For more info – www.eagle-rock.com ZZ Top peform live in front of a wildly enthusiastic audience. Captured in their home state of Texas, this awesome performance captures ZZ Top at their very best. The full concert DVD, with plenty of bonus footage, is out now from Eagle Rock. There is also a fantastic Blu-Ray version available. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) August 26, 2005
AVtektalk – the weekly podcast for video and multimedia professionals hosted by 25-year video and multimedia veteran Frank Datzer is available for download or subscription at: http://avtektalk.libsyn.com/
Episode #3 is an interview with Charlie White.
Charlie is a technology journalist and the Executive Producer of Digital Media Net, an online group of Web sites that attracts over one-million unique visitors per month. He has been covering the professional content creation and consumer electronics markets for the past 11 years, and writes and publishes over 250,000 words a year on these topics. He’s also an Emmy award-winning television producer and director who has been working in broadcasting for over 30 years.
You can hear this interview and access the first two editions of AVtektalk by visiting the homepage: http://avtektalk.libsyn.com/ or by going to the Apple iTunes music store’s Podcast section and searching on AVtektalk. All streams and downloads of this program are free.
We catch up with Daniel Radcliffe and co as the Half-Blood Prince is released on DVD and Blu-ray. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
Kansas City, Mo (PRWEB) May 19, 2006
SONY PLAYSTATION 3
Price: $ 499 and $ 599
Release date: early November
Sony has the clear No. 1 position in current video game consoles with its PlayStation 2, and it’s hoping that customer loyalty, arguably the best hardware specs of the three new machines and the ability to play PS2 and PSOne titles will make the PS3 console a best-seller despite the astronomical price.
The graphics on the games shown so far are stellar. The controller is almost identical on the outside to the current PS2 gamepad, with a couple of unseen key differences: It includes a motion sensor, so moving the controller around moves things on screen in some games, and it drops the rumble feedback that got all the console makers in trouble recently from patent infringement suits. (Xbox and Nintendo both include rumble feedback in their new machines.)
Controllers are available in wired or wireless versions. The PS3 itself has a 20-gigabyte or 60-gigabyte hard drive (one of the differences between the lower- and higher-priced models) and the ability to connect to the Internet via wired or wireless hookup.
It’s also Bluetooth compatible for local wireless gadgets.
For the video connoisseur, the PS3 includes HDMI hookups to your television or amp, which provide the industry-standard best picture, and its high-definition capabilities are at the industry maximum: 1080p, which isn’t available even on high-definition television channels at the moment.
It includes a Blu-Ray high-definition DVD drive to hold those hi-res games.
NINTENDO WII
Price: not yet released, but likely less than $ 200
Release date: Between September and December
A few nagging details about the Wii, formerly code-named Revolution, are still undisclosed by Nintendo, including the release date and the price.
But based on the hardware inside, analysts estimate that it could cost less than $ 200.
The Wii’s major distinguishing characteristic is its controller, a two-piece wireless device that looks like a remote control attached to a small ball by a short cord. The remote has all the buttons for the controller and a single trigger; the ball, which Nintendo calls a “nunchaku,” has the analog stick for direction. Both pieces have separate motion sensors, and you’ll wave both in the air to control some games.
The Wii controller feels surprisingly natural for some games — swinging the two pieces to control two swords in Ubisoft’s “Red Steel,” for example, or waving the remote to hit the ball in a tennis game.
In others, it’s a bit of a stretch; driving a truck with the remote held like a handlebar just doesn’t feel right.
What still has to be determined is how the controllers feel over the long haul. Are you going to get tired of waving your hands around every time you want to make something happen on-screen?
The Wii’s hardware is decidedly last-gen compared to the other two manufacturers, though Nintendo has finally gotten with the program and promises the Wii will go online. Graphics appear to be current-generation Xbox quality or slightly higher. The console has good launch support from game makers, who have all but abandoned the current generation GameCube.
MICROSOFT XBOX 360
Price: $ 299 and $ 399
Release date: available now
The 360 has a lead on the other two machines, and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said at a press conference here this week that he expects the company to have sold 10 million 360s before the other consoles even hit the market.
