I saved $600 by reading the reviews
On 2012/05/09
This morning I was met with an unhappy surprise. My home theater wasn’t working when I went to listen to the Radio Mozart stream.
I use Apple’s AirPlay to pass an Internet audio stream from iTunes to an Apple TV, which is connected to the home theater. The Onkyo audio/video [...]
You say you want a revolution
On 2012/04/01
The title of this piece echoes the opening line of the 1968 Lennon/McCartney song Revolution. The song was originally released as the B-Side of the Beatle’s 45 rpm single Hey Jude. 45 rpm records were introduced in 1949 by RCA Victor as a market response to Columbia Record’s 33⅓ rpm long-playing records, which went on [...]
Before Oscar and After Film – You’re invited
On 2012/03/18
Tuesday evening, March 27 at 7:30 pm I will present a one hour, two part program:
Before Oscar: a moving history of motion picture technology from its inception in the 1870s to 1907. After Film: a brief demonstration of how to compose and edit a digital video using Apple’s Final Cut Pro X.
You [...]
Academy Awards
On 2012/02/23
Those who tell stories rule society.
Plato
My wife and I don’t go to the movies much, except lately. We went to three movies in three nights last weekend. This was preparation for Sunday’s Academy Awards party we are going to. We saw Martin Scorcese’s best picture [...]
Streaming local video to your Roku
On 2011/05/26
Roku boxes are great. They let you watch Internet video, pictures, and listen to Internet audio programs. Roku recently enabled playing content from a locally connected USB device. Roku boxes are easy to install, easy to use and are inexpensive.
One thing missing was the ability to play videos [...]
TED – Smart people talking to smart people
On 2010/12/31
Television was a great wasteland, filled with mindless shows like Leave It To Beaver or Petticoat Junction. I read books if I wanted to find stimulating ideas and thoughtful discussion when I was growing up. Video content has changed in the intervening decades.
There are [...]
Connecting your HDTV to the Internet
On 2010/02/12
Today it is not enough to have standard TV sources like over-the-air (OTA), cable or satellite, to watch video. We need Internet connections as well. That way we can watch video on demand (VOD) from sources such as Amazon VOD, the Apple iTunes store or Netflix. There are many ways to do this. Some [...]
The printed word is fading from view. Get over it!
On 2010/01/22
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It is ironic that I am writing about the decline and fall of the written word. The written word had a great run, starting perhaps as many as 6,000 years ago with Sumerian cuneiform. Writing has to compete today with more compelling and natural forms [...]
Prague: Canon 1DMKIV
On 2009/12/23
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