JamieG Analysis

Yet again, the debate about which is better, film or digital, has broken out on a forum site for film owners.  Following is my input into the debate.  I wanted to post it to my blog as I feel my DJ analogy was insightful (to may anyway) so want to share it to a wide [...]

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Sony broadcast, a flagship of the Sony brand, is in its sunset years. As tape work-flows are replaced by tape-less and the professional video arm of any organisation becomes more like an IT division.  What is Sony to do with billions of dollars of investment in servicing an infrastructure aimed at tape-less?
Well in this case, [...]

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This was my first Showest. I enjoyed it, but at the same time came away with a vibe of disappointment.  Not because it did not hold the technical delights I really enjoy being involved in, but for the withdrawn enthusiasm due to the economic crisis.  The problem is that Cinema is having one of the [...]

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Red Digital Cinema recently dropped all specs on its Scarlet and Epic product range as Nikon and Canon bring out cameras of equivalent performance (Ie Canon 5D MkII).  A month later they announce a totally re-vamped vision with what one would consider to be “the dream vision” of film making equipment.  The question here is.  [...]

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Recently I wrote about “The tend towards an open STB continues.”
This trend has just been turned into a reality with Sony announcing that by Christmas, 90% or all TV on sale will be Internet ready,  and to quote the Sony release..
Sony will embrace open standards “to improve interoperability among all of our customers’ devices.”
See this [...]

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