Here are some audio and video trends for 2019:
The global Hi-Fi Systems market was valued at million US$ in 2018 and is expected to grow. EISA Awards has selected Hi-Fi product category winners, but I did not see anything really fancy new innovations that would excite me there. The Hi-Fi speaker market has seen considerable consolidation over the years but is expected to grow. The global Hi-Fi speaker system market is highly competitive. Various established international brands, domestic brands and as well as new entrants form a competitive landscape. The market is expected to have higher growth rate as compared to the previous years due to the booming electronic industry globally. It is due to the rising income of individuals globally and increasing affordability of technology products globally. Due to technological adoption and smart gadgets, North America region is showing steady growth in the Hi-Fi speaker system market. On technology standpoint the Hi-Fi market is mainly based on pretty much stabilized technology as class D amplifiers have been on mainstream for many years.
Smart TVs are everywhere. The vast majority of televisions available today are “smart” TVs, with internet connections, ad placement, and streaming services built in. Despite the added functionality, TV prices are lower than ever. Your new smart TV was so affordable because it is collecting and selling your data. It is clear that TV companies are in a cutthroat business, and that companies like Vizio would have to charge higher prices for hardware if they didn’t run content, advertising, and data businesses. Google wants sensors and cameras in every room of your home to watch, analyze, you, patents show.
Streaming services competition stays high. Apple’s embracing the TV industry for the first time: Vizio and LG TVs will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, while Samsung TVs will get an iTunes Movies & TV app, as well as AirPlay 2 support. Google and Amazon are playing are important players on smart speaker markets.
4K video resolution is still as hot as in 2019 – it us becoming mainstream and getting cheaper. Peraso showcases 4K wireless video at CES 2019. LG has produced a market-ready rollable OLED TV. The new 75-inch 4K Micro LED TV announced at CES 2019 proves Samsung is serious about scaling the technology to do battle with OLED. But it seems that even in 1029 “4K” trend remains woefully deficient from a compelling-content-availability standpoint. CES 2019 is already full of weird and wonderful monitors.
But new higher 8K resolution is being pushed to market. The “8K” (resolution) tagline was apparently everywhere at CES this year. Samsung announced a 98-inch 8K TV because why not. LG has come strong to CES 2019 with an 88-inch 8K OLED TV, a 75-inch 8K LED/LCD TV, HDMI 2.1, new auto calibration features, Alexa built in, and many more features. It seems that this ongoing evolution is occurring out of necessity: as a given-size (and -pixel-dense) display becomes a low profit margin commodity, manufacturers need to continually “up-rev” one or both key consumer-attention-grabbing parameters (along with less quantifiable attributes like image quality) in order to remain profitable … assuming they can continue to stimulate sufficient-sized consumer demand in the process. I am not sure if they can stimulate 8K to mass market in next few years.
Wall size TVs are coming. Samsung announced a modular TV at CES. Samsung first showcased this MicroLED TV technology at CES 2018, showcasing how the screens were composed of millions of individual LEDs. Individuals screens could be combined to create massive displays, which the company calls The Wall TV. The wall-sized displays shown in recent years at CES are, in my opinion, quite ridiculous, at least for the masses.
HDMI updates are coming. At present, the HDMI equipment uses the 2.0 standard (adopted in 2013) tht provides support for example for 4K video. HDMI Forum announced a new 2.1 standard already in November 2017, but it just starter showing in CES in January 2019. 8K fiber-optic HDMI cables seen at CES 2019. The 2.1 standard is a big change in technology at the bus bandwidth increases from 18 gigabit to 48 gigabits per second. This enables up to 10K video transmission and up to 120 frames per second.
Bendable displays are really coming to PCs and smart phones. LG’s “rollable” display shown this year neatly showcased the technology’s inherent flexibility while also addressing the question of how to hide a gargantuan display when it’s not in use. Several foldable smart phones have been shown. Chinese company Royole was showing off the FlexPai at CES in Las Vegas.
