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February 20, 2008

Sony's Blu-ray high definition video disc won a contentious, expensive, and possibly over-hyped video format war reminiscent of the VHS v. Beta battles of yore. The "battle" for dominance of the next-generation DVD market was determined over past few weeks as major studios and big box retailers sided with Sony's Blu-ray, essentially shutting Toshiba's HD-DVD format out of the market. But who really wins here? The studios and retailers manage to force consumers to go......

Continue Reading "HD Format Wars: Why Toshiba's Loss ≠ Sony's Win"

May 29, 2007

A fairly mundane week of new releases. Hannibal Rising has a definite Queen of the Damned stench to it. Never saw the original Eating Out but folks sure are lining up to buy the sequel. Sharon Stone's beaver in glorious 1080i! Wayne Knight's accompanying flop-sweat in glorious 1080i! Will probably hold off on buying the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition since I hear the Superman Double Ultimate Collector's Edition is coming this Christmas. Kevin Dillon's......

Continue Reading "DVD Tuesday: Only 1 More Week Till Norbit!!"

March 2, 2007

Wow, this has got to hurt a little. People are a little miffed over at Digg last night, to say the least. Although, its interesting to see the power of the internet when people pull together in the same direction. Yes, piracy is bad but so is censorship. Besides, this number has been around the internet for months so really, what's the big deal and why try to ban it now? Plus, do you......

Continue Reading "The Day Digg Died?"

January 10, 2007

Can't decide which side to bet on in the DVD format war? Love being an early adopter of technology? Want to pay way too much for a DVD player? Here's your chance. South Korea's LG Electronics just unveiled the "Super Multi Blue," a dual-format high-definition DVD player that supports the HD DVD and the rival Blu-ray Disc formats. LG model BH100 will be available in the U.S. beginning in early February with a suggested......

Continue Reading "Gadgets from CES 2007"

September 4, 2006

Interested in a shiny new High Def DVD player but don’t know what format to get? Confused about the quality of HD DVD versus Blu Ray DVD? Afraid to go into your local Best Buy and see what all the fuss is about and ask the twelve-year-old kid that works there a question? We don’t blame you at all. To get the scoop on at least one of the competing formats, HD DVD, you......

Continue Reading "Format Wars - HD DVD vs. Blu Ray"

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