of the world's greatest and historic capital cities. Whether you live in London now, have stayed in London and wish to remember it, or you have never been but would love to come, let London Landscape TV be your visual guide to the UK's capital city. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] RSS |
| Mallorca HD (HD4.TV) | High Definition Video impressions of Mallorca for Apple TV. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Rome HD (HD4.TV) | High Definition Video impressions of Rome for Apple TV. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| Italy Guides (Italyguides.it) | Free video in high definition of Italy designed exclusively for the new Apple TV. A podcast designed to present Italy's enormous art and nature heritage at its very best, like never before! Episodes will vary in length and will have real footage and 3D constructions of Italy's main historical monuments starting with ancient Rome. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
| The Big D in HD - Disneyland and Walt Disney World (chris@thebigpodcast.com) | Hi-Definition Video from around the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Wander through the park, ride some of the attractions maybe catch a parade or street performance and see some fireworks shows. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
Nature
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Divefilm (divefilm.com) | Images and news of the ocean world. Underwater videos featuring footage of all kinds of marine life, short films by divers about diving all over the world, interviews with interesting people, and videos on conservation issues that affect us all. Produced in association with Wetpixel.com. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
News & Politics
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Washington Post (Washington Post) | Watch award winning documentary videos created by washingtonpost.com's multimedia team. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
Music
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Moving Rushmore Vidcast (Moving Rushmore) | Follow the exploits of a group of guys from Manhattan, KS trying to make a living pursuing their dreams and making an impact too. From the forming of the band to making a record (hopefully) help spread the word about Moving Rushmore. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Technocato (Israel Melendez, Jr.) | Puerto Rico's first video podcast about science, technology, gadgets, scientific challenges, innovations and software. Narrated in Spanish with English Closed-Captions (CC). Filmed in HD for Apple TV (in Spanish) | iTunes |
| The Hidden Universe HD: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (NASA) | This video series showcases some of the most exciting discoveries in infrared astronomy from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Looking beyond the visible spectrum of light, Spitzer can see a whole new universe of dust and stars hidden from our Earth-bound eyes. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] |
Automotive
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| 29MotoGuide (29 HD Network) | Showcasing the most unique, intriguing, powerful, useful, green and cutting-edge motor machines and races that define the unique perspective of the international motorist. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
| Beyond Pavement (Gimp TV) | Where the road ends, we see unexplored adventure. The show designed for hardcore off-roading with 4 wheeled vehicles. Covering installations of suspension, tires , performance and accessories to techniques and recommendations of some pretty amazing terrain. This show will take viewers on an adventure with some of the baddest vehicles around. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
Culture & Arts
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Cool Hunting (coolhunting.com) | A weekly series of webisodes, Cool Hunting Video goes onsite meeting artists, designers and other innovators to get an inside look at their inspiration and process. Filmed in HD for Apple TV | iTunes |
Gay & Lesbian
| Name | About (descriptions borrowed from podcasters) | Podcast Link |
| Justin Feed (Justin) | JustinFeed is a Video Blog from a 30 year old gay man in Tulsa,Oklahoma. I discuss life, technology, politics, peace, love, and the pursuit of happiness in a world that wants us to have anything but. Filmed in HD for Apple TV (720p) | iTunes [720P HD] EXPLICIT |
If you would like your HD video podcast added to this list, or to have the information updated, see this page for more information.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Report a podcast
Found a dodgy podcast? One that has slipped through our high standards for HD quality viewing? One that promised big things and then didn't deliver? Report the dastardly podcasting pirates here.
Click on the link below, and add the name of the podcast and what the problem seems to be. We'll investigate and if they've infringed, they'll be made to walk the podcasting plank.
Please, no reports because you just don't like the show!
Report them!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The Apple TV & HD Podcasts Blog
Many of you by now will have a shiny HDTV in your living room, but depending on what TV services you have available, you might not have access to much high definition content to watch on it. And let's face it, that's not much fun is it?!
So if you can't lay your hands on much HD television, and you're still sitting on the fence about Blu-ray and HD DVD, where do you go for good HD content?
The answer is the Internet - and I'm not talking about pirated TV shows or movies here, I'm talking about free video podcasts (sometimes called vodcasts or video netcasts).
With products like the Apple TV starting to gain widespread use, HD and Apple TV 'enhanced' video podcasts are starting to become more available on the web and particularly in iTunes.
These podcasts are being produced by wide ranging groups of people from guys in their basements doing green screen to multi-million dollar media companies who are jumping on the podcasting bandwagon.
There's plenty of content around, but this blog is aimed squarely at finding those shows that are being produced in High Definition (so 720p or better) and are being made available to download in HD or close-to HD quality via an easily digestible RSS-style 'feed' format.
I'm including 'close-to' HD quality as well, because some shows are made in HD but for various reasons are downloadable at smaller sizes. Suffice to say, we're talking here about high quality video made on HD equipment in widescreen that will look good on your HDTV - so no crappy pixelated rubbish.
The blog will focussing on...
- First and foremost being a directory of HD video podcasts that you can use your reader or iTunes to easily subscribe to
- Provide news and reviews about HD video podcasts
- Interview video podcast makers to find out more about their productions, go behind-the-scenes and find out why they do what they do
- Provide hints and tips to make your video podcast viewing more enjoyable
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