Micro displays for VR and AR glasses have developed. MicroLED is better looking, more efficient and more versatile than any previous display tech. Now all Samsung, Sony, LG and others have to do is figure out how to manufacture it affordably.Nanoco Technologies and Plessey Semiconductors have partnered to shrink the pixel size of monolithic microLED displays using Nanoco’s cadmium-free quantum-dot (CFQD quantum dots) semiconductor nanoparticle technology. Microchips and organic LEDs that deliver 4K-like high resolution displays a quarter of the size and half the weight of existing virtual reality (VR) headsets have been developed under a European Union project. Marc Andreessen says VR will be “1,000” times bigger than AR even though VR seems to be the popular whipping boy amongst the tech community.
There seems to be no shortage of angst with the current (and unfortunately burgeoning) popularity of usage of the term artificial intelligence (AI). Intelligence has been defined in many ways which makes it hard to get good picture on what is going on. I am still waiting for sensible intelligent AI to do something useful. But the ability for a sufficiently trained deep learning system to pattern-match images, sound samples, computer viruses, network hacking attempts, and the like is both impressive and effective.
Potential problems related to the coming of self-driving car technologies and cameras are expected. A man at CES in Las Vegas says that a car-mounted lidar permanently damaged the sensor in his new $1,998 Sony a7R II mirrorless camera. Man says CES lidar’s laser was so powerful it wrecked his $1,998 camera because the LIDAR laser power rules ensure lasers are safe for human eyes—but not necessarily for cameras. Is this something that camera and car manufacturers need to figure out together?
2019 Will Be the Year of Open Source from software and even hardware. Open source video player app VLC has now reached 3 billions downloads.
When almost all AV products are pushing more and more features, it seems that almost Everything is too complicated for an average Joe.
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Things We Saw Today: Sharing Netflix Passwords Costs the Company Over $1.5 Billion Annually
https://www.themarysue.com/sharing-netflix-1-5-billion-loss/?fbclid=IwAR0rqVSiUuYh0F5JB2AWFVqK_iOz8I_BSvq06C9VlATgrhW0PDYV0mekc4Y
Sharing passwords has become necessary in this economy where every network wants to have its own streaming network with exclusive content so that you feel obligated to watch, lest you miss out.
According to CBR, The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an anti-piracy group made up of Warner Bros., Disney, Netflix, Sony, and Paramount (basically the entertainment monopoly mafia), has made clear that it will move to take action against people sharing their subscriptions in the future.
10% means 13.7 million people who are not signed up at Netflix’s $9.95 basic monthly charge. Which means roughly losing out on $135 million worth of subscribers, or $1.62 billion annually. (Of course, that’s assuming the sharers would have signed up on their own otherwise. That’s not always the case
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Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Cheats
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/netflix-hbo-and-cable-giants-are-coming-for-password-cheats?fbclid=IwAR0kV9a6oFZAZ5TKRCcfOts6cM7tijAI-AiyrtWrzsqmBVCqtezURG11qKs
Programmers and cable-TV distributors are considering an array of tactics to cut off people who borrow credentials from friends and relatives to access programming without paying for it. The possible measures include requiring customers to change their passwords periodically or texting codes to subscribers’ phones that they would need to enter to keep watching, according to people familiar with the matter.
Some TV executives want to create rules governing which devices can be used to access a cable-TV subscription outside the home.
“I feel like I’m beating my head against the wall,” Tom Rutledge, the chief executive officer of Charter Communications Inc., said during an earnings call last month. “It’s just too easy to get the product without paying for it.”
But taking more aggressive measures poses risks. The people using services for free — especially younger consumers — may never agree to sign up for a subscription, no matter how many hassles they endure. That means companies would mostly just be alienating paying customers, who could get frustrated and stop using an app or cancel their service.
The pay-TV industry is projected to lose $6.6 billion in revenue from password sharing and piracy this year, according to Parks Associates. By 2024, the number could grow to $9 billion, the research firm said.
