 | Disney's 'Pirates' DVD Previews 2007 Blu-ray Booty (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2006 11:00pm) |
| Offering a tantalizing preview on its recent DVD release of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' Disney appears to have a bountiful 2007 lined up for Blu-ray fans. In a brief teaser that appears... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Plotting 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Box Set for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/02/2007 6:00pm) |
| No date yet, but Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed on Wednesday that the studio is indeed planning a 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Blu-ray box set. Ever since 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Booty to Include Two Discs, BD-Java Features (High-Def Digest, 2/20/2007 10:32pm) |
| In a pair of Blu-ray firsts for Disney, the studio will unleash their premiere two-disc and BD-Java-enhanced titles when it brings the blockbuster 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films to the format this spring.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Pirates Hitting DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 4 (Coming Soon, 7/26/2007 3:37pm) |
| Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 4. ... (Read Full Article) |
 | Report: 'Pirates' Blu-ray Sales Top 160k Units (High-Def Digest, 12/13/2007 5:00pm) |
| First week sales for the Blu-ray edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' are shaping up to be a record-breaker for the Blu-ray format. That's according to an article at Video Business, which... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disc Sales: 'Pirates' Leads Blu-ray to Decisive Weekly Win Over HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/14/2007 10:30pm) |
| Propelled by strong sales of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,' Blu-ray software sales topped HD DVD by more than a 3:1 margin for the week ending December 9, 2007. As we reported earlier in the... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Disney Sets 'Pirates,' 'Cars' Blu-ray Dates (High-Def Digest, 1/25/2007 12:16am) |
| In what are sure to be three of the biggest-selling titles yet on either next-gen format, Disney has set Spring street dates for the Blu-ray releases of the blockbuster 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Black Pearl' Blu-ray Disc Exchange Details Revealed (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 7:00pm) |
| Framing issues be gone! Disney has kicked off a disc replacement program for the Blu-ray edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.' As we've previously reported, trouble first... ... (Read Full Article) |
| $199 Family PS3 Bundle to win Amazon Customers Vote (I4U, 11/25/2008 6:00am) |
| LittleBigPlanet and Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy on Blu-ray are more popular than Star Wars and Bond.
The voting of the first Amazon Customers Vote deal is ending tomorrow and the $199 Family PS3 Bundle is in the lead with 44%.
So if you have voted... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese pirates offering cheap AVCHD Blu-ray rips on disguised DVD-Rs (Engadget, 11/17/2008 11:26am) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just last week we heard that Warner Bros. was ending its home video / DVD business in South Korea due to rampant piracy, and now we've got a report from China suggesting that sophisticated pirates are duping buyers with faux Blu-ray Discs that are actually DVDs. As the story goes, movie pirates in select parts of Asia are ripping bona fide BDs and then burnin ... (Read Full Article) |
| Apple adds more HD titles to iTunes store (HD-Report, 11/11/2009 8:46am) |
| Apple’s iTunes has added a bunch of new HD content including Disney hit titles Bolt, Hannah Montana: The Movie, and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. With the HD movie purchase you also get smaller iPhone and iPod versions in standard definition.
Added titles also include HD versions of Wall-E, Hero, Ratatouille, Knowing, Jonas Brothers: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising 3 demo available now, first DLC out Christmas Eve (Joystiq, 12/13/2013 8:30pm) |
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If you're not dead set on Dead Rising 3, don't dead fret: There's a new demo on the Xbox [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits - 3D (High-Def Digest, 8/20/2012 7:45pm) |
| The rowdy, boisterous buccaneers of 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' are the most civil and considerate bunch you'll ever meet. This cheerful crew of scalawags is an inexperienced ragtag group who [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Rumor: Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate coming to PS3/360 (Joystiq, 5/08/2013 12:45am) |
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An enhanced version of last year's Dead or Alive 5, dubbed Dead or Alive 5 [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs (Ars Technica, 11/17/2008 11:15pm) |
| A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray's amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won't be enough to stop pirates.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Rising Collection hits European Xbox 360s in March (Joystiq, 1/23/2014 8:30pm) |
| Europe is getting a Dead Rising Collection for Xbox 360 on March 7, bundling up the original Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, and the Case Zero, Case West and Off the Record DLC missions. Capcom hasn't said if the collection will make its way to North [...] (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) | Dead or Alive 5 1.03a patch on PS3 today, see it in action (Joystiq, 2/13/2013 4:00am) |
For specifics about the updates coming to Dead or Alive 5 with the version 1.03a patch - hitting PS3 today and Xbox this month - consult (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | If you're all-in on Dead Space 3, don't watch this trailer (Joystiq, 1/31/2013 8:30pm) |
For those picking up Dead Space 3 next week who don't need any [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Chinese movie pirates selling fake Blu-rays of stolen films (HDTV UK, 1/16/2009 2:55pm) |
| Duped twice. That's what you'd be if you'd bought any of the fake Blu-ray discs emanating from China, a huge batch of which were seized by officers from the International Federation Against Copyright Theft - Greater China. Not only had the pirates ripped off Chinese and Japanese titles including Kung Fu Panda, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wall·E and The Women, but they had tried to pass lower qu ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo out starting January 15, 'Story So Far' trailer released (Joystiq, 12/26/2012 2:45pm) |
