Entries from August 2007

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Study: Consumers Want Control of the When, Why, Where of their Content

There’s a new IBM survey out that looks at consumer behavior and preferences in a digital world.  One of the amazing facts from the survey is that TV usage is decreasing – an important trend.
Some of the key stats:
• 6 or more hours spent on the Internet daily:  19% of respondents    
• 6 or more hours spent watching TV […]

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Home Movie Transfer: Now on Major Publications’ Radar

Last summer, if you Googled “home movie transfer,” you wouldn’t have found many references online.  A few vendor names might have popped up, but very few articles in major publications.   Now, with a second New York Times article published as recently as last week, we are seeing more and more attention paid to this service.
The […]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Rewind: Our Second Annual Home Movie Day Was a Success

We celebrated the annual Home Movie Day for the second summer in a row this past weekend. 
This event has been held throughout the globe since 2002, started by a group of motivated film enthusiasts interested in preserving small gauge motion picture film memories, special moments and home movie history. “Home Movie Day has grown into […]

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Technological Impatience Gets the Best of Us

I checked my New York Times online issue this weekend faithfully, and was happy to see home movies the topic of an article by Alina Tugend.  Happy also to see that she illuminated the frustrations that families must go through when they try to convert home movies to DVDs themselves.  She shared with readers her personal […]