http://www.downloadablemedia.org/index.php/new-media-new-year-resolutions This is the official site of the Association for Downloadable Media. Blog posts are authored by the ADM board and members. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:21:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.downloadablemedia.org/index.php/new-media-new-year-resolutions/comment-page-1#comment-462 Phil Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:41:28 +0000 http://www.downloadablemedia.org/index.php/new-media-new-year-resolutions#comment-462 Thanks Les. I heard a podcaster say the other day that he thinks audio shouldn't be as good as broadcast quality. He thinks that's what sets podcasting apart. It's rough sound. I believe, as I told him, that excuse screams lazy! Everything should look and sound as good as possible. Thanks Les. I heard a podcaster say the other day that he thinks audio shouldn’t be as good as broadcast quality. He thinks that’s what sets podcasting apart. It’s rough sound. I believe, as I told him, that excuse screams lazy! Everything should look and sound as good as possible.

]]> http://www.downloadablemedia.org/index.php/new-media-new-year-resolutions/comment-page-1#comment-461 Les Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:20:53 +0000 http://www.downloadablemedia.org/index.php/new-media-new-year-resolutions#comment-461 Good points, Phil. In particular, I would argue strongly in favor of two of your resolutions: better quality audio - and better quality video. User-generated video (and audio) can be great, but I'm seeing more and more studies that tell me that, in the long run, the average viewer still wants professional quality video and audio. Not necessarily all the slickness of the pros, but competent, workmanlike quality. Once a lot of users get past the novelty, they start to get back to the basics that they've become used to in television and movies - and that requires professionalism. Good points, Phil. In particular, I would argue strongly in favor of two of your resolutions: better quality audio – and better quality video. User-generated video (and audio) can be great, but I’m seeing more and more studies that tell me that, in the long run, the average viewer still wants professional quality video and audio. Not necessarily all the slickness of the pros, but competent, workmanlike quality. Once a lot of users get past the novelty, they start to get back to the basics that they’ve become used to in television and movies – and that requires professionalism.

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