November 29, 2004
Interesting Forum Discussion
Goodbye VCR, Hello DVD Recorder, Prices are below $200
Tips for storing and archiving large dvd collections
Posted by dvd software at 06:56 PM | Comments (0)
October 13, 2004
DVD Discussion
Setup a DVD forums with the following topics:
DVD Discussion
DVD Software
DVD Authoring
DVD Players
DVD Technology
DVDR
DivX
UK DVD
Adobe Premiere
Miscellaneous
Desktop Video
Video Discussion
Video Production
TiVo
VCR
Digital TV
HDTV
ReplayTV
Cable TV
Video on Windows XP
Digital Photo
Audio Technology
Professional
High-end
Home Cinema
Live Sound
Minidisc
Tubes
Car Audio
Posted by dvd software at 05:41 PM | Comments (0)
October 01, 2004
Why Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio haven’t caught on
Displacing the CD? Not so fast… There’s an old saying that says that says “standards are great, that’s why there are so many of them.” The truth is, everyone wants to control the standard du jour, and there’s been a (not so) quiet battle going on to displace the CD with new music formats. Back in ‘99 Sony and Philips (the same companies who came up with the original CD in the ‘82) came up with the the SACD format to move beyond the CD. Less than a year later, a number of manufacturers, under the DVD Forum, launched a competing DVD-Audio format. To date, neither has had a major market impact; in a recent Jupiter Research survey, only five percent of respondents had ever purchased a disc in either format.
There are a lot of reasons behind this, but it really boils down to three. To successfully introduce a new standard, three constituencies must be aligned: hardware manufacturers must rally behind the standard, media companies must adopt the standard, and consumers must be convinced of the format’s superiority via clear and visible differentiation. All of these ducks were in a row for both the CD and DVD. None of these have occurred for SACD or DVD-Audio in great enough numbers to either to achieve critical mass. Consumers are far more interested in the compatibility as well as the portability of their CD content (via MP3) than a small increase in quality that most people don’t appreciate. Given these barriers, neither SACD nor DVD-Audio will displace CDs, DVD-Video, or MP3 files over the next three years.
Posted by dvd software at 07:14 PM | Comments (0)