kevinmcmurtrie

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• Is this an early April Fool's joke? $2000 is the same price as your choice of plasma TV plus a Mac Mini and an HDTV tuner with DVR software. The difference is that the Mini will run what you want it to. Given Apple's self-destructive obsession wi…

  in Apple positioned to introduce connected HDTV within 2-4 years Comment by kevinmcmurtrie March 2010
• I'd like to see a law passed that makes it illegal to "sell" media formats that need permission to operate. A sale of media implies that the media will work as long as the purchaser handles it correctly. That's not the case with permission-based D…

  in Apple to offer publishers FairPlay DRM for iPad books - report Comment by kevinmcmurtrie February 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by spliff monkey That said I would like to see a 5MP camera but an LED flash sounds like garbage. That's the reason for the color shift in the 2nd shot. LED's don't "burn" at the correct temp and do not provide the intens…

  in Source: Apple shopping for LED camera flash components Comment by kevinmcmurtrie January 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 Huh? AVCHD is NOT MPEG-2, it is MPEG-4 PART 10 (that is: it uses H.264/AVC compression) and practically everything you wrote is wrong. AVCHD uses interframe and intraframe compression and therefore it must be …

  in Apple iMovie 8.0.5 update debuts new iFrame video format Comment by kevinmcmurtrie October 2009
• The difference between MPEG4/QuickTime and AVCHD isn't in media multiplexing. It's how the table of contents is stored. AVCHD is in an MPEG2 streaming format comprised of blocks of media, with each block having its own short description. Camera…

  in Apple iMovie 8.0.5 update debuts new iFrame video format Comment by kevinmcmurtrie October 2009