Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Adam Wilt | 01/07- 09:49 AM

RED Digital Cinema’s Jim Jannard has announced that RED will skip NAB 2009. A delay by a supplier means “too many non-working prototypes at NAB” (no snide comments, please), so RED will skip the big industry confab in favor of their own “RED DAY” event(s).

Both Avid and Apple skipped NAB 2008, and Apple is dropping trade shows altogether in favor of other, more Apple-controlled marketing channels, like Apple Events and customer contact through Apple Stores and the Apple website. RED has often been compared to Apple (mercurial, visionary CEO; “thinking differently”; rabid fanboy community), and this only amplifies the parallels. It’ll be interesting to see if RED returns to IBC or to future NABs, or if they’ll depend on RED owners and third parties like accessory vendors to spread the word henceforth.

So if you want to see the 18-85mm in the flesh (in the glass?) this NAB, or any of the other RED bits that might help you decide on a purchasing plan, better hope that Element Technica, Redrock Micro, Air Sea Land Gear (a.k.a. Toys4RED), and/or View Factor have enough kit in their booths to feed your hunger.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Chris Meyer | 12/26- 02:25 PM

We’ve all been there: A client asks for a job that requires complex editing and effects, and they say (as part of the negotiation over price): “Don’t you have software where you press a button and it does it automatically?”

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Adam Wilt | 12/23- 05:39 PM

Today’s NAB SmartBrief points out that the last major supplier of pre-recorded VHS tapes stopped shipping them to retailers in October. They reference a story in the L.A. Times (registration may be required), and The Register also notes the ending of an era.

Though 2006’s “A History of Violence” was the last major VHS release, tapes have been circulating through the supply chain ever since. Not bad for a format introduced ‘way back in 1976 (Japan) or 1977 (USA). But all things come to an end… anyone wanna buy a couple of perfectly good working AG-1960 decks?

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Adam Wilt | 12/21- 04:59 PM

Mike Curtis has made the case that indie features aren’t a viable business. Sad, perhaps (Nate Van Dusen said Mike was “serving up hot cups of depresso"), but that doesn’t mean that indie films as a whole are dead. Documentaries, for example, remain alive and well.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Richard Harrington | 11/22- 06:51 PM

I know some of you hate iPhone posts (sorry)....

But here’s something I just had to gush about.... The mophie Juice Pack iPhone battery is shipping. I had the original battery pack, but with the new form-factor for the 3G phones, I had to upgrade. Here’s the specs:
* Standby Time – Up to 350 hours
* Talk Time – 6 additional hours on 3G | 12 hours on 2G
* Internet Use – 6 additional hours on 3G | 7 hours on Wi-Fi
* Audio Playback – 28 additional hours
* Video Playback – 8 additional hours

This device is absolutely awesome and lets me get through a long day of business.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Richard Harrington | 11/19- 06:36 PM

Richard Harrington discusses the mDialog online video platform with Greg Philpott at the 2008 New Media Expo.

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