Newtek Video Toaster 4000 1994 Video

A promo video for the Video Toaster 4000 guest staring Wil Wheaton, Penn Jillette, and Tony Hawk from 1994. Pretty funny when compared to today's software like iMovie and Final Cut Pro.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• software
• hardware
• newtek
• video
• toaster
• 4000
• switcher
• lightwave
• 1994
• wil
• wheaton
• penn
• gillette
• Jillette
• tony
• hawk
• promo

[wilwheaton]

Well, I worked for NewTek when I did the video, and they gave me two of the best years of my life, where I got to live right on the cutting edge of some technology that I absolutely loved.

So I got that, which was ultimately more valuable and lasted longer than any material thing would have.

And we all had floppy hair because it was the style at the time. Well, what passed for style, anyway.

[harleykman]

What d'ya mean the Toaster can't do 3D? You ever heard of seaQuest? Aladdin? Babylon 5?

They used the Video Toaster to create their effects.

[jimbobhart]

@wilwheaton Is that an onion I see tied to your belt?

[teamforteress]

can it render in 1080p?

[ZenRacing]

OMG this brings back memories.

Taking trips down to Topeka to get the lowdown on what was next. Having Tim add flourish to a demo by hovering his heli outside the window and waving goodbye, partying with the Tech support guys, we all thought we were going on to rule the world and make it a better place.  We did.

[hailherrosner]

@aardfrith No it don't make toast, but I can tell your brain is TOASTED!!!

[hailherrosner]

Yeahhh MMAANNN, Tony HAWK and Videotoaster 4000 AAWWWEEESSSOOOMMMEEE!!!

[aardfrith]

Does it make toast?



[VectrexForEver]

@TVperson1 Actually the most used formats ware Betacam and digital Betacam (digibeta), before that there was u-matic, which looked horrible. S-VHS and Hi8 were not used in professional environments.

[leileilol]

IT'S OVER 300

[chupathingy99]

*golf clap*

That's awesome. Makes me wish that my A1000 could do more than look pretty on the shelf.

[TVperson1]

Interesting, but I'd imagine it would have been a waste considering that the most affordable pro video tape of that time was SVHS and Hi8, all the rendering quality would have been lost. I'd imagine after the Amiga died you'd have had buy an SGI machine or a cheaper NT machine.