so what you're saying is that you are just another clueless Slashdotter writing off an Apple PC based on ZERO knowledge of the platform? Well done indeed!
"I suspect that early formats like DVC Pro might not survive for too long."
EARLY FORMATS? Early formats are D1, D2, D3 and DCT; DVCPro is a currently popular and ever expanding format, but one that's shown good quality and MUCH better reliability than BSP, not to mention the fact that it can be NLE'd in the field, xfered into your studio NLE at 4x speed and uses very compact cassette shells. It's main competitor is probably Sony's IMX, but I doubt Panasonic are gonna let IMX win now they've finally got a Pro format that people actually WANT.
DVCPro 50 really is a VERY good format, in particular.
"3/4". Razor sharp analog pictures, very little generational loss, good and fast tape speed."
You're either crazy or you're a liar. U-Matic is absolutely TERRIBLE - in most cases VHS is a LOT better, and VHS' sound quality is leagues ahead. And $10000 for a professional machine? WTF? A DVW-A500 costs around £28000 ($40000?) and is certainly the 'industry standard' if anything is.
As far as archiving this guy's VHS collection is concerned, the best option is certainly to buy a DVD recorder - as in a VCR style DVD recorder. It'll replace his tape based VCR and allow him to archive his tapes just fine at a minimal cost and in real time.
so I should go and request that the iTMS stock an artist whose music I'd much rather get on CD anyway?
Why? It's not my problem - Apple should care VERY MUCH that the MAIN reason (in my world) for an online music service like iTMS (ie finding and trying new artists or obscure artists who have piqued your interest) is so badly addressed by iTMS. If we want to listen to chart crap, we simpy turn on the radio, don't we? Personally, I'd be happier if Apple spent their time writing better software and designing better hardware rathet than fucking around with the RIAA.
"All of the serious graphics workstations that I've ever seen are either SGIs or ran some *NIX. Where I used to work, we had a different name for workstations running Windows. Electronic typewriters"
"stupid stereotypes of what non-Mac users think or do just shows you to be a fully paid up drone"
Hardly, it's not MY analysis that matters here, it's that of the marketers at Apple and the RIAA members who have determined - presumably through market research - that Linux users are a dead loss, Windows users are marginal and Mac users are MOST LIKELY to pay for their product. From my point of view the 'moral objection' to paying is a logical one, but then I managed to get replacement CDs from a few record companies after a fire by having receipts that proved I owned them, and insisting that the copyright deal cuts both ways. I'm a long time Mac user, but I don't have much time for the iTMS in it's current form - the DRM restrictions are completely unacceptable to me and I'm not convinced that compressed audio is worth uncompressed money.
"It's a good step in the US - here in the UK, we're paying £1500 (around $2100?) for the top-spec eMac. Taxes will account for 17.5% of that"
No it won't. 17.5% VAT is ADDED to the cost of the goods so the proportion that is tax is 14.89%. I really hope you don't calculate your own income tax...
esoteric music? forget it! they have NOTHING by Aphex Twin - which is about as close to commercial as an esoteric artist is gonna get. Still I just buy direct from warp or Replex as necessary...
I think it might be closer to: somebody has possibly finally figured out that making products and services AVAILABLE to people who are proven to actually have the means and the inclination to ACTUALLY PAY FOR STUFF that they find valuable. Windows users buy their machines on price first, features second (and steal half their software from work third...), Linux users have moral objections to paying for stuff that's already been sold a million times, whereas Apple users understand that time pretty much equals money and would rather pay to take the hassle out of life and get on with the rest of theirs.
for goodness' sake! Uncompressed video (525 SD) is 720x486x59.94 interlaced, 10bit, subsampled 4:2:2. Data rate is 270Mbps. It's not as if you have to look very far for this kind of material - what the fuck do you think is used in the production of TV programmes?
"Not a spec difference, but in practice, only MPEG4 uses 2-pass encoding."
WTF? Never seen a DVD-Video, then?
This whole test is bullshit because a) all their source material was compressed and b) they left out some of the best GENUINE, commercial codecs. Total waste of time.
Re:Indeed - but we can hope for a pendulum effect.
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the White Stripes? I did a (very) small amount of work on their latest video a few weeks ago, which cost - according to the guy from their record company - £140000 to make. Apparently they recorded the WHOLE ALBUM for about £15000.
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so what you're saying is that you are just another clueless Slashdotter writing off an Apple PC based on ZERO knowledge of the platform? Well done indeed!
"I suspect that early formats like DVC Pro might not survive for too long."
EARLY FORMATS? Early formats are D1, D2, D3 and DCT; DVCPro is a currently popular and ever expanding format, but one that's shown good quality and MUCH better reliability than BSP, not to mention the fact that it can be NLE'd in the field, xfered into your studio NLE at 4x speed and uses very compact cassette shells. It's main competitor is probably Sony's IMX, but I doubt Panasonic are gonna let IMX win now they've finally got a Pro format that people actually WANT.