There’s no consensus on where to draw the line.
While industry executives widely agree password sharing is a problem, there’s no consensus on where to draw the line. Programmers and distributors blame each other for being too lenient in how many people can simultaneously stream from one account.
Three years ago, CEO Reed Hastings said password sharing is “something you have to learn to live with, because there’s so much legitimate password sharing — like you sharing with your spouse, with your kids.”
Recently, there have been indications that the company may be reconsidering its tolerance.
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Things We Saw Today: Sharing Netflix Passwords Costs the Company Over $1.5 Billion Annually
Kanye shrug from the deep lagoon.
https://www.themarysue.com/sharing-netflix-1-5-billion-loss/
Sharing passwords has become necessary in this economy where every network wants to have its own streaming network with exclusive content so that you feel obligated to watch, lest you miss out. Gotta market that FOMO. But since this is something all these networks invest in, that means more cracking down on sharing.
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https://www.facebook.com/openreel2reel/videos/the-best-selling-music-albums-and-artists-1969-2019/519589401928124/
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YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
Other changes affect children’s content
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/11/20955864/youtube-terms-of-service-update-terminations-children-content-ftc
YouTube is rolling out updated terms of service on December 10th, and a new line acts as a reminder that the company doesn’t have to keep any video up that it doesn’t want to.
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Man says CES lidar’s laser was so powerful it wrecked his $1,998 camera
Power rules ensure lasers are safe for human eyes—but not necessarily for cameras.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/01/man-says-ces-lidars-laser-was-so-powerful-it-wrecked-his-1998-camera/
ELAB 0810 blue laser CMOS sensor burn
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=VP_tvXGngdc
Damage appears to happen at 0:05
Sony FS5 + Canon 24-70 f/2.8 + speedbooster
Probably 3200 ISO at the time.
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Disney + and ‘The Mandalorian’ Are Driving People Back to Torrenting
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwexw/disney-and-the-mandalorian-are-driving-people-back-to-torrenting?utm_source=dmfb
Piracy is back, and with a now-exhausting number of streaming sites, it doesn’t seem like it’s going away soon.
TV is exhausting now. Where once the future of streaming promised to cut down bloated cable bills and create a more efficient customer-provider service—“Imagine a future where you only pay for the 10 channels you actually watch,” I remember excitedly telling my parents earlier in the decade—the reality is that now, there are simply more channels that you need to pay for.
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NEW IPhone 11 Pro vs $20,000 Leica | Can You Tell The Difference?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=z-9Y5n3rEcU
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One shot! No Catchy CGI Transitions!
Directing duo @ChristopherBarrett & @LukeBlakeTaylor from @us.films presenting another incredible one-shot commercialCinematography by Alex Barber
https://www.facebook.com/1519199625034359/videos/996460760708144/
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After becoming 1 of the most successful producers in the game, Swizz Beatz is enjoying a 2nd career in the art world, as both a painter and collector.
Kasseem Dean (AKA Swizz Beatz) On Why Art And Music Are ‘Brothers And Sisters’
http://on.forbes.com/61851uWpL
One of the most acclaimed music producers in the game, Kasseem Dean, better known as Swizz Beatz, has worked with Jay-Z, L.L. Cool J, Busta Rhymes and many more, including his wife Alicia Keys,
Kasseem Dean: Music and art are brothers and sisters since day one. And they always spoke to me and through me and I think they always spoke to and through everyone as well. But the businesses made them feel like a separate thing. At the end of the day it’s all art. Name one musical color that didn’t include art and name one artist today you venture doesn’t listen to music. They always went together. And using both of those brothers and sisters to fuel education, positivity, entry points in the world I think is amazing.
