Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an
install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
edit, make a DVD.
I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am
finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
commonality there is between them.
The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.
Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?
Thanks.
It sounds like your computer is going into sleep mode. You may have to
check the BIOS settings on your computer. It could be that the hard
drives are powering down into standby mode and are failing to wake up
Doc<docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote:
Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an
install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
edit, make a DVD.
I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am
finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
commonality there is between them.
The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.
Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?
Thanks.
Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an >>install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
edit, make a DVD.
I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am >>finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
commonality there is between them.
The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.
Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?
Thanks.
It sounds like your computer is going into sleep mode. You may have to
check the BIOS settings on your computer. It could be that the hard
drives are powering down into standby mode and are failing to wake up,
it's also a energy saving mode, especially if you have Green Western
Digital hard drives on your computer. Most of this can be fixed by
finding the standby (or power saver) settings in your bios and
changing them so the computer does not go into standby mode.
I'd also suggest closing down programs running in the background that--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1
you don't need. If a program in the background pop's up a window
wanting the user to click on a button in the window then this can
cause the computer to appear to lock up. The pop-up window can be
hidden by the screen of Pinnacle Studio.
Most video editors use space on the hard drive when writing temporary
files such as partly rendering a video. Make sure you have enough hard
disc space and enough computer memory. Check the minimum requirements
for Pinnacle Studio. Also check for Pinnacle Studio updates.
Regards Brian
No, the slowdown sounds more like the "Intel Speedstep technology" kicking in
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-028855.htm
The crashing is due to the fact that Pinnacle 9 and just about every other version of Pinnacle has been buggy as hell.
They are already at 14 with 15 comeing shortly.
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:33:22 GMT, GMAN wrote:
No, the slowdown sounds more like the "Intel Speedstep technology" kicking in
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-028855.htm
The crashing is due to the fact that Pinnacle 9 and just about every other >> version of Pinnacle has been buggy as hell.
They are already at 14 with 15 comeing shortly.
I agree, in a sense: I gave up on Pinnacle somewhere around version 8,
so I can't report from any direct experience with later versions - and I
like it that way :-)
The crashing is due to the fact that Pinnacle 9 and just about every other >version of Pinnacle has been buggy as hell.
They are already at 14 with 15 comeing shortly.
After all these years Pinnacle is still buggy. ...
... Pinnacle crashing
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:42:50 +1300, Brian<bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:fragile than Nero.
After all these years Pinnacle is still buggy. ...
... Pinnacle crashing
I have often had Pinnacle fail writing DVD data jobs, only slightly less
This only happened when I used Imation DVD-RW discs, other DVD discs seem towork fine, so I'm
assuming it was the media rather than Pinnacle. Still a pain though.
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than
Nero".
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:even though the discs
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than
Nero".
...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to write,
passed all the analysis tests according to some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it sometimes cannot perform a full
erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? [:)>
Voltaire wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> >> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? [:)>
Duh. What do *you* use?
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:47:17 -0500, Patok wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> >>> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? [:)>
Duh. What do *you* use?
I use cork disks for my beer glasses. The CD-RWs have a hole, so the >table-top can get wet.
Voltaire wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> >> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
Duh. What do *you* use?
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it >was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase. Swapping videos can be done better using memory cards that are more
reliable, quicker and cheaper if you consider they are reusable and
the time it takes for a burn. My Netbook only has a slot for SD card.
I have never missed not having a CD/DVD drive. Most of my video
content is uploaded to YouTube in high def. I watch Blu-Ray on my
desktop player with 3-D coming next. Now if we can convince the
viewers of the wedding events and such to go memory card the world
will be a much better place to view.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:47:17 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> >>> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero". >>>>>...in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
Duh. What do *you* use?
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
([:>}
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:52:09 -0500, Voltaire wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote: >>>>>>>My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
Swapping videos can be done better using memory cards that are more
reliable, quicker and cheaper if you consider they are reusable and
the time it takes for a burn. My Netbook only has a slot for SD card.
I have never missed not having a CD/DVD drive. Most of my video
content is uploaded to YouTube in high def. I watch Blu-Ray on my
desktop player with 3-D coming next. Now if we can convince the
viewers of the wedding events and such to go memory card the world
will be a much better place to view.
OTOH, you'd have to also convince a certain 95-yr old friend of mine as
well.
She still has and uses a VCR...But she has a BD player too (a gift from
her daughter).
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:48:01 -0500, Voltaire wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:47:17 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:03:01 +0000, gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid>
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it
sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
Duh. What do *you* use?
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
([:>}
LOL
But I bet the real reason was all the people that kept asking "Do you
like me, or is that a CD-RW in your pocket?"...
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:52:09 -0500, Voltaire wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote: >>>>>>>My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than >>>>>>>> Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail >>>>>>> to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according >>>>>>> to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I
misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in >>>fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
Swapping videos can be done better using memory cards that are more
reliable, quicker and cheaper if you consider they are reusable and
the time it takes for a burn. My Netbook only has a slot for SD card.
I have never missed not having a CD/DVD drive. Most of my video
content is uploaded to YouTube in high def. I watch Blu-Ray on my
desktop player with 3-D coming next. Now if we can convince the
viewers of the wedding events and such to go memory card the world
will be a much better place to view.
OTOH, you'd have to also convince a certain 95-yr old friend of mine as
well.
She still has and uses a VCR...But she has a BD player too (a gift from
her daughter).
