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Industry Insiders Master Thread IV : Questions to Insiders only: only Insiders may answer
This is a continuation of the Industry Insiders Q&A thread III:
Industry Insiders Q&A MASTER THREAD III
Post Questions [only questions] directed to and answered only by Industry Insiders who are asked to identify themselves as such in their sig : subject to AVS approval
Industry Insiders only may answer questions or make comments: this is the thread for chat between Insiders as well : however Insiders should limit their comments to their side only and never attack other Insiders
New Rule, please read. If you are here as a representative from ether camp your contribution is welcomed but moving forward please do not disparage or bash the opposing format in any way.
Please play fair.
Thank you!!
Thank you!![/size]
any AVS member can post questions [only questions please] for Insiders- but we will not tolerate any bashing
AVS recognizes the special nature of Industry Insiders and values their participation: we ask all AVS members to treat them with respect
Remember: Questions only: no off topic posts: they may be removed: and only Insiders [who have been recognized by AVS moderators] may answer
Insiders: please send me a PM with your credentials: mods and only mods will make the determination of who qualifies as an insider and all such discussions will be done off line: not to be discussed here
Please help us make this a flagship thread on AVS by observing these rules
Insiders approved to post in this thread and guidelines for this list:
this list is controlled by the mods: please don't post, either here or in any other forum or thread, about the selection
- list is for this Insider's thread only: it does not apply to any other forum, thread, or post: we don't ask Insider's status outside of this thread and they are not required to ID themselves outside of this thread
- please don't start any threads on it
-see a mistake or want to request an edit? please PM me: list will be updated frequently
-Are you an Insider who wants to post? please PM me if you are not on the list: we would love to add more
Amirm
Amir Majidimehr
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation
Consumer Media Technology Group, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division
Microsoft HD DVD insider (Retired circa fall 2007)
VC-1 video codec insider in BD/HD DVD
Andy Pennell
Andy Pennell
HDi Developer, Microsoft
HD DVD Insider
archibael
name withheld upon request
Intel Corp., Technology Manufacturing Group
CPU/Chipset Industry Insider
benwaggoner
Ben Waggoner
Program Manager for Video Encoding, Professional Content Group, Microsoft
HD DVD and VC-1 Insider with Microsoft
bkilian
Bryan Kilian
Software Development Engineer in Test HDDVD team at Microsoft
Insider with Microsoft
Cjplay
name withheld upon request
Warner Bros HD-DVD Compressionist
Compressionist
[we miss you]
Cyanide
Chad Heinemann
Microsoft Codecs, Xbox HD DVD
David Vaughn
DVD Editor
Home Theater Spot
Contributing Writer
Ultimate AV
dr1394
Ron Economos
Compression Engineer
CE industry insider (D-VHS, DCT-6412 STB, DVDR and EVD)
DTV Tivo Dealer
Robert Zohn
President of *********************
Advanced Digital Technology Dealer
TV Broadcast RF Systems Engineer
Retailer - B&M Storefront and Online Website
Empirical Audio
Chief Engineer
Digital Audio Expert
Central Oregon
FilmMixer
Marc Fishman
Re-Recording Mixer, ToddAO Studios
Studio City, CA
Film Sound and Post Production Insider
home_theatre_man
Chase Walton
Technical Editor
Performance Media Industries
Media Specialty Resources
Home Theater Design, Setup & Calibration Insider
JeffWilliams
Authoring and Compression
HD-DVD/Blu-ray Insider
jimby_99
name withheld upon request
VP, Advanced Technology for Universal Music Group
Production/Release supervisor of Blu-ray, HD DVD & DVD titles
Music/Video Industry Insider
John Dawson
President and Founder of ARCAM (A & R Cambridge Ltd)
Audio aficionado with keen interest in high resolution audio
Industry insider
kjack
Keith Jack
Director Product Marketing
Sigma Designs
BD and HD-DVD decoder supplier
BD/HD-DVD insider
MeridianHQ
name withheld upon request
Meridian Insider
Huntingdon England
Maxpower1987
Name withheld upon request
BD Financial Industry Insider
Financier
Mulholland
(name and company withheld by request)
Software Development Engineer in Post-Production House
managing transcodes to MPEG-2,AVC,VC1 and digital packaging
PacificDisc
name withheld upon request
Sean - PacificDisc
HD DVD & Blu-ray Replication Insider
paidgeek
name withheld upon request
Sony Pictures BD Insider
Engineer
Penton-Man
BD Hollywood Studio Insider
RBFilms
Richard J. Casey
R&B Films, Ltd.
Producers Guild of America, New Media Council
HD-DVD / BD Industry Insider
RDoherty
Richard E. Doherty
Director, Technology Strategy, Microsoft
Roger Dressler
Director, Business Development
Dolby Laboratories
smokey
Bruce Lidl
DivX, Inc.
representative of DivX,
Talkstr8t
name withheld upon request
Blu-ray Insider
Speaking solely for myself, not the BDA
Digital Television
Tom McMahon
Technical Director
Broadcom Corporation
walkamo
Christopher Walker
Product Planning and Marketing for Blu-ray and Optical Discs
Pioneer Electronics Sr Manager
Blu-ray Hardware Insider
zambelli
Alex Zambelli
Software Development Engineer in Test
Codec Team, Consumer Media Technology Group, Microsoft
VC-1 and WMV9 codec insider with Microsoft
This is a continuation of the Industry Insiders Q&A thread III:
Industry Insiders Q&A MASTER THREAD III
Post Questions [only questions] directed to and answered only by Industry Insiders who are asked to identify themselves as such in their sig : subject to AVS approval
Industry Insiders only may answer questions or make comments: this is the thread for chat between Insiders as well : however Insiders should limit their comments to their side only and never attack other Insiders
New Rule, please read. If you are here as a representative from ether camp your contribution is welcomed but moving forward please do not disparage or bash the opposing format in any way.
