To all my favorite litigators: Digital House is proud to offer the $550 per week ELMO special. It’s $550 for five days and includes free set-up. This has proven very popular. We look forward to serving you (on the vendor side) at Superior Court.
Litigators: ELMO $550 week!
September 2nd, 2013CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!
July 24th, 2013CHRISTMAS IN JULY? THE MADNESS!!! Just ask this guy. He waited till December to get his home Super 8mm, VHS and Hi8s transferred to digital files or DVD and it was too late. The RAGE! We tried to tell him our services make for the most perfect holiday gift, but you know how he can be…Give us a shout this summer and avoid the holiday rush. https://www.facebook.com/DigitalHouseProductions
Waiting for George
February 1st, 2013
Some time ago my friend and colleague the Illustrious Marco called and asked me if I wanted to join forces for a 3-day gig up at the Crystal Cathedral. The details were vague: “I think we’re going to shoot a spot with George Bush (the first)”. Okay, cool enough, he booked it. Turns out the gig was a three-day press junket with all kinds of inspirational and political types. Oddly enough, George Bush had to cancel at the last minute leaving us with our own press room and the opportunity to shoot “whoever we can grab.” So, over 3 days, we grabbed what amounted to a veritable mixed bag of politico-inspirationish-celebrity types and interviewed them madly about whatever we could (mostly about whatever book, product or TV show they were hawking). We had Robert Schuller, Notre Dame’s Lou Holtz, Ben Vereen (yep), the late Chuck Colson (quite impressive actually) AND Kathy Ireland-KATHY IRELAND (hotness and business savvy). However, the big pull was for Ben Stein who kept blowing us off for other interviews. Despite our begging, he never did show. Dissed.
Not ten minutes later, our Production Assistant came running in announcing, “Screw Ben Stein. George Foreman is on his way here!”
“Whaaaaat?”
“He’ll be here in 2 minutes.”
“Whaaaaat?”
“He said we can have 30 seconds!”
“Whaaaaaaaat!?”
Thankfully, the 2-camera set was still complete. Marco, never one to miss the chance to perfect a lighting set-up, went for the ultimate cowboy maneuver by adding an overhead baldness diffuser light as I protested, “My God, there’s no time!!!”
As usual, Marco was right about this and finished just as Mr. Foreman and 2 of his sons (George and George) appeared on set. There he was: beautiful yet glowering, fearsome to behold. Up close, he is mountainous and didn’t smile or even speak as he instinctively opened his immaculately tailored navy coat to allow me to pin the microphone on him. I think I reflexively walked backwards in utter supplication. Once he sat down in our set, his face illuminated. The only description I can give is that he’s like a happy pie. Perfectly round, perfectly inviting. And he gave us more than 30 seconds. He gave us a story about forgiveness and how he found his freedom after forgiving his parents after years of resentment towards them for not knowing who his true father was. This, by the way, is why he named each of his 5 sons George — so they would always know who they were and where they came from.
Once in a lifetime.
Websites
April 1st, 2010We know people who can help you with your websites. They can do website maintenance, updates, code updates, interface changes, add a wordpress blog or just random things for you. Call us and let us know if you need some help on the ole internet. We are here for you. Film, Video, DVD, Duplication, or Websites. Only in San Diego, could so much be done at one place. Well, maybe it happens in other places too…
We are here!
September 28th, 2009Summer is over, and I thought for sure Pat would post something by now. He didn’t, so I will take it to the mic once again. Pat was really busy this summer thanks to all who stopped by and had some tapes dubbed or rented some gear, and now the fall begins. But like the leaves that fall from the trees, don’t despair, the only thing falling around here is prices. So feel free to give us a call and inquire about your video project, we will talk time, place and budget. Anything is possible in video, and we are here to help.
-The man behind the curtain
Spring is in the San Diego Air
June 17th, 2009Dust mites, cardboard, unpredictable weather, gray, sunny, gray, sunny… spring in San Diego is here.
