By Andrew Shapiro

In the past few weeks we’ve discussed DVD Video, Blue-Ray and CD or DVD-ROM. I realized recently how long it’s been since I have discussed, at length, the audio CD format with a client. I’m also willing to bet it’s been some time since you have actually considered the audio CD and what its advantages and disadvantages are, or at the very least, what else it can do besides play audio. Read the full story

By Andrew Shapiro

DVD, CD-Rom, Audio CD, even web-based delivery; we’ve never had so many options to deliver high quality audio – visual information to our clients and consumers. It can sometimes be a bewildering process to choose between formats. In other cases people begin the conceptualization of a project only to realize, halfway through, that the medium they had in mind does not compliment the requirements of the project at hand. Read the full story

By Andrew Shapiro

The high definition format wars have been over for more than a year now and those of us in the production and replication industries can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Or can we? At the end of the last holiday shopping season Sony reported somewhat disappointing sales numbers for their now Read the full story

SanDisk introduces music on a flash card for portable players Read the full story

As with DVD, enabling independent producers can help drive the growth of the BD market.

Technology providers for the entertainment industry often refer to market “tiers” – Tier 1 is typically Hollywood; Tier 2 is outside Hollywood. Tier 1 is smaller, but more influential. To be successful, you need to garner at least one Tier 1 customer, because then you can attract Tier 2 customers. If you’re lucky, then you make it to the broader market of Tier 3: the pro-sumers, amateurs and wannabees. Or so the theory goes. Read the full story

There’s a lot of money to be made in “free” music…

We know all about the Long Tail, but what about the Short Nose? The front end, whether it belongs to a car or a consumer, is the place where the first impact generally takes place, where the nature of the experience is determined. Western content companies have had mixed results with their encounters with the digital front end. Their obsession with monitoring and monetizing every pixel and audio sample has led to a misplacement of priorities that has hobbled the evolution of their business models into fully digital economics. Read the full story

USB Flash Drives are data transport systems. Its innovation has opened new door for extensive marketing. People have accepted and admired the wide usages of USB Flash Drive. The reason is simple. With a capacity ranging from 64 MB to 4 GB, the USB Flash Drive can store quite a lot of memory and can be used for a variety of purpose. Read the full story