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote:My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:52:09 -0500, Voltaire wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com>
wrote:
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote: >>>>>>>My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
Swapping videos can be done better using memory cards that are more
reliable, quicker and cheaper if you consider they are reusable and
the time it takes for a burn. My Netbook only has a slot for SD card.
I have never missed not having a CD/DVD drive. Most of my video
content is uploaded to YouTube in high def. I watch Blu-Ray on my
desktop player with 3-D coming next. Now if we can convince the
viewers of the wedding events and such to go memory card the world
will be a much better place to view.
OTOH, you'd have to also convince a certain 95-yr old friend of mine as
well.
She still has and uses a VCR...But she has a BD player too (a gift from
her daughter).
Voltaire <Voltaire@Spamex.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> >>wrote:
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote: >>>>>>>My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to >>>>>>> write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to >>>>>>> some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs.
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards.
I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
It will be a whole before DVD's become obsolete as video hire places
have invested a lot of money in buying DVD's for rent. Unless you can
get good traffic flow on the internet then renting a video by
downloaded it takes time and you might have a limit on how much data
you can download. Rented downloads are not likely to be in Blu-Ray
quality and some may be in lower quality than DVD to have a smaller
file to download. Also 5.1 sound, subtitles and special features could
be missing.
Maybe oneday your take your media into a movie hire place and they
will dump some movies of your choice onto your media for a hire cost.
There will be a time limit put on the media so that it expires on a
certain date.
Regards Brian
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:55:12 +1300, Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:
Voltaire <Voltaire@Spamex.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:48:21 -0500, Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> >>>wrote:
Voltaire wrote:I would have thought by now all DVDs would have been rendered
Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> wrote:
Voltaire wrote:
gargoyle60 <gargoyle60@example.invalid> wrote:Duh. What do *you* use?
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:44:08 +0000, choro <choro@tvco.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>
And what do you mean, Pinnacle is "only slightly less fragile than Nero"....in the sense that with the Imation DVD-RWs Nero also used to fail to
write, even though the discs passed all the analysis tests according to
some of the Nero tools/utilities.
Apart from those failures, rarely has Nero let me down, although it >>>>>>>> sometimes cannot perform a full erase on some of my CD-RW discs. >>>>>>> My God, someone actually still uses those? ([:>}
I use USB thumb drives. My favorite are the ones that hold SD cards. >>>>> I usually keep one in my pocket that has a 32G card slid into it. I
found the CD-RW disks would slit my pants in a few weeks or so.
Oh. So your DVD player takes thumb drives? :) And then of course I misread
your post. I thought you were questioning Nero and Pinnacle, while in fact it
was the CD-RW disks. With *that* sentiment I can agree.
--
completely obsolete. Movies can be downloaded for rental or purchase.
It will be a whole before DVD's become obsolete as video hire places
have invested a lot of money in buying DVD's for rent. Unless you can
get good traffic flow on the internet then renting a video by
downloaded it takes time and you might have a limit on how much data
you can download. Rented downloads are not likely to be in Blu-Ray
quality and some may be in lower quality than DVD to have a smaller
file to download. Also 5.1 sound, subtitles and special features could
be missing.
Maybe oneday your take your media into a movie hire place and they
will dump some movies of your choice onto your media for a hire cost.
There will be a time limit put on the media so that it expires on a
certain date.
Regards Brian
Downloaded movies can be watched as soon as they are purchased with no >waiting as the download continues as they are being viewed. HD 5.1 is
not a problem for this reason as file size is of no concern. There is >actually little Blu-Ray content worth watching once you have seen the
quality of Discover Channel and National Geographic videos as far as
I'm concerned. Many are simple re masters.
Rental stores will hang on as long as possible but they used to be
for those that chose not to purchase cable. Now cable is far more
popular so there has to be a steady decline in stores like
Blockbusters. I drive by a store that advertises XXX material. I bet
those will be the last to go. ;)
I don't know about the upload to your media idea unless the gas pump
has USB connection. The idea is to not have to leave your house and
buy on impulse as soon as you see the trailer.
Then there is the Xfinity factor with On Demand that HAS to cut into
rental but this whole discussion is about the demise of the oversized
DVD.
What will 3-D bring to the (coffee) table I wonder.
< clipped >
...There are some "The Avengers" serials that
I'd love to download and watch that are not available on DVD (or are difficult to find on DVD).
Regards Brian
Brian,
Try these :
The Avengers
The Town of No Return
1965
Series 4 Episode 1
The Avengers 4x01 The Town of No Return 1/5 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677YmSL0oU0
The Avengers 4x01 The Town of No Return 2/5 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlCfVEkH-48
The Avengers 4x01 The Town of No Return 3/5 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzywiFpBICA
The Avengers 4x01 The Town of No Return 4/5 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMUxIAeaqM4
The Avengers 4x01 The Town of No Return 5/5 >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecs8WnvOYjA
You might also try http://www.keepvid.com/ if you run into any >difficulties....
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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
"Brian" <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote in message >news:251ml6p7l0en04ps7trfib23i2nr9gdbdl@4ax.com...
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...There are some "The Avengers" serials that
I'd love to download and watch that are not available on DVD (or are
difficult to find on DVD).
Regards Brian
"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick@o2.co.uk> wrote:
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Thanks Tim.
It was a good idea to split up the video rather than reduce it's
quality.
I wonder if Mission Impossible seasons 6 and 7 can also be found.
Regards Brian
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