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A Product That Redefines a Backyard Home Theater Project	Jan 29, 2013
Reader Ron H. sent us a link to a video for the C Seed 201, which has to be seen to be fully appreciated! It's an LED TV that is fully retractable, and it unfolds its panels to create a 201" image...
Blu-ray Review: Dolphin Tale	Jan 13, 2012
Dolphin Tale Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 113 Minutes List Price: $35.99 (Check Price at Amazon.com) This movie is also available from Amazon on Movie-only Blu-ray, DVD, Amazon Instant Video,...
Blu-ray Review: Planet Earth Special Edition	Oct 28, 2011
Planet Earth - Special Edition BBC 420 Minutes List Price: $79.98 (Check Price at Amazon.com) This title is also available from Amazon in a Limited Edition package, which has the discs contained...
Netflix Realizes After 3 Weeks What Every Customer Knew Right Away - Qwikster Was a Bad Idea	Oct 10, 2011
Three weeks ago, Netflix announced that it was going to split itself into two distinct operations, one for streaming that would continue to be called Netflix, and the second for their traditional...
Amazon Shakes Up the Tablet Market with New 7-inch "Fire" and Releases New Kindles Too	Sep 28, 2011
In one of the worst-kept secrets in recent technology history, Amazon today announced that they will be releasing a 7-inch Tablet device called the "Kindle Fire" as well as two entry-level models in...
Netflix Splits In Two, Sending Streaming and Discs to Separate Corners	Sep 22, 2011
If you follow the entertainment industry at all, you've probably heard by now that Netflix announced on Monday that it was splitting the company into two pieces. Their streaming service will stay...
Blu-ray Review: Hall Pass - Enlarged Edition	Jul 01, 2011
Hall Pass - Enlarged Edition Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 105 Minutes (Theatrical Cut) / 111 Minutes (Extended Cut) List Price: $35.99 (Check Price at Amazon.com) The theatrical cut is also...
Miramax Bringing Movie Library to Hulu	Jun 02, 2011
Miramax and Hulu announced a multi-year agreement this week that will bring hundreds of movies from the Miramax library to the Hulu and Hulu Plus services. The press release mentioned Pulp Fiction,...
Blockbuster Closing 186 More Stores This Week	Mar 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Blockbuster Inc. will be closing 186 more stores by the end of March, bringing the total number of stores closed, or due to be closed, to 1,145. When the...
Orville Redenbacher Introduces New Microwave Popcorn Bag That Turns Into a Bowl	Mar 18, 2011
ConAgra Foods announced this week that it is introducing a new concept in packaging for its Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn brand. The "Pop Up Bowl" is being billed by the company as...
Amazon Prime Members Get Unlimited, Commercial-free, Instant Streaming of More Than 5,000 Movies and TV Shows at No Additional Cost	Feb 24, 2011
Netflix is pretty much the undisputed king of online movie streaming, with other services following a very distant second. This week, the options for people looking to watch their movies from the...
Blockbuster Goes Into Chapter 7 Liquidation - 609 Stores to Close by February 28, 2011	Feb 22, 2011
Bloomberg is reporting that bankrupt video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. has agreed to be bought by its creditors for $290 million. The group, called Cobalt Video Holdco LLC, which holds more...
Blu-ray Review: The Color Purple (Digibook)	Feb 11, 2011
The Color Purple Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 153 Minutes List Price: $34.99 (Check Price at Amazon.com) This movie is also available from Amazon on DVD. Available 1/25/2011 Click here...
All Six Star Wars Movies Coming to Blu-ray in September 2011	Jan 06, 2011
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and LucasFilm announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that all six movies in the Star Wars saga would be released on Blu-ray high...
Pre-order "The Social Network" and Save up to 55%	Jan 05, 2011
Gift shop merchant Amazon.com has the Facebook movie The Social Network available for a pre-order price of $16.99 for the Blu-ray edition, which is 51% off the $34.99 list price. The DVD is priced at...
Get Avatar 3D on Blu-ray Free with Purchase of Panasonic 3D Blu-ray Player	Jan 03, 2011
Panasonic is now offering a free copy of Avatar 3D on Blu-ray when you purchase their Panasonic DMP-BDT100 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Player through March 26, 2011. Panasonic scored an exclusive...
Blu-ray Review: Flipped	Dec 21, 2010
Flipped Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 90 Minutes List Price: $35.99 (Check Price at Amazon.com) This movie is also available from Amazon on DVD and Video on Demand. Available 11/30/2010 ...
Warner Bros. Wants to Trade Any of Your Old DVD's for Blu-ray - DVD2Blu Program Change	Oct 28, 2010
For some time, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has offered the ability to trade in select Warner Bros. movies on DVD for the same movie on Blu-ray (called DVD2Blu) for a modest upgrade fee, usually...
High-Def Digest Interviews Sound Mixer About 7.1 Blu-ray Releases	Oct 04, 2010
Enthusiast site High-Def Digest has an interview with sound mixer Tim Hoogenakker, senior mixer for POP Sound in Santa Monica, California about the ins and outs of DTS sound mixing. DTS was...
Martin Scorsese Presents Tribute to Director Elia Kazan Tonight on PBS	Oct 04, 2010
Elia Kazan directed enduring classics, like On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, and East of Eden, and he has won two Academy Awards® for Best Director and an additional honorary Oscar...