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OT: Check out Awesome Video Here! 2 Days Video Treat....
http://www.neuvisioninc.com/judgementday2.htm
This is the Trailer for the new Judgment Day Video - Yes I posted before but some may have missed. Update! We have now grossed over 1 Million dollars with this crazy video. We have sold just over 50,000 copies mostly online at 20 bucks a pop.
Not bad for a film edited on a Mac in the spare bedroom..... speaking of stupid videos - see http://www.stupidvideos.com my buddy who created that site also did the website for 2 fast 2 furious see: http://akluvis.com/intro.html
He sent the trailer to http://www.johnsingletonfilms.com/ and now long story short we may do a new movie with the new script about making this movie...
Clearwater Nights _ Motorcycle Madmen which will be released very soon. Hot Bikes - Hot Babes - Hot Nights. Filmed here on Clearwater Beach. EYE POPPING is an understatement. This is an actual film with a storyline. The few who seen it commented it almost seemed like a romance movie... HA! We hired some strippers to play the part of girlfriends. There is only a few topless scenes sorry but I did not want to over do a good thing. It will be filmed here and John would be Producer... call it a cycle version of 2 fast 2 furious. Universal figures if we can sell 50,000 copies of Judgement Day 2 which has no plot by the way... they can sell at least 5 million copies - plus box office - the negotiations are still underway and NOT definite at this time. Will keep you all posted.
Most unreal in Clearwater Nights is a Triple Jesus Christ - to explain that better... in the trailer above you will see a kid ( He is actually 17) standing up on the seat of the bike as it is traveling forward. You then hold out your arms... trust me when I say if you ever did this you would be saying Jesus Christ - hence the name. Now for our new stunt we called the "Triple Jesus Christ".. you have 2 cycles one with a 3rd passenger who then gets up and stands on the shoulders of the two riders traveling together and out stretch your arms.
We did this - err I was just filming it - going over the sand key bridge with downtown city of Clearwater lights sparkling at night - just an amazing shot. Well it will be in the Clearwater Nights - Motor Cycle Madmen DVD. I also used the HFFB - happy fun flying boat - for some of the air shots. The HFFB is also in the film..... now I am thinking about a cycle hang glider????? OH that is too crazy! Well you never know with me right!
Outside of getting a divorce now - all is well with me. Sorry don't come here as often anymore but just busy busy busy....... my edig stock will be fine and I just do not watch it that closely I KNOW WHAT I OWN! To all those here posting in good faith and intentons- happy investing as always
Sweet Streams...
4Video
Update! IT IS ALL ABOUT THE VIDEO! > more>>>>>
Personal Video Platform
Customizable for OEM development, this unit offers better than DVD quality video on a 7” Color LCD display. The closed, proprietary secure system offers new outlets for legitimate digital audio and video content. The ultimate in Mobile video on demand entertainment.
What I theroize is in development or ready for prime time has to be getting closer...
Trust all is well with you all....
Sweet Streams....
FYI USB2 is NOT faster than Firewire... eom
It's all about the Video! .... 2 all...
Still hanging with my lucky .13's
To catch up I have been busy busy busy - too busy to hang out here.
Just ya all remember one thing - and I said it. IT's ALL about the Video!.
In the spirit of tradition here is "Todays Video" ...
Sweet Streams....
http://homepage.mac.com/fourvideo/iMovieTheater104.html
Here's a dozen doughnuts 4U matt...
http://www.alldaybreakfast.ca/mov/donuts_large.html
Tinroad > interesting perspective,this would tie in nicely with retail music kiosks... Good to see your still about. I keep hoping you get that Krogen...Good luck & fortune to you... and as always Godspeed>>>>
Video
That would be ALL ABOUT THE VIDEO! eom
Hi all! > A good listen on Copyright issue affecting the CONTENT that edig's music players NEED to drive sales. I would not get too excited just yet but here is the news.... Video cassate tapes soon history... as predicted. Copyright deal - Kazzaa - is broadband the big hope for survival? Give it a listen here: http://www.kenradio.com
Please note I am not spamming but posting this as todays show was exceptionally good and may be of interest to many here.
It's ALL about the VIDEO! HA! - Told ya so..... just in...
e.DIGITAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEW OEM SOLUTION FOR MULTI-CODEC HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO DEVICES
e.Digital To Use Equator Technologies' BSP-15 Video-Centric SOC Chip to Meet Growing Demand from OEM Customers and Licensees
(SAN DIEGO, CA - January 8, 2003) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) today announced a next generation, multi-codec, high definition, customizable video solution for OEM-branded home entertainment products. The solution incorporates Equator Technologies' BSP-15 video centric system-on-a-chip video processor with e.Digital's technology, design, and user interface. Products incorporating the e.Digital video solution will feature the ability to play DivX, MPEG-4 video, Microsoft's Windows Media Video, and/or traditional DVD formats, and will play motion pictures from a DVD or built-in hard drive.
"This video platform has the potential to be the core of the next generation of home entertainment products with a flexibility and affordability not previously available," said Atul Anandpura, vice president of research and development for e.Digital. "Equator's proprietary video processing chipset and our technology and engineering expertise are being combined to address the emerging OEM market for new home video products handling multiple codecs and featuring high definition capabilities. Our new, customizable solution is already attracting OEMs who have scheduled private demonstrations at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week."
PS. THE VIDEO PRODUCT THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND MAY ALSO BE RELEASED IN NEXT FEW DAYS>>>> TIME WILL TELL.
Jimmee11 - The solution achieves that feat not with Pentium CPUs but with a single DM642 media processor from TI.
TI is betting the quick move into H.264 silicon will drive its DM642, based on its C64x family of digital signal processors, into video-over-Internet Protocol appliances, DSL video-on-demand set-tops and digital video recorders.
Get a clue - & FU2
Read between the lines - TI & H.264 for their DSP....Hummm More>
I no longer explain - or am "Benevolent" But for those who can figure this out... a good read.
http://www.eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20021202S0048
Patience - things are getting better. Now if only the RIAA would get their head out their arse maybe their would be a new flow of fresh content to serve an as incentive for consumers to buy edig products... released and to be released.
Tenderloin.
