Archive for March, 2010

Samsung debuts 3DTV LED LCD ads during the Oscars

The iPad wasn't the only consumer electronics device ad in heavy rotation during the Academy Awards, you could barely get through a commercial break without seeing Samsung's spot for its new 3DTVs. We figure a direct Avatar ……

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Discovery's next epic series Life airs March 21 on seven networks, June 1 on Blu-ray

We've been waiting for the next Planet Earth for quite some time, and the latest contender to the throne is Life. An 11-part series devoted to exploring “the adaptability and diversity of life on Earth” each episode focuses on a different form of life, and of course, does it all in HD. The firs……

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HDTV Listings for February 23, 2010

What we're watching tonight:

NBC (1080i) has Night 12 of the Olympic Winter Games 2010 with Figure Skating, Women's bobsled and more at 8 p.m.
ABC (720p) airs Lost at 9 p.m. and The Forgotten……

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At this point it doesn't look like Managed copy will ever get here

Oh Managed Copy, the feature that made such a big stink so early on in the Format War still can't seem to become a reality. It was bad enough that it took until the very last version of the AACS to even be defined. Now here we are six months later and although last month all the studios have si……

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Sony's 3D-ready Blu-ray players released into the retail wilderness

Sony's latest Blu-ray players have been shipping online for a while but now they've invaded retail, spotted by our friends at FormatWarCentral on the shelf at a local Best Buy. A quick check on the website shows the BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 available at most, if not all, area stores so they sh……

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