This week's viewer video is the most astounding video we've ever shown. It started with this email:
Dick, I have a birthday present for you. It’s a GizWiz Warehouse Video that runs 50 scenes in 5 minutes and 37 seconds. It is NOT intended for broadcast on the GizWiz webcast but IS for you to entertain the folks at the meet-up later this month. It has some goofy content along with a gadget review.
The story of the video creation is too complex for me describe here so I have made a video letter to explain it. The letter itself is 2 minutes and 41 seconds long. Sorry about that too.
This is the URL for the 2:41 letter of introduction is: https://youtu.be/geg0e_6JTpw
I made the video to amuse myself. If the folks at the meet-up are amused them my work done.
This is the URL for the 5:37 Warehouse Video: https://youtu.be/H92slbqAqQw
Sincerely, Buddy Yates
(From the Giz Wiz: We loved this video so much it's on this week show!)
See or hear this episode: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1699
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Letter of the week:
Hey it's Joe from LA.
(Talking about portable stoves.) Saw this over on Amazon. Gets really hot they say up to 384 deg F. Joe.
https://amzn.to/2SDVAPX. - As an Amazon Associate Giz Wiz Biz earns from qualifying Amazon purchases.
(As you'll learn in this week show, there is a misprint on the label regarding the temperature. And each bag is about $7.00. I bought two and will do a video for the Giz Wiz Show when I have time.)
And another email on the same subject:
When you where talking about the Mountain House product that doesn't exist any more it reminded me of the flameless ration heater (FRH) that is included in MRE's that the military uses. Here is a link to the Wiki article about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flameless_ration_heater 
Also on this show we reveal the Sept/Oct “What The Heck Is It?” Answer and we also reveal the new November/December game.
November 2, 2018 
When a Fuji press release about a new Instax (Instant printing camera) mentioned shooting 15 seconds of video I wondered “how could that work?” At PhotoExpo 2018 I got to see the new model, the Instax Square SQ20 in person, and yes it is able to capture video clips up to 15 seconds long. While you’re able to view them on the 2.7” TFT Color LCD monitor and store them on an SD card, the object is not to watch them as a video. (Besides, it doesn't record sound with the video.) You use the “motion mode” jog wheel to pick the frame you like best, and then print that one. That process can save you from wasting the 1920 x 1920 resolution 2.4” x 2.4” film sheets which are about a $1.00 a print. You can also add one of the 16 effects like blurring the motion, double exposure, collage, color filters, etc. It seems the new camera (released October 20, 2018) has also been given a smaller sensor. It's 1/4-inch on the earlier SQ10 and 1/5-inch on the new SQ20. The lens is said to be the same, with an f/2.4 aperture. Although it will most likely lessen the photo quality, there's also a 4X digital zoom function. The camera is now showing up online at $199.95 and the square instant film packs are a bit more than the smaller Fuji format prints at about $15 for 10 sheets. However in multi-packs, it can drop down it to a buck or a bit less per photo. More details about the new camera are here:
