Archive for March, 2010

HDTV Listings for March 23, 2010

What we're watching tonight:

Fox (720p) has American Idol at 8 p.m.
ABC (720p) has Lost ……

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Ask Engadget HD: How to fix lip sync issues?

One of the downsides to digital video is the audio has a tendency to get out of sync. We see it on broadcast TV as well as Blu-ray Discs, the issue is literally everywhere. Many AV receivers have a audio delay feature, and even some Blu-ray players, but which is the best and exactly how do you ca……

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Beauty and the Beast coming to Blu-ray October 5

We should all be familiar with Disney's system of scheduling releases from its valuable archive of animated hits by now, and it's staying on path with Beauty and the Beast……

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Analog HD from Blu-ray isn't going anywhere

People just love to hate on DRM and honestly we understand, in fact we hate DRM as much as anyone. But like we've said in the past, as much as we hate it, we aren't willing to lie to paint it in a bad light — the facts do a good enough job by themselves. The latest from a few chicken litt……

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PowerDVD Ultra 10 bring 3D Blu-ray to HTPC fans

Never wanting to be a step behind the stand alone Blu-ray players, Cyberlink just released the latest version of PowerDVD that adds a few nice features including support for 3D Blu-ray Discs. Now of course you'll still need a 3DTV and a video card that supports stereoscopic output — which are……

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Book of Eli Blu-ray disc arrives June 15 with plenty of extras

It seems that without plans for a double or even triple dip on the horizon, Warner's somehow found a way to squeeze lots of extras on the home release of its recent blockbuster, Book of Eli. Denzel Washington and the Hughes brothers will chime during a picture-in-picture Maximum Movie Mode, and……

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Engadget HD Podcast 182 – 03.09.2010

3DTVs get their big launch at Best Buy this week, but we kick off with talk of TiVo's latest legal victory. We do talk 3D for some time though and can't wait to see if the in store demos live up to what we saw at CES — we also take some time to try to clear up some confusion in regards to H……

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Imagion AG hits 500 BD-Live movies authored, plans more U.S. Blu-ray releases

It's been an under the radar race to 500, but that's how many Blu-ray discs Imagion AG has put together using its dynamicHD BD-Live platform. Many of those are international releases, although their work on CSI and Star Trek:TOS hits closer to home, and now the company is partnering wi……

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Poll: Will you still buy home theater equipment that isn't 3D-ready?

3D isn't just for TVs, among 2010's Blu-ray players and receivers the tag of “3D ready” has crept in ahead of the coming storm. So, are you looking for those two characters on the bullet point list of features before you even have a 3D home theater setup (if you plan on ever getting one)? M……

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Netflix tweaks movie details, shrinks to a single page for disc and streaming access

Hope you weren't too bothered by the Watch Instantly tab taking the initial spot on Netflix's website as the movie service has adjusted the information pages for its various flicks. Among other changes like moving cast and genre, titles available on DVD, Blu-ray streaming have all the infor……

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