I am having very good results with my Wi-Fi experiments.
Fiber to the home is simply to costly an alternative - for the "last-mile" Imagine.... If everyone had a telephone ( Once considered a crazy idea) - err make that a high speed wireless ALL communication line. Voice - ( VOIP) Internet data - VIDEO - and Television programming. Hummm?????
The cost is about 300.00 to build a wireless network and provide a high speed modem for each home. With a $30 dollar monthly fee for the provided "Service" in 10 months the investment to "re-wire(less)" the US could be recouped. Then all the telephone poles could be removed as we just won't need them anymore.
As disruptive technologies go, Wi-fi has its disrupter set on "obliterate."
The new beach video cam is now up - you may control the cam from YOUR desktop to select different views. I know it says fairgrounds ( that is where this cam was so that has to get fixed) but you may check it out here.
http://www.globalcam.net/floridastatefairgrounds.html
Hotrod > LOL - Woody couldn't possibly be having as much fun - besides he has a 4000.00 a month payment - has to perform a scheduled maintainence program, worry about a pilots license, pay fees and must use an approved airport.... and probably pays about 800.00 a month to park it.
I have none of these problems - as an Ultralight classifaction I don't even need a pilots license! I just "beach" it in my back yard - and well you know me. I am not exactly fond of rules & regulations. Race????
Look by the time Woody gets clearance from air traffic - I'll be across the finish line waiting!
Of course I have to post a video link.... Take care Hotrod- as always
Godspeed>>>>
Sweet Streams
4Video
http://www.seair.com/h_videos.htm
4Video says... Buy all you can stomach... eom
4Video says... Buy all you can stomach... PATENICE WILL PREVAIL! Some things are getting ready to happen....
DVD soon history....What's coming next....
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) systems are selling faster than any other consumer-electronics item. But it may not be so for long. Consumer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) appear ready to nip the current pinnacle of optical media in the nip. Nine of the world's leading electronics companies have recently come together to set the basic specifications for the next generation of optical media that can eventually replace the wildly popular DVD. With a capacity to record over two hours of digital high definition video and 13 hours of standard television broadcasting, the new format—named Blu-ray Disc—is upping the ante in the capacity game. The current DVD can record just 2 hours and 13 minutes of regular TV broadcasts. Hitachi, LG, Matsushita, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Thomson have agreed on a far denser, blue-laser-based format for recordable optical discs. This new capacity format, which supports recording, re-writing, and playback, can hold up to 27GB of information on a single-sided, single-layer disc of 12 cm in diameters. With a dual laser, the capacity can even go up to 50 GB.
More Bytes
The Blu-ray disc uses a blue laser to write and read data. With a wavelength of 405 nanometers—shortest in the history of optical media—it can pack more data onto discs than the red rays that are currently used. By making the numerical aperture of the field lens 0.85NA, the spot size of is significantly minimized. Furthermore, the use of a disc structure with a 0.1mm optical transmittance protection layer diminishes aberration caused by disc tilt. The new single sided discs can hold 27 gigabytes of information, compared with the current limit of 4.7 gigabytes for a standard disc. However, a double-sided, double-layered DVD disc can store up to 15 gigabytes of information.
Vital Stats
Though larger recording capacity is the main differentiating factor, it isn't the only characteristic that puts Blu-ray Disc ahead of DVD on the storage arena. Some of its key features are as follows:
Large capacity: The adoption of 405nm blue-violet semiconductor laser has made it possible to record video data of up to 27GB on a single-sided 12 cm phase change disc. Translated in terms of high definition video—the most apt applications for Blu-ray—it means that Blu-ray can hold over 2 hours of digital high definition video. It can record more than 13 hours of standard TV broadcasting. However, the length can vary, it is possible that Blu-ray discs may be made available in three different sizes, such as 23.3GB, 25GB and 27GB.
High-speed transfer: Blu-ray discs will have a data transfer rate of 36Mbps. This means that Blu-ray disc can record digital high definition broadcasts or high definition images from a digital video camera while maintaining the original picture quality.
Recording format: Like the DVD, the Blu-ray disc uses phase change recording. This must be good news for those who plan to make the new format compatible with its wildly popular predecessor. This recording format will also makes a two-sided disc easily realizable because both writing and reading can be executed by a single pickup.
Multiplexing: Blu-ray disc utilizes global standards like MPEG-2 Transport Stream compression technology for video and audio multiplexing. This makes it possible for a Blu-ray Disc to record high definition broadcasting and other data simultaneously with video data if they are received together. Data captured on a video camera while recording images being broadcast on TV can also be edited simultaneously.
The Blu-ray Impact
Blu-ray is expected to challenge DVD's run as the fastest selling consumer-electronics item in history. If that happens, the impact would be too big for the major players to discount. For example, the number of films sold on DVD more than doubled last year to over 37 million. In addition, almost 2.4 million DVD players were bought in the past year. As Blu-ray is not compatible with DVD, its success could upset the applecart of many players. If the new format turns out to be much popular, the demand for DVD players could come down drastically. Not withstanding the challenge to DVD makers, the new format is seen as a big step in the quest for systems offering higher data storage. It is expected to open up new opportunities for broadcasting industry. Recording of high-definition television video—an application in which more than 10GB of storage space is filled up with just one hour of video—will get a major boost. Conversely, the format could take advantage of the spread of high-definition television. As Blu-ray Disc uses MPEG-2 Transport Stream compression technology, recording for digital broadcasting would become easier. Its adoption will grow in the broadband era as it offers a technology platform to manage stored content. But the real action will begin when the companies involved develop products that take full advantage of Blu-ray Disc's large capacity and high-speed data transfer rate. As that happens, Blu-ray will move beyond being a recording tool to a variety of applications. Adoption of Blu-ray Disc in PC data storage is already being considered.
Not Beaming As Yet
However, it will be many years before the Blue-ray finds such high-demand applications. Blu-ray compatible systems are likely to hit the market only in 2003. The nine companies involved have just begun work on the hardware. Licensing for technology to play the discs will start within the next few months. Cost will also play a crucial role in the development of commercial systems. A sample blue-laser diode currently costs around $1,000, making consumer products based on it unrealistic. However, the price of a blue-laser diode is expected to tumble once Nichia Corp–the major source for blue lasers—begins commercial production. The biggest question that is plaguing the industry is whether current DVD discs will be compatible with the new machines. Wary of alienating DVD fans, the companies are looking for ways to make the new products compatible with DVDs.
