From short clips off Google 's YouTube to movies and TV episodes downloaded from Apple 's iTunes store or Amazon's Unbox store to home movies from friends captured on a digital camcorder, and maybe even a bit of illegally pirated footage, consumers are getting their video from an astonishing array of sources.

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From short clips off Google 's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) YouTube to movies and TV episodes downloaded from Apple 's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iTunes store or Amazon's Unbox store to home movies from friends captured on a digital camcorder, and maybe even a bit of illegally pirated footage, consumers are getting their video from an astonishing array of sources.

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Mayor MORAN: Well absolutely, they're about the same square footage, if not a bit more, but they have higher ceilings, and they're just much more appealing.

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While you won't have much luck tossing any HD discs in here, this device sports a Faroudja DCDi chipset and 11-bit video DAC to fool your eyes into seeing 1080p footage from those plain ole DVDs.

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Other music industry reporters have written that the amazing amount of concert footage made it a multi-year task, which seems a bit of a stretch.

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In low-light situations, like in the aquarium video below, the footage appeared crisper than that shot with a Flip Mino HD, but still a bit washed out.

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