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At Home With Michael Stein & Alexandra Kacha
https://output.com/blog/at-home-with-michael-stein-alexandra-kacha
79 synthesizers, 3 Platform desks, 2 people in love, and a dog named Ovid. Get an intimate look behind the curtain of where Michael Stein from S U R V I V E scores for Netflix’s Stranger Things. A visual story by his wife and photographer, Alexandra Kacha
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https://www.hackster.io/news/ben-cox-revives-epiphan-s-vga-capture-cards-with-custom-reverse-engineered-linux-driver-4fb8de896605
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Qwertymodo’s RGBench Aims to Make Analog Video Signal Analysis a Cinch
Accepting a range of video inputs, the RGBench makes it easy to perform signal analysis with an oscilloscope — without juggling wires.
https://www.hackster.io/news/qwertymodo-s-rgbench-aims-to-make-analog-video-signal-analysis-a-cinch-1fda6aef6ba8
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Scoring Stranger Things
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/scoring-stranger-things?amp
PLAY A STRANGER THINGS SYNTH IN YOUR WEB BROWSER
https://djmag.com/news/stranger-things-soundtrack-synth-you-can-play-home
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We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus – by accident.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-may-have-discovered-potential-remedy-tinnitus-spencer
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https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/hit-the-tone-bon-iver-3-fin/
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https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/remixit-parempia-kuin-alkuperaiset/
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Your guide to video project rates
https://vimeo.com/blog/post/your-guide-to-video-project-rates/
When hiring a video professional, you might think there’s a set of universal guidelines that govern pay rates. However, as any filmmaker or videographer will tell you, there are many variables to consider when deciding on a dollar amount; rates can (and often do) vary widely from project to project.
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YouTube warns creators of subscriber count declines amid purge of closed accounts
https://tcrn.ch/33PDI98
YouTube is warning creators they may see their subscriber numbers decline this week as the result of a purge that will remove closed accounts from YouTube metrics. Closed accounts could refer to those that were willingly shut down by users or those that YouTube shut down for policy violations — like spam or abuse, for example.
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New Technology Allows Humans To “See” The World Through Animal Eyes
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-technology-allows-humans-to-see-the-world-through-animal-eyes/
QCPA calibrates digital photography and visual modeling to represent what an animal might see. A digital camera uses an array of light sensors to create a response in a pixel as a result of a given amount of light at a given wavelength, described study co-author Cedric van den Berg.
“If we know how the RGB receptors in the camera respond to light, we can use that information to reconstruct pixel by pixel how much light at what wavelengths we had present in an image when it was taken,”
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10 dance tracks (and one album) every metalhead should know, by Iggor Cavalera
By Alex Deller (Louder) October 29, 2019 Louder
https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-dance-tracks-and-one-album-every-metalhead-should-know-by-iggor-cavalera
Known metalhead Iggor Cavalera talks us through the dance tracks essential for all metal fans looking to broaden their horizons
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BE ANYONE OR ANYTHING WITH FACIAL PROJECTION MASK
https://hackaday.com/2019/10/31/be-anyone-or-anything-with-facial-projection-mask/
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Face Changing Projection Mask – Be Anything
https://www.instructables.com/id/Face-Changing-Projection-Mask-Be-Anything/
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What is an HDMI cable with Ethernet?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-HDMI-cable-with-Ethernet
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Basic principles of MEMS microphones
https://www.edn.com/design/analog/4430264/Basic-principles-of-MEMS-microphones-?utm_content=buffer2cfae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The application of MEMS (microelectro-mechanical systems) technology to microphones has led to the development of small microphones with very high performance. MEMS microphones offer high SNR, low power consumption, good sensitivity, and are available in very small packages that are fully compatible with surface mount assembly processes. MEMS microphones exhibit almost no change in performance after reflow soldering and have excellent temperature characteristics.
MEMS microphones use acoustic sensors that are fabricated on semiconductor production lines using silicon wafers and highly automated processes.
