Comment Re:Odd lighting issues (Score 1) 287
I think it was bloom in the higher exposure version.
Comment Re:Seems to me, they're spending too much! (Score 1) 376
When you make your film around your budget, sure you can make it cheap.. and sometimes even the film that the producers wanted to make. Usually though, you end up with something like those made for SyFy movies.
Personally I'd rather have film makers make what they think is going to be GOOD. And that is not always cheap.
Hey, if you think that you can consistently make great movies comparable to even the mid-rate movies out today for $15k, please, get off Slashdot and go do it, I'll gladly give you my $10.
Comment Re:Seems to me, they're spending too much! (Score 1) 376
Why is this insightful? You have clearly never worked on or tried to make a film. Besides the fact that this is not a movie that rely on big names or mega effects beyond what helped to further the story. $15M is cheap for a movie that will meet what modern audiences expect for production values. Every minute of a film is hours of production time. When you consider how many people go into a shoot, the cost of decent cinema quality equipment, travel and shipping costs, costume (you still have to buy it), location scouting and logistics, insurance, etc etc.
I'm not trying to defend the actions of this producer, I think this is all very unfortunate, but you are really foolish if you think that every movie can be made for a few thousand dollars.
Comment It does say something about Google (Score 2, Interesting) 335
Well, you have to admire that the biggest online advertising corporation on the internet didn't pull out the ad blocking feature on it's own brand of webkit browser. Yes, Google is a corporation like any other, but at least they have a little respect for not pissing it's costumers off. I think a lot of companies in the same position would have made it so their browser ADDED ads.
Comment Re:IMAX does not use 2 projectors (Score 1) 204
"IMAX Digital" uses two 2k Christie cinema projectors. Real IMAX would of course blow away 2k and frankly probably 4k as well.
Comment Re:This is the box you're looking for (Score 1) 539
From what I recall it runs around $22k (list). It's a very nice, compact box, but it is not as cheap as using consumer set-top boxes with a decent quality modulator like from http://www.blondertongue.com/ and it sounds like the GP is looking for something on a budget. Also as far as I know that box only works for clear to air channels, which unfortunately may not work with anything other then local stations on many cable providers.
Comment Re:dreaded? (Score 1) 305
I've never had one, but being a trumpet player I can tell you you could indeed play a tune on a Vuvuzela. Early trumpets didn't have valves at all, they were quite long (an octave lower) so that it could be played in it's upper register. In those upper registers many notes will resonate in the horn without needing to change it's length with the valves. We still see this in the bugle.
A simple youtube search turns up this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjjLhQTufg&feature=related
Comment Re:HDTV with more than 1920x1080p ? (Score 1) 138
I never understood that comic. You couldn't get that high of resolution content outside of owning a 35mm print until we had high definition distribution mechanisms like blu-ray. Why shouldn't that be exciting?
Large displays used to be many times the overall size and cost, why shouldn't that be impressive?
I own a Dell U2711 but we still watch movies around the house on my roommate's Epson 8500UB. Resolution isn't the only factor in what makes a good watching experience.
For Non-Profits, Common Ground vs. Raiser's Edge? 97
lanimreT writes "I work at a medium-sized non-profit organization. We've been considering a switch from our current constituent relationship manager (CRM) The Raiser's Edge to Common Ground, a non-profit-focused CRM built on SalesForce. I would like to hear from other organizations that have already done this. What features are present in Raiser's Edge but missing in Common Ground? Is your workflow improved by the new software? If you had it to do over again, would you make the switch?"
Comment Re:Except... (Score 1) 511
More importantly, to make yellow you have to emit Red and Green light. Well the problem is, that the Green component is futher into the blue cone then yellow would be.
To put it another way, yellow coming from a red and green source is causing more response from the blue retna then a true yellow wavelength would, making the color look more 'washed out'.
RGB us a good way to fool the eye, but if you are thinking you are seeing all the colors that the eye is capable of perceiving, you would be wrong. This is why companies like Pantone exist. It is simply impossible to replicate every color with any kind of three or four color process, either additive or subtractive. Yet we can still perceive the difference in those colors.
Comment 99.95 (Score 2, Insightful) 327
Seriously, will this
Man Put On "No-Fly List" While In Air To NYC 300
An unnamed man flying from Nigeria to New York City found out he was added to a no-fly list somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, when the plane stopped to refuel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Officials won't say what he did or why he was added to the list after he had already boarded a flight. He was not immediately charged with a crime and Customs and Border Protection will only say that he is a "potential person of interest." From the article: "The man, a citizen of Gambia, was not on the no-fly list when he boarded the aircraft in Dakar, Senegal, said a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly."
Comment Re:Do we really WANT higher resoltuion displays? (Score 2, Interesting) 952
It's worse then that even, they can't even decide what they mean. I've seen WXGA mean 1366x768, 1280x768, 1280x800, and 1280x720. I have even seen a projector that had a resolution that was a 17:10 aspect ratio. It probably wouldn't even bother me that much, except that many times, the only thing listed in the spec sheet is "WXGA" with no actual resolution listed.
Lag Analysis For the PlayStation Move 71
The $64,000 question about Sony's upcoming motion control system, the PlayStation Move, is how responsive it will be compared to traditional console controllers and its counterparts from Nintendo and Microsoft. Eurogamer slowed down videos of Sony's tech demo software to establish a rough baseline latency that developers will have to work with. Quoting:
"While exact latency measurements aren't possible in these conditions, a ballpark idea of the level of response isn't a problem at all. The methodology is remarkably straightforward. Keep your hand as steady as possible, then make fast motions with the controller. Count the frames between your hand moving, and the motion being carried out on-screen. Equally illuminating is to stop your movement suddenly, then count the frames necessary for your on-screen counterpart to catch up. While not 100 per cent accurate, repeat the process enough times and the frame difference becomes fairly evident. Bearing all of that in mind, and recognizing that we don't know how much latency the display itself is adding, I'd say that a ballpark figure of around 133ms of controller lag (give or take a frame) seems reasonable, certainly not the ultra-fast crispness of response we see from games like Burnout Paradise or Modern Warfare, but fine for most of the applications you would want from such a controller."
Designer Builds Coffin For Xbox's Suffering RROD 118
angry tapir writes "The Xbox 360 RROD coffin was created by Aussie designer Alexis Vanamois, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It's the ultimate final resting place for 'bricked' Xbox 360 consoles that have suffered the Red Ring of Death; it even has a cavity for your controller!"