A Uniform Picture
Buoyed by the expected price fall, many electronics companies began to work on blue-laser-based development systems in the last few months and Blu-ray is a direct outcome of these efforts. The similarity of the work being done prompted the companies to look for a standard format that would wipe out the differences between those made by individual companies. The companies had learnt the need for a standard format the hard way a la DVDs.
The Jarring Image
However, it appears that not everyone has learnt from the DVD episode. As Blu-ray moves towards commercialization, it could ignite a new format battle. Among the Blu-ray group are six of the 10 companies that worked on developing the DVD format. Four of DVD's main backers—Mitsubishi, AOL Time Warner, Victor of Japan and Toshiba Corp-- are staying away from the Blu-ray consortium. Toshiba's absence is the most conspicuous. The company has publicly stated that it intends to propose its prototype blue-laser optical-disc format. Consequently, its absence raises the possibility that a format battle may be about to begin again. Lending credence to this theory is the fact that the nine companies, which are also on the steering committee of the DVD Forum, are conducting the Blu-ray work outside of the Forum. Much like the DVD story, the battle isn't going to end soon. But a compromise formula can be worked out. Already, there is evidence of concessions to get major players around a single format. The Blu-ray group's announcement that discs are expected to be available in three different sizes is one such example. Some companies want to keep the price of discs low by using cheaper materials that will be able to hold slightly less data.
Future Perfect
Despite the impending tug-of war, the industry is excited about the future prospects of this technological innovation. The industry is of the view that Blu-ray has the potential to replicate, if not better, the DVD success story. The expected upswing in high-definition television adoption and broadband implementation could act as the catalyst. Aware that the recession in economies across the globe could come in the way of high-definition television broadband penetration, major players are exploring the ways to make Blu-ray compatible with DVDs. Cost can dampen the sales in the first year. Owing to the patent and the technology involved, Blu-ray is likely to cost more than DVDs. But sooner than later, it will move towards commodity pricing. Once that happens, Blu-ray holds the promise to steal a march over its immediate predecessor.
Source www1.frost.com
Large Capacity Optical Disc Video Recording Format "Blu-ray Disc" Established
The Blu-ray Disc using blue-violet laser achieves over 2-hour digital high definition video recording on a 12cm diameter CD/DVD size phase change optical disc
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
Thomson Multimedia
Tokyo Japan, February 19, 2002: Nine leading companies today announced that they have jointly established the basic specifications for a next generation large capacity optical disc video recording format called "Blu-ray Disc". The Blu-ray Disc enables the recording, rewriting and play back of up to 27 gigabytes (GB) of data on a single sided single layer 12cm CD/DVD size disc using a 405nm blue-violet laser. The companies that established the basic specifications for the Blu-ray Disc are: Hitachi Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Pioneer Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Thomson Multimedia.
In addition to actively promoting the new format throughout the Industry, the nine companies listed above plan to begin licensing the new format as soon as specifications are completed. Licensing is expected to start around spring 2002.
By employing a short wavelength blue violet laser, the Blu-ray Disc successfully minimizes its beam spot size by making the numerical aperture (NA) on a field lens that converges the laser 0.85. In addition, by using a disc structure with a 0.1mm optical transmittance protection layer, the Blu-ray Disc diminishes aberration caused by disc tilt. This also allows for disc better readout and an increased recording density. The Blu-ray Disc's tracking pitch is reduced to 0.32um, almost half of that of a regular DVD, achieving up to 27 GB high-density recording on a single sided disc.
Because the Blu-ray Disc utilizes global standard "MPEG-2 Transport Stream" compression technology highly compatible with digital broadcasting for video recording, a wide range of content can be recorded. It is possible for the Blu-ray Disc to record digital high definition broadcasting while maintaining high quality and other data simultaneously with video data if they are received together. In addition, the adoption of a unique ID written on a Blu-ray Disc realizes high quality copyright protection functions.
The Blu-ray Disc is a technology platform that can store sound and video while maintaining high quality and also access the stored content in an easy-to-use way. This will be important in the coming broadband era as content distribution becomes increasingly diversified. The nine companies involved in the announcement will respectively develop products that take full advantage of Blu-ray Disc's large capacity and high-speed data transfer rate. They are also aiming to further enhance the appeal of the new format through developing a larger capacity, such as over 30GB on a single sided single layer disc and over 50GB on a single sided double layer disc. Adoption of the Blu-ray Disc in a variety of applications including PC data storage and high definition video software is being considered.
"Blu-ray Disc" Key Characteristics
1) Large recording capacity up to 27GB:
By adopting a 405nm blue-violet semiconductor laser, with a 0.85NA field lens and a 0.1mm optical transmittance protection disc layer structure, it can record up to 27GB video data on a single sided 12cm phase change disc. It can record over 2 hours of digital high definition video and more than 13 hours of standard TV broadcasting (VHS/standard definition picture quality, 3.8Mbps)
2) High-speed data transfer rate 36Mbps:
It is possible for the Blu-ray Disc to record digital high definition broadcasts or high definition images from a digital video camera while maintaining the original picture quality. In addition, by fully utilizing an optical disc's random accessing functions, it is possible to easily edit video data captured on a video camera or play back pre-recorded video on the disc while simultaneously recording images being broadcast on TV.
3) Easy to use disc cartridge:
An easy to use optical disc cartridge protects the optical disc's recording and playback phase from dust and fingerprints.
Main Specifications
Recording capacity: 23.3GB/25GB/27GB
Laser wavelength: 405nm (blue-violet laser)
Lens numerical aperture (NA): 0.85
Data transfer rate: 36Mbps
Disc diameter: 120mm
Disc thickness: 1.2mm (optical transmittance protection layer: 0.1mm)
Recording format: Phase change recording
Tracking format: Groove recording
Tracking pitch: 0.32um
Shortest pit length: 0.160/0.149/0.138um
Recording phase density: 16.8/18.0/19.5Gbit/inch2
Video recording format MPEG2 video
Audio recording format: AC3, MPEG1, Layer2, etc.