That’s an advantage, especially considering the price, which looks downright reasonable compared to the PS3. Don’t be surprised to see the 360 marked down even further during the PS3 launch.
Microsoft will enhance its Xbox Live feature, allowing gamers to play on PCs, cell phones and their 360 at the same time through the Xbox Live Anywhere feature.
The company also announced some enhancements: By the holidays, Xbox 360 will have an HD DVD drive, wireless headset, wireless force-feedback wheel and camera.
As a console, the 360′s hardware is on par or slightly below that of the PS3, and it does not ship with a high-definition DVD drive, though one will be available (in the competing HD DVD format) about the time the PS3 goes on sale.
Graphics for existing games and for those to be released in the fall are nearly identical to the PS3′s, though it has slightly less capacity to show those bleeding-edge high definition pictures (1080i versus the PS3′s even-crisper 1080p).
The 360 can play fewer games than the PS3, a result of extremely limited backwards compatibility with past games (the PS3 plays all previous generation PS games, the 360 only a selected number of titles from the original Xbox).
The selection of new games will improve; Microsoft says the 360 will have 160 games on the market by the holidays.
K and K Productions begins a new line of wedding videography that combines high definition quality with affordability.
“The first focus of filming wedding videos is shooting quality footage.” stated Mr. Karges. “It is obvious that the High Definition Era is just around the corner. With HD DVD and Blu-Ray beginning to fight for market shares, it is very important to shoot your wedding video in High Definition.”
The problem that faces most brides or grooms to be is they either don’t know what High Definition is or they believe they can’t afford it. K and K Productions first task was to create options for these couples looking for quality service.
K and K Productions created three (3) solid High Definition Wedding Video Packages that included professional video production and custom post production. As an alternative they removed all post production work from each package so that the couples could get the same quality video services in High Definition for a fraction of the cost. With this service, K and K Productions will hand over the raw footage after the event without editing. The elimination of post production support reduces the cost to the consumer to only 25% of the original package cost. Couples can take this footage and edit it at a later time.
“We looked at where our costs for each video were and found that 75% of the cost came from the editing and the time it took us to produce and ship the videos. If we eliminate the editing and just hand over the raw footage we can pass on the savings to the consumer with out taking a hit ourselves. It’s a win-win situation!”
The following are K and K Productions three regular packages.
The Silver Package offers two High Definition cameras during the ceremony with up to four hours of coverage and two professional videographers. This package includes wireless microphones for the ceremony, interviews with guests, camera coverage for the reception, including cake cutting, toasts, and first dances. This package also includes a professional lighting kit when needed. “The Silver Package is our entry level package. This is designed for our wedding couples who want adequate videography coverage of the most important day of their lives. We ensure that there is sufficient time allocated to capture both the service and the reception. We ll have two videographers filming the ceremony and one videographer filming the reception.”
The Gold Package offers three High Definition cameras during the ceremony with up to six hours of coverage and two professional videographers. Including everything in the Silver Package, this package is definitely their most popular package with the brides. “We take time to get to know you, the bride, and we take infinite care in capturing those precious intimate moments leading up to your precious wedding. We know how important it is to capture the essence, the mood, and feel of this special day for you. We slow down time, taking care to video those stolen moments in your final preparations, your time spent with family and friends, sitting in front of the mirror making last minute adjustments to your makeup, hair and dress.”
The Platinum Package offers four High Definition cameras during the ceremony with up to nine hours of coverage and three professional videographers. “The Platinum Package is our premiere, most elegant package that treats you like royalty! This package will ensure you preserve every lasting memory of your love and wedding story for you, your family today and generations to come! Like the Gold Package, we take the time to get to you, the bride. Using professional film techniques and professional equipment such as jibs and steadicams this is by far the best quality anyone can provide.”
Another problem that Mr. Karges addressed was how to get more DVD’s in the hands of the people that want to see them, such as grandparents and parents or relatives that are unable to attend the event. Unlike everyone else in the industry, all DVD’s K and K Productions produces are only twenty dollars each, which includes tax and shipping/handling.
K and K Productions, Inc is based in Oceanside, California. For more information or to inquire online please visit our website at http://www.kandkpro.net or call (866) 702-5066.
