I am still not crazy about the phone quality of the MADCasts. With my current set up, though, it might be as good as it gets. The best quality I have produced was last week when I recorded our call to an audio recorder and then actually placed the recorder next to a microphone and fed it into Audacity. Sad, but it worked best. My attempts at direct recording have failed.

To do it best, we need a digital hybrid system. At this point, I am not sure I want to invest $500 or more for something for a “test” system. Given the nature of our project, we cannot get sponsors less it will destroy the credibility and objectivity which is essential for our work.

I am going to try and get Mike to download Skype, an Internet phone product that allows computer to computer recording. I think I know how to record those calls.

Monday morning SB commercial quarterback:

*If you go to the Go Daddy Website, the ad that did not run is there plus an explanation from Go Daddy’s CEO, Bob Parsons. I am not prude, but there is something somewhat questionable toward the end. One more thing—am I just a crazy film buff, or did the ad feature Nikki Capelli as homage to a character in the Steve Martin film, “My Blue Heaven?”

*I totally missed the MSN Search ad. I saw it this morning on the iFilm page. It’s a decent ad, but nothing spectacular.

*In my review of the ads, I didn’t mention the car ads. Mostly because no one buys a car based on a TV ad. Or least no one in his or her right mind.

*The Vcast ad for Verizon does not mention the cost of the service, the cost of a new phone or the fact that current Verizon service holders probably must extend their service agreements to get the broadband content. Until the cell companies allow current customers to just buy new phones WITHOUT a penalty, these new services will flounder.