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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-02-2009 04:06 PM

quote: Stephen Furley
Then there was the ADC which Apple brought out rather than use standard DVI, it was DVI plus USB plus power on a non-standard connector, and then promptly dropped again.

Does Apple sell ADC to DVI adapters for users with older Apple monitors using ADC connectors? It would suck to buy a new Mac Pro tower and not be able to attach an old but very expensive 23" Studio Cinema display for the lack of a proper connector.

quote: Scott Norwood
Does anyone actually use Blu-Ray in any sort of professional context? If so, what is the application?

It depends on the context of "professional" use. People in broadcast are going to use professional HD tape and disc systems. Movie theaters are going to use D-cinema systems. A lot of companies that need industrial videos and such aren't going to install some extremely expensive broadcast setup. If they want to show something in high definition the option of playing the video on optical disc will be both very convenient and very affordable.

A wide range of BD disc authoring software and systems is already available for consumer and professional purposes. Adobe has their suite. Sony has its Vegas software oriented to consumers while Blu-print and Blu-code are used for professional level BD authoring on feature films. Sonic Scenarist is very popular with companies who author Hollywood movies on Blu-ray. Avid's Pinnacle company has BD authoring software as cheap as $99 while you can spend a good bit more for the better quality Avid-branded stuff.

I'm kind of surprised Autodesk hasn't introduced a video authoring application of its own. Instead the company seems bent on monopolizing the 3D animation and modeling software industry. They already own Studio3D Max and Maya. Now they're selling Softimage too. They have a lot of high end applications and systems (Flame, Flint, Inferno, etc.), but no "prosumer" oriented video authoring suite.

Prices of consumer level HD video cameras have fallen. Some HDV cameras can be had for under $500. The prices of computer Blu-ray burners have dropped to more affordable levels; there's more than a few at or under the $200 level at New Egg.

quote: Scott Norwood
As far as I can tell, it's turning into a niche home format only (sort of like what laserdisc used to be), not a actual broadcast or exhibition format.

Despite all the negative press continually being published by certain media outlets Blu-ray is being adopted at a faster pace than DVD. It took DVD a good 5-6 years to overtake VHS and stop being regarded as a high end niche format. It's going to take Blu-ray a similar number of years to overtake DVD.

Unlike Laserdisc, Blu-ray players are compatible with more than one video format; all Blu-ray players can play and upconvert DVDs. That combined with prices easing lower on BD players and catalog BD movie titles will allow Blu-ray to slowly push DVD aside and eventually become the top consumer home video format.

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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002

posted 05-02-2009 04:17 PM

quote: Bobby Henderson
Does Apple sell ADC to DVI adapters for users with older Apple monitors using ADC connectors? It would suck to buy a new Mac Pro tower and not be able to attach an old but very expensive 23" Studio Cinema display for the lack of a proper connector.

They did, I'm not sure if they still do, it was still listed quite recently. It was expensive, as it had to contain the power supply for the monitor. There was also at least one similar one made by an independent company. Going the other way, connecting DVI or VGA monitors to a ADC port just involved a simple adaptor cable. Apple didn't make them for some reason, but sold the ones made by Dr. Bott. I've got all of these, plus many other adaptors.

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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 05-04-2009 02:51 AM

quote: Stephen Furley
Did you get it working ok John?

Hi Stephen

Sorry I'm only just back on here but I had the weekend off.

Apparently they couldn't get it to work. One of my guys took it and burnt a DVD out of it and they played that.

When I speak to him tomorrow I'll try and fill you in more.

Thanks to all who gave advice.

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