Desultory Thoughts

I recently read a report that people are hungry for video content on the websites they visit. It’s good to see that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is still staying on the cutting edge. My brother Rich pointed out this page on the church’s site that feautures a bunch of commercials.

The demand for streaming video is pushed largely due to the increased number of high speed connections in the home that can handle the large amounts of data; the same reason that Google feels that it can make money on low-quality streaming video. They’re probably right.

Microsoft’s upcoming release of Windows Vista will also tout on-demand video as well as the ability to play the new HD DVD format. With their backing of that format, we may see the end of its competitor known as Blu-ray . It’ll be interesting to see which format will become the next betamax . One or the other will definatley “betamax” themselves right out of the High Definition DVD market, but the war is already 9 years old, believe it or not, with no clear leader at the moment.

  

I noticed some new features added to Google Video, besides the fact that they have now enabled the long awaited “for sale” feauture. They now allow you to easily copy and paste a bit of html so that you can embed video in your webpage or blog as I’ve done above. This video is entitled “Hurt” and is a video that my friends and I did a few years ago. It was just a fun little thing that we filmed out in the west desert.