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Post by edtheripper on Jul 28, 2014 6:07:49 GMT -5
The files are 720p .mp4 files. I've got programs to burn them to dvd if I am so inclined. It is a twist turn thumbdrive, nothing fancy. When I am not so exhausted, I am gonna watch a few matches and check the picture quality. What do you recommend for converting? I use ConvertX for just about anything of that nature. It works great for burning .avi files, .mp4 files, etc.
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Post by edtheripper on Jul 28, 2014 6:11:19 GMT -5
I love this idea. They should just announce the price first, maybe do two shows on an 8gb to lower the price point and customize them in some way (whether it be screen printing or even a sticker). Obviously for Beyond the empty 8gb drives are going to be more than half the price of the 16gb, cutting into their profits, but packaging two shows for $20 would make them much more viable option for purchase. For those complaining about wanting "legit physical media", having a thumb drive with the shows is logistically not a hell of a lot different than DVD. You still have them on a physical object... something you can hold in your hands... rather than having them on demand, and a 720p .mp4 would be objectively much better quality than your average DVD. That and most flat screens and pretty much every computer would be able to play them. They'd also be ready to instantly move to any other device you normally watch video on, from PS3 to iPad to your phone (at better than DVD quality). This is actually a HUGE step forward, and putting them on DVD afterwards would actually be heading backwards. Anyone who doesn't recognize that is missing quite a bit. For clarification, I'm all for moving on to new technology, but I like the option of being able to keep backups for shows on DVD-Rs for a few reasons. It aesthetically goes better with my existing collection, I would never borrow a USB to a friend for any reason, if I'm going to be somewhere that may not have USB capabilities and want to watch something, it'll be easier to just take a DVD copy. Yeah, a dvd copy of the shows would work out perfectly for my son to watch on our older tv/dvd player in the bedroom. I can and will pop the thumb drive into the USB port on my Blu-ray player and watch the shows that way.
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Post by edtheripper on Jul 29, 2014 5:45:56 GMT -5
I checked out the quality last night, and was quite pleased. Picture looks beautiful. Now, I just need to find the time to watch 4 shows.
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Post by ronnie2hotty on Jul 29, 2014 6:27:14 GMT -5
Another aspect not covered here yet is that with a USB thumb drive, Beyond Wrestling can always just reuse what didn't sell. For example, if they brought 10 total and only 2 sold, then next time they can just reload the remaining 8 (plus an additional 2) with 4 different shows, and only be out the cost of two more thumb drives, not the cost of the DVD and cases,
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 7:50:28 GMT -5
Reminds me of the days of Paul Alperstein's American Wrestling Federation (1995-96), where he planned on selling hard discs of the shows for $10 a piece.
Wasn't a bad idea, the company just never got enough TV money to keep the promotion going. (He complained that the syndicated stations would put him on at some crappy hour like 2am on a Monday morning when they promised a Saturday night at 11pm. Stuff like that.)
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jul 30, 2014 8:07:21 GMT -5
i'd want something a bit more permanent with my videos than a file on a flash drive That flash drive will more than likely last longer than a dvd-r. I got Dvd-rs from the early 2000s that have crapped out on me already. Got flash drives almost as old that still work perfectly. Plus the flash drives are much easier to store.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 9:56:03 GMT -5
Reminds me of the days of Paul Alperstein's American Wrestling Federation (1995-96), where he planned on selling hard discs of the shows for $10 a piece. Wasn't a bad idea, the company just never got enough TV money to keep the promotion going. (He complained that the syndicated stations would put him on at some crappy hour like 2am on a Monday morning when they promised a Saturday night at 11pm. Stuff like that.) They had an incredibly flawed business plan. Everywhere they aired, it was paid programming. There was an insane figure (over a million) that they lost within a span of three months on paying for television time in several major markets on network affiliate stations. There was no income.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jul 30, 2014 9:59:09 GMT -5
Reminds me of the days of Paul Alperstein's American Wrestling Federation (1995-96), where he planned on selling hard discs of the shows for $10 a piece. Wasn't a bad idea, the company just never got enough TV money to keep the promotion going. (He complained that the syndicated stations would put him on at some crappy hour like 2am on a Monday morning when they promised a Saturday night at 11pm. Stuff like that.) They had an incredibly flawed business plan. Everywhere they aired, it was paid programming. There was an insane figure (over a million) that they lost within a span of three months on paying for television time in several major markets on network affiliate stations. There was no income. Wasn't this the promotion that PAID people to sit in the audience?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 10:03:40 GMT -5
Yes. They hired actors to cheer and boo on cue, and then paid for the TV time. Genius business plan.
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