Comments on: Avalon Juke Series – Ebony

By: Stogie Guys Friday Sampler CXIV

Stogie Guys Friday Sampler CXIV — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:01:31 +0000

[...] Around the Blogs: Stogie Review tries the Avalon Juke Ebony. Cigar Inspector reviews the Tesa M3. Her Humidor smokes the Kristoff [...]

By: Illusione f9 | The Stogie Review

Illusione f9 | The Stogie Review — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:03:22 +0000

[...] Third: Just like last weeks review of the Avalon Juke – Ebony, I decided to go ahead and light my cigar in the same fashion. I began toasting the foot until the [...]

By: Walt

Walt — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:22:10 +0000

Jerry,
I just doubled the video output this time around to be 2.0mb and 30 frames per second instead of 1mb and 15 frames.

Surprisingly, the video wasn’t double the normal size. I’ll stick with the new settings and see how it works out.

I’m sure you got one from the show, we all got them at the same time on the first day. I enjoyed it but there wasn’t enough to make me want to actively find another.

Ace,
I’m officially a convert. I’m really liking this new method of lighting.

By: ace

ace — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:42:25 +0000

Thanks for crediting the “Ace method” to me, but I can’t take credit for it. I tried it once quite a while ago and really liked the way that lighting the cigar didn’t desensitize my palate to the flavors of it. It works just fine on nippled cigars, but must be done carefully to avoid fryng the wrapper. Nice video!

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:07:05 +0000

Nicely done Walt! Definitely a cigar for Mr. Cruz…he’s mild/medium body guy.

Video did look good…not up there with Mr. Cruz but you’re moving in that direction.

By: Tom(AKA Ed and Tom)

Tom(AKA Ed and Tom) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:52:16 +0000

Comment love coming from the part timer(me):

Great review as always!

As for the vid quality, I thought it looked good. Those with slower internet speeds or older PC’s may not appreciate it, but I like it. I’m curious what quality setting you used.

I’ve been using 1200 with 20-25 FPS. I try to keep the numbers fairly low since the higher the #, the more processing power is required.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:26:23 +0000

Walt video quality looks a lot better! I think bumping up the quality worked out well and looks really good on the iTunes feed too! By your review, this sounds like a cigar I’d like. I think I have one these from IPCPR too.

Two weeks in a row I’ve left comment love on your reviews…lets see, when was the last time you left me any love on one of my reviews…

Jerry