Video and audio multiplexing format: MPEG2 transport stream
Cartridge dimension: Approximately 129 x 131 x 7mm
Contacts for inquiries regarding Blu-ray Disc licensing, etc.:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Isamu Takai, General Manager of Storage Device Business Development Office
Tel: +81-6-6905-4195
Email: takai@dvd.mei.co.jp
Royal Philips Electronics
Chris Buma, Program Manager A/V, Philips Consumer Electronics
Tel: 31-40-273-6341
Email: Chris.Buma@philips.com
Sony Corporation
Fumihiko Moriya, General Manager of Licensing Department
Tel: +81-3-5448-2017
Email: info-Blu-ray_Disc@sony.co.jp
Source www.sony.co.jp
The "next generation" of DVDs, able to hold almost six times as much information as current standard discs, has been unveiled by major technology companies.
The new format, the Blu-ray Disc, will store more than 13 hours of film, compared with the current limit of 133 minutes,
It is expected to come into its own as more viewers become able to record TV shows on DVD machines.
The news comes as the UK market enjoyed a DVD sales boost of 149%.
It is a truly remarkable format
Shizuo Takashino
Sony
Nine electronics manufacturers have developed the discs, which they hope they will become the standard format, getting rid of the differences between those currently made by individual companies.
"It is a truly remarkable format, marking a new era," according to Shizuo Takashino, vice president of Sony, one of the firms that has worked on the format.
The new discs will be able to hold 27 gigabytes of information - compared with the current limit of 4.7 gigabytes for a standard disc.
However, a double-sided, double-layered DVD disc can store up to 15 gigabytes of information.
But a spokeswoman for one of the companies involved, Philips, told BBC News Online that it will be many years before the Blue-ray DVD players are available in the UK.
She added that the hardware is "still being developed" and was unable to answer questions about whether current DVD discs will be compatible with the new machines.
Laser
Manufacturers also said they were developing discs that could hold up to 50 gigabytes.
The new format is called a Blu-ray Disc because a blue laser is able to cram more data onto discs than the red rays currently used.
Masao Sugimoto, executive corporate engineering adviser to Pioneer, said the discs would be "of great significance" to the industry.
Licensing for technology to play the discs will start within the next few months.
'Struggle'
The companies had worked together to avoid the problems over standards that plagued DVDs when they were launched.
"You all know the struggle we had to come to one format in DVD. We wanted to avoid that right away," said Jan Oosterveld of Philips.
The arrival of DVD has greatly enhanced the viewing experience
BVA director general, Lavinia Carey
The companies that have worked on it are Sony, Matsushita, Philips, Samsung, LG, Thomson, Hitachi, Pioneer and Sharp.
More than 25 million DVD players have been sold since the format was launched in 1996, and the number of films sold on DVD in the UK more than doubled last year.
New figures show the popularity of DVDs helped increase the sales and rental market for films in Britain to almost £2bn last year.
Simplicity
Sales of DVDs in the UK jumped by 149%, while the 25 million DVDs rented last year represented a three-fold increase on the previous year, according to data from the British Video Association.
Lavinia Carey, director general of the BVA, said the simplicity of DVDs is key to its success.
She said: "The arrival of DVD has greatly enhanced the viewing experience and now some of the advantages of DVD are being introduced on cassette, such as bonus material out-takes."
Two million DVD machines were sold last year, worth a total of £284m
source http://news.bbc.co.uk
Large Capacity Optical Disc Video Recording Format "Blu-ray Disc" Established
The Blu-ray Disc using blue-violet laser achieves over 2-hour digital high definition video recording on a 12cm diameter CD/DVD size phase change optical disc
Tokyo Japan, February 19, 2002: Nine leading companies today announced that they have jointly established the basic specifications for a next generation large capacity optical disc video recording format called "Blu-ray Disc". The Blu-ray Disc enables the recording, rewriting and play back of up to 27 gigabytes (GB) of data on a single sided single layer 12cm CD/DVD size disc using a 405nm blue-violet laser. The companies that established the basic specifications for the Blu-ray Disc are: Hitachi Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Pioneer Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Thomson Multimedia.
In addition to actively promoting the new format throughout the Industry, the nine companies listed above plan to begin licensing the new format as soon as specifications are completed. Licensing is expected to start around spring 2002.
By employing a short wavelength blue violet laser, the Blu-ray Disc successfully minimizes its beam spot size by making the numerical aperture (NA) on a field lens that converges the laser 0.85. In addition, by using a disc structure with a 0.1mm optical transmittance protection layer, the Blu-ray Disc diminishes aberration caused by disc tilt. This also allows for disc better readout and an increased recording density. The Blu-ray Disc's tracking pitch is reduced to 0.32um, almost half of that of a regular DVD, achieving up to 27 GB high-density recording on a single sided disc.
Because the Blu-ray Disc utilizes global standard "MPEG-2 Transport Stream" compression technology highly compatible with digital broadcasting for video recording, a wide range of content can be recorded. It is possible for the Blu-ray Disc to record digital high definition broadcasting while maintaining high quality and other data simultaneously with video data if they are received together. In addition, the adoption of a unique ID written on a Blu-ray Disc realizes high quality copyright protection functions.
The Blu-ray Disc is a technology platform that can store sound and video while maintaining high quality and also access the stored content in an easy-to-use way. This will be important in the coming broadband era as content distribution becomes increasingly diversified. The nine companies involved in the announcement will respectively develop products that take full advantage of Blu-ray Disc's large capacity and high-speed data transfer rate. They are also aiming to further enhance the appeal of the new format through developing a larger capacity, such as over 30GB on a single sided single layer disc and over 50GB on a single sided double layer disc. Adoption of the Blu-ray Disc in a variety of applications including PC data storage and high definition video software is being considered.
