DVD Backup & Video Encoding Blog

Sony caught violating GPL
The Inquirer - Blue Ray? Somebody needs to check the Blue Ray copy protection code for Open Source snippets. They might just have invalidated the copyright on every disk they ship.

Holiday Tech Guide: Digital TV
Washington Post - Blue Ray vs. HD-DVD: I know when can buy an upconverting DVD player, but when is this war going to end and who is going to win? Phillip Swann: I think you will see a single format in 2008 due to pressure from the studios. Not ready to say which one

Can’t have more than 24 chapters on TMPGEnc DVD Authoring?
do you edit mark in and out for clips? Did you ever notice some clips not showing the menu?

2007- Year in Photographic Review
Softpedia - With a 7.2 megapixel 1/2.5-inch CCD-shifting imaging sensor and its slim case, together with the H.264 video encoding method for video clips, the V7 looks like an excellent camera for amateurs. However, you should check out some reviews before

Vigor Unveils Penryn Gaming desktop PC
GameSHOUT - Vigor gaming has announced a new desktop gaming PC based on Intel’s Penryn Core 2 Extreme Quad 9650 processor. Do you constantly dream of that ultimate gaming PC? Well it seems that many are constantly upgrading their gaming PCs to get that extra

Will the Middle Kingdom sinicise its latest barbarian invader?
CNET Asia - Gary’s partner Marc Vander Chijs just blogged that they are rolling out a new H.264 video encoding format , which means that you can expect higher quality vids coming from Tudou. I’m hoping that this means that we’ll finally see streaming in full

George Ou
ZDNet Blogs - SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation) launched its first standardized energy efficiency benchmark SPECpower_ssj2008 this week which tackles something that the computer industry has struggled to define in recent years. With datacenter

Qualcomm hit with patent infringement injunction
VNUnet - The order imposes an immediate injunction on WCDMA products for the US market that were found to infringe the ‘686 video encoding patent,” Qualcomm stated. “Qualcomm today announced the availability of new chips that have already been sampled to

‘High School Musical 2′ takes its blockbuster status seriously
Newsday - The film’s DVD releases (the original and a two-disc “remix”) and CDs (soundtrack and sing-along) reportedly have sold at least 7 million each. Officially licensed products include karaoke discs, video games, novelizations, T-shirts, backpacks, lunch

With stats that pop, scout goes for salesmanship badge
Philadelphia Inquirer - don’t just read from a sheet.” Nearly 300 Boy Scout councils nationwide participate in the campaign. Seventy percent of the money raised goes back to local scout councils, to aid with various projects. Top-selling scouts earn prizes (from bikes to DVD