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SentrySafe's 250GB FireSafe/waterproof hard drive is rated by ETL to survive a 1550°F fire for 30 minutes and being submerged in water for up to 24 hours. The unit utilizes a Maxtor hard drive and ships with data encryption and system restore software.
www.sentrysafe.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$400
Roxio Creator 2009 adds audio features and support for HD video editing and burning, using AVCHD and other HD sources. Blu-ray Disc burning is via the High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In ($30). Roxio Online members get online and mobile sharing features for $40/year.
www.roxio.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$100, $130 (Ultimate, with High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In)
Abaltat's Muse 2.0 is a music scoring program for the Mac that analyzes the video to be scored, allowing for perfect timing and alignment to the edited video. The music that ships with the software includes classical, hip-hop, dance and modern compositions. A free version is also available.
www.abaltat.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$495
Adobe's Photoshop Elements 7/Premiere Elements 7 bundle adds an online component, photoshop.com, with 2GB of free storage to basic members and up to 20GB to Plus members ($50/year). Premiere Elements adds support for AVCHD, chromakey capabilities and the ability to automatically edit clips together while preserving software edit decisions for further tweaking.
www.adobe.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$100 each - Premiere Elements or Photoshop Elements; $150 - Bundle of both products
Sanyo's second-generation Xacti E2 underwater camcorder is available in blue or white and records standard-def MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video and 8-megapixel still images at up to five feet deep for up to one hour. It includes a 2.5" LCD display and a 5x optical zoom.
www.sanyodigital.com
Suggested Retail Price:
$400
Scapa offers a line of waterproof, matte-finish gaffer's tape that uses a rubber adhesive and has a writeable surface. Available in gray, white, black, blue, green, orange, yellow, red, neon green, neon yellow, neon orange, neon pink, chromakey blue and chromakey green.
www.scapana.com
Suggested Retail Price:
Varies by order quantity


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