[LINK] Video compression system

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Johann ... <faulty memory warning> ... I think "Adam's Platform" begat 
Blaze PixE.

RC

Johann Kruse wrote:

> Or it could be "Adam's Platform", which I think was some whiz-kid who
> was going to revolutionise video around the year 2000-ish.
>
> I think they were claiming to stream video at 14.4kbps, and were
> giving "reak demos" but not letting anybody actually see what was
> running the demos.
>
>
>
> On 18/02/07, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I think the company you're thinking of is Blaze International. Look
>> through announcements for BLZ on the ASX Website.
>>
>> I can't comment on the technology...
>>
>> RC
>>
>> Stewart Fist wrote:
>>
>> >A few years ago (probably 5 or more) some guy in Melbourne, together 
>> with
>> >his lawye,r were very actively promoting an invention that they claimed
>> >could improve the compression of still and moving video images 
>> enormously.
>> >
>> >Their claims were quite absurd, in my opinion anyway.  But they gave
>> >demonstrations that were obviously convincing, and no one ever 
>> exposed them
>> >as fraudulent
>> >
>> >Kodak and a few other major companies looked at the hardware 
>> demonstration
>> >(but were never given a real look at the technology) and decided 
>> against
>> >investing.  But all sorts of people got in touch with me at that 
>> time asking
>> >if they should invest in the company/invention.  It raised a lot of
>> >investment interest at the time.
>> >
>> >I've lost my files on this, and was just casually wondering if anyone
>> >remembers the details (names, etc), and knows what happened in the 
>> wash-out.
>> >I think a couple of million dollars of investment money was involved.
>> >
>> >I seem to remember that they took the 'invention' to the USA.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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