Dust you say? What does that have to do with video, and spring?
Well, as you dig thru your garage or attic under the June Gloom, and you find that box of video tapes, or old reels of film. Just blow the dust off them, give us a call. We can make those old tapes, films, cassettes what ever you got, into DVD’s.
The future is here! Well actually we have been doing it for awhile, but we will pretend its new. What is for sure is exciting!
Bring those video tapes down to our Mission Valley office, and rejoice in the Digital glory, that is, Digital House Video Productions.
the future is in the air! can you smell it?
What to do this summer – Make a film?
May 19th, 2009Well no, you can’t make a film. It’s expensive. Really expensive. There are alternatives to such a process.
1. Rent a dvx100 or hvx200 and switch that bad boy to 24p
2. Transfer some old home movies, throw them in final cut, do some re-edits, add some deep purple and groove out all night to your dad taking you to Disneyland or to young grandma’s house
3. Go see a movie. What better way to be inspired than to see that expensive process fullfilled by someone else with lots of money.
Just a few random thoughts, about film and the summer, and the fact that we can help in any way you need to maybe, one day, make a film.
Give us a call and we can start you down the road to filmmaking bliss.
Or something mystery sceince theatre would make fun of.
Death to VHS!
February 15th, 2009
Remember me, I am a VHS tape. I once fought it out with another named BETAMAX, for reign over the video world. I won.
Now look at me. Tired, old, mechanical parts…. I am outdated and alone.
Sure, you say, some people may still even have a whole library of me, but one day I will turn on them, send my black tentacles into their playheads and gears , and render myself useless. All the time sending your VHS player to the shop!
Oh, it could happen at any moment.
What can I do to regain my power, to move up the food chain?
Nothing. I am a dead format. I can be duplicated, shipped, copied and delivered at 4 to 6 times slower than the speed of a DVD duplication project.
I also cannot be played in a laptop, on an airplane, on the way to a big sales presentation. I can’t have custom artwork printed directly on me. I can be played in your grandmothers house, but only for the time being, because even grandma has a DVD player now.
Where I have defeated BETAMAX, DVD duplication has beaten me.
Here are some facts that will send me to my grave and make your project take on a new life:
DVD duplication has a shelf life of 100 years. (if you outlive one, you win a prize!)
DVD duplications have no moving parts. (see photo above, zoinks!)
DVD duplications can be duplicated millions of times with no generation loss (cause we are living in a digital world, and you are a digital girl)
DVD duplications can provided more information, custom interfaces and menus, and provided functions VHS could never dream of (its so very true!)
Death to VHS, and all hail the DVD!
DVD and CD duplication
January 17th, 2009DVD and CD duplication and it’s relevance:
DVD and CD duplication still holds a place in the market today. Sure we can ftp files and email them, load a bunch of media into a flash video player or even send it to (god forbid), youtube. Even so, there is nothing like having media, holding it, viewing the artwork. How about the functionality of being able to carry it anywhere without having to find a wi fi signal. These things matter. They matter to you, they matter to your clients.
DVD duplication is a sure fire way to get a message out. Not everyone wants to watch your production or demo reel on a 320×240 player, where the full color and luminance and subtleties can’t be seen. DVD duplication provides that for you. Not to mention for you demo reel guys, you can create a menu to show off that skill set.
I am a believer in hard media. Which is most likey the reason I still buy vinyl. I like to hold and possess things. Not having them floating in the wonka vision airspace known as the internet. Sure I have an Ipod and I converted my catalog down to mp3, but do I fire up the turntable at home, rather than plug into my dock? FO SHIZZLE.
To sum up and also to create a first blog entry. DVD and CD duplication is a great way to show off your skills, mad or bad, you can show them off. Create some awesome artwork, do a nasty menu, fill that 4.7 gigs full of sweet motion graphics, or just some good quality production, add your music to you cd, do some cover art. Pass them out, and see results.
-Matt