Don't Panic! "In Support of the CoCo and OS-9 since 1990."
I see many people talking about how much more expensive the new Insta360 X6 is compared to the previous model. But is it? In 2025, the X5 was released with a price of $549. To use it, you also needed a memory card. For the Insta360 X6, on launch day (8/12/2026) the only way to […]
It should be obvious that if all you have is a sedan, you probably won’t be moving any furniture. Likewise, if all you have is a 2-seater car or pickup truck, you won’t be taking any extra people with you on a road trip. Households that have multiple vehicle types are far more flexible with […]
I am still “new” with Insta360. I did not get my first Insta360 camera (the ONE X2) until 2022. Since then, I have tried to follow each new release (X3, X4, X5 and now X6) fairly closely – following rumors, leaks, and early paid promotional videos done by YouTubers. (By “paid” I mean “paid with […]
Real musicians fought against things like rhythm boxes (later called drum machines), synthesizers and samplers. Today, these technologies are accepted even though somewhere out there a violinist is getting less work because a sampler/synthesizer can be “good enough” on a recording. And, well, drummers may be having the hardest time of all of musicians… But […]
Even by the late 1980s, most households did not have camcorders. Most households did not have a home computer. Even fewer had both. Thanks to my dad giving me some old gear as he upgraded, my household did. Behold, a VHS video intro I did in 1987 on my Radio Shack Color Computer 2. The […]
UPDATE: Some folks on REDDIT saw it in the store on Sunday (8/10) and were able to order and receive on Monday (8/11) and activate the camera. I had checked around 3pm CST on Monday and Best Buy did not have it listed. Your mileage may vary. Essential: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/insta360-x6-8k-action-camera-essentials-bundle-black/J39VLT4TY9/sku/6685236 Standard:…
I realize most of the issues I post about here are related to Windows, so let’s balance things out a bit. I have a Columbus P-1 Mark II GPS: This device logs GPS coordinates to a microSD card and is far more accurate than using my phone or even the dedicated Insta360 GPS Remote. I […]
Or, Life without Facebook is … really good. I have not used my personal Facebook page in years, and do not have Facebook Messenger installed so the only thing I really use Facebook for these days is for Pages I admin, and groups I participate in. I think two of my Pages are monetized, though […]
There is a thing known as calibrating a battery that sources say you should do once a month. This is done by running your device all the way down (such as a phone, tablet or notebook computer) and then giving it a full charge to reset the battery life estimates. For some devices, just running […]
On August 6, 2026, Insta360 seems to have allowed the preview videos for their new 360 camera to be posted. Some “reviewers” do up-front explain they were sent the hardware for free (which should be obvious; you cannot buy it yet), while others do not mention their video is sponsored with hardware. Of course. Go […]