tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post2819867885764903624..comments2024-03-28T06:31:28.770-07:00Comments on Bobby Owsinski's Big Picture Music Production Blog: Looking At Last Year's PredictionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-61296508925465632532012-01-01T21:33:56.182-08:002012-01-01T21:33:56.182-08:00You could be totally correct about the 3D. I did ...You could be totally correct about the 3D. I did see Avatar in Imax 3D and thought that while it was impressive, it's not something I want to experience regularly. <br /><br />Perhaps Peter Jackson will change that with the Hobbit and those Amazing Red camera rigs he is shooting with.Perry A-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119618861521789718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-863233567548844692011-12-30T09:18:42.633-08:002011-12-30T09:18:42.633-08:00Hey Anxious,
It took me a while to get a feel for...Hey Anxious,<br /><br />It took me a while to get a feel for the iPad too and I still don't use it as much as I see other people use it. But I know a lot of Hollywood pros who are totally passionate about it.<br /><br />Agree with you on the cable providers. The sooner they switch to a la cart, the better.<br /><br />Re: 3D - I guarantee that you haven't seen really great 3D yet, as 95% of it out there is crap. It's a life altering experience when you do.Bobby Owsinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885584132164492190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-63739259151492608582011-12-28T11:25:30.472-08:002011-12-28T11:25:30.472-08:00Hey Bobbi,
Think you're right about the SSD. ...Hey Bobbi,<br /><br />Think you're right about the SSD. Right now it's simply a pricing issue, but it will definitely get there. They are SO much faster that it's a "must" to get rid of disks if you can afford it.<br /><br />For #2, personally, I just don't get the tablet thing. We own an iPad2, and nobody but my 5 year old daughter uses it. Everything it does, I can do either on my Android phone, or notebook C (which I actually have 2 of - an HP envy that is pretty powerful, and a Lenovo x201T tablet which has battery life that matches the iPad, but also has real pen input like a Wacom artists tablet and uses much more powerful software. I can even edit in reaper if I need to in a pinch. Much better tablet for me.)<br /><br />#3 - the problem is the cable providers and their mono or duopoly power in virtually every market. I use and recommend Directv if you HAVE to have network television (which my wife thinks we do). The interface is by far the most fluid and intuitive, the HD great, and the whole-house DVR is good. But most importantly, the pricing is good if you know how to deal with their customer service people: they bend over backwards to keep you on their network. It seems like the others I have dealt with (Comcast, Time Warner) simply don't care if you come or go, knowing you don't have many options. Directv customer service is good.<br /><br />That all said, I really feel that Google TV is going to make large inroads this year after what what was largely a failed beta launch. They have some amazing ideas, but implementation was bad. In addition, the Roku line of boxes is really nice for the price. Apple TV has a nice interface, but for content delivery, I think the rental model is insulting. I also think it suffers from Apple's need for control. If I am going to pay for content like movies, I want to own it or have access to it for a longer duration, not just a couple days or weeks. I believe that Siri is simply a means of Apple bettering their voice recognition systems and will likely implement voice control in any Apple television that may come to the market. Microsoft is doing very interesting things with its Kinect voice controls that I believe Apple is going to be modeling. <br /><br />#4 is where you and I diverge. I find 3D to be a huge gimmick that is already tiring on the big screen and in the home due to a failure of current 3D technology. Until true glasses-less 3D or holographic tech is more evolved, I just don't see it catching hold. 3D TVs and content have shown to sell OK, but users claim they essentially never use the 3D function past the 3 month mark when the novelty wears off. People just don't want to wear clunky glasses or have funky off-center viewing. So, unless glasses-less 3D makes huge technical inroads in the next year at an affordable price, I don't see that one happening.<br /><br />In any event, I will give you 2 out of 4 on the year. ;)<br /><br />-Perry<br />primeffect.comPerry A-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119618861521789718noreply@blogger.com