SWAT Episode 4 (Droid RAZR, Angry Birds Takeover, Is Film Dead?)

Motorola Razr

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20122006-251/motorola-announces-droid-razr/

• Officially announced the 18th
• Combines the power of the Droid branding with the iconic slimness of the Razr
• 7.1mm thin
• Built out of Kevlar fiber, Corning Gorilla Glass, and water-repellent nanocoating (Should be very durable and scratch resistant despite its thin frame)
• Dual core 1.2GHz proc
• Verizon Wireless 4G LTE
• 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Advanced display with qHD resolution (Can stream Netflix in HD)
• Ships with Gingerbread 2.3.5
• 1 GB RAM
• 8-Megapixel rear cam with 1080p HD capture and image stabilization and front facing cam
• For Enterprise protection there's remote wipe, pin lock, and government grade encryption
• Actually ships with Bluetooth 4.0
• 32 GB memory—16GB internal and preinstalled 16GB microSD
• Will be able to connect to Motorola's Lapdock
• Will be available in early November for 299
• Locked Bootloader
• Non-removable battery

Angry Birds World Domination

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/19/angry-birds-aim-for-world-domination

• Everybody loves to play this bird suicide-bombing game
• It's become a household name
• Rovio, the Finnish company behind the title, is trying to turn its worldwide popularity into an entertainment franchise the likes of Mickey Mouse or even Mario
• They plan to sell millions of toys, produce an Angry Birds cartoon, and even make a movie
• Game has been downloaded 400 million times
• Rovio is already selling out products within days
• They've already sold 10 million toys and plan to release an Angry Birds cookbook by years end
• They've acquired an animation studio in Helsinki
• They've also hired David Maisel (Marvel Comics Boss and producer of Iron Man, Hulk and Thor)
• For a company that was about to collapse in 2009, it is now worth more than 1.2 BILLION dollars

Film is Losing Steam

http://nofilmschool.com/2011/10/rumors-films-demise-longer-exaggerated/
http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/film-fading-to-black
http://www.zacuto.com/the-great-camera-shootout-2011/episode-one
http://kodak.com/go/nocompromise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98FZ8C6HneE

• ARRI, Panavision, and Aaton have all quietly ceased production of film cameras recently
• Bill Russell, VP of ARRI says that "the demand for film cameras on a global basis has all but disappeared" predictin that in 2-3 years it might be 85% digital and 15% film
• Aaton introduced its last film camera (Penelope) three years ago and sold only 50-60 of them
• Panavision built its last 35mm (Milennium XL) in late 2009 (used in newest Indiana Jones movie)
• Jean-Pierre Beauviala (founder of Aaton) believes that stereoscopic 3D has "accelerated the demise of film," because film is so hard to sync
• Deluxe and Technicolor are in plans to downsize and divide film printing and distribution between each other
• Technicolor's CMO, Ahmad Ouri said, "We have been planning our transition from film to digital...we know one day film won't be around."
• In July of this year, more than half the US theaters have digital screens
• Patrick Corcoran (Director of Media and Research for the National Association of Theatre Owners, NATO) predicts, "Sometime in 2013, all [theater] screens will be digital...it'll be absolutely necessary to switch to Digital Cinema to survive."
• Chris Nolen (Dark Knight, Inception) and Darren Aronofsky () go out of their way to shoot film, IMAX even...
• Film vs Digital:
o Digital is essentially free once you have the camera and storage, you pay for each foot of film (stock and processing)
o Digital brags to be higher resolution than film because it can have more pixels on the sensor, but the pixels don't cover the whole sensor, captures data all over the whole film...the scanners are what's lacking
o Digital you have less dynamic range and you also have compression
o Digital has better low-light capabilities, film has better highlights
o You always hear people trying to get their digital footage to have the "film look", not vice versa
o For more comparisons of digital vs film, check out Zacuto's "The Great Camera Shootout 2011"

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[SourNaik]

Razr or Nexus?

[8bitdigitaltv]

@SourNaik That's a tough call...I'd have to actually have some time with them both before I'd make my final decision. For now I'll say Nexus just for ICS. Thanks for the comment!

[cbird54]

Guess I need to buy up some film before I can't

[8bitdigitaltv]

@cbird54 And the chemicals to process it, lol.

[NeverEnuffAmmo]

★★★★★

[8bitdigitaltv]

@NeverEnuffAmmo woohoo!

[8bitdigitaltv]

@lsaintignan eet wawz teh schteenkee

[lsaintignan]

EPIC FIRST SWAT FART!!!!

[8bitdigitaltv]

@TheEnglishRedneck45 yeah, really is the deal killer on an otherwise awesome sounding device!

[TheEnglishRedneck45]

I'm no techie, but the way you can't replace the battery would kill it for me. I don't give a damn if it has all those juicy numbers - it sounds impractical with that battery shit.