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A new class of easy-to-use authoring tools is transforming DVD creation from a complicated craft into automated task for home computers. The manufacturers say these consumer-oriented products are ideal for […]

Talk about a shakeout! Over the last couple of years, the DVD authoring world been on a virtual carnival ride. Prices have fallen like a giant roller coaster's first descent […]

The good old days of digital video seemed much simpler. It was just QuickTime or AVI files and the video compression was either Cinepak or Indeo, unless you were lucky […]

Streaming Appliances Do the Dirty Work Maybe it's hard to imagine anything involving networking or streaming video ever really being easy to do. Can anyone other than a seasoned professional […]

Who woulda thunk it? A year ago, it seemed that Al Gore carried the future of high-tech in the government on the shoulders of his ill-fated presidential campaign. Now, Gore's […]

Not surprisingly, given the nature of this column, I really like digital video. What might come as a surprise, however, is why. It's not that I'm a big fan of […]

Imagine a training video for electrical line workers showing the proper procedure for fixing a transformer. It's good information for field technicians in potentially dangerous situations. Now picture those workers […]

During the first week of January each year, two different trade shows--the Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld--open their doors to seemingly quite different crowds. However, this year the two shows […]

With the professional market for uncompromising authoring systems nearing saturation, today's generation of tools targets the broader potential of corporate DVD authoring and range in price from about a hundred [...]

If you can hook up a digital camcorder to the IN, you can stream video around the world. It's a nice idea, but as the novelty of fishbowlcams and bathroomcams […]

something strange happened at NAB 2000, the National Association of Broadcasters' annual assembly of all things video, that marks a dramatic shift in digital video. This notorious aggregation of quality […]

non-linear video editing manufacturers have been courting the elusive "corporate video" market for years. Lower entry prices and easier-to-use interfaces were the first strategies, but business solutions drive success more […]

DVD has promised to bring video to the corporate mainstream, but until recently most DVD authoring systems have been far too pricey to make any serious corporate inroads. With those […]

my wife and I just moved from the city to a house in a somewhat distant suburb of Boston. We have a young son and recently decided it was time […]

If you asked the average, reasonably techno-savvy guy on the corporate street about MPEG video, he'd probably say he knows it's something good, but doesn't know quite why or what […]

at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in April, Apple Computer announced that it was purchasing Astarte. And, while there's been no formal announcement, there's little chance that Apple will […]

At 10 a.m. when the doors were scheduled to open on the second day of the combined Streaming Media East and Internet World Conference and Exhibition, there was just one […]

When Pioneer introduced the DVR-A03 DVD burner early this year, it rekindled DVD industry hopes of DVD creation reaching a broad market of corporate and consumer videomakers. With DVD players […]

Just about everyone likes standards. They hold the tacit promise that newly purchased products won't become obsolete. They give manufacturers a stable playing field and a presumed critical mass of […]

the new breed of DVD authoring software [See "Amateur Hour," pp. 30-39--Ed.] can make our traditional ideas of DVD authoring seem almost quaint. Complexity and intricacy be damned! Authoring, in […]

I ate this past fall, Media 100 completed the sale of its streaming technologies--including the venerable Cleaner Pro compression software--to Discreet, and thus closed a chapter on the company's history. […]

working for a digital video product manufacturer in the early 1990s, I used to market a $4000 video editing solution with product pitches like, "Now everyone can afford to edit […]

dVD authoring products have made remarkable progress over just the last couple of years, broadening the potential market of new users. Lower prices--dramatically lower in most cases--have moved DVD creation […]

We get most of our news, entertainment, and cultural awareness from television and movies, just sitting and watching. Imagine capturing that comfort and confidence in a place where customers buy […]