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Farewell HD DVD

Emmanuel Joly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:19:25 +0000

Toshiba announced yesterday that it will cease to develop and manufacture HD DVD players. This is the final nail in HD DVD’s coffin. As we suspected, Blu-ray will be crowned king of the next-gen HD disc formats.

Quick, rush to the store to buy a Blu-ray player!

AppleInsider has more details on the story.

Writers Strike Finally Over

Emmanuel Joly — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:43:42 +0000

In case you missed it last week. The Hollywood writers strike is finally over!

Here are a few quotes from the official WGA announcement:

“On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked on November 5th. The strike is over.”

“Writing can resume immediately. If you were employed when the strike began, you should plan to report to work on Wednesday.”

“…with the establishment of the WGA jurisdiction over new media and residual formulas based on distributorâ€™s gross revenue (among other gains) we are confident that the results are a significant achievement not only for ourselves but the entire creative community, now and in the future.”

You can read the full WGA announcement over at Deadline Hollywood Daily.

Free HVX200 Guide

Emmanuel Joly — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:22:04 +0000

The folks over at Abel Cine Tech have created a great little guide for the ever popular Panasonic AG-HVX200 camera.

“Learn about HD formats, P2 workflows, camera functions, applications and specifications”

Some of the topics covered include:

Different HD video formats
DVCPRO HD features
P2 card technology
Variable frame rates
Camera functions
Applications and workflows
Specifications

You can download it here.

Adobe Illustrator 1.0 Video

Emmanuel Joly — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:17:10 +0000

Here’s a blast from the past for all you Illustrator nuts! This is the original VHS video that shipped with version 1.0 of Adobe Illustrator back in 1987.

Crazy!

David Lynch vs the iPhone

Emmanuel Joly — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:37:27 +0000

This is kinda funny. Before you load up tons of movies on your shiny new iPhone check this out…

Leopard Tweaking Guide

Emmanuel Joly — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:35:10 +0000

If you purchased and installed Leopard over the holidays you’re gonna want to read this awesome tweaking guide from the guys at Appletell.

They walk you through some great tweaks for the dock, stacks, menu bar, icons, login window, quicklook and more…

Blu-ray vs HD DVD: The Battle Is Over

Emmanuel Joly — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:31:21 +0000

Looks like the format war is finally over.

Warner Bros. announced recently that it would drop support for HD DVD and only release on Blu-ray and regular DVD starting in May.

I’m glad I waited before purchasing a next-gen HD player. Blu-ray’s specs are much more suited to high quality video in my opinion.

Apple Insider has some more details on this big decision.

Great Halloween Costume

Emmanuel Joly — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:29:25 +0000

Halloween has come and gone. Candy has been eaten. Here’s a guy that had a very original idea for a YouTube Halloween costume. This is hilarious!

Heroes Season 2 May End Abruptly

Emmanuel Joly — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:08:59 +0000

This is not good news for fans of the hit television show Heroes. According to this source, the writer’s strike may force Heroes to air a season finale on December 3rd after only 11 episodes. Let’s hope the strike is going to be resolved before then!

Leopard Installation Guides

Emmanuel Joly — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:51:49 +0000

Are you upgrading to Leopard? The Unofficial Apple Weblog has some very useful articles on the topic to help guide you through the process.

First take a look at their Getting Ready for Leopard guide for tips on what to backup and how to make a smooth transition to your shiny new OS X.

When you’re ready read their Leopard How To: Clean Install guide.

I’m not making the upgrade right away. I’ve decided to wait a week or two before making the jump in order to read about other people’s experiences.