Andrew Marino

At NAB 2024, consumer audio company Rode announced an addition to their wireless microphone lineup with the Interview Pro — a big handheld, broadcast-style, omnidirectional microphone that can pair with Rode’s Wireless Go receivers.

Finally a stick mic you can pair with your phone (with on-board recording!). Let’s see if this is the new mic trend on TikTok.

This isn’t ISO certified but the closest thing to solar eclipse glasses I could find was this piece of a 5 1/4” floppy disk I had in my closet. I knew these would come in handy one day.

The MoveMic is Shure’s take on mobile wireless microphones for mobile video creators, akin to Rode’s Wireless GOs and DJI’s Mic 2.

At $349 for two mics and a charging case ($249 for one), the MoveMic offers eight hours of battery, has an IPX4 water resistance rating, and can pair directly to a smartphone using the Shure MOTIV video app.

A model with a separate receiver is also available at $499 ($199 for just the receiver) to connect to any device like a camera, computer, or third-party app.

I like how much slimmer these mics are compared to the boxy Wireless GOs (and less branded than the DJI Mics), which are distracting on video. Let me know if you’re interested in an audio comparison, because this class of microphones are growing! Here’s how it sounds unmixed on my roof.

If you miss the kitchen TV, then this Television app for Apple’s headset has got your back. You’re able to watch videos (even spatial ones, if you like) on a whole bunch of different 3D models of TVs, from a portable CRT to a Samsung Frame lookalike.

I want to watch iCarly on a big bulky silver 2000s console.

Becca Farsace and I pitched this video about finding the smallest television at CES 2024. But once we got to the show floor, we were swallowed up by gigantic 100+” screens, furniture centerpieces, and more TVs that turn into picture frames. As TV tech has progressed, have we forgotten about the tiny portables? Here’s our journey.

Tuesday’s edition of WNPR’s Colin McEnroe Show focused on the past, present, and future of the TV remote control and various other buttons that control our lives.

The show featured Rachel Plotnick, author of Power Button, and Caetlin Benson-Allott, author of Remote Control — two books I am now adding to my Christmas list.

If you’ve enjoyed our Button of the Month column, you may find this discussion fascinating.

Talking to Seth Meyers, director Darren Aronofsky shares a few details about the tech behind “Postcard from Earth,” his new movie made for that giant 18K wraparound Sphere screen in Las Vegas.

Most notably, the camera used to shoot it records 32 gigabytes per second. The end result is half a petabyte file — the storage equivalent of roughly 1,953 base model M2 MacBooks Air.

In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Goosebumps author R.L. Stine mentions how smartphones have changed the way he writes his horror novels. Everyone has a phone to call for help!

“I spend a lot of time in the beginning of every book trying to get rid of the phones to make sure they don’t interfere.”