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DIGITAL DIGEST | LiveUpdate Newsletter - Issue 54
1 August, 2006

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TOP NEWS SUMMARY:

1. Introduction

2. News in Brief

3. DVD Trading - dvdloc8's Swap Meet

4. Software Spotlight: Media Player Classic

5. How to cancel/change your subscription email address/settings
- how to maintain the subscription to this newsletter even
if your email address has changed

6. A simple thank-you and some concluding words

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1. Introduction

Welcome to another issue of Digital Digest's "LiveUpdate"
newsletter. In this issue, I talk about dvdloc8's new DVD trading
and selling system, and spotlight a classic software.

-- DVDGuy


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2. News in Brief

Is Sony racist? From the looks of there new PSP model, it appears
so.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60082.html

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A descriptive review of Samsung's new Blu-Ray DVD player and the
pros and cons.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60083.html

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Downloading movies via a peer to peer network could once get you in
to serious trouble with the RIAA and movie industry but, now you can
do it legal.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60084.html

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Toshiba delays the release date for their first consumer HD-DVD
recorder.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60085.html

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Imation media company is releasing both recordable (-R) and
rewritable (-RW) Blu-Ray media.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60086.html

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Top 10 preferred brand name list among consumers. See who is rated
the highest.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60087.html

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Sony is losing its hopes for the UMD format not to mention money on
it. National chains such as Wal-Mart have even stopped caring the
product.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60089.html

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Review of the PowerDirector 5 software.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60090.html

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The YouTube website is leading the way in most watched videos
online. No wonder the RIAA/movie industry is breathing down their
throats with law suits.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60091.html

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Ulead has updated their VideoStudio software to cover HDV editing
and more.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60092.html

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The high tech hall of shame. See the list of the 25 worst tech
products released.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60093.html

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Movielink and Sonic Solutions have collaborated to form a download
and burn straight to DVD service.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60095.html

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FireFox 2 is coming. Download your beta copy today to give them
feedback on how to improve it.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60096.html

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Is China smarter than the US when it comes to anti piracy measures?

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60097.html

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Nero Vision software certified by Blu-Ray .

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60098.html

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Microsoft is trying to rival Apple's iPod with its new Zune player.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60099.html

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A very handy feature has been implemented into Windows Vista that
will automatically defrag your hard drive for you.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60100.html

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The RIAA has lost their minds cause they are now telling DJ's to
forget about promotional CD's to play and just download the new
songs from KazaA.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60102.html

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Download new movies on the same day as their DVD release date.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60113.html

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Internet Explorer 7 is here and your getting it whether you like it
or not cause its coming to you through Windows Update as a "high
priority".

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60114.html

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A new innovative feature called "Swap Meet" which allows you to
trade and sell your DVD's to other people has been added to
dvdloc8.com.

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60115.html

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It appears that America Online is also trying to jump on the band
wagon of streaming video to its customers...

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60116.html

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Microsoft is sending out "Vista Industrial Design Toolkit" to PC
manufacturers to get them to make PC boxes that will match the eye
candy in Windows Vista

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60117.html

-- jmet


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3. DVD Trading - dvdloc8's Swap Meet

dvdloc8 has just launched a new section to their site called "Swap
Meet". As you are well aware, I founded and built dvdloc8, and "Swap
Meet" is one of the recent features I have added to the movie/disc
database site (can't call it a DVD database anymore because it now
also includes UMD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray discs). Swap Meet basically
allows you to trade DVDs online using dvdloc8's private messaging
system. The advantage is that you don't need to share your email
address with potential traders unless you are absolutely sure they
are legit. Also, your messages are only visible by you and the
person you are trading with, thus ensuring privacy. Your trading
list is tied into your collection list and to dvdloc8's database, so
apart from entering the title of the DVD you have and want to trade,
you don't need to enter any details about the disc itself.

Swap Meet also allows DVDs to be sold, you can add a description,
upload photos and set the condition of the item - think of it as a
classified ad.

And like everything else on dvdloc8, it's all free of course.

The service has just been launched, so there won't be many users
with active trade lists yet - be one of the first to start a list
and start trading.

dvdloc8's Swap Meet: http://www.dvdloc8.com/swap_meet.php

-- DVDGuy


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4. Software Spotlight: Media Player Classic

The term "bloatware" is frequently associated with Windows Media
Player (WMP) - it's slow to launch, has tons of features you
probably don't need, and despite the various minimized interface
modes, it still takes up too much space. But it wasn't always like
that. WMP 6 was the last version of Windows Media Player that
retained the classic, efficient interface whose origins can be
traced back to the media player bundled with Windows 3.11. While it
didn't have CD burning, internet connectivity and all the other new
features found in version 7 or later, it played back media and it
did it very well. So well, that even when WMP 8 and 9 came out, many
were still hanging onto WMP 6.

Taking advantage of the fact that people wanted the simple interface
of WMP 6, but with some of the advanced playback features that
weren't available back in the days of WMP 6, Media Player Classic
(MPC) was launched. MPC has a similar efficient interface of WMP 6,
but with advanced playback features that were aimed directly at the
DivX/XviD community. This includes subtitle support, custom zooming,
DVD support, multiple audio support, advanced filter support and
much more. Best of all, it comes in a single executable file with no
need for an installer/uninstaller. And of course, it's free and open
source.

MPC is strongly linked with ffdshow (also known as the filter that
plays back everything), and with H.264 becoming more popular by the
day, MPC+ffdshow has become a good combination that will handle
pretty much all the media you can throw at it.

-- DVDGuy

MPC @ Digital Digest:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/media_player_classic.html

H.264 Playback Guide:
http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/mp4_h264_playback_page1.html

Official Project Website:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli


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6. A simple thank-you and some concluding words

Just a note to thank all the thousands of people, including you, who
joined the Digital Digest LiveUpdate list. I've spent quite a bit of
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I hoped you enjoyed another issue of the LiveUpdate newsletter.

Thanks!!

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