I tend to agree with much of what Robert says here. Even if you don't post video online now in HD it is great to have the HD masters you can always go back to. I'm a little dubious about internet distro of HD content in the short term. Even with broadband penetration as broad as it is now, it's still not fast enough to handle HD (for average consumer demand.) All the phone companies are working on rolling out fiber to at least within a mile of everyones front door, but at least 70% of that new capacity will be used up to provide their own proprietary television services that will compete with cable tv, leaving the other 30% (or less) of the capacity for other data service. And that can be stifled by content type if it appears that it threatens their other business (subscription television). Thus the big brew ha-ha over net neutrality last year.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In [email protected], "Robert Scoble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm only using HD camcorders. Why? > > > > For one, the image I get is much higher quality overall. My $4,000 Sony can > shoot in low light, has better image stableization than the $700 Panasonic > cameras I used at Microsoft, and I like the widescreen format better. The > images are also better sharpness before compression and I find they compress > better too. > > > > But, that's not really the reason I'm using them. I expect that sometime in > the next 18 months that old-school TV distribution networks are gonna need > HD content and need it bad. I'll have it. > > > > Also, look at new school distribution networks that are popping up like > Tivo, Xbox, Playstation. All are looking for HD content. > > > > Plus, if you ever want to show your videos off in HD, say, in a conference > setting, or at a future Vloggies, or something like that, having HD > originals will make you shine in those places and if you are shooting some > video for home use, some for videoblogging, and some for friends and/or > company, you'll want HD, especially if you have an HD screen. > > > > My video on my Sony 60-inch is stunning. Makes me look like the Discovery > Channel. > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [chrisbrogan.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 5:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] Are You Recommending HD Cameras Yet? > > > > I haven't been. I keep telling folks that, even if we've started to > presume (most) everyone has broadband, it's still going to be a while > before HD content on the Net is encoded and presented that way. > > Am I wrong? And what are you telling people, now that HD cameras are > out there in numbers, and within range? > > --Chris... > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