DVCPro 50 really is a VERY good format, in particular.
"3/4". Razor sharp analog pictures, very little generational loss, good and fast tape speed."
You're either crazy or you're a liar. U-Matic is absolutely TERRIBLE - in most cases VHS is a LOT better, and VHS' sound quality is leagues ahead. And $10000 for a professional machine? WTF? A DVW-A500 costs around £28000 ($40000?) and is certainly the 'industry standard' if anything is.
As far as archiving this guy's VHS collection is concerned, the best option is certainly to buy a DVD recorder - as in a VCR style DVD recorder. It'll replace his tape based VCR and allow him to archive his tapes just fine at a minimal cost and in real time.
are you a computer AI program?
so I should go and request that the iTMS stock an artist whose music I'd much rather get on CD anyway?
Why? It's not my problem - Apple should care VERY MUCH that the MAIN reason (in my world) for an online music service like iTMS (ie finding and trying new artists or obscure artists who have piqued your interest) is so badly addressed by iTMS. If we want to listen to chart crap, we simpy turn on the radio, don't we? Personally, I'd be happier if Apple spent their time writing better software and designing better hardware rathet than fucking around with the RIAA.
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"All of the serious graphics workstations that I've ever seen are either SGIs or ran some *NIX. Where I used to work, we had a different name for workstations running Windows. Electronic typewriters"
God it's tiring
in that case, fuck off
"stupid stereotypes of what non-Mac users think or do just shows you to be a fully paid up drone"
Hardly, it's not MY analysis that matters here, it's that of the marketers at Apple and the RIAA members who have determined - presumably through market research - that Linux users are a dead loss, Windows users are marginal and Mac users are MOST LIKELY to pay for their product. From my point of view the 'moral objection' to paying is a logical one, but then I managed to get replacement CDs from a few record companies after a fire by having receipts that proved I owned them, and insisting that the copyright deal cuts both ways. I'm a long time Mac user, but I don't have much time for the iTMS in it's current form - the DRM restrictions are completely unacceptable to me and I'm not convinced that compressed audio is worth uncompressed money.
there was a debate?
is that the digital equivalent of a heckle?
Captain Enchilada shouldn't call himself an EDITOR then, should he? CODE JANITOR might be a better fit.
..Mr Taco? Did you even look at the linked picture? It IS an MS Duo!
"It's a good step in the US - here in the UK, we're paying £1500 (around $2100?) for the top-spec eMac. Taxes will account for 17.5% of that"
No it won't. 17.5% VAT is ADDED to the cost of the goods so the proportion that is tax is 14.89%. I really hope you don't calculate your own income tax...
esoteric music? forget it! they have NOTHING by Aphex Twin - which is about as close to commercial as an esoteric artist is gonna get. Still I just buy direct from warp or Replex as necessary...
I think it might be closer to: somebody has possibly finally figured out that making products and services AVAILABLE to people who are proven to actually have the means and the inclination to ACTUALLY PAY FOR STUFF that they find valuable. Windows users buy their machines on price first, features second (and steal half their software from work third...), Linux users have moral objections to paying for stuff that's already been sold a million times, whereas Apple users understand that time pretty much equals money and would rather pay to take the hassle out of life and get on with the rest of theirs.
I THINK you'll find that the more the RIAA tightens it's grip, the more potential music buyers will slip through its fingers.
Or something.
well, desktops ALWAYS kill notebooks, you should know THAT by now...
Did you just get blown out by ANOTHER shemale? If Slashdot is that important to you, maybe you should get some help.
Seriously, coz you're a real shithead.
"i have another karma capped account. when dealing with fucking assholes like you its best to go ac"
you CARE about your Slashdot karma? You really have no life, man.
for goodness' sake! Uncompressed video (525 SD) is 720x486x59.94 interlaced, 10bit, subsampled 4:2:2. Data rate is 270Mbps. It's not as if you have to look very far for this kind of material - what the fuck do you think is used in the production of TV programmes?
yeah, I mean they've done such a good job of supporting .AVI, haven't they?
my 450Mhz PowerMac G4 plays it under QT6 at about 85% CPU load.
"Not a spec difference, but in practice, only MPEG4 uses 2-pass encoding."
WTF? Never seen a DVD-Video, then?
This whole test is bullshit because a) all their source material was compressed and b) they left out some of the best GENUINE, commercial codecs. Total waste of time.
the White Stripes? I did a (very) small amount of work on their latest video a few weeks ago, which cost - according to the guy from their record company - £140000 to make. Apparently they recorded the WHOLE ALBUM for about £15000.