Top 7 Reasons Why Businesses Need Online Video s

In YouTube alone, these figures can already impress you: second biggest search engine after Google, one hour of video uploaded every second, over 400 billion videos viewed everyday, over 800 million unique users each month, over 3 billion hours of videos watched each month, and more video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major U networks created in 60 years. With all those statistics, who would not want to leverage on this medium?
In addition, when a video is present on a product page, customers spend 9% more time in viewing the page than when no video is in there. Statistics also show that 60% of respondents said they would rather watch a video than read texts in a webpage. Also, 22% said they generally like watching videos more than browsing texts for information about a product or service.
Furthermore, 75% of all executives said they watched work-related videos on business websites at least once a week and more than 50% use YouTube to watch those types of videos. Also, in a survey made by Forbes in October 2010, 65% of U.S. executives visit a vendor's website after viewing a work-related online video.
With all those statistics, it is presumed that you have come to understand how crucial videos are in a business website today. Video production companies summarises the reasons for having an online video as follows:

1. Clients want videos. They enjoy it more than reading texts. If you do not give it to them, your competition will.
2. Videos provide more content in less time. Watching a video only consumes so little of your customer's precious time. This is the reason also why they would rather watch than read. According to Dr. James McQuivvey of Forrester Research, a minute of video watched equals to 1.8 million words of read text. You can communicate so much information in a short period of time.
3. Branding. Being complex as it already is, videos help you further shape your brand and convey emotions that you cannot do with mere written words.
4. Various uses. Videos can be used not only in the business website but on other channels, offline presentations, email marketing campaigns, and on TV in waiting rooms.
5. Website quality. Videos add to the quality of a website and make it look more professional.
6. Videos show your personality and profile thus building your reputation in your chosen niche.
7. Videos are crucial for the future. Online video production recognises the need for one for online business success

How To Repair Dell E151Fpb LCD Monitor - No Display Problem

Dell E151fpb LCD monitor came in with the complaint of no power but upon carefully look at the LCD you could see a very light (blur) white flashes across the screen and the power LED is not lit. Removing the cover was a bit easy compared to other models. As usual whenever the mainboard and power board were exposed, I would look for any bulged capacitor, darkened area, a loosen connector and etc. However this monitor boards looks perfectly okay. The next step was to separate the power/inverter board with the main board. Power was applied to the power board and I could hear a soft 'chip-chip' sound. When I measure the 12 volts line with a digital multimeter, the readout was about 7- 8 volts which was very unusual. In fact this is good news to us because we know what the next step that we should make.
Now we could use a 12 volt automobile brake light bulb to test at which section that is causing the low voltage output problem. If the LCD monitor designed to run on 18 or 24 volts then you could use a light bulb from the big trailer. A defective component in either primary or secondary side could cause low output voltage. Removing the fuse as shown in the photo and connect the bulb between the supply line and the cold ground could tell which section is giving problem. You could use this method but first you must confirm that the secondary filter capacitors, TL431 adjustable precision shunt regulator ic, optoisolators and components surrounding the optoisolator is working before you proceed to use the light bulb.
When the power is on the light bulb still do not lit and the sound still could be heard. This indicates that the primary side is having problem and we can leave the inverter/high voltage area and fully concentrate to locate the faults in the primary section.
This is the time to really test your basic electronics skill because you now know at which area the fault is and you just have to use your skills to locate the exact bad component. There were not much components in the primary side, and you could easily check all of them in less than 20 minutes. After checking all the components I was surprised that all of them tested okay. Primary winding of switch mode power transformer rings 8 bars which indicates good and even the uc3842b PWM power IC replaced the power still won't work! It was quite challenging to troubleshoot this kind of problem where you are hundred percent sure that the primary side is giving problem yet you could not find out the culprit.
Since I had checked all the components and could not locate the fault, the only way that I could do is to direct replace the semiconductor devices such as the diodes, scr, fet, and transistors. From experienced I do encountered semiconductor components breakdown when under full operating voltage. One by one of the semiconductor components I replaced and power on each time I had changed it to see if the bulb light up or not. Guess what, you would not believe what have I just discovered-a defective 2N7000 fet! The moments I have replaced this fet and power on, the bulb immediately light up. I could not believe it was this faulty fet that causes all the output voltages to drop! I was so happy that I eventually solved the problem and who knows this could be a common fault for all DELL E151Fpb LCD monitor- so please take note to all LCD monitor repairer.
I began to check again the defective 2N7000 fet with my analog meter and peak electronic atlas component analyzer and the result is still the same-tested good! Just like flyback transformer, the best testing equipment to test Fet and other components is actually the equipment itself because it runs on full operating voltage, frequency, signal and etc. What you have just learned from here was that if all the suspected components tested good, the only way to reveal the truth is to direct replace the parts. Hope you enjoy this article and more good articles to come everyday! Wishing you all the best and happy repairing!

