What do you get when you mix Creatives, Techies, hundreds of feet of electrical cable, and thousands of lights? No, not a trip to the hospital.
Follow this link to find out: DVS Christmas eCard 2009
Merry Christmas from the team at DVS!
12/13/2009
11/09/2009
Something is Happening...
Something is Happening at DSI for Christmas. Do you know what it is?
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11/04/2009
DVS Creative featured on Mlive” – Check out Mike’s pic!
Check out the press that Mlive gave our very own Mike Kren and DVS Creative, in response to our recent press release to the local media. Mlive article
He cleans up nice, huh?
Below is the DVS Creative press release, for your reading pleasure:
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Grand Rapids Based, DVS, Launches Production
Company, Adds Jobs
DVS Creative founded to meet client demand
Grand Rapids, Mich. – November
4, 2009 – DVS, a local media duplication and asset management company, launches
new production company, DVS Creative, to meet customer demand.
“Production management services
have been an offering of DVS for many years, however, with the paramount growth
we recently experienced the only solution was to launch a separate division with
staff to focus on video production, editing, DVD & CD authoring, and video
encoding/compression,” says Mike Kren, DVS Creative manager.
With the creation of DVS Creative,
the division currently employs 5 full-time employees, with two new hires this
month. “Our production clientele has grown over 25% within the past year, and
in the next five years we project strong double digit employee growth,” says
Kren.
“What sets DVS Creative
apart is their technical knowledge, ability to always meet the deadline, and consistent
follow-up once a project is completed,” says Holly del Rosario, Global Brand Communications,
Amway Corporation.
DVS Creative specializes in
finding or creating solutions for difficult technical projects while
stimulating the audience visually to effectively communicate a client’s
message.
“What is perhaps the most
interesting about our growth is that DVS Creative was launched to meet client
demand versus forming and pursuing new business. We had the existing business
and needed to grow to meet demand,” says Kren.
About
DVS Creative:
DVS
Creative blends the creative art of production with the technical science of
visually rich media to effectively communicate a client’s message. We focus on
knowing our craft, adapting to client needs all the while illustrating your
strengths and capabilities.
DVS Creative is a division of Digital Services, Inc. and a sister
company to Pelco Solutions and DVS. For more information go to www.dvscreative.com.
About
Mike Kren:
The fact that Mike Kren is a movie buff comes in handy
working in the creative industry. Kren got his feet wet in management at National
Amusement, a chain of movie theaters, where he learned the ins and outs of
business while taking in the occasional flick.
When Kren was ready to move on, he was hired in at the DVS
division of Digital Services, Inc. as a Technician. Kren soon took on new
challenges as a Project Manager, and then Production Manager. Over the years,
DVS expanded into media and video production in response to customer demand. In
2008 a new division was created, DVS Creative. With the formation of DVS
Creative, Kren was promoted to the position of Creative Services Manager and
charged with growing this new division.
Mike Kren graduated from
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10/17/2009
TDK Unveils 320GB 10 layer Super-Multiplayer BD-R optical disc at CEATEC
As reported by CDrInfo: TDK developed a new optical disc with a capacity of 320GB, using 10 recording layers.
TDK's latest prototype disc features 10 layers, each capable of
holding 32GB of data. The disc can be burned using a 405nm blue-violet
semiconductor laser and an objective lens with a numerical aperture
(NA) of 0.85 - a configuration currently met in Blu-ray
players/recorders. Of course, this does not mean that the disc would be
compatible with the available Blu-ray recorders, since the laser power
needed to burn data in 10 layers varies from 13 ~ 28mW, according to
the layer.
On the other hand, the disc could be readable with BD equipment. TDK claims that the transmittance of the outermost layer of the disc, which requires the highest transmittance, is more than 90%, while the symbol error rate of the stored data is less than 10-4. This means that the data could be retrieved with adequate reliability.
TDK has succeded in the development of the multi-layer disc using layers made of different materials. An inorganic Si-Cu alloy layer was used for the L0 layer. On the L1 to L9 layers, recording marks are maintained by using an inorganic material composed of bismuth peroxide and germanium dioxide. By adjusting the composition of the used materials, TDK managed to maintain adequate transmitance characteristics for each recording layer.
This is TDK's third multi-layer, high capacity disc since 2006. TDK was the first to develop a 100GB prototype recordable Blu-ray Disc in 2005. One year later, TDK a write-once recording medium having six layers, each of which has a capacity of 33.3 Gbytes (200 Gbytes in total). The transmittance of the outermost layer of the disc, which requires the highest transmittance, was 80 to 90%.
The company plans to exhibit the disc at CEATEC JAPAN 2009, which will run from Oct 6 to 10, 2009, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
On the other hand, the disc could be readable with BD equipment. TDK claims that the transmittance of the outermost layer of the disc, which requires the highest transmittance, is more than 90%, while the symbol error rate of the stored data is less than 10-4. This means that the data could be retrieved with adequate reliability.
TDK has succeded in the development of the multi-layer disc using layers made of different materials. An inorganic Si-Cu alloy layer was used for the L0 layer. On the L1 to L9 layers, recording marks are maintained by using an inorganic material composed of bismuth peroxide and germanium dioxide. By adjusting the composition of the used materials, TDK managed to maintain adequate transmitance characteristics for each recording layer.
This is TDK's third multi-layer, high capacity disc since 2006. TDK was the first to develop a 100GB prototype recordable Blu-ray Disc in 2005. One year later, TDK a write-once recording medium having six layers, each of which has a capacity of 33.3 Gbytes (200 Gbytes in total). The transmittance of the outermost layer of the disc, which requires the highest transmittance, was 80 to 90%.
The company plans to exhibit the disc at CEATEC JAPAN 2009, which will run from Oct 6 to 10, 2009, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
07/24/2009
Check out the DVS Creative Ad in Dove Foundation's new Making Movies in Michigan publication
If you have not seen it yet, be sure to see the new publication from the Dove Foundation, titled Making Movies in Michigan. This publication showcases the many financial and cultural advantages of making movies in Michigan.
