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

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:38 +0000

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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Samsung debuts 3DTV LED LCD ads during the Oscars

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:38 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:38 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:27 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:27 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:27 +0000

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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Redbox planning to expand Blu-ray availability around the middle of this year

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:29 +0000

According to statements by Coinstar CEO Paul Davis, we should expect to see Blu-ray discs appearing in more Redbox kiosks around the middle of this year. Specifically called out in its deal with Warner, Home Media Magazine reports he also mentioned the ……

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Samsung's U.K. show reveals Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Blu-ray due in March plus LoveFilm, iPlayer TV apps

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:29 +0000

When Avatar will make its Blu-ray 3D debut is still officially up in the air, but thanks to Samsung's European line show, TechRadar says we can expect Monsters vs. Aliens ……

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Blu-ray releases on February 23rd 2010

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:29 +0000

What's left to say about this week that we haven't already said so many time before over the past three or four years that we've been doing this weekly post? Yep, that's right, we have ran out of things to say. Some people who know us personally wouldn't believe such a thing coul……

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Ask Engadget HD: Is there a good wireless HDMI option yet?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:00:33 +0000

In the yeeeeear two thousand… and ten, are we seriously still restricted to the demands of physical connections to get our HD fix? While wires have gotten it done for most of us so far, there's more than a few looking to make the jump to wireless HDMI solutions but unsure how to take the ……

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