I'm personally hoping to retire to a balmy isle with a stack of Lubitsch, Sturges, and Wilder films and a 16mm projector and a big sheet within 5 years.
gary > Well, Mike, with Netflix's price re-structuring and their unwillingness to > carry DVDs of small titles, I'm still sticking with my opinion that the > big > corporations (studios, Apple, etc.) are moving towards streaming for home > media. Will I be happy about it? God no -- I still love my laserdisc > machine > even if it hasn't been hooked up to the television for the last couple > years. And my BluRay player *does* make my films better (I take the > uncompressed HD files of my films and burn BluRays to watch upstairs for > my > own enjoyment) than any other technology can except projecting a brand-new > 35mm print at home. We almost got standing ovations when we showed our > 2-minute BluRay clip of our next restoration at panels. But I do agree > that > libraries have a sacred trust to preserve their video AND their film -- > especially those 16mm prints that many libraries threw out. > > Will any of us be 100% right in five years time with the technology moving > so quickly? I'm still hoping that they'll get that cure for Alzheimer's > going so I can remember the question by then. :-) > > Best regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 > Fax: 201-767-3035 > email: [email protected] > www.milestonefilms.com > www.ontheboweryfilm.com > www.arayafilm.com > www.exilesfilm.com > www.wordisoutmovie.com > www.killerofsheep.com > <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> > AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org > Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! > > Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms> > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Michael May <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sorry, this is a more direct link: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02321.html >> >> > Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries >> > >> > ghandman >> > Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:50:51 -0700 >> > >> > Check back with me in five years, Dennis... >> > >> > Bluray = BetaMax >> > >> > gary >> >> Shouldn't we be as wary of rejecting technology as we are of buying into >> it? >> >> Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael May >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 3:10 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Videolib] "In 5 years everything will be streaming." >> >> About the "abject stupidity of the '5 year' statement," see >> http://goo.gl/3qcTJ. >> >> Mike in Dubuque >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:14 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "In 5 years everything will be streaming." >> >> I think the copious discussion regarding out of distribution video on >> this >> list is pretty much an indication of the abject stupidity of the "5 >> year" >> statement. >> >> I also think that, as I've ranted endlessly on this list, one of the >> major >> jobs of a video librarian (of any librarian, really) is to hold the line >> against procrusteanism (i.e. making sure that the head and the feet >> don't >> get cut off to match the size of the bed). I think it is becoming >> increasingly common for technology to dictate content, and that's a >> really >> nasty direction to take. Library administrators and tech salesmen >> aren't >> always that far apart in their witting (or unwitting) buy-in to this >> trend. >> >> gary >> >> >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > A couple of months ago we were talking to an equipment vendor about >> > redoing a couple of our classrooms (upgrading from Extron, or >> > something like that) and we were telling him that we'd still need to >> > be able to play VHS and laser discs, to which he replied, "No you >> > won't, in 5 years everything will be streaming." All eyes turned to >> > me, probably just to see how red I would get. Not understanding the >> > needs and mission of your client is one thing, but contradicting them >> > in another. "Just how do you suppose we'll get our 16,000 VHS tapes >> > streaming?" "Why do you even have them anymore? Can't you just >> > digitize them?" I started to tell him about how the mission of >> > libraries is different from the commercial sector, and how there are >> > copyright restrictions, and besides it would take 15 years etc... but >> > then I realized that we weren't going to buy anything from this man so >> why waste my time. >> > >> > Anyway... >> > >> > I hear this so often ("In 5 years everything will be streaming") and I >> > wonder how others feel about this notion. Do you think it's true, and >> > if not how do you respond? >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Matt >> > >> > ______________________________ >> > Matt Ball >> > Media Services Librarian >> > University of Virginia >> > [email protected]<https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.as >> > px?C=f9bb9e66e0cb45eb9c98da126198ad7e&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia >> > .edu> >> > 434-924-3812 >> > >> > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, >> > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current >> > and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It >> > is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for >> > video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between >> > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> > >> >> >> Gary Handman >> Director >> Media Resources Center >> Moffitt Library >> UC Berkeley >> >> 510-643-8566 >> [email protected] >> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC >> >> "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." >> --Francois Truffaut >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >> and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an >> effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries >> and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an >> effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >> > > > > -- > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
