 | Warner Releases HD DVD Films (Sci Fi Wire, 3/17/2006 8:27am) |
| Warner Home Video announced that it will launch its first titles on HD DVD, starting April 18, including The Phantom of the Opera , followed in coming weeks with Batman Begins, Constantine and The Matrix , among others. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Rome: Stealing From Saturn (TV Squad, 9/20/2005 1:38am) |
| Filed under: Drama , HDTV , OpEd , HBO So this week with the arrival of Caesar in Rome, we finally get our first real taste of him as a character and we get to see Ciaran Hinds finally show us why he was chosen for this role. Many of you will probably recognize Ciaran from his roles in Phantom of the Opera or The Sum of all Fears . I've thought he was the perfect fit for Caesar since ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hyundai shoot slo-mo HD car ad with new Phantom HD camera (HDTV UK, 1/22/2007 1:09pm) |
| Hyundai shoot slo-mo HD car ad with new Phantom HD camera Hyundai have made the first ever high definition advert to use the Phantom HD high-speed... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Phantom' Blu-ray Dated and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 5/02/2013 6:00pm) |
| The cold war submarine thriller is arming itself for Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Phantom' for Blu-ray on June 25. At the height of the cold [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Met HD opera simulcasts move into more cinemas (CBC, 8/09/2007 4:52pm) |
| New York's Metropolitan Opera is expanding its live high-definition simulcasts in cinemas after a successful launch of the experimental program last December. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Critics' choice (Detroit News, 1/26/2007 7:28am) |
| N ew York City's grand old Metropolitan Opera can take a bow. Opera fans in Metro Detroit and across America are cheering the you-are-there realism of the Met's new live, high-definition broadcasts of Saturday afternoon performances. Public response has been so enthusiastic that the Met has already begun re-broadcasting performances, and more theaters are signing on to screen the operas still to ... (Read Full Article) |
| Locations and Tickets Now Available for Metropolitan Opera's Simulcasts Into Movie Theaters (Playbill Arts, 11/21/2006 1:27am) |
| The Metropolitan Opera has announced the final list of cinemas that will carry high-definition simulcasts of six Saturday matinee performances this season. Tickets for the first three presentations are now on sale. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | The Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition Series 2007-08 Season Tickets on Sale Now (Business Wire, 11/12/2007 4:38pm) |
| NEW YORK & CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tickets are now on sale to the general public in the U.S. for the critically-acclaimed The Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition ... (Read Full Article) |
| New York Metropolitan Opera season to be shown in high definition at cinemas across UK (HDTV UK, 9/29/2008 8:36am) |
| Returning for a second season, Cineworld cinemas across the UK will screen special high definition broadcasts from the world-famous New York Metropolitan Opera. Anyone wanting to see a free preview of the season should get their skates on, as screenings are taking place tonight at 37 Cineworld cinemas across the UK (more information) Alternatively. the season kicks off with Salome on 11th October. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | What's big for fall: Women, wealth and the paranormal (Seattle Times, 5/30/2005 7:33am) |
| If networks could fabricate an ideal viewer, it would be roughly this: Female, in her 20s, with an equal taste for soap opera and sports... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dark Shadows' Announced and Detailed for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/30/2012 11:50pm) |
| Tim Burton's reimagining of the classic vampire soap opera will sink its teeth into Blu-ray just in time for Halloween! In an early announcement to retailers, Warner Brothers will be releasing 'Dark [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSA: Metal Gear Solid 5 still on for Xbox 360, PS3 (Joystiq, 2/05/2014 2:15am) |
| Put your exclamation marks down! Despite previous-gen platform listings being absent from a recent Game Informer cover story, Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is still coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | TALKBACK (Kansas City (Kansas City Star, 5/01/2005 7:23am) |
| And? I have been a Theater League subscriber for eight years. According to Mark Edelman, president of Theater League, the performing arts center will provide a first-class venue for the symphony, ballet and opera. I, too, strongly support this. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Met To Expand Simulcasts Globally (Arts Journal, 8/09/2007 12:20pm) |
| "The Metropolitan Opera plans to expand still further its live high-definition simulcasts into movie theaters around the world for the 2007-8 season, potentially tripling the audience for these broadcasts to an estimated one million viewers... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HDD Cool Stuff: 'The Devil's Carnival: Ringmaster Edition' Limited Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/19/2012 8:00pm) |
| The 2012 horror musical from Darren Lynn Bousman ('Repo! The Genetic Opera') is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release this October. TheDevilsCarnival.com is now taking pre-orders for 'The Devil's [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Lionsgate Sets 'Repo' Blu-ray Specs, Adds Exclusives (High-Def Digest, 12/05/2008 11:00pm) |
