Wired comments on the Digital transmission of ‘Krumped’ at Sundance,
“… Intel technicians in Hillsboro, Oregon, encrypted Rize, which was shot on high-definition digital video. The file was streamed to Salt Lake City, then beamed via microwave to Park City and through a WiMax connection to the top of a 10,000-foot mountain.
A receiver at the ski lodge sent the file to an HP Media Center PC, where it was decoded and projected through a high-end digital projector. Intel’s wireless connections allowed huge amounts of data to travel quickly — at up to 24 Mbps, about 20 times as much throughput as DSL provides…”
Wired comments on the Digital transmission of ‘Krumped’ at Sundance,
“… Intel technicians in Hillsboro, Oregon, encrypted Rize, which was shot on high-definition digital video. The file was streamed to Salt Lake City, then beamed via microwave to Park City and through a WiMax connection to the top of a 10,000-foot mountain.
A receiver at the ski [...]
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@ 08:09
With all the talk about online film distribution of late it really feels as though someone missed a great opportunity to offer the short film Oscar nominees for download as soon as they were announced. Lower bandwidth costs than full-length movies, and extra publicity because of the nomination day tie-in seem like a great combination?