Comments on: Thoughts on Digital Convergence http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/ For MacGeeks by MacGeeks Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric C. http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-22082 Eric C. Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:59:37 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-22082 I agree Adam does get you thinking and I agree with many of your points. I think one of the biggest issues as the established blend in with amaetur is people being over whelmed with content. I think this happened with the internet giving rise to the current power of google. Yahoo the former heavy weight was had their mostly directory based system turned upside down by search. I think finding the next generation of entertainment content is going to be through the age old system of recommendations. I agree Adam does get you thinking and I agree with many of your points. I think one of the biggest issues as the established blend in with amaetur is people being over whelmed with content.

I think this happened with the internet giving rise to the current power of google. Yahoo the former heavy weight was had their mostly directory based system turned upside down by search.

I think finding the next generation of entertainment content is going to be through the age old system of recommendations.

]]> By: Reg Crandall http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-22060 Reg Crandall Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:53:36 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-22060 Digital Convergence? Companies are scrambling - and the crucial solution is two-fold: copyright protection and residual royalties to content creators. I found a new company - www.9thx.com - that offers these solutions. The 9thXchange marketplace is the newest way to bring together buyers and sellers of digital content. The service dramatically reduces content piracy by offering the seller lifetime royalties -- even on exchanges between consumers. Moreover, the service accommodates all technology platforms, file types and creators. I read about The 9thxchange in Crains Detroit recently. Reg Crandall Digital Convergence? Companies are scrambling - and the crucial solution is two-fold: copyright protection and residual royalties to content creators.

I found a new company - http://www.9thx.com - that offers these solutions.

The 9thXchange marketplace is the newest way to bring together buyers and sellers of digital content. The service dramatically reduces content piracy by offering the seller lifetime royalties — even on exchanges between consumers. Moreover, the service accommodates all technology platforms, file types and creators. I read about The 9thxchange in Crains Detroit recently.

Reg Crandall

]]> By: TK-421 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21913 TK-421 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:35:53 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21913 I think you're close Scott, but a bit ahead of yourself. I don't see iTunes movies threatening DVD's for a while yet simply due to the large gap in quality and missing interactivity of a DVD. Until download speeds and Wi-Fi catch up to HD, and instead of just downloading the movie you download a disc image with extra features, I think the DVD will prevail. Portability's great, but I think the masses still want quality. I think you’re close Scott, but a bit ahead of yourself. I don’t see iTunes movies threatening DVD’s for a while yet simply due to the large gap in quality and missing interactivity of a DVD. Until download speeds and Wi-Fi catch up to HD, and instead of just downloading the movie you download a disc image with extra features, I think the DVD will prevail.

Portability’s great, but I think the masses still want quality.

]]> By: Avner http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21905 Avner Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:39:07 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21905 I totally agree. Last week I cancelled my satellitle TV subscription. Between podcasts (thanks, Adam) and the iTunes Store, who needs (or has time for) broadcast TV? The new media is both interactive and time-shifted. I'm never going back! I totally agree.

Last week I cancelled my satellitle TV subscription. Between podcasts (thanks, Adam) and the iTunes Store, who needs (or has time for) broadcast TV? The new media is both interactive and time-shifted. I’m never going back!

]]> By: Jamie Davis http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21793 Jamie Davis Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:05:41 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2006/12/14/thoughts-on-digital-convergence/#comment-21793 I think this is right on the mark. When I listen to Adam on the MacCast, he points out one of the downfalls of the iTunes Store video DRM is the inability to burn that video to a DVD. I think this is a case not of a missing product feature (ability to burn content to DVD), but a recognition that DVD's are no longer necessary to present, preserve, and transport content. You can carry more movies on your iPod than you can carry on a DVD that is twice the size (in it's case). You can use Front Row, the upcoming iTV, or a docking station to view content on a television. You can carry your laptop and a projector to any location and screen content for an audience. Excellent article -- well done! I think this is right on the mark. When I listen to Adam on the MacCast, he points out one of the downfalls of the iTunes Store video DRM is the inability to burn that video to a DVD.

I think this is a case not of a missing product feature (ability to burn content to DVD), but a recognition that DVD’s are no longer necessary to present, preserve, and transport content.

You can carry more movies on your iPod than you can carry on a DVD that is twice the size (in it’s case). You can use Front Row, the upcoming iTV, or a docking station to view content on a television. You can carry your laptop and a projector to any location and screen content for an audience.

Excellent article — well done!

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