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Here are a few photos I found from LP 2006 with Kurt. He's wearing the teal and purple colors. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2024079&id=1104804613&l=a67ace9190 Chad

Yeah, that is similar to what we were using before this system. DVDs work great and they are easy to make for each practice. However, we now like our current system more than using the DVDs. We find you have an instant library of any point you can imagine. Say the letter or number and it is there. Set a loop over a really difficult move and watch it in slow motion until you really understand what's happening. Looking at the notes I can tell myself what position my feet should be. Maybe this type of system is geared more towards teams in a learning mode and not in a mode of a very experienced team?

For people who don't use a VCR or a DVD player what does your 4-way team use for video review? I'm looking for anything better than what we use, ways to improve our setup, ways to get more learning out of each video or general comments. Here is what we use... My team has been using www.ReplayerStudio.com for about a year now and we love it. The options we like are frame-by-frame, programmable slow motion, programmable fast motion, and looping an exit in slow motion until it is engrained in our brain. However, the best part of the software is the catalog. We have cataloged all our best exits, the best flat blocks, and added in catalogs of pro team exits for comparison. We also add notes for each position (IC, OC, P, T and Video!) to the clips so we can see the notes as we watch the clip before jumping. The programmer has also recently added the ability to play a beep we can mark at each transition. It allows us to hear the tempo of the jump as well as count the points. The software is geared towards salsa dancing, but works perfectly for skydiving. We save each video in the form of: YEAR MONTH DAY - JUMP_NUMBER - FORMATIONS.mpg i.e. 2007 02 11 - 038 - D 14 4.mpg We compress each jump into a 1 minute 20 MB MPEG1 clip. Upload it to a web server and have the coach/lead upload the new catalog to review on Monday after practice. We can also store about 400 jumps on a 8 GB USB flash drive and take it with us anywhere there is a computer for video review. (It's faster than downloading them from the web when we go to new areas without a laptop.) We've also added a Firefox remote control to it and it now operates like a DVD player on steroids. Does anyone out there know of any better software for 50 dollars or have a better process for video review? Do you have any ideas for ways to improve our current use? Chad

Thanks again, Chad

I am running into another question before I start cutting the plastic on the TRV30. In your post you said: If you cut off the little plastic keeper and remove it from the inside of the camera, the cover will still snap into place and stay there. You just have to be careful not to loose it when you take it off. Is there a way to remove the cover without cutting it off? I started removing the screws and quickly stopped after I could not pry it out. Also, if I do end up cutting the plastic keeper off, how did you get rid of the piece which drops back into the camera? Thanks again for the great info. Chad

These are the things I was looking for. Thanks for the help. I'll start working on it tonight and hopefully I get it finished for the weekend. No, I haven't gotten over the sticker shock. I have been putting ebay to good use selling everything I own to pay for it. Chad

I just purchased a Flat-Top Pro, Dbox and a TRV-30. I have a couple of questions for anyone who has a configuration similar to this. How do you deal with the hand strap on the camera? It seems that the hand strap in the Dbox causes the camera to rotate a bit. I would like to cut the strap off, but I also would like to sell the camera some day. Do you have any suggestions for removing it or how to mount it in the dbox with the least amount of interference? How do you deal with the cover on the TRV30 covering the video and LANC ports? Is there a way to remove the cover without cutting the connector? When using this type of setup, do you remove the camera after every jump or do you have an extra cable/connector to easily get video off of the system without taking the camera out of the dbox? Finally, do most people cut an eye hole in the dbox to site the camera in easier? Thanks, Chad