#CDROM Goes Prime Time TV
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-Ivan Woehr- =CD Rom Inc, – (303)526.7600=
Ok this is a bit of a 'tuffy'!!
Is toff
here anyone who has the ability to record these programs on video
preferably a PAL video although NTSC will be ok.
Once a collection is made then send to the CD Rom User Group in UK..
We of course will pay all costs in the process of the above.
If you can help please Email me and we will arrange the finer points..
I appreciate this is pushing it a bit but if cant be done via CIS then it cant
be done any other way than flying over and recording it myself….umm is this a
weekly show?
Cheers Paul
Paul, it is a weekly show. I will try to get the show recorded for you. Do you
want a tape each week? Or do you want a compiliation of 1 month etc…?
Let me know.
-Ivan Woehr- =CD Rom Inc, – (303)526.7600=
Ivan,
Maybe what you ought to do is have it converted to FMV and sell it on CDs. I'm
sure Shogo would be glad to help 😉 He had a big spread in the Huntsville
Times yesterday about his new venture putting movies on CD.
Kathy [GO ONEOFF]
Kathy:
Movies? CD? Tell us more!
Best – Rich
Rich,
I was half expecting Shogo to post something in the Industry News section.
He's got a new thing going with supercomputers, NASA, etc. to bring down the
time it takes to do MPEG compression to something reasonable, and start putting
video titles on CDs (probably CD-I to start with, since lots of the FMV
technology is already there). The local paper had a big feature about it in
yesterday's Business section. He's been working on getting the pieces together
for months now, and it looks viable. This is one reason I've been saying don't
count out CD-I yet…
Kathy
Kathy:
That sounds exciting! Please ask Shogo to send us something about it. I know
there are an awful lot of excess computing cycles in the supercomputer centers
around the country, and it would be great if the entertainment industry can use
them!
>> This is one reason I've been saying don't count out CD-I yet<<
I know, and Paramount has made some deal (or is this the same one?). CD-I's
FMV is still not for sale. And when it is, it still places the consumer in the
position of buying a $700 vcr (instead of just buying a $700 video game
machine). The big plus here is that once the movies are digitized, the
producers can put them on a dsc of any format they choose. This kind of
capability will not become the exclusive bailiwick of any one manufacturer,
like Philips **or** Sony. So all this effort is to the good!
I look forward to learning more – Rich
Rich,
No, it's not the same as Paramount. I'll ask Shogo to send you some details
next time I talk to him.
Actually, the CD-I connection is not a choice between a $700 VCR or $700 game
machine since CD-I can do both and more (and you know it, too, naughty boy!)
Besides, $700 is list, and who pays that?
You do bring up one good point, however, in saying <<once the movies are
digitized, the producers can put them on a disc of any format they choose.>>
You can put MPEG on any disc, but can you get it off again? That's where CD-I
comes in, with its hardware decompression module.
Kathy
Kathy:
Now, you don't think I would purposely load the deck in pursuit of the truth,
do you?<g>
>>That's where CD-I comes in, with its hardware decompression module.<<
MPEG is not the only solution, and Philips is not the only company who can
deliver it. And – (I don't understand why I have to keep saying this) –
Philips is well over a year late delivering it, has not yet made it available
to consumers, and when they do, current customers will have to shell out about
$200 for the capability. The approximate equivalent of a new vcr. For a total
cost of well over $700, even with retail discounts.
Further, in terms of production, the first step is digitization, the second is
MPEG-ization. The digitization is creating a new asset, the MPEG part is only
a rendering of it. If any production house decides to skip the one step and go
directly to the second, they are foolish.
The hardware companies still don't get it: content owners and publishers and
producers do not have to make all-or-nothing bets on technology. The digital
environment is the ultimate hedge. If I am hostile about Philips, one reason
is that they are one of the last bastions of this wrong-headed, patronizing
thinking about uni-directional commitments. They need to get publishers on
their platform by convincing them it is superior in some way (market-wise
and/or technology-wise), instead of threatening them with exclusivity clauses
and patently ridiculous claims.
And I'm quite sure Mr. Timmer (CEO of Philips) is listening in to all this <G>!
All the best – Rich
Rich,
Haven't we had this discussion at least 3 times before? <G> Forgive me, but
I'm not going to pursue it — I've already said more than I know anyway 😉
This lil' ol' linguist is going to stick to text, thank you very much.
Hypertext, of course…
Keep smilin'
Kathy
Ok this is a bit of a 'tuffy'!!
Is there anyone who has the ability to record these programs on video
preferably a PAL video although NTSC will be ok.
Once a collection is made then send to the CD Rom User Group in UK..
We of course will pay all costs in the process of the above.
If you can help please Email me and we will arrange the finer points..
I appreciate this is pushing it a bit but if cant be done via CIS then it cant
be done any other way than flying over and recording it myself….umm is this a
weekly show?
Cheers Paul