It’s interesting to see how product manufacturers envision their customers. The traditional high-end home entertainment center has a central preamp or switching center into which plugs every component that the customer buys, including set-top box, Blu Ray player, game player, and so on. When the
Archives for October 2010
Watermarks and Audio
The value of forensic marks, often simply referred to as watermarks, is that they can identify where the content last was. If a pirated copy is captured, its marks will show where the content was last viewed. So to be useful, the marks must survive brutal
Where Are The Closed Captions?
It takes considerable effort to distribute accessible content in time for opening night. Distribution executives have to goad their production counterparts to not make that last minute edit. Time is needed to create and assemble HI and VI-N sound tracks, as well as create and
Other News
ISDCF canceled its November 18 Plugfest and will instead hold a “virtual” plugfest. Date conflicts and difficulty in booking a screening room have caused this change. The virtual plugfest is taking place on the iPath reflector, limited to bona fide techies across the industry. John Woodward left