Monthly Archives: May 2004

Novel use for CDs

Posted on May 20, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

The humble CD, originally meant to be just a simple carrier of digital audio on a spiral track, has been finding more and more uses. First as a carrier of data and programs for computers, then as a recordable device. … Continue reading →

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AnyDVD is a a very useful tool

Posted on May 19, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Elsewhere I have been pondering on how government rules produce interesting workarounds. I was using the software product AnyDVD from SlySoft Inc as my angle into this, and it occurs to me I ought to mention the product here as … Continue reading →

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Lileks on HDTV

Posted on May 4, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Last Friday’s Bleat by James Lileks records his observations on receiving high definition TV. Nice piece, as usual, but some technical corrections are in order. He says: Normal TV has something like 440 lines on the screen. (Or 380. Or … Continue reading →

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Independence Day gets re-released, remastered in Australia

Posted on May 3, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

In the middle of last year I pointed out a major deficiency in the mastering of the Australian PAL version of Independence Day. Namely, for the bulk of the movie, most of the video frames are constituted by fields from … Continue reading →

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Hollywood thinking, planning and financing

Posted on May 3, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Excellent analyses — a little old (by several months, that is, rather than years) — of the US movie industry, how to estimate whether a movie has made money, and how what is happening now will affect what we’ll see … Continue reading →

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