Posts filed under 'DVD'
As of 5/28/08
Tivo
will discontinue their rewards program. According to
ZatzNotFunny, Tivo has upgraded the reward prizes to include the HD boxes for 120,000 and 150,000 point, which also includes lifetime service. David of Zatz is ‘hardcore Tivo’ and somehow he has only managed to amass a mere 90,000 points. So help him out and sign up for Tivo, and make sure to mention him as your referral. For his referral email
see his post (I don’t want him to get more SPAM than he is already soliciting to himself).
Update: David asked for it, now he’s gonna get it (wink): davezatz@yahoo.com
February 28th, 2008
I don’t know why you’d buy one of these, but perhaps you’re opening up a museum.
Xbox 360 HD DVD Player available here for $56.94 shipped.
February 25th, 2008
At a glance, the title of this article has complete credence given HD-
DVD’s recent demise. Heck, Netflix just signed on to do
Blu-Ray only. But the reality of it, is that Cargo Cosmetics launched this line of make up specifically to mask the flaws that
high def does so well at pointing out. According to
CNET they ’skirted copyright’ by replacing the ‘-’ with a ‘_’. So it’s Blu_Ray, not Blu-Ray Mr. Lawyer pants! Is that legal?
February 11th, 2008
In the hopes of keeping rival
Blu-ray at bay, Toshiba, developer of HD-
DVD, has announced its 51GB capacity HD DVD. Blu-Ray has long been regarded as the technically superior disc with a 50GB capacity. Previous HD DVD discs only held 15GB or 30GB of data. The extra capacity is accomplished through a 3rd layer. It remains to be scene if the “3rd layer� will increase cost and production time significantly.
51 GB HD DVD disc rivals Blu-ray capacity [TGDaily]
February 28th, 2007
Jake Ludington compares the
Xbox Marketplace’s HD movies to that of HD-
DVD. His verdict? Both pictures are almost identical but the Xbox’s HD movies are slightly brighter.
Check out Jake’s full comparison here.
Mediablab: Xbox Video Marketplace and HD-DVD Comparison [EhomeUpgrade]
December 19th, 2006
According to an article on
Ehomeupgrade, ripping Hi Def
Blu-Ray movies and
PS3 games is as simple as typing a line of code into the ‘terminal’ of the Playstation 3. Apparently, this requires the PS3 to be loaded with a Linux OS and can actually be done on any computer running Linux with a Blu-Ray drive - its just ironic that you can already rip PS3 games on the system.
Hit up Ehomegrade for more details.
December 3rd, 2006
We generally steer clear of such novel devices, but given the time of the year and the popularity Hello Kitty we couldn’t help but post this. Costing a mere $89.99 at Target via
Amazon, the device is so cheap that any bonafide Hello Kitty collector should feel ashamed if they pass this item up. It plays DVDs, CD-Rs, MP3 discs and to our surprise can output in progressive scan. Also includes a 48-key remote control.
Hello Kitty Slot-Loading DVD Player [ChipChick]
November 27th, 2006
According to
Engadget, Japan will be the first to receive the HD
DVD player add on for the
Xbox 360. The HD DVD drive should emerge over seas sometime in November (17th or 22nd) of this year and sport a $170 price tag (this is Japan pricing but US pricing should be comparable). Stil no word on when we’ll see the add-on in the US, but we expect it some time shortly after its release in Japan. In more
Xbox 360 news, Microsoft will provide a software update that will allow for 1080p resolution although we were under the assumption that the TV market didn’t currently have any sets that could actually display this resolution (I have a SXRD
Sony TV that lists 1080p in it specs but according to numerous reviews it lacks this feature).
September 20th, 2006
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