Posted in Apple, Content Redistribution, DRM, DVD, Films, Format War, Google, HD-DVD, Intel®, Leopard, Movie Download, Music, Technology, blu-ray, iPhone, iPod/iTunes, microsoft, tagged Apple, iPhone, iPod, MacWorld, Randy Newman, Steve Jobs on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you didn’t see the 90 minute MacWorld keynote here is a quick summary of the product launches yesterday. Jobs photo courtesy of Apple.
Ad: Hi I’m a Mac and I’m a PC — New Years ad ran which poked fun at Vista…what are you going to do in ’08… Then Jobs enters stage.
Time [...]
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Posted in CES, HD-DVD, IPTV, Intel®, Movie Download, PLAYSTATION®3, PS3, Playstation 3, Sony, Technology, VHS/Betamax, Video, Warner Music, blu-ray, microsoft, prediction, prognostication, xBox 360, tagged hi-def on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By now you’ve read about Warner Bros. Entertainment announcement to drop HD DVD and focus on Blu-ray, a Sony Corp. backed technology vs. rival Toshiba. Warner was the last major studio to put out movies in both formats and after May they will exclusively release on Blu-ray.
The announcement by Warner rattled the industry nerves to [...]
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Posted in Apple, Content Redistribution, Copyright, DRM, DVD, Films, IPTV, Mobile TV, Movie Download, Piracy, Sony, Technology, Video, microsoft, tagged Streaming Video, TV, Video on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s see, I slept for 7 hours; it’s a new day and an announcement of yet another start up in the internet video space. This seems like a daily ritual.
The newest is Sync TV, a spin off from consumer electronics company Pioneer, which launched a beta download service.
The audio and video quality of the TV [...]
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Posted in Climber, Drew Ann Rosenberg, Films, Follow the Profit, Kids, Movie Download, Technology, Tom Noonan, VHS/Betamax, Video on August 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In May I attended a work function dinner up at Timberline Lodge. Upon arrival in the lodge parking lot it was clear that a film crew was in the middle of prepping and filming a movie. Not thinking much about it I walked around a bit and chatted with a couple ‘grips’ asking [...]
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New copyright exemptions went into effect at the end of November, and it’s still illegal to copy a DVD to your iPod for personal use. The proposed exemptions to allow copying commercial DVDs to portable media players were rejected. The new copyright exemptions are in effect for three years and additional information is available [...]
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