MORE DVD FORMAT WARS

Feb 17, 2004 | business, video

There continues to be chaos in the world of recordable DVDs. The blur of acronyms has not changed in the last year or two – DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-Ram and the rest. There is some movement to reduce the impact on consumers by making players that can play all the...

BROADCAST FLAGS AND THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION

Oct 22, 2003 | DRM, video

The FCC is preparing to move forward with regulations to support the embedding of a “broadcast flag” to encrypt digital television signals. This is a complex issue but it may directly affect your pocketbook and your life for years to come. Here’s a...

WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN

Aug 22, 2003 | video

Lord of the Rings fans: You have a long memory, right? Think back to last year – you bought the DVD of Fellowship of the Ring right away, and then found out that the extended edition – the one you really wanted – wasn’t released until three...

MOVIE TRAILERS ONLINE

Jul 9, 2003 | video

There’s a huge library of files to download at Download.com. I just found out that it includes movie trailers for 50 or 60 new and upcoming movies at this Movie Trailers – Download.com page. A good way to get psyched for Pirates of the Caribbean, which has...

AMAZING HONDA COMMERCIAL

Jul 8, 2003 | business, video

You’ve just gotta see the Honda commercial airing in the UK. Here’s a page where you can view the commercial in your browser – Flash required. It’s about 4Mb total, so it may be jerky or slow to appear on a dialup connection. Here’s an article about how the commercial...

THE MATRIX RELOADED

May 28, 2003 | video

You can read the conversation between Neo and the Architect here, in case you missed anything the first time. (For goodness’ sake, don’t read it if you haven’t seen the movie yet!)