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DIGITAL DIGEST - http://www.digital-digest.com
DIGITAL DIGEST | LiveUpdate Newsletter - Issue 59
1 February, 2007

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TOP NEWS SUMMARY:

1. Introduction

2. News in Brief

3. The Future of Video

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

5. A simple thank-you and some concluding words

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1. Introduction

Welcome to the first issue of LiveUpdate for 2007. In this issue, we
highlight what we think are some exciting new ways for the delivery
of video, IPTV and P2P Video Streaming, both coming to a computer/TV
near you sooner than you think!

-- DVDGuy

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2. News in Brief

Magic DVD Ripper updates to version 4.3.1 to fix some minor bug
issues and also has some improvements

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60363.html

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The RIAA and MPAA know all about piracy and how it works, they even
know where it takes place, yet they do nothing about it

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60364.html

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Will dual format players in the High Definition war between HD-DVD
and Blu-Ray and who will be the first time debut them

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60368.html

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Enormous hard drives are on their way here reaching the 1 TB
(Terabyte) threshold

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60369.html

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The High Definition DVD FAQ has been updated to Version 0.7.9 to
answer some of your questions regarding PowerDVD Ultra and PS3/Xbox
360's high definition DVD playback capabilities

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60373.html

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Brand new on scene of DVD ripping is a small program called
BackupHDDVD, which decrypts HD-DVD movies with the help of these
unique keys

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60374.html

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Do you need to import or export some MPEG4 files to and from your
PSP...If so Moyea PSP Video Manager is your software

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60377.html

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ConvertXtoDVD updates to version 2.1.10 to fix several bugs and add
some suggestion from the consumers

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60378.html

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BitBurners has just launched a public media database where consumers
can search and record information about the DVD recordable media on
the market

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60380.html

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Ahead software has updated Nero to version 7.7.5.1 to help you with
your digital media

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60381.html

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Nero Recode has updated to version 2.4.5.0 to help you with all your
DVD and MPEG 4 needs

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60382.html

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First HD-DVD was cracked, now muslix64 has cracked AACS found on Blu-
Ray DVD's

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60383.html

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The movie studios and the AACS foundation have both confirmed that
their beloved AACS copyright protection has been cracked

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60385.html

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RipIt4Me updates to version 1.6.6.0 to fix some minor bugs that came
with version 1.6.5.0 and the Win9X operating system as well as some
other minor modifications

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60386.html

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Cyberlink's PowerDVD updates to version 7.0.2414 to help you with
all your video and audio entertainment needs

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60387.html

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AACS makes excuses about how their unbeatable copyright protection
was hacked no more than a month after they released it

http://www.digital-digest.com/news-60389.html

-- jmet

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3. The Future of Video

When people think about the future of video right now, they think
Blu-ray or HD DVD. While both of these formats represent the next
step in terms of the traditional media based video delivery, there
are some exciting things being developed and tested in the area of
video broadcast and online streaming.

First up is IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), also known as
Internet TV. Like VoIP (Voice over IP), IPTV aims to use the
existing Internet infrastructure to deliver video as an alternative
to the traditional free-to-air/cable/satellite delivery services.
With video compression reaching higher and higher levels, and the
increasing number of net-connected home threatres in people's homes,
an IPTV set-top box that delivers hundreds of channels, with video
on demand, doesn't seem to be too far away. The great thing about
IPTV is that because it uses the Internet, a two way communication
system is already present, allowing for unlimited interactivity,
video on demand and other nifty features. There are already some
test IPTV systems being deployed, but viewers will need faster
Internet connections if the delivery of high definition content is
to be viable.

The other interesting piece of technology is somewhat controversial,
and perhaps that's why there hasn't been a great deal made of it by
usual players in the industry. P2P video streaming is already here,
and its idea is so simple, it's one of those "why didn't I think of
it" situations. Basically, you take the concept of peer-to-peer
(P2P) file sharing and then apply it to video streaming. For those
that don't know, P2P file sharing works by people downloading parts
of a file from other users in the system, and at the same time
offering the parts they've already downloaded to everyone else. This
means that the more people that are downloading, the faster the
download will get, since there will be more uploaders as well. You
can see why this makes sense when applied to video streaming - the
more people that view the stream, the smoother the stream will get -
the total opposite of what happens with traditional video streaming.
With P2P video streaming, you can have the infrastructure in place
for traditional video streaming (basically lots of bandwidth and
throughput) and then add in the P2P element - making buffering a
thing of the past. P2P video streaming is already quite popular in
Asian, and for people who follow sports (especially Football/Soccer)
where live broadcasts are lacking from traditional media sources.
P2P may have a bad reputation, but P2P video streaming is promising
and makes perfect sense. I predict P2P video streaming will become
mainstream in the very near future.

-- DVDGuy

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5. 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
time developing this site, and making it what it is today, and
really do appreciate your continued support.

I hoped you enjoyed another issue of the LiveUpdate newsletter.

Thanks!!

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