Please play fair.
Thank you!!
Thank you!![/size]
any AVS member can post questions [only questions please] for Insiders- but we will not tolerate any bashing
AVS recognizes the special nature of Industry Insiders and values their participation: we ask all AVS members to treat them with respect
Remember: Questions only: no off topic posts: they may be removed: and only Insiders [who have been recognized by AVS moderators] may answer
Insiders: please send me a PM with your credentials: mods and only mods will make the determination of who qualifies as an insider and all such discussions will be done off line: not to be discussed here
Please help us make this a flagship thread on AVS by observing these rules
Insiders approved to post in this thread and guidelines for this list:
this list is controlled by the mods: please don't post, either here or in any other forum or thread, about the selection
- list is for this Insider's thread only: it does not apply to any other forum, thread, or post: we don't ask Insider's status outside of this thread and they are not required to ID themselves outside of this thread
- please don't start any threads on it
-see a mistake or want to request an edit? please PM me: list will be updated frequently
-Are you an Insider who wants to post? please PM me if you are not on the list: we would love to add more
Amirm
Amir Majidimehr
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation
Consumer Media Technology Group, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division
Microsoft HD DVD insider (Retired circa fall 2007)
VC-1 video codec insider in BD/HD DVD
Andy Pennell
Andy Pennell
HDi Developer, Microsoft
HD DVD Insider
archibael
name withheld upon request
Intel Corp., Technology Manufacturing Group
CPU/Chipset Industry Insider
benwaggoner
Ben Waggoner
Program Manager for Video Encoding, Professional Content Group, Microsoft
HD DVD and VC-1 Insider with Microsoft
bkilian
Bryan Kilian
Software Development Engineer in Test HDDVD team at Microsoft
Insider with Microsoft
Cjplay
name withheld upon request
Warner Bros HD-DVD Compressionist
Compressionist
[we miss you]
Cyanide
Chad Heinemann
Microsoft Codecs, Xbox HD DVD
David Vaughn
DVD Editor
Home Theater Spot
Contributing Writer
Ultimate AV
dr1394
Ron Economos
Compression Engineer
CE industry insider (D-VHS, DCT-6412 STB, DVDR and EVD)
DTV Tivo Dealer
Robert Zohn
President of *********************
Advanced Digital Technology Dealer
TV Broadcast RF Systems Engineer
Retailer - B&M Storefront and Online Website
Empirical Audio
Chief Engineer
Digital Audio Expert
Central Oregon
FilmMixer
Marc Fishman
Re-Recording Mixer, ToddAO Studios
Studio City, CA
Film Sound and Post Production Insider
home_theatre_man
Chase Walton
Technical Editor
Performance Media Industries
Media Specialty Resources
Home Theater Design, Setup & Calibration Insider
JeffWilliams
Authoring and Compression
HD-DVD/Blu-ray Insider
jimby_99
name withheld upon request
VP, Advanced Technology for Universal Music Group
Production/Release supervisor of Blu-ray, HD DVD & DVD titles
Music/Video Industry Insider
John Dawson
President and Founder of ARCAM (A & R Cambridge Ltd)
Audio aficionado with keen interest in high resolution audio
Industry insider
kjack
Keith Jack
Director Product Marketing
Sigma Designs
BD and HD-DVD decoder supplier
BD/HD-DVD insider
MeridianHQ
name withheld upon request
Meridian Insider
Huntingdon England
Maxpower1987
Name withheld upon request
BD Financial Industry Insider
Financier
Mulholland
(name and company withheld by request)
Software Development Engineer in Post-Production House
managing transcodes to MPEG-2,AVC,VC1 and digital packaging
PacificDisc
name withheld upon request
Sean - PacificDisc
HD DVD & Blu-ray Replication Insider
paidgeek
name withheld upon request
Sony Pictures BD Insider
Engineer
Penton-Man
BD Hollywood Studio Insider
RBFilms
Richard J. Casey
R&B Films, Ltd.
Producers Guild of America, New Media Council
HD-DVD / BD Industry Insider
RDoherty
Richard E. Doherty
Director, Technology Strategy, Microsoft
Roger Dressler
Director, Business Development
Dolby Laboratories
smokey
Bruce Lidl
DivX, Inc.
representative of DivX,
Talkstr8t
name withheld upon request
Blu-ray Insider
Speaking solely for myself, not the BDA
Digital Television
Tom McMahon
Technical Director
Broadcom Corporation
walkamo
Christopher Walker
Product Planning and Marketing for Blu-ray and Optical Discs
Pioneer Electronics Sr Manager
Blu-ray Hardware Insider
zambelli
Alex Zambelli
Software Development Engineer in Test
Codec Team, Consumer Media Technology Group, Microsoft
VC-1 and WMV9 codec insider with Microsoft