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As their name implies, digital MEMS microphones have digital outputs that switch between low and high logic levels. Most digital microphones use pulse density modulation (PDM), which produces a highly oversampled single-bit data stream. The density of the pulses on the output of a microphone using pulse density modulation is proportional to the instantaneous air pressure level. Pulse density modulation is similar to the pulse width modulation (PWM) used in class D amplifiers. The difference is that pulse width modulation uses a constant time between pulses and encodes the signal in the pulse width, while pulse density modulation uses a constant pulse width and encodes the signal in the time between pulses.
In addition to the output, ground, and VDD pins found on analog mics, most digital mics also have inputs for a clock and a L/R control. The clock input is used to control the delta-sigma modulator that converts the analog signal from the sensor into a digital PDM signal. Typical clock frequencies for digital microphones range from about 1 MHz to 3.5 MHz. The microphone’s output is driven to the proper level on the selected clock edge and then goes into a high impedance state for the other half of the clock cycle. This allows two digital mic outputs to share a single data line. The L/R input determines which clock edge the data is valid on
Although codecs are not required for digital MEMS microphones, in most cases the pulse density modulated output must be converted from single-bit PDM format into multibit pulse code modulation (PCM) format. Many codecs and SoCs have PDM inputs with filters that convert the PDM data into PCM format.
https://www.edn.com/design/analog/4430264/Basic-principles-of-MEMS-microphones-?utm_content=buffer2cfae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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They’re screaming, we just can’t hear them.
Plants Emit Sounds Too High For Human Ears When Stressed Out
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/plants-emit-sounds-too-high-for-human-ears-when-stressed-out/
Some plants emit “ultrasonic clicks” inaudible to the human ear when under life-threatening stress, a new study has found. Recordings reveal each sound contains information about a plant’s current state of being.
“These findings can alter the way we think about the Plant Kingdom, which has been considered to be almost silent until now,”
Previous studies have found that stress caused by changes in temperatures and light, as well as “herbivore attack,” can alter a plant’s phenotype, resulting in changes in color, smell, and shape. Stressed plants have also been found to give off volatile organic compounds.
University recorded tomato and tobacco plants that were deprived of water, having their stems cut, or were otherwise comfortable. Microphones focused on an ultrasonic sound range between 20 and 150 kHz.
Stressed plants were found to emit significantly more sounds than plants from the comfortable control group. Not only were they noisier, but the researchers claim that they gave off different sounds depending on what was happening; sounds that carried information about the physiological state of the plant. A specially designed machine learning model was reportedly capable of distinguishing between plant sounds and general background noise
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Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service in over 200 countries
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/04/plex-launches-a-free-ad-supported-streaming-service-in-over-200-countries/
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Trackerit: paradigman synty, kukoistus ja myöhemmät vaiheet
https://musiikki.journal.fi/article/view/87867
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Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2226093-recordings-reveal-that-plants-make-ultrasonic-squeals-when-stressed/#ixzz67ViPNhMY
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Gift Guide: VR gear you won’t feel stupid for buying
https://tcrn.ch/2YlwybE
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Report: Magic Leap sold ~6,000 headsets in six months after release, compared to a goal of 100,000 in the first year, and recently laid off dozens of employees
Magic Leap’s next-generation headset is reportedly ‘years away from launch’
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/6/20998796/magic-leap-two-ar-headset-prototype-layoffs-low-sales-sundar-pichai-board
And Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly left its board
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Lipstick on a pig…
Magic Leap is renaming its AR headset to attract business customers
The same headset, aimed at a different market
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/10/21003361/magic-leap-1-ar-headset-update-professional-business-customer-pivot
Magic Leap is pitching its headset to businesses with a new name. The Magic Leap One Creator Edition, which shipped last August, is being replaced with the Magic Leap 1, which sells for the same price of $2,295.
