JamieG Analysis

Philip Hodgetts and I are arguing over H.264 again…. Philip comments on H.264 for consumer cameras: > It’s nice to have high quality codec choices, but I don’t see AVCHD as > it is currently implemented in the cheap HD camcorders reaching the  > appeal of HDV.  Cheap and convenient seems to sell more than [...]

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Earlier today I was listening to “Digital Production Buzz“. This week’s audio podcast is defiantly a 5 star episode if you’re interested in the mind field that is the advantages and disadvantages of all the prosumer cameras and different codec’s and standards they use. Adam Wilt was a wealth of information, and you have to [...]

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Recently I was at the Australian Movie Convention in Queensland. One of the more interesting topic of the show was the industry push to 3D cinema. Two players in this technology where out to show of 3D. Let me tell you some interesting news.. RealD and Dolby, new to 3D, where there in force to [...]

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I was listening to “The Media Report”, a podcast covering the general topic of Media by the ABC (Australia). See here for the link to the story “A look at the Australian TV scene with Glen Dyer” I wanted to bring attention to this because I am trying to get my head around the very [...]

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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 [...]

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