by Ryan Parman • January 26, 2013 • Digital Media, Technology, TV and Movies • No comments
For my fellow video nerds, the ITU announced today that its members had agreed upon the format for the successor to H.264 video — H.265, also known as “High-Efficiency Video Coding”. H.264 and HDTV Today, most TVs support 1080p, although most content (TV shows, most video games) are only 720p. Blu-ray movies and a handful [...]
by Ryan Parman • July 5, 2010 • TV and Movies • 1 comments
The Last Airbender is an abomination to film making. It makes Matrix Revolutions look like The Godfather. Don’t go see it, tell your friends not to see it — don’t even wait until it comes out on DVD. Don’t waste a moment of your life on this film; you’ll thank me later. I love Avatar [...]
by Ryan Parman • February 6, 2010 • TV and Movies • No comments
James Cameron has made some pretty incredible movies over the past 25 years, and Avatar will end up doing for movies what the iPod did for digital music. Most of the 3D movies I’ve seen in years-past have been very gimmicky. The 3D is overbearing, and the directors seem to think it’s funny to break [...]
by Ryan Parman • April 13, 2006 • Apple, Technology, TV and Movies • No comments
With all of the recent hoopla about Sony dropping the UMD format (here and here), it’s little wonder why. The reason? This Think Secret posting gives all the explanation we need: Cinemanow bills itself as “the #1 legal movie download store” and sells movies a-la-carte, but for the same price, if not higher, in some [...]
by Ryan Parman • November 25, 2005 • Apple, Music, Personal, Technology, TV and Movies • 2 comments
Ryan discusses how awesome his wife is for getting him an iPod 5G.
by Ryan Parman • September 24, 2005 • TV and Movies • No comments
Ryan discusses his thoughts on movies that he saw over the summer.
by Ryan Parman • September 5, 2005 • TV and Movies • 3 comments
Ryan creates shared iCalendars for his favorite TV shows.
by Ryan Parman • May 26, 2005 • TV and Movies • No comments
Ryan brags about predicting the winners of American Idol 2005 several months in advance.
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