Hi Def Video via DSLRs driving bandwidth demand

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jock Gill <jg45 () me com>
Date: September 23, 2008 7:17:21 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Jock Gill <jg45 () me com>
Subject: Hi Def Video via DSLRs driving bandwidth demand

Dave,

For IP if you wish.

I am wondering what happens to the business models of the Cablecos and  
Telcos when they are confronted with literally millions of consumer  
cameras that produce Hi Def TV files?  These cameras are expected to  
be "game changing" in the digital photography world, but I expect that  
they are also "game changing" when it comes to bandwidth demand/ 
consumption, citizens news reporting, and so forth.  At least two new  
cameras have this capability already: 1] the Nikon D90 and 2] the  
Canon 5D mark II.

See, for example, this early experiment with Hi Def video made with  
Canon's new 5D Mark II, a cameras costing less than $3,000.

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/22/without-further-ado-reverie/

How you gonna keep the bits down on the farm once these toys, er  
tools, are widely diffused into the consumer base?  Will business  
models based upon throttling bandwidth demand actually work?  I don't  
think so.  If not, then what?

Cheers,

Jock


Jock Gill
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