Sunday March 5, 2006

Hi Def DVD Roundup: March 05, 2006

Because we love nothing more than to watch major corporations kill a good idea with a bunch of petty squabbling, here is some of the recent news on the HD DVD front . . .

Philips to Introduce Blu-ray Disc Products and Media - Philips is, of course, one of the big Blu-ray heavyweights, and they are going to announce a player, a PC drive and new writable media. None of which, of course, will be inexpensive.
Subpar wars: high-resolution-disc formats fight each other, consumers push back - Here’s a hardcore techhie look at both formats, the issues surrounding the formats, and why the copy protection schemes could sink both.

Toshiba Plans HD DVD Marketing Blitz: Because nothing says “please choose our next generation HD DVD format over Sony’s” like a tour of the United States. Tickets are available at Tickmaster, I guess. This major corporation’s tour is sponsored, strangely enough, by The Rolling Stones.

LG Kills Blu-ray model, considers combo player - Just two months after showing it off at CES, LG has decided to kill its Blu-ray only HD DVD player, considering a dual-format player, instead. This might be the type of thinking that will actually save HD DVD: keeping the fallout of the format wars away from the consumer. Y’all remember the consumer, right? Right?

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Hasbro Orders Facebook to Remove 'Scrabulous'
How is Hasbro so idiotic that they don't understand that the mere fact of Scrabulous has made the entire concept of Scrabble relevant to a whole new generation who just might buy the board game in order to play in in a F2F situation? We can only hope that if they succeed, nobody installs the replacement, and real-life Scrabble sales plummet.
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Interesting model and maybe a good one for newspapers who can't afford dedicated reporters in particular areas of interest.
Netflix exiting indie movie distribution
Reportedly because Red Envelope competed directly with the Hollywood producers who are Netflix's business partners. Give me a break.
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A, er, think piece on why women find male musicians sexy.
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Kindle not yet available, making one wonder why territory specific product releases still make sense in a 24/7/360 degree world.
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Still alive, according to its creator. You should be watching this show.
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Well, they're the experts. Also, in the days of FOX News, right-wing talk radio -- not to mention that anybody can and will start a blog -- does anybody still truly believe that always-was-bullshit canard about the "liberal media bias?" Or do they haul it out in the vain hope that it will change anybody's mind?
Lyons, Mankiewicz to host 'Movies'
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Still wondering how many of the so-called complaints were actually pro-breast...
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Finally, some sanity. This is good news for broadcasters. Also, the Frack Da Eagles chick is probably off the hook as well.

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