Smacki.com: The Internet's Digital Media Guide

Smacki.com is a new free online digital media guide that provides "fast-start" resources for digital media coupled with time-saving search functionality: a search box with pre-loaded file types for quickly locating videos, music and pictures on the internet. Overall, with its discussion forums, web news feeds, and digital media blog written by expert Ian Donen, the site is a much needed comprehensive consumer digital media guide.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) February 8, 2005. Smacki.com is a new free online digital media guide that provides information and resources for those getting started with digital video, music, and photography, including information on file-sharing and home theater PCs. "We built this site to give others a head start with the kind of information I wish I had known when I was just starting out with digital audio, video and photography," said Smacki.com Co-Founder Ian Donen.

The site provides a comprehensive directory of digital media resources where visitors can learn about:

• digital video: including where to find and download movies, converting between different formats such as DivX and MPEG2, and software needed for editing and playing videos

• digital music: including the benefits of the mp3 format, where to buy and/or download mp3s and other music files online, reviews of mp3 players, and how to build a digital music library

• digital photography: including where to find reviews of digital cameras, how to share photos with friends & family, where to get prints made, and how to organize and store digital pictures

• home theater PCs: the benefits they offer, what can be done with them, and relevant software and hardware

• file sharing: including what's legal and what's not, how to stay safe, and how not to get in trouble with an ISP.

Completely free, Smacki.com provides several features for users:

• information for beginners getting started with digital video, music, and photography

• time-saving search functionality: a search box with pre-loaded file types for quickly locating videos, music and pictures on the internet

• discussion forums for each topic on the site where users can ask questions and receive information from other users

• a number of relevant news channels automatically updated throughout the day from hundreds of prominent news services and blogs

• a digital media blog, written by Ian Donen, one of Smacki.com's co-founders, with over 7 years of experience in the digital media field.

"Most digital media sites are not very beginner-friendly and tend to focus on just one area such as video, music or photography," said Ian Donen. "They jump right into codecs and bitrates and compression ratios. At Smacki.com, we'll cover that too, but we'll start at a place that someone just getting into it can feel comfortable."

For further information, please contact pr@smacki.com, visit http://www.smacki.com or call Gary Lahey at 416-201-9730.

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