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"Blu-ray Disc" Key Characteristics
1) Large recording capacity up to 27GB:
By adopting a 405nm blue-violet semiconductor laser, with a 0.85NA field lens and a 0.1mm optical transmittance protection disc layer structure, it can record up to 27GB video data on a single sided 12cm phase change disc. It can record over 2 hours of digital high definition video and more than 13 hours of standard TV broadcasting (VHS/standard definition picture quality, 3.8Mbps)
2) High-speed data transfer rate 36Mbps:
It is possible for the Blu-ray Disc to record digital high definition broadcasts or high definition images from a digital video camera while maintaining the original picture quality. In addition, by fully utilizing an optical disc's random accessing functions, it is possible to easily edit video data captured on a video camera or play back pre-recorded video on the disc while simultaneously recording images being broadcast on TV.
3) Easy to use disc cartridge:
An easy to use optical disc cartridge protects the optical disc's recording and playback phase from dust and fingerprints.
Main Specifications
Recording capacity: 23.3GB/25GB/27GB
Laser wavelength: 405nm (blue-violet laser)
Lens numerical aperture (NA): 0.85
Data transfer rate: 36Mbps
Disc diameter: 120mm
Disc thickness: 1.2mm (optical transmittance
protection layer: 0.1mm)
Recording format: Phase change recording
Tracking format: Groove recording
Tracking pitch: 0.32um
Shortest pit length: 0.160/0.149/0.138um
Recording phase density: 16.8/18.0/19.5Gbit/inch2
Video recording format: MPEG2 video
Audio recording format: AC3, MPEG1, Layer2, etc.
Video and audio multiplexing format: MPEG2 transport stream
Cartridge dimension: Approximately 129 x 131 x 7mm
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Contacts for inquiries regarding Blu-ray Disc licensing, etc.:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Isamu Takai, General Manager of Storage Device Business Development Office
Tel: +81-6-6905-4195
Email: takai@dvd.mei.co.jp
Royal Philips Electronics
Chris Buma, Program Manager A/V, Philips Consumer Electronics
Tel: 31-40-273-6341
Email: Chris.Buma@philips.com
Sony Corporation
Fumihiko Moriya, General Manager of Licensing Department
Tel: +81-3-5448-2017
Email: info-Blu-ray_Disc@sony.co.jp
Press Contacts:
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hirohiko Kudoh
Tel: +81-3-3506-1627
Email: hkudoh@dm.kaden.hitachi.co.jp
LG Electronics Inc.
Sung-Hwan Kim
Tel: +82-2-526-4739
Fax: +82-2-3461-2735
Email: kshwan@lge.com
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Akira Kadota
Tel: +81 3 3578 1237
Email: kadota@hqs.mei.co.jp
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America
Joe Tsuchiya
Tel: +1 201 271 3297
Email: tsuchiyaj@panasonic.com
Pioneer Corporation
Makoto Kuzuhara
Tel: +81-3-3495-9885
Email: makoto_kuzuhara@post.pioneer.co.jp
Royal Philips Electronics Japan
Kazuko Suzuki
Tel.: +81-3-3740-5221
Email: Kazuko.Suzuki@Philips.com
Royal Philips Electronics International
Jeannet Harpe
Tel +31-40-27-35677
Email: Jeannet.Harpe@Philips.com
Samsung Japan Corporation
Sung-Ha Im
Tel: +81-3-5641-9857
Email: lsh8124@samsung.co.jp
Sharp Corporation
Masami Nishimura
TEL: +81-6-6625-3006
Email: nishimura.masami@sharp.co.jp
Sony Corporation
Aki Shimazu
Tel: +81-3-5448-2200
Email: aki.shimazu@jp.sony.com
Thomson Multimedia
Toshihiko Gotoh
Tel: +81-3-3234-4646
Email: gotoht@tce.com
source www.matsushita.co.jp
PS ediggers - expect an up day... Time to buy back a BIG chunk... JMHO
But then as some know I put my money where my mouth is...
OT - Tahiti Dive Video Treat 4 my edig pals....
Trust all is well with everyone. From my trip to Tahiti - Underwater dive footage of course. Black tip sharks - mantas - sea turtles & more.
Requires Quicktime to view - not for the bandwidth & modem challenged. Fat file - 21 minutes 73MB but hinted properly for streaming.
( Will start to play near instantly and download as it plays)
I promised Fred no more edig viddys - Wendy R got a bit pissed off with the last one. ( Whew! Glad I sold at 12 bucks comment under her picture) Take care & as always Godspeed>>>>
Sweet Streams,
4Video
Video Link:
http://homepage.mac.com/fourvideo/iMovieTheater25.html
PS - For those who missed this news... New FLIX - Flash Video encoder
Flix Pro 3.1 includes improvements in quality, new image filters and other key enhancements
LOS ANGELES, CA – October 23, 2002. Wildform, creators of media software and resources, today announced the release of Flix Pro 3.1, an important upgrade of its industry leading Flix Flash video encoder.
A central feature of the upgrade is a significant improvement in the quality of all Flix output. This improvement primarily affects Flix's MX and FLV Flash 6 output (both 1-pass and 2-pass VBR), but it also improves Flix’s Flash 3-6 output that plays in any Flash Player version 3-6, and the vector video output.
Additionally, Wildform has added image filters to Flix Pro that further enhance the video quality. Flix Pro now features deinterlacing, noise reduction and controls for brightness, contrast, hue and saturation – all of which can be previewed in real time in Flix’s preview window.
Flix Pro 3.1 also includes modifications to its unique automatic players output so that it can apply a custom player to virtually any SWF file produced by Macromedia Flash and all third party Flash exporting software. Wildform Flix Pro is the only software available that can automatically add a player to a Flash file.
Flix Pro 3.1 includes several interface enhancements and a new, easier to use, help file as well. Wildform CEO, Jonathan Blank, commented, "We are very pleased to release this upgrade which includes highly requested features and improvements. This reflects our commitment to providing our customers with the very best in quality and features."
Flix Pro 3.1 is $ 149 and is available for Windows and Mac. The Flix Pro 3.1 upgrade is free for Flix Pro 3 license holders.
About Wildform: Wildform develops media software and resources including the Flix Flash video encoder, the SWFX animation tool and the Wildform Video Library. For more information about Flix or Wildform, go to: www.wildform.com.
OT - Tahiti Dive Video Treat 4 my edig pals....
