2008 :: A year in review 

What a year it has been! Our busiest year so far. We’re still very busy working our way through the Autumn backlog (hence the severe lack of posts recently) and doing our best to get as many DVDs out before Christmas. Naturally, we won’t be cutting any corners in our quality department to meet this demand – just putting in the extra hours required between now and then!

Each year, we strive to keep up with the latest technology and this year certainly was no different. Early in 2008 saw our conversion to High Definition (HD) where we purchased a Sony PMW-EX1 along with an LG 6-speed Blu-ray burner. To our knowledge, we were one of the first wedding video studios in Ireland to not only film in HD but also capable of delivering in HD. Towards the end of 2008, it still amazes me at the lack of other wedding video companies who can offer this service.

Our main editing PCs were at that time sufficient enough to handle the extra overhead required from HD editing, but to keep things fresh, we’ve just ordered the fastest Asus Rampage Extreme II motherboard and the latest and greatest Intel CPU (i7 @ 3.2 Ghz). Once these components arrive and we build our new beast, it promises to render HD footage twice as fast as our existing HD machines. Believe it or not, this will eventually translate to a quicker delivery time of our completed wedding DVDs.

Earlier this month, we also added a second Sony PMW-EX1 to our arsenal. We love this camera so much that we just couldn’t say no. Taking advantage of the weak sterling currency was a nice bonus too!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2009!

Why choose HD or Blu-Ray for your wedding? 

I’ll try to sum-up the advantages of high-definition (HD) video in as few sentences as possible!

HD stands for “high-definition”. This means that it has a much sharper image and shows more vibrant colours than ordinary resolution can (like your old TV set).

By the way, to keep things simple, think of “Blu-ray” as a disc that looks exactly like an ordinary DVD but it plays HD video. An ordinary DVD cannot play high-definition video.

So why bother with HD?

- get the most out of the new 42″ plasma TV that you have or are thinking of getting
- you have a PlayStation3 (they can play Blu-ray DVDs)
- you want to preserve your wedding day memories in the best possible technology available today
- It’s almost 2009, get with the programme!