| Lionsgate has confirmed final specs for 'Repo! The Genetic Opera,' which will rock Blu-ray this January with hours of exclusive next-gen content. As previously reported, Lionsgate will debut 'Saw' helmer... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Across the Universe' Announced For Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/27/2007 11:05pm) |
| The Beatles will make their high-def disc debut this February when Julie Taymor's phantasmagoric rock opera 'Across the Universe' hits Blu-ray. An ambitious pastiche of over a dozen Beatles songs and Taymor's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/191458632" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| The Universal Powerline Association to Endorse the Opera Specification and Announce Launch of Digital Home Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 3/17/2005 9:23pm) |
| The UPA has reached agreement on the process for the preparation of the specification for its Digital Home Standard and invites all interested parties to participate in the process. (Read Full Article) |
| Arggh... 'Pirates of Penzance' Sailing to Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/22/2009 4:00pm) |
| The Gilbert & Sullivan musical will be walking the high-definition plank this July. Releasing July 28, Kultur Video will be bringing 'Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan / Australian Opera' to Blu-ray.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ coming to Blu-ray (HD-Report, 7/31/2012 5:21pm) |
| Dark Shadows, Tim Burton's big screen take on the classic 60's vampire soap opera, will arrive in a Blu-ray/DVD/Ulatrviolet combo pack on October 2 at a suggested list price of $35.99. This campy/creepy comedy stars Johhn Depp as Barnabas Collins, a [...] (Read Full Article) |
| DirecTV offers Voom customers a lifeline (Engadget, 4/25/2005 4:40pm) |
| If you’ve been following the soap opera that’s been going on with Voom , you know its customers are about to lose their HD service at the end of the month. Not about to let that decline in civilization transpire (or a good marketing opportunity go to waste), DirecTV is offering Voom customers a $200 mail-in rebate on their current Voom HD equipment if they go in on a DirectTV HD system before (Read Full Article) |
| Met's Simulcast Of "Magic Flute" Box-Office Smash (NY1 News, 1/06/2007 5:16pm) |
| The Metropolitan Opera's simulcast series continued Saturday. Its first high-definition movie-theater simulcast is already a box-office smash. The Met says more than 30,000 people in 60 theaters worldwide watched the live simulcast of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" last weekend. ... (Read Full Article) |
| VOOM'S RAVE HD WILL 'ROCK YOU' WITH QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS (Elite TV, 2/14/2006 9:24pm) |
| To kick off the 30th anniversary celebrations of legendary rock band Queen's history-making single 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' its definitive 70's album, 'A Night At The Opera,' and the band's upcoming North American tour (which begins March 3rd) RAVE HD, the first and only music channel dedicated to delivering a larger than life concert experience in crystal clear high-definition, will premiere Q ... (Read Full Article) |
| Steve Coogan's stand up tour to be filmed in high definition (HDTV UK, 1/30/2009 12:43pm) |
| Steve Coogan will begin his first stand up tour for a decade at the Blackpool Opera House tomorrow, and it will all be captured in high definition for a subsequent DVD (and Blu-ray?) release. The "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters" tour will revive the likes of Alan Partridge, Paul Calf, Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket and Tony Ferrino. NEP Visions, the largest ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba introduces first Cell-powered HDTV (AfterDawn, 10/05/2009 10:24pm) |
Toshiba has unveiled their first HDTV to use the extremely powerful PS3 Cell processor today during the CEATEC event in Japan, and the TV packs a serious punch.
Besides the processor, the 55-inch REGZA 55X1 includes LED-backlighting, 240Hz refresh rate, and dynamic contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Cell processor also allows for improved image quality, stronger colors, enhanced brightness balance and a "luminance of 1250cd/m²."
The TV also has a 7-speaker sound bar, and has DLNA support as well as a built in HD web browser created by Opera.
More notably, the HDTV has a 3TB HDD allowing users to record up to 26 hours of 1080p content from 8 channels, at the same time. As pictured below, the Regza can also display 8 channels at the same time, with no delay when switching between stations.
Toshiba also dropped word that they plan to use the Cell processor in an upcoming TV that will upconvert 1080p films to 3840 x 2160.
The TV will leave a dent in your wallet however, and is retailing for 1 million yen in Japan (about $11,000 USD) and Toshiba says it anticipates 1000 sales before release in North America next year.
Pictures, specs via Gizmodo:
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| Samsung Instinct HD from Sprint Adds High Definition Camera and Camcorder, HDTV Capabilities and Opera Mobile Web Browser (HDTV Magazine, 9/24/2009 11:58pm) |
Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced the upcoming availability of Samsung Instinct® HD, the latest follow-up to the award-winning Samsung Instinct, which made its debut last summer exclusively from Sprint.
Samsung Instinct HD boasts an attractive and intuitive user interface as well as the high-speed connectivity of America's most dependable 3G network3 (EVDO Rev. A).With Samsung and Sprint's first high-definition 5-megapixel camera and camcorder and TV-out HD connection, it allows photo and video playback on an HD capable auxiliary device but it does not provide...
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