Trust all is well with everyone. From my trip to Tahiti - Underwater dive footage of course. Black tip sharks - mantas - sea turtles & more.
Requires Quicktime to view - not for the bandwidth & modem challenged. Fat file - 21 minutes 73MB but hinted properly for streaming.
( Will start to play near instantly and download as it plays)
I promised Fred no more edig viddys - Wendy R got a bit pissed off with the last one. ( Whew! Glad I sold at 12 bucks comment under her picture) Take care & as always Godspeed>>>>
Sweet Streams,
4Video
Video Link:
http://homepage.mac.com/fourvideo/iMovieTheater25.html
Gernb1 - It's a low cost add on if nothing else. Take the cost of for example 100K if edigital sells 100,000 players/ units. For a buck extra per player edig is giving our customers something the RIAA continues to foot drag on. Music. FYI - the RIAA scam of hiring people in some back room to maliciously infect files with viruses on popular and even lesser known "Free" digital music download sites is going to be exposed in a big way soon.... I have first hand knowledge of actual evidence. Some are working on it and more. Possibly the FBI. Their only objective is to infect files - create horror stories - "I downloaded a song that ate my important files " so they can continue to rip off America at 17.00 to buy the CD. This will fuel the move to digital downloads at secure - reasonable fees -sites. The edig PR does say it will later convert to a subscription service... but first edig will have to build their captive audience. Trust all is well - Godspeed>>>
LGJ - I concur & was pleased with todays news, though I am still waiting for the handheld Video players - I suspect we are getting closer - QT6 / MPEG4 to be announced for public launch in Sept... won't be long after Just an educated guess.
YEAHAW!!! SUCCESS is mine! VIDEO IN FLASH!!!
How's this...???? 4 minutes of Video in 1MB??? YES I FRIGGIN DID IT!!!! YEAHAW - FU ALL YOU NAYSAYERS THAT SAID I WAS CRAZY!!! I HAVE FRIGGIN DONE IT!! - NO DOWNLOAD _ NO PLAYER REQUIRED!!!! You do not need Quicktime - You do not need Windows Monopoly Player - You do not need Real Player - You do Not need Divx - You do not need any frickin thing except Flash - which is like on 99% of all PC's and Macs.
Even them old crappy copper Bell Networks can deliver this. ON A 56K dial up with Net Zero!!! THIS WILL CHANGE ALL THE RULES - those rules were meant to be broken - AND I HAVE NOW BROKEN THAM ALL!!!
FUC= me hard!!! Man I am going to be so friggin rich!
NOT FLASH MX - BETTER!!!
yes - ediggers - I sent a copy of the test file to RP. He is going to freak!
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE VIDEO!!!!
IBM beefs up digital rights software
Fri Apr 5, 8:42 PM ET
Margaret Kane CNET News.com
IBM will announce new digital rights management (DRM) software on Monday that allows companies to protect everything from music files to videos.
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• Special report--Analysts skeptical of online console gaming IBM's Electronic Media Management software works to digitally protect text, image and video files, as well as Adobe PDF and Open-eBook files. The first version of the software, released last year, only handled music files.
The most obvious use for the software is to protect music and video files from illegal swapping over the Internet. But IBM says there are also broader corporate uses for the software, such as allowing doctors to send digital versions of X-rays to remote hospitals, or insurance companies to transmit claims records and customer information over a network.
"Protection of music is not the end of protection of content," said Paul Rettig, director of digital media development at IBM. "With (the first version) we had focused on one industry but this is a very general need and now we're addressing that general need with a general product."
IBM said there are four steps to using the new software: attaching the digital protection to the file, securely hosting the file, transmitting the file to the end user, and enabling the end user to securely access the data. IBM is releasing developer kits that will allow third parties to integrate the software with their own applications at the beginning and end of the process.
IBM said its new software will support a wide range of transmission devices, including CDs, game stations, set-top boxes and retail kiosks. The software supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Java, and is compatible with Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
The rise in popularity of digital media has prompted many technology firms to get into the DRM field. Microsoft is preparing an update to the version of its Windows Media DRM software that works with handheld and portable devices.
"This is all based on the premise, which we agree with, that over the course of next 12 to 18 months that managing and cataloging and deploying rich media will become an important concern (to enterprises)," said Lou Latham, research analyst at Gartner.
The software will be formally released April 30. Pricing has not been announced.
Man has raging scam become a joke - Nice to see this board is still sane. Must be a good job by the moderators here - My Applause!
This is the word on the B&O player edig pals....
Hi Kevin:
The Beoplayer launch date is still not definite yet. We'd heard the
beginning of May originally, but honestly my guess is sometime during the
summer. I'm keeping a spreadsheet for people inquiring about it. I will
e-mail you when any news of its' launch comes my way. You should know,
however, that often we are not told until immediately before something
happens. In any case I will do my best to contact you as soon as I hear
anything.
Yours truly,
Rolland Rahr
Product Specialist
After Sales Service & Support
Bang & Olufsen America, Inc.
Arlington Heights, IL
boa_support@bang-olufsen.dk
Still waiting on the Video. any news??? eom
A Gov. Copyright Solution?
I would encourage reading the entire article at
http://www.business2.com On front page can't miss it. here is an excerpt..........
......... It's clear that consumers want to download music and movies. But to legally distribute music and DVD-quality movies via the Internet, copyright holders need to relinquish their ironfisted hold over content distribution. Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford law professor and the author of The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World, is disappointed with TechNet's silence on this subject. "Copyright policy is a substantial impediment to broadband growth," he says. "TechNet has not addressed this issue, but it should push for a broad compulsory license for Internet content, for a limited time -- say, 15 years -- to get broadband moving."
This "compulsory license," Lessig explains, would be a government-sponsored license that would allow distribution of content without prior consent from the copyright holder for each piece of content. Instead, royalties would be paid, and those funds would be distributed to copyright owners. This has been done before: The government assigned a compulsory license to the cable television industry in 1976, allowing it to broadcast network television shows without negotiating rights for each individual episode of, say, Love American Style.
Cksla ~ On the subject of set top boxes - FYI
I repeat - IT's ALL ABOUT THE VIDEO! One of these days you ediggers will more fully understand this. Or should I say "Cult members" - bad joke...