Digital Video Formats - Codecs Compression and CCTV Video

Digital video, which has many formats, is a highly beneficial tool. Businesses can tap into its neglected power for Internet marketing (the process of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service 24/7 on the Internet). There is no better way to sell in a global market that makes purchases 24 hours a day than with a well designed website that includes this beneficial tool. It is also involved in many litigation cases and is quickly finding its way into court rooms around the world.
In the following paragraphs, my goal is to help you understand digital video with regard to closed circuit television systems and its many formats.
In its simplest terms, digital video can be defined as a video that has been recorded using a software program and digitally stored in a computer. A CCTV system is a computer. That digitized information can be controlled from a computer and displayed directly on a computer monitor.
All current digital video file formats, which are listed below, are based on PCM or Pulse-code modulation. PCM is a digital representation of an analog signal where the magnitude of the signal is sampled regularly at uniform intervals, then quantized to a series of symbols in a numeric form (usually based on binary code).
Here is a brief catalog of digital video file types so you better understand how it is used.
CCIR 601 (or RE 601) is a file used for broadcast television stations because of the analogue and digital television conversion. This digital video file format converts and encodes interlaced analogue video signals into digital video.
In the old days, television commercials were first distributed on analogue first, then digital tape. Today, TV commercials can be distributed over wireless networks electronically using digital video technology.
Services like SpotMixer allow businesses to create their own commercials on line and distribute them over a plethora of media, including television and the internet.
MPEG-4 is good for online distribution of large videos and video recorded to flash memory. This is a digital format used for video iPods and uploading to YouTube and other social media networks, but keep reading.
MPEG-2 (used for DVDs) is a digital file format used to make DVDs. An MPEG-2 digital video file burned onto a DVD will play video on a DVD player and computer provided the computer has the ability to play DVDs. Some computers with older DVD technology will have difficulty reading DVDs that have been burned with newer technology.
MPEG-1 is used for video CDs and was the first digital video format that was mass marketed. It is rarely used today but occasionally pops up. Many DVD players will play MPEG-1, but not all can read this digital file format.
H.261 was the first truly practical digital video coding standard. In fact, all subsequent international encoding like MPEG-1, H.262, MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4, and H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) have been based closely on the H.261 design, which is now seldom used.
H.263 is a video codec standard originally designed as a low-bit rate compressed format for videoconferencing. H.263 has since found many applications on the internet: much Flash Video content (as used on sites such as YouTube, Google Video, MySpace, etc.) is encoded in this format.
The original version of Real Video (which I recommend you run away from) was based on H.263 until the release of Real Video 8. In other words, I tell you about H.263 so you can see the legacy.
H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10 or as AVC, is the next enhanced codec developed for sharing digital video on the internet. H.264 provides a significant improvement in capability beyond H.263. The H.263 standard is now considered primarily a legacy design (although this is a recent development).
Most new videoconferencing products now include H.264 as well as H.263 and H.261 capabilities. Primeau Productions uses H 264 digital video in a Quicktime format to send to webmasters for use in encoding Flash video on client websites.
Here is the bottom line: the files above are created using computers-including CCTV systems-and can be viewed with video editing software and digital video file converters.
H.264 technology is an excellent beginning file format for creating Flash video. Video editing software programs can output various sizes of H.264 and be used several ways:
1. A source digital video file to create a Flash video for your website
2. A digital video file that can be emailed
3. A digital video file that can be uploaded to social media like YouTube, Yahoo and Viemo
4. To view a converted CCTV video codec in court
Flash video is a web-based digital video player. It is cross platform, which is why I recommend its use for digital video content delivery on your website.
Although many editing programs like Final Cut, Vegas and Premiere are capable of exporting finished video productions in Flash video (.FLV), there is more to creating a complete Flash video than just the video file.
When a digital video file is created like a H.264 (encoded to specifications of under 10 minutes and 1Gig) and uploaded to YouTube, Yahoo, MetaCafe, and Viemo, the H.264 file is converted to Flash video during the uploading process.
Many services that post PR video on their websites now only accept Flash Video (.FLV) files. HTML 5 is out and nearly taking over flash, but it still has a way to go.
If you are interested in posting a Flash video on your website, the following are the components you need in addition to the.FLV video file:
1. The.html portion - the html webpage that loads the flash player
2. The.swf portion - the compiled flash file for web (contains the flash video player)
3. The.flv portion - the actual video file for the flash player
4. ac_runactivecontent.js -the javascript file that loads the player into browsers
A non-video-production-based software program made by Adobe called Flash is used to create graphics and video for websites.
Flash Video is a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player. The format has quickly established itself as the format of choice for embedded video on the web. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo, MetaCafe, Viemo, Reuters.com, and many other news providers.
Flash Video is viewable on most operating systems, via the widely available Adobe Flash Player.
Lastly, Theora standardized is still in development and not used very often, but still worth mentioning to complete your understanding of the various file formats available today.

