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August 11, 2005 | A PRIMEDIA Property |

Fifth in a series of e-newsletters focusing on DVD production. First, second, third, fourth.

Table Of Contents

Go for the Good Stuff

Memory-Tech and Ulead Form Strategic Alliance for HD DVD Authoring Tool Development

DVD Format Groups Cross Swords Over Anti-Piracy Tools

Group Launches New DVD Security Features

Time to Get Critical

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Go for the Good Stuff
Barry Braverman
It irritates my substrate to no end: the illogical producers out there who spend thousands of dollars on camcorders, VCRs and their kid's bar mitzvah but insist on buying the cheapest twenty-nine cent media they can find.

It's not that these folks intend to undermine their careers, families and self-respect. Not at all. The problem as I see it is ignorance and the inherent price-sensitive nature of the mass market. We see this penny-pinching obsession in other areas of commerce like fast food and electric can openers so why not in DVD media? Click here for more.

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Authoring News

Memory-Tech and Ulead Form Strategic Alliance for HD DVD Authoring Tool Development
Taipei Taiwan, Tokyo Japan - Ulead Systems, Inc., a 15-year industry leader in video, image and DVD software, announced today that Memory-Tech, Japan's largest independent disc replicator, has licensed Ulead HD DVD technology for the development of Memory-Tech's advanced HD DVD authoring tools for high definition video. more >>

Industry News

DVD Format Groups Cross Swords Over Anti-Piracy Tools
Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Goodman told TechNewsWorld that although the groups behind the different DVD formats want to avoid the market confusion and consternation that came with dueling beta and VHS video cassette formats, both sides also seem willing to take their chances on competing formats... more >>

Group Launches New DVD Security Features
One of the two groups vying to produce the next generation of DVDs rolled out new security features Tuesday to entice entertainment and electronics companies to adopt its technology.

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a partnership of electronics manufacturers and Hollywood studios including Hewlett-Packard Co. and 20th Century Fox, said it plans to fight piracy by embedding an identification mark on movies, music and video games that... more >>

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Time to Get Critical
Robert Simpson
The advances in display technology over the past 10 years or so have been incredible and have opened up a whole range of new applications, especially in allowing large electronic images to be integrated into different environments.

Now, however, we can stop being amazed that such displays are available, and can start being critical of their performance. Here I briefly discuss three topics: contrast, image sizing, and cost of ownership. more >>

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