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Where is Ken Cole? |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | With newish streaming services such as Disney whom are consolidating their IP and are unlikely to unlist any media on their own platform, I've started limiting myself to purchasing movies that aren't available or unlikely to be available on streaming services in the foreseeable future without an additional cost for mostly the same reason - I've relaxed my "More BITS!" stance. Likewise why I've lost interested in 3D, when you're lost in the movie, you're not paying attention to such details. |
| | Registered: May 28, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would love to know what is the fate of Ken Cole, if for no other reason than (I am assuming here) he is the owner of the Source Code and therefore would be the only one whom could turn over the reins to someone, anyone else to continue the work. Can anyone shed light on what is to become of this program? I have yet to find an acceptable replacement and I will eventually need a new phone. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? |
| | Registered: March 21, 2007 |  Posts: 60 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting carusoml: Quote:
I would love to know what is the fate of Ken Cole, if for no other reason than (I am assuming here) he is the owner of the Source Code and therefore would be the only one whom could turn over the reins to someone, anyone else to continue the work. Can anyone shed light on what is to become of this program? I have yet to find an acceptable replacement and I will eventually need a new phone. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? I don't know if anyone other then Ken knows what the future holds for DVDProfiler. As of this stage it is still installable on all phones (?), its still in the Apple App store, and I believe you can install it from one of the stores on Android? So swapping phones at this stage still isn't too inconvenient. I haven't found any other alternative that I like, especially ones that are not subscription based. Everything seems to be going this way, and all the other alternatives just don't have the Value. I have too many subscriptions as it is. Especially Collectorz - they are the worst of them all. If you want unethical companies, with CEOs of bad repute or attitude, that like to change their agreement and start charging their users who bought lifetime licenses, delete any criticisms they can without dealing with the issues, who rely on their yearly subscriptions, Collectorz is the one to avoid IMHO. However, i'd happily support Ken to continue this in some way. |
| | Registered: May 28, 2007 | | Posts: 3 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting PWolverine: Quote:
Quoting carusoml:
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I would love to know what is the fate of Ken Cole, if for no other reason than (I am assuming here) he is the owner of the Source Code and therefore would be the only one whom could turn over the reins to someone, anyone else to continue the work. Can anyone shed light on what is to become of this program? I have yet to find an acceptable replacement and I will eventually need a new phone. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
I don't know if anyone other then Ken knows what the future holds for DVDProfiler. As of this stage it is still installable on all phones (?), its still in the Apple App store, and I believe you can install it from one of the stores on Android? So swapping phones at this stage still isn't too inconvenient.
I haven't found any other alternative that I like, especially ones that are not subscription based. Everything seems to be going this way, and all the other alternatives just don't have the Value. I have too many subscriptions as it is. Especially Collectorz - they are the worst of them all. If you want unethical companies, with CEOs of bad repute or attitude, that like to change their agreement and start charging their users who bought lifetime licenses, delete any criticisms they can without dealing with the issues, who rely on their yearly subscriptions, Collectorz is the one to avoid IMHO.
However, i'd happily support Ken to continue this in some way. I wholeheartedly agree but there needs to be some word. Do we know if he is still even alive? I wouldn't have an issue with a modest subscription fee (and yes I too have a lifetime license) as the service is worth it but to attract new users the program needs regular updates, even if it just a minor facelift. I only hope and pray that Ken gets this message and knows that we want and need to hear from him. I am here to state that I would willingly give up the "lifetime" license for continuing support of this product. I don't make that statement lightly but this is a product worth paying for and every time me or the wife change phones we buy a new "mobile" app without qualm or complaint. |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,469 |
| | Posted: | | | | Agree with all. For the record I have emailed Ken several times over the years inquiring about the possibility of some kind of collaboration with a group of users to help with funding or a fee for access to some of the technology (online API - more powerful than plugin access), but never got any response. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| | Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting PWolverine: Quote:
As far as the general public goes they really can't tell the difference... This could also be why DVD's are still out-selling Bluray/4K disks... which for i'd say, for all of us here, is just ludicrous.. why would you buy a DVD when you can get a 4K disk? But it is happening, DVD sales are still stupid high. I work in a shop that buys/sells used DVDs/blu-rays/4Ks. Reasons I often hear for buying DVDs rather than HD media: - Cost (DVDs are generally cheaper) - I don't own a blu-ray player (the older the customer, the more likely this is) - I'll take it on either format, I just want to watch the movie (we get a lot more DVDs, and have a wider selection of movies in that format, than in blu-ray) While DVD sales aren't what they were at their height, we still do decently with them, though we're getting so many (mostly) younger people who are either ditching collections or liquidating estates that the most common films are so overstocked that I have grab bags of DVDs 20 for $10. (My easiest description for what we're overstocked on is to say, "was it ever sold in a bargain bin in Wal-Mart, if so we're overstocked") | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield | | | | Last edited: by Danae Cassandra |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,657 |
| | Posted: | | | | My friend, Ken...what caused today's outage? |
| | Registered: July 16, 2010 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 530 |
| | Posted: | | | |  We're back again! We're up and down more than Star Trek movies.  | | | | Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it? Guttermouth "Lemon Water". Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally. So I'm an anarchist, deal with it. Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted... | | | | Last edited: by SpikyCactus |
| | Registered: June 2, 2008 | | Posts: 40 |
| | Posted: | | | | He's alive!!! | | | | Never judge a movie by its sequel or remake |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,469 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | Thanks for your support.
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Hey, new product!!! BDPFrog. | | | | Last edited: by mediadogg |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,122 |
| | Posted: | | | | For Ken’s disappearance to be effective, Gerri Cole also disappeared (last post 2021), along with the profile approval volunteers and moderators agreeing not to post any information (or lack of) on these forums. |
| | Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,855 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Doombear: Quote:
For Ken’s disappearance to be effective... Ken was on the forum this past Sunday, doing whatever it is he does around here these days. Before that, it was about four months since he'd dropped by. --------------- |
| | Registered: August 2, 2012 | | Posts: 18 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting PWolverine: Quote:
As far as the general public goes they really can't tell the difference... This could also be why DVD's are still out-selling Bluray/4K disks... which for i'd say, for all of us here, is just ludicrous.. why would you buy a DVD when you can get a 4K disk? But it is happening, DVD sales are still stupid high. Speaking only for myself, I buy DVD's and BR for collectible purposes, but also because I just don't see enough of an improvement between BR and 4k, especially in what I personally like to watch. The only value I usually see is in the special features, but often enough I can get those exact same features on the BR. And when it comes to older shows and movies (especially shows) when they upscale them from DVD they look terrible. Look at the Buffy BR releases. Why I would want an inferior product? With low budget/indie movies, unless a company spends a lot of time on the remaster and upscale, it looks awful in 4k, and often didn't look particularly great on BR. For me, there simply isn't value in 4k. There wasn't enough of a jump in quality from BR like there was in VHS to DVD and frequently was in DVD to BR. I'm not investing money and space into "slightly better, sometimes noticeably better." |
| | Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,469 |
| | Posted: | | | | The "4K" DVDs are not only high resolution. They also adhere to the "HD" standards, which improves and stabilizes colors, brightness and provides superior audio. I agree that upscaled materials don't always effectively exploit the new standards, but material that was designed for it, or that was remasterd from material that had the resolution, video depth and audio quality to allow conversion to 4K HD, definitely is markedly superior to regular DVDs and BDs.
If you have the correct equipment, you will see and hear the difference. People who don't have the proper equipment are not motivated to buy BD / 4K because they cannot experience the difference. | | | Thanks for your support.
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