How To Repair Dell E173fpb LCD Monitor Easily

Troubleshooting DELL E173FPB LCD Monitor with power blink symptom is quite easy if you know the right procedure to test it. There are two sections in the monitor that can cause power to blink. It is either primary or secondary section or even sometimes both sections can be faulty. So to isolate as which section is giving problem. I used an automobile 12 volt light bulb (brake light) and connect it between the 12 volt supply line and cold ground with the fuse removed. If the bulb still blink chances is very high the power primary section have problem.
Do not overlook the other voltages line as well such as the 3.3 and 5 volts. If any components shorted that gets the supply from the 5 and 3.3 volts, the power also may blink. If the 12 volts bulb lights up we can assume that the power supply is working fine and something shorted further down the line that makes the power supply to blink. If the bulb lights and you continue to check the power section, it will be going to waste your time. You should now concentrate on the secondary section circuit such as the four transistors C5707 that drive the high voltage transformer in the inverter board.
Just think these transistors like horizontal output transistor (HOT) in the CRT monitor that drive the flyback transformer where it worked so hard and chances for it to breakdown is very high. Checking the four transistors off board found one of them have a shorted reading with an ohmmeter.. This transistor can get faulty by itself or it could be some others components that caused it to develop a short circuit such as a defective high voltage transformer but all of the four high voltage transformers checked to be okay with ringer and ohmmeter test.
Now, here is the secret that I'm going to reveal. If you just replace the defective transistor only, chances is very high the transistor or another C5707 transistor will breakdown again. Usually what a technician does is to test the other transistors with either an analog or digital meter. If you use both meters to test the transistors then you have missed out on the faulty transistor because both meters won't reveal to you the hfe reading of the transistors. Only some digital meters have the hfe checking feature. In other words, you have to use test the hfe reading of a transistor. Although you can replace the other three transistors directly, why not we do some detective work to find the cause of the problem?
Using the Peak electronic atlas component analyzer, I could clearly see the different between a good and a bad transistor. A good C5707 transistor has hfe reading from 320 to about 390 but the bad one reads 467! The other two C5707 transistors have reading about 350. In the above case only two C5707 transistors were replaced and you save the other two. I had burn in test this LCD monitor for many days and it worked perfectly fine.
Conclusion- Whether you repair the DELL E173FPB LCD Monitor or any other model such as the E172FPB or E171FPB, basically the testing method is the same. You could also use this testing procedure on other brand of LCD Monitor too.

HDMI Cable - History And Trends Show The Need For A Quality HDMI Cable

HDMI cables are a high tech super highway of digital information that runs from and HDMI capable device to a TV or projector. The wire transfers uncompressed digital audio and video data from the device to the TV set for your viewing pleasure. There is a lot of digital information that runs through that little cable and that is why HDMI is taking over for older forms of analogue video playback. HDMI is capable of carrying the amount of information required to play HD video without any delays or glitches.
The cord is actually made up of many different channels. Each channel, inside the wire, carries a different signal to the device. There are eight different channels for audio feedback alone. There is a channel just for HD video playback, standard video playback and 3D video playback. In fact, HDMI is one of the only ways to deliver 3D from your capable device to your television set.
The other form of high quality playback is DVI. There is no loss of quality when a DVI to HDMI cable converter is used because the two different styles of cable utilize the same type of playback. This technology is the future of digital visual and audial playback and, with HDMI, there is not risk of going obsolete. Conversions with other digital forms of playback are seamless with a converter.
This type of digital playback started back in 2003 and quickly became the norm with the advent of high definition television. Most HD TVs are equipped with the appropriate cable insert making the HDMI cable standard for most TV watchers. In fact, this form of digital playback exceeded its rival, DVI, in 2008.
The standard for the HDMI cable was set back in 2002 when the Silicone Valley on the west coast of the United States began to develop the technology. They sought out a universal mode of carrying high quality digital information from a capable device to a television set or monitor. Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation and generally sets the world's standards.
Most cameras, DVD players, modern VHS players and smart phones are HDMI compatible, so getting an HDMI cable is a no brainer these days. Again, there is no loss in quality when there is a mini outlet or a converter. You can't go wrong with this technology, so invest in a quality cord that will last a long time.