Is YouTube paying fair?

Is YouTube paying fair?

Last week the music industry released some PR around how vinyl makes them more money than YouTube; with the intent to demonstrate that YouTube is not paying a “fair” price for their content. I will admit that this is a little late, I still think it should be said that this sort of whinging and the press mindlessly repeating it […]

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Video distribution problems – not anymore

The idea that you can send 1080p over any pair of wires seems fanciful, but it appears that Altinex has managed to do exactly that. Now, it’s not quite the same experience as HDMI, there is some compression (and associated lossy artifacts), but still quite amazing – and should solve the how-do-I-get-video-to-this-place problem for those where HDMI (wired/wireless) or a […]

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Intel plans to change GPU development approach

It’s no secret that Intel’s GPU driver provides a richer experience on Windows than Linux, so it’s welcome news that they are planning to take a more shared-code approach with the two OSs. Hopefully, this will translate into better HWA CODEC support in Kodi/OpenELEC where there isn’t quite the level of coverage that there is in Windows. Up to now […]

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