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Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray line features something old (VCR) and something new (streaming video)

Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray line features something old VCR and something new streaming videoarkitecherdesignWelcome to GreatBuildings, the world of architecture online at the leading architecture reference site on the web. This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects with photographic...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Digital video, Corporate communications, Channel management, Consumer electronics, VCR, Panasonic, streaming video, Web, video

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Panasonic DIGA DMR-EZ48VK DVD Recorder/VCR Combo

Thanks to the rise of Blu-ray, DVD can no longer be considered cutting-edge technology. But with Blu-ray recorders still not a reality--not in North America, anyway--DVD still has the edge when it comes to archiving home video. And because many of those who compulsively record TV shows have a pack...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, TVs, VHS, DVD, DMR-EZ48VK, Panasonic, recorder

Product reviews 2009-02-18

Netflix launches device for watching movies on TV

Netflix launches device for watching movies on TVNice at $99. Wonder why no PC content accessFrom what I see, I like this alternative to Apple TV although I use iTunes. It would be nice if this box leveraged the PC resources for stored content.at least it's not from AkimboAkimbo...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Akimbo, TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDs

AnyDVD HD defeats AACS on HD-DVDsHmm, interesting choice...Either buy a new HDCP-compliant graphics card and monitor, or buy AnyDVD.Tricky...(Well, not really. Personally, I'll just wait for the HD-equivalent of libdvdcss to appear ;-) )I'll stick to regular DVD. Maybe I think I'm living in 1997,but I recall when DVD...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, DVD, AnyDVD HD, VHS, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2007-02-17

Toshiba wants unified DVD format

Toshiba wants unified DVD formatlower quality VHSVHS winning over Betamax was about more than technology. The first movies available for renting were VHS, due to JVC working with content licensing. This was an important factor.JVC also opened their technology to others, while Sony did *not*. (So you HAD to have...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Now IT, Sony Betamax, VHS, DVD, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-27

PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war

PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray warI Don't Trust SonyAfter the whole Sony Rootkit fiasco and their public response to it, I no longer trust Sony at all. I now avoid Sony as much as possible, so I am pulling for HD DVD over Blu-Ray.The war is already...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, PC, VHS, HD-DVD, porn industry, Sony Corp., Sony Betamax

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

DVR technology comes to video iPods

DVR technology comes to video iPodsright"It's like recording to a VHS tape and putting it onto a VHS player," he said. "There's nothing here that helps people if they want to take a TV show and distribute it."Just keep telling yourselves that...right up to the point where the MPAA and...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Apple video iPod, VHS, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2005-12-19

When two standards are better than one

When two standards are better than oneBravo! Ban ASCII and TXT! Great idea!I think you'd be better off just writing "I hate Microsoft" over and over, that's all I can see in your posts. It's pretty old by now, everyone reading your post is aware of your opinion here. But...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, XML, style info, standards, VHS, OpenDocument Format, IPR, Sony Betamax, Microsoft Word, Word Format, MS-XML

Discussion threads 2005-12-16

Last waltz for Grokster

Last waltz for GroksterRIAA: "This time, pirating is finished for sure!"Um, right?acqusition of appropriated value...I wonder if the RIAA is getting a 'steal' off Grokster's network assets. prob.. it would make sence if the RIAA tells the owners of Grokster that they will either be sued out of existance...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Grokster Ltd., Internet, film company, VHS

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

VHS lives on--just barely

VHS lives on--just barelyWhy do this?All you need is timer. They are cheap as dirt in any hardware store. In fact dirt in the garden section actually cost more. Why bother with a bulky VHS box to use it's time. Seems kind of silly to me. I'd rather use my...

Tags: DVR, Consumer electronics, Digital video, VHS, DVD, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2005-10-28

Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen format

Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen formatSingle Format of Paramount ImportanceTwo different formats will not make it to the market. We have seen it happen over and over. VHS beat out the superior BetaMax format, does anyone but me remember El-Cassettes...It will take years for the Next...