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
North stops selling its Focals smart AR glasses 14 months after debuting them, says it plans to launch a sleeker version with 10x higher resolution in 2020 — North, an augmented reality (AR) wearables company backed by Amazon and Intel, has announced that it’s pulling its current Focals smart glasses off …
North pulls Focals smart glasses ahead of ‘sleeker’ upgrade in 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/10/north-pulls-focals-smart-glasses-ahead-of-sleeker-upgrade-in-2020/
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Magic Leap is renaming its AR headset from the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to the Magic Leap 1, as it pivots from consumers to business customers — The same headset, aimed at a different market — Magic Leap is pitching its headset to businesses with a new name.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/10/21003361/magic-leap-1-ar-headset-update-professional-business-customer-pivot
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https://www.electronicdesign.com/automotive/transitioning-class-ab-class-d-automotive-audio-systems?NL=ED-003&Issue=ED-003_20191211_ED-003_484&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=30475&utm_medium=email&elq2=ba41317e8f5a4552abd12494198b340e&oly_enc_id=0452E0081834E9U
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https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/04/plex-launches-a-free-ad-supported-streaming-service-in-over-200-countries/
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Feds Break Up Illegal Streaming Network That Dwarfs Netflix and Hulu Libraries
https://gizmodo.com/feds-break-up-illegal-streaming-network-that-dwarfs-net-1840437552
Two of the minds behind the nation’s largest pirate streaming services, iStreamItAll and Jetflicks, have pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement charges, federal officials said Friday. Now we all can rest easier knowing there are a few less bad actors getting one over on multi-billion-dollar giants like Netflix and Disney.
illicit subscription-based service, iStreamItAll, offered more than 118,000 television episodes and 10,000 movies for a monthly fee. Both men also admitted to working as computer programmers for Jetflicks, another Las Vegas-based streaming service that Villarino claimed hosted close to 200,000 pirated TV episodes.
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All that adds up to more content than Hulu, Netflix, Vudu, and Amazon Prime combined
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Yle aloittaa HD-kanavat Digitan verkossa ja DNA lopettaa
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/12/17/yle-aloittaa-hd-kanavat-digitan-verkossa-ja-dna-lopettaa/
Ylen teräväpiirtoiset HD-muotoiset kanavat aloittavat Digitan antenni-tv-verkossa huhtikuun alusta ensi vuonna. Yle ja Digita ovat sopineet televisio- ja radiokanavien jakelusta vuosille 2020 – 2029. Samalla Ylen HD-kanavat poistuvat DNA:n antenniverkosta, jonka toiminta muutenkin päättymässä.
Ylen teräväpiirtoiset HD-muotoiset kanavat Yle TV1 HD, Yle TV2 HD, Yle Fem HD ja Yle Teema HD käynnistyvät Digitan maanlaajuisessa antenni-tv-verkossa 1.4.2020.
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LG:n televisio sai ensimmäisenä 8K-sertifioinnin
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/10248-lg-n-televisio-sai-ensimmaisena-8k-sertifioinnin
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not sure if this is ot or not but the idea of Hollywood now adopting patch tuseday is worrying
Cats: Universal sending new version to cinemas ‘at Tom Hooper’s insistence’ amid fear of massive flop
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/cats-new-version-universal-updated-visual-effects-reviews-box-office-taylor-swift-trailer-a9256786.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1577008954
Distributor is insisting that the current copy of the film be replaced as soon as possible
Universal is frantically trying to improve Cats after an onslaught of negative reviews and poor box office sales.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision – unheard of for a film of this size – was made by Hooper, who won an Oscar for The King’s Speech in 2010.
Hooper himself admitted the film was completed one day before the film premiered in New York on 16 December.
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DJI patents an off-road rover with a stabilized camera on top
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/23/dji-patents-an-off-road-rover-with-a-stabilized-camera-on-top/
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This Holiday Card Features a Working Guitar Amplifier Built Into the Cardstock
YouTube maker Fran Blanche has built a Holiday Card Guitar Amplifier that literally fits inside of an envelope
https://www.hackster.io/news/this-holiday-card-features-a-working-guitar-amplifier-built-into-the-cardstock-444ee2106d95
The envelope can, however, be pushed further. That’s exactly what YouTube maker Fran Blanche has done with her Holiday Card Guitar Amplifier that literally fits inside of an envelope.