The players out now are great - okay - but I want to see the Video player - the one that lets you download VH1's top 100 music videos of your choice - plus keep and playback all your MPEG4's - notice I did not say MP3 - that will be 8track soon enough.
Speaking of set top boxes, Looking at Jim Collier's corporate profile one thing does kind of grab you -
Jim Collier
President and Chief Operating Officer
Jim Collier was appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2001. Mr. Collier has over twenty years of progressive management experience in the areas of operations, manufacturing, and product management. In addition to various management positions at Analytical Sciences, Inc., and Litton Applied Technology, Mr. Collier’s past positions include Worldwide Operations Director at General Instruments Corporation - Satellite Data Network Group, Executive Vice President/COO at CTX International, and Vice President of Operations at Executone Information Systems. Mr. Collier holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Product Manager through the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Worldwide Operations Director at General Instrements - which in case you were not aware is one of, if not thee leading supplier of set top boxes to all the cable giants.
Kind of a Da-boss dot here...... but it is interesting to speculate that Jim Collier would certainally know who to talk to if e-digital had in fact a super new set top box OS >
DOS 2 MOS > people don't need PC's they need a new age video communication device - Internet Video - e -mail play games and buy something online from Amazon - hawk something on ebay.
In time my vision of the " Compuphoneavision" where your TV - computer - telephone - Internet - is all one device. Imagine an Internet Powered TV with 500000000000 stations. VOD - Music collections online etc... etc...
Thanks for doing my homework again Ckasla! Peace out!
It's my fault - was feeling a little "spikey" - 32% gain on the 25K lot. Hate me but like anyone I invest to make money -
Next year remeber edig goes up before CES and comes down during CES. Same last 3-4 years.
*~$7365.81 Dec-Jan.
OT 4Video codec update.+ Video post. Crazy Ones............
The MPEG4 4Video codec is in the process of recieving a patent. Macromedia freaked when they saw what I had done.( In a good way) Maybe I will sell it to them. For the record here Microsoft tried to steal it. What I have done is figured out a way to embed the video in flash - no player and no download is required as flash is already in 98% of all web browsers. You can also embed links in- yes IN - the video. The flash video "4video" codec is also an easy way to send video to wireless PDA's and possibly cell phones. Compaq and Palm PDA's work - I have yet to test it on a cell phone that is video capable.
I know some think I am crazy here - others know I have been developing this for past 2 years and today is a historic day indeed > Looks like the US government is going to give me a patent. I tried to post a sample of the codec - if certain people here want a sneak preview sample - send me an e-mail at 4video@tampabay.rr.com and be prepared to be impressed - it does actually work and the audio and video quality is pretty good. The file size is 1/10 of Quicktime Real or Windows Media Player also. The question here is would you accept a 10% loss of quality compared to Quicktime and 5% compared to Windows monopoly player - or Real Player
- to gain 98% compatibility and penetration and 1/10 the file size?
Some can call me crazy - I've been told this all my life, and for you people I offer this video.
http://homepage.mac.com/fourvideo/iMovieTheater.html
AHHHH~!!!! ~&%#* Excuse me~ eom
Excuse me - 4Video codec test...
file:///Macintosh%20HD/Desktop%20Folder/crazyones.html
News Alert - Confirmed - full press release just in....
How cool is this - do note the word "Video" besides audio.
If your lucky I'll post a video from CES -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E.DIGITAL AND ECLIPSE BY FUJITSU TEN INTEGRATE LATEST TECHNOLOGY INTO AUTOMOTIVE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS
e.Digital and Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten to Showcase First Product at CES
(SAN DIEGO, CA - January 7, 2002) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) and Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten announced today that the latest in automotive infotainment systems will be unveiled this week at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 8 - 11. The companies have collaborated for several months to develop and deliver state-of-the-art automotive OEM and aftermarket infotainment systems integrating the latest digital audio, voice recognition, data storage, video, and wireless Internet technologies for sale under the Eclipse brand name. The Eclipse MP-3 Changer will be on display in the main hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) at booth #4937 and LVCC, South 3-4, at booth #13338.
"e.Digital brings to the fore engineering talent specializing in developing and integrating unique advanced technologies," said Mark Kamino, Executive Vice President of Eclipse. "This collaboration highlights our ability to meet growing market demand for advanced, powerful automotive infotainment systems through partnering our Eclipse aftermarket and Fujitsu Ten OEM development teams with e.Digital, a state-of-the-art technology integrator and application developer."
Vannin Gale, Senior R&D/Marketing Manager, of Eclipse, added, "e.Digital is on the cutting edge of digital convergence and will be instrumental in providing complete system integration with interactive video, navigation, music, web e-mail, and infotainment capability for both OEM and aftermarket automotive products. This collaboration provides an immediate opportunity to deliver fully integrated digital data management solutions, as an option or upgrade to our already substantial installed customer base."
Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital, stated, "This unveiling of Eclipse MP-3 Changer highlights our many months of work with Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten and their customers. This collaboration gives e.Digital the opportunity to develop and deliver cutting-edge products and designs to the multibillion dollar automotive industry."
Jim Collier, Chief Operating Officer of e.Digital, said, "Under our formal collaboration, we are providing advanced integration of digital data management technology for Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten's advanced automotive infotainment platforms. This includes integration of onboard cellular phone, GPS, video, and audio into a single voice-controlled automotive system. Technology development will include navigation and control as well as wireless access and integration with home networks."
Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten automotive audio and infotainment products and technology received prestigious Audio Sound Grand Prix Awards in 2000 and 2001. Eclipse is the fastest growing brand in the car stereo world.
About Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten
For more information on the company and its products, please visit www.eclipse-web.com.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music players/recorders and portable digital voice recorders. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com.
# # #
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform of 1995: This document contains forward-looking statements relating to future performance, technology and product development that may affect future results and the future viability of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including future products and results, technological shifts, potential technical difficulties that could delay new products, competition, general economic factors, and conditions in the markets in which the company operates, pricing pressures, the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and services by OEM's and end-user customers, and other factors identified and discussed in the Company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on information and management's expectations as of the date hereof. Future results may differ materially from the Company's current expectations.