Tags: Consumer electronics, VHS, Sony Betamax, DVD Maker, Panasonic, DVD

Discussion threads 2005-05-04

$32 bln was spent on VHS in 1996, $15 bln in 2003

Global annual consumer spending on VHS software peaked at almost $32 bln in 1996, subsequently starting a steady descent that saw the format generating under $15 bln in 2003, and heading towards an expected merely nominal turnover by 2008, according to Screen Digest. Meanwhile, DVD has not only stabilised the...

Tags: VHS

Blog posts 2005-04-24

$32 bln was spent on VHS in 1996, $15 bln in 2003

Global annual consumer spending on VHS software peaked at almost $32 bln in 1996, subsequently starting a steady descent that saw the format generating under $15 bln in 2003, and heading towards an expected merely nominal turnover by 2008, according to Screen Digest. Meanwhile, DVD has not only stabilised the...

Tags: VHS

Blog posts 2005-04-24

VHS profit margins are 20-30%, DVD margins are 50-60%

Ken Fisher from ArsTechnica points out to the profit margins of VHS and DVD products in the movie business. A slide from Metro-Goldwyn-Myers presentation shows that with suggested retail price of VHS tape at $10 the profit margins for the movie company are at 20-30%, while a DVD priced at...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, VHS, movie

Blog posts 2005-04-03

VHS profit margins are 20-30%, DVD margins are 50-60%

Ken Fisher from ArsTechnica points out to the profit margins of VHS and DVD products in the movie business. A slide from Metro-Goldwyn-Myers presentation shows that with suggested retail price of VHS tape at $10 the profit margins for the movie company are at 20-30%, while a DVD priced at...

Tags: DVD, VHS

Blog posts 2005-04-03

450 mln DVD players by 2008

In a story on VHS departure from some leading retail chains CNet compares DVD sales statistics to those of VHS. Sales of DVD players outstrip those of VHS players by a factor of 40 to one globally. Blockbuster reports that over 80 percent of its rentals are DVDs. Internationally the...

Tags: VHS, DVD

Blog posts 2004-11-22

Additional Resources

Clearwire: 'Google believes in us'

Google investmentsI wonder if Google will now start investing in Verizon's LTE buildout. The two companies have become quite chummy lately.Has google made any further investments in Clearwire? New marketsA friend of mine is setting up sales territory in the Raleigh and Philly markets for Clearwire. He's totally...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Google Inc., Clearwire Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Sonarca Sound Recorder XiFi 3.0.8 (Windows)

Sonarca Sound Recorder XiFi records various sound inputs to dozens of audio formats and hundreds of codecs/subformats. It supports WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, MP2, VQF, AIFF, AIFC, AIF, 3GP, AAC, M4A, M4B, MP4, MPC, MP+, MPP, WV, AU, SND, RAW, GSM, VOX, PCM, ADPCM, G721, G723, FAP, PAF,...

Tags: Recorder, Format, Microsoft Windows, Accmeware, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Sonarca Sound Recorder Free 3.0.8 (Windows)

It is a free sound recorder. Supports multiple sound input, audio/video files playback, CD player, line in, microphone, Internet radio, even the obsolete tape/VHS cassette or anything else. Record various sound input to WAV and MP3. CD quality sound recording. It uses latest Lame MP3 encoder which is generally believed...

Tags: Recorder, Microsoft Windows, Audio Card, Accmeware

Software downloads 2009-11-08

How to find a quality film scanner

ConfusedV500: 6400dpiV700: scan speed(?) from 300 to 600dpi8800F: maximum resolution of 4800?9600Am I ignorant or is this full of errors and inconsistencies in data/spec presentations?More quality film scannersCertainly there are many more than just those three. Microtek, for instance, currently offers five models, all of which support transparencies up...

Tags: Scanners, scanner, quality film scanner

Discussion threads 2009-10-28