Holiday Card Guitar Amplifier With Fuzztone!!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-DMsNxn7kBg&feature=youtu.be
HoHoHo! Sending a very personal card to Santa this year – a fully functional and Rockin’ Guitar Amp Holiday Card! Merry Merry and Enjoy!
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Digita myllää antenniverkkoaan – tee television kanavahaku uudelleen
https://www.tivi.fi/uutiset/tv/e34997b9-c1f6-43ba-b6e2-54e82b72d2ba
Antenni-tv-verkon maksu-tv-palvelut näkyvät Digitan verkossa HD-tasoisena 1.1.2020 alkaen.
Maksu-tv-palveluiden saatavuus laajenee Digitan antenni-tv-verkossa nykyisestä 85 prosentin väestöpeitosta 90 prosenttiin.
”HD-jakelun käynnistyminen Digitan verkossa edellyttää teknisiä muutostöitä, joita tehdään tiistaina 31.12.2019 kello 9:30 alkaen”, Digita tiedottaa.
Nykyisten antenni-tv-verkon maksu-tv-asiakkaiden kanavapaketit jatkuvat vuodenvaihteen jälkeen normaalisti ilman erillisiä toimenpiteitä.
”Uusien maksu-tv-asiakkaiden tulee varmistaa, että tv-vastaanotin sisältää AntennaReady HD –hyväksytyn DVB-T2-virittimen sekä CI+ -kortinlukijan”, Digita neuvoo.
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The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars of 2019: The Kids Are Killing It
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/12/18/the-highest-paid-youtube-stars-of-2019-the-kids-are-killing-it/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3006488459&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#1a5f6bce38cd
8-year-old Ryan Kaji, this year’s top YouTube earner with $26 million. The elder influencer rose to fame in the “unboxing” genre, opening presents in front of the camera and comments on each. Ryan ToysReview debuted in 2015 and now has grown into a children’s channel called Ryan’s World with 23 million subscribers.
Videos with children in them average almost three times as many views as other types of videos from high-subscriber channels
81% of parents with children 11 or younger let their kids watch YouTube.
High-minded programming can be found on YouTube—it just doesn’t make much money. YouTube’s ten highest earners brought in a total of $162 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019, including Ryan and Nastya, as well a five gamers who play popular titles like Minecraft and Fortnite. Dude Perfect (No. 2, with $20 million), features five thirtysomethings playing with adolescent toys like a giant Nerf ball, and Rhett and Link (No. 4, with $17.5 million), who perform food stunts like tasting Flamin’ Hot Cheetos-flavored Pop-Tarts.
As the kids have shown, the videos are just the start. Ryan now has a line of branded toys, clothing and home goods sold at Target, Walmart and Amazon, a spinoff television show on Nickelodeon
And who can blame them for cashing in? YouTube is working to limit revenue possibilities for children’s channels in response to a settlement with the FTC for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act rule.
“YouTube is the most popular babysitter in the world,”
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://msonic.fi/blogi/voice-of-finlandin-monitoriteknikko-klas-granqvistille-avid-s6l-avasi-ovet-musiikkituotantojen-ennakkotuottamiseen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.traficom.fi/fi/viestinta/viestintaverkot/langattomat-kamerat-videolinkit-ja-mikrofonit
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Car Cassette Adapter Was an Unsung Hero at the Dawn of the Digital Age
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyz9j7/the-car-cassette-adapter-was-an-unsung-hero-at-the-dawn-of-the-digital-age
The cassette deck is fading in popularity in cars, but its former ubiquity in prior decades led headphone-jack adapters to become a fact of life for people who wanted to plug in a phone or iPod. How were they able to do their thing?
Tomi Engdahl says:
I remember building one cassette adapter device myself in late 1980′s.
There seems to be still some DIY plans for those in Internet
https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-MP3-to-Cassette-or-Instrument-to-Cassette-Adap/