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Entries from June 2007

Real DJs use CD and NOT vinyl

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Over the week end I finished a new promo for my DJ side. Find it here.
As such I thought I would write something in regeards to the most important issues currently effecting the world of the DJ.
Vinyl or CD.
There was an old saying “Real DJ’s use vinyl”. And to a degree, this was [...]

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Tags: DJ

The video revolution is just about here

June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am quite amazed that video on the web is in the state it is in. Let me explain…
Consider youtube/flash, Itunes, IPTV (Microsoft). More recently Joost and other trivial players.
Then consider how video has been the driving force behind the net over the last number of years.
Considering the traditional Video market is made up of [...]

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Tags: Apple · IPTV · Microsoft · codecs

Blu-ray Disc (BD) will inevitability be the winner

June 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Recently Blockbuster in the US announced that they where going to support Blu-ray Disc.
This could be the tipping stone for the High Definition war.
About 3 months into the war, I was convinced that DB would win.
I thought I would go over the reasons for this here.
Firstly, the main PLUS for HD-DVD is that the duplication [...]

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Tags: Post Production · digital signage

TV is dead, Long Live IPTV

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Continuing on with my IPTV discussion.
I want to now look at a few headlines we have seen over the last few Years.
The main one of interest is “TV is DEAD”.
All I can see in such a headline is media sensationalism. However, it does show deep anticipation in consumers and traditional media companies.
But [...]

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Tags: IPTV

IPTV, whats all this talk about streaming..

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Today I would like to look into the fallacy of IPTV = Streaming video.
It is quite a bewildering site to see all the larger media companies pushing huge amounts of money into, what they see, as the next media revolution. Streaming IPTV.
These companies have the voice of the media, well they are the media, and [...]

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Tags: IPTV