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DVD Magazine Issue 4

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:06:42 +0000

After Issue 3 on CD, we decided that sitting in front of the PC to read a mag was not that hot an idea, so developed a DVD platform. In moving to DVD, it opened the path for more visual based content but also meant that we had to lose much of the written PDF based content, the upside being one could sit in front of the TV now and kick back with a beer while watching 26inches!

Unfortunately, the modest readership meant that continuing on the path became more difficult, as production costs rose. Ultimately, the DVD saw the end of the magazine as a whole.

CD Magazine Issue 3

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:45:10 +0000

The 26inches.com magazine ran bi-monthly over 8 issues. The first, and still the only, of its kind in Australia, it was based on a mix of written, video and interactive articles. Starting as a web based magazine, it progressed to CD and finally DVD for its last issue. It was ceased as the readership was ultimately not enough to sustain it’s increasing production costs and there was little desire by those involved to do a more traditional print based magazine.

CD 3 symbolised that we were getting comfortable with the medium and we feel was one of the best. This was the last of the CD-R deliveries as after this point we decided to take it a step further and move to an interactive DVD format.

Be warned:

This is the whole CD and nothing’s been cut down. The video content is big, 80Mb+, so it’s best looked at on a big pipe connection.

The presentation uses pop up windows.

The site is housed in a Flash wrapper, so make sure your browser is capable of seeing Flash files.

Written articles are delivered in Acrobat.

[Click here to launch CD3]

CD Magazine Issue 2

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:41:35 +0000

CD 2 was a vast improvement on #1 in terms of delivery as we figured out the medium and delivery format

Be warned:

This is the whole CD and nothing’s been cut down. The video content is big, 80Mb+, so it’s best looked at on a big pipe connection.

The presentation uses pop up windows.

The site is housed in a Flash wrapper, so make sure your browser is capable of seeing Flash files.

Written articles are delivered in Acrobat.

[Click here to launch CD2]

CD Magazine issue 1

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:38:59 +0000

CD 1, as you can gather, was the first of the disc formats and allowed greater interactivity and size of content. It was a bit of an experiment, and looking at it now, maybe even a challenge, for those reading it but hey, you have to start somewhere!

Be warned:

This is the whole CD and nothing’s been cut down. The video content is big, 80Mb+, so it’s best looked at on a big pipe connection.

The presentation uses pop up windows.

The site is housed in a Flash wrapper, so make sure your browser is capable of seeing Flash files.

Written articles are delivered in Acrobat.

[Click here to launch CD1]