Editors Note: e.Digital and MicroOS are trademarks of e.Digital Corporation. All other company, product, and service names are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACTS:
e.Digital Corporation: Robert Putnam, (858) 679-1504, robert@edig.com
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Software makers expand iPod capabilities
By Ian Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
January 4, 2002, 5:00 p.m. PT
Although Apple Computer has deliberately not opened the iPod to outside software developers, several enterprising companies are nonetheless finding ways to augment the pocket-size MP3 player.
Such innovations will be on display at next week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, including a program that lets the iPod connect to a Windows-based PC and another program that allows contacts and other data to be stored on the iPod.
Apple may well release its own method of allowing the iPod to work with Windows-based PCs, but software maker Mediafour is hoping to beat it to the punch with Xplay, which is currently available for free in test form. The tiny West Des Moines, Iowa-based company hopes to have a final version ready in February.
Mediafour representatives plan to meet with the press at Macworld in an effort to get the word out that PC owners can go ahead and buy an iPod and know there will be a way to make the device speak Windows.
"It's real," a Mediafour representative said. "It's not vaporware."
Xplay requires iPod owners to have a PC that features a FireWire port and works with the Windows 98 Second Edition, 2000, Me or XP operating systems.
Apple left open the possibility of making the iPod compatible with Windows when it introduced the $399 music player in October, but has not yet announced any plans to do so. Of course, Apple CEO Steve Jobs could always make his own iPod news during his keynote speech Monday.
Meanwhile, ProVue Development, maker of a database program called Panorama, has come up with a way to make text-based information available on the iPod. The software works by storing the data as a tiny MP3 file. For example, it sorts contacts into categories that appear under the artist menu of the iPod. It then stores the name of a contact as an album and the phone number or e-mail address as the song title.
James Rea, president of the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based company, said he read about Mac owners adding text to their iPod on the enthusiast site Macintouch and realized he could use his database software to automate the task.
"It seems like we've hit a nerve," Rea said, adding that the company's Web site has been bombarded since it posted its plans for the Panorama iPod Organizer software late this week. ProVue plans to introduce the software later this month for $19.95.
The software does not require any tinkering with the iPod itself, Provue said, and text information will take up a trivial amount of the iPod's memory. According to the company, storing 1,000 contacts will use less than 0.1 percent of an iPod's hard drive.
ProVue was one of the first software developers for the Mac, introducing its OverVue database shortly after the introduction of the Mac in 1984.
iPod reviews & reactions - Plus an idea.....
Someone get on the horn to RP - edig could take this idea and put up a similar page on the MXP / Treo. Now this is of course Apples own website so needless to say they are not going to post the bad reviews - if there have been any. What is not to like - like heck - LOVE! The one advantage iPod has over the edig player is IEEE - Firewire. This is about 1000 X faster than the USB connector found on edigs players. For example - a CD 1 hour full - on the ipod less than 10 seconds with Fire wire which has a speed of about 425KB a second if my memory serves correct. That is the case with Video so audio only may be a bit faster - but that is close anyway. - USB about 10 -12 minutes.
Now then here was my idea - Swap the USB for the firewire - AW - those PC's are almost all USB. Never mind.
In my opinion - ipod is the only contender to the new edig players. Don't assume that ipod will only be for Macs - I have it on very good authority that ipod {Apple} will offer a PC converter that will allow anyone with a PC to plug in the ipod.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/reaction/
GernB#1 - Just the same ole same ole isn't it?/ more...
Seems we have had this discussion before. If you will recall when Napster was rockin - I was labeled the idiot for stating that Napster would get squished by the majors.
As an edig investor you know full well this is all about content. If anyone thinks that Columbia or Sony - is going to spend millions promoting and "bringing up an artist" making MTV music videos - that on average range from 500,000 - to 600,000. per video - stamping out CD's etc...
So you can go download the end product for free - I repeat - go smoke another one - After Napster came Kaaza - till it got found out - Kaaza in court - pull the plug. Now morpheous is the underground digital download pick. Prediction - give the labels till after the Holidays to send out the lawyers and defenders of their monopoly.
For others benefit who may trip upon my post here - the RIAA - SDMI - are all essentially the same 5 Big Dogs, and nobody is going to throw them off the porch. They have a very simple plan - keep selling CD's for as long as we can becuase Napster scared the bejezus out of them. How will they charge 17.00 to download the one good song on the entire album? To embrace digital distribution is to cannibalize their retail chain customer, and slash their pricing model to shreds. I have always stated the labels will only create a viable digital distribution model - WHEN THEIR FAT CAT ARSE IS READY - and I can assure you that won't be untill they are forced into it. Music choice - has few choices, and is more smoke than substance.
The truth here is they are kicking and screaming over this Internet thing. It has disrupted their cozy little club with a lock on 95% of all content. Especially Top 10 from the fabricated and promoted acts. As for 100% copyright protection - will never happen. Someone tell the Labels to just suck it up and get use to it - for now they can keep the Napsters and Kaazas in court and tie them up - but how will they combat 500 digital download sites? Answer - when the lawyer bill exceeds the cost of creating a viable digital distribution network . Then they will establish a reasonable download fee - forget .25 or .50 cents - 3-5 bucks is more realistic IMHO for a top 10 hit. Maybe you'll get the music video to go with it.
My feeling is if you can make it diffulcult enough that only 5% of the users can skate around the encryption scheme- and of those 5% many will just find it alot less hassle than hacking for example a fragile watermark to just pay the silly fee. Others - well some are just up to a challenge - it could be free and they will still crack it - just for yucks. Tech heads entertain themselves that way.
Busy here Gern B#1 - but also wanted to wish you a Happy Holiday. Thanks for good articles and posts this past year - You pretty much present just the facts - good - bad - or indifferent. As for the customary video treat - Suck this one down your pipe.... Peaceout & as always my edig pal > Godspeed!>>>>>>
http://homepage.mac.com/fourvideo/iMovieTheater4.html
Forbes - Digital Doubletake - on edig....
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/011206/1206tentech_1.html
Holding - keeping faith - heading home eom.