Our long-anticipated new video episode 01.07 :: solar cycle 27 is finally available for download from our episodes page:

Solar cycles have been tracked since 1755.  The ancient Mesoamerican cultures that worshiped the sun predict a great change to humanity to come in the year 2012.  The next sunspot cycle is expected to be the most intense in fifty years.

Could the coming solar storm mean the end of the world is near?  We can't really be sure, but after carefully consulting the latest forecast from the Mayan calendar, tamir decides that the right energy moment has arrived to bring the mariposaHD team (and the world of internet HD video) to his homeland of Mexico.  There, we meet tamir's younger brother uriel, who is a popular male model and host on Mexican television, and the perfect guide for our visit to the land of the Aztecs.

After filming 3 episodes in Argentina and 3 episodes in Uruguay, tamir, mike, jeff, and dominic grab the HD cameras, the medallion of lucky, and plenty of blank tapes and head north to bring you this new mariposaHD adventure in Mexico!

For this episode we have released a new higher quality iPod version that is optimized for the new iPhone, AppleTV, and  iPod Touch.  Ever since Apple introduced video playback to the iPod family in October of 2005, we have encoded our mp4 videos in a 320 x 176 pixel, 768kbps H.264 format appropriate for the original (5G) iPod with Video.  Our new 640 x 360 pixel, 1.5Mbps H.264 mp4 video format takes advantage of the higher resolution screens of the iPhone and iPod Touch and the improved playback performance of the new iPod Classic, iPod Nano, and AppleTV.  This new format will still work with your older 5G or 5.5G iPod with Video if you update the firmware to the latest version.

Our usual 720p and 1080p WMV-HD formats for your Windows PC and Xbox360 remain the same and should also playback fine on a Mac with Quicktime and Flip4Mac.