Dead Space 3's playable demo will crawl out from the void where nightmares [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead Space 3 demo 'close to 2M' downloads (Joystiq, 2/04/2013 2:15pm) |
| EA revealed nearly two million people have already downloaded the Dead Space 3 demo, at least 10 percent [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Episode Four PS3 save issue patched (Joystiq, 10/14/2012 9:30pm) |
| A "small number" of PS3 players encountered a save glitch when booting up The Walking Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New Blu-ray, 3D & UltraViolet: Battleship, Walking Dead Season Two, Sons of Anarchy (HD-Report, 8/28/2012 8:51am) |
| It’s a big week for TV shows on Blu-ray. We already mentioned The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season is Amazon’s Blu-ray Deal of the Week. Today, The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season hits shelves. The box set includes audio [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Dated & Detailed (High-Def Digest, 5/14/2013 10:00pm) |
| The crime thriller from director Niels Arden Oplev (the original 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo') will hit Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony has slated 'Dead Man Down' [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Evil Dead Blu-ray Review (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/15/2013 7:29pm) |
| Was a remake really necessary? Bruce Campbell makes everything better, but this Blu-ray still scares up a few [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Prediction: HD DVD Not Dead, Toshiba Will Produce Dual Format HD Players [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 1/07/2008 2:54am) |
| We snagged a second with Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC's research director for removable storage, to ask what the picture looks like for HD DVD. His thoughts? HD DVD isn't dead yet. Toshiba will probably... ... (Read Full Article) |
| LG Kills Blu-ray/HD DVD Hybrid Player [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 5/13/2008 8:19pm) |
| LG will stop swinging both ways with HD formats this fall, when it ceases production on its Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player. (Samsung's is already dead.) I'm just kind of amazed an already dead format... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Shane Kim Can't Quit HD DVD [Xbox 360] (Kotaku, 4/17/2008 8:00am) |
| The dust has settled. Long ago. HD DVD is way dead, way dead. But Micrsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim hasn't given up! The man is an optimist. He can see the bright side of a train wreck. Bless him.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D Video Games Sound as Good as Dead. Good. [3D] (Kotaku, 8/22/2012 3:30am) |
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3D was everywhere a year or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Hong Kong pirates selling bootleg Blu-rays on DVDs (AfterDawn, 11/19/2008 12:00am) |
| According to a new Wall Street Journal article, Hong Kong based movie pirates have begun selling bootleg Blu-ray films on standard DVDs, using the AVCHD format to fit a 720p film onto a cheap DVD-5.
Although AVCHD only offers 720p and not the full HD 1080p, most consumers cannot tell the difference, and just see it as an upgrade from standard DVD anyways.
The MPAA warns that because blank DV ... (Read Full Article) |
| 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' Heads to HD DVD (High-Def Digest, 12/14/2007 5:00pm) |
| Image Entertainment is planning an April HD DVD arrival for the acclaimed Sidney Lumet crime thriller 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.' Starring Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brothers who... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Starz to Unleash 'Halloween,' 'Evil Dead 2,' 'Dawn of the Dead' on Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2007 2:55pm) |
| Nearly a month after formally announcing its support of the Blu-ray format, Starz Home Entertainment says it will release four horror film classics as its first Blu-ray titles. As we originally reported... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead Season 2: Episode 1 - All That Remains dated for Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 12/10/2013 2:15pm) |
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Season 2 of The Walking Dead premieres December 18 on Xbox 360, according to an [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate confirmed for Xbox 360, PS3 this fall (Joystiq, 5/09/2013 7:00pm) |
Dead or [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Living Dead Girl' and 'Two Orphan Vampires' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 8/09/2012 6:00pm) |
| Two cult horrors from director Jean Rollin will sink their teeth into Blu-ray at the end of the month. In an early announcement to retailers, Kino's Redemption label is preparing 'The Living Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HDNet Adds Joan , Dead (MultiChannel News, 4/24/2006 8:07pm) |
| HDNet is adding off-network shows Joan of Arcadia and Dead Like Me to its weekly HDTV program lineup, officials said Monday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Man Down' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 4/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace will be seeking vengeance on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, FilmDistrict is preparing 'Dead Man Down' for Blu-ray on June 18. Victor (Colin [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Dead Souls' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 3/11/2013 6:00pm) |
| Colin Theys' supernatural thriller will be available on Blu-ray in June. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory has revealed 'Dead Souls' for a Blu-ray release on June 25. On his 18th [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Get The Walking Dead First Season on Blu-ray just $24.99 (HD-Report, 8/26/2012 2:51pm) |
| Here's your chance to pick up the The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season 3-disc Blu-ray edition for just $24.99 -- a 60% savings off the list price of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 5/07/2013 6:30pm) |
| A double dip of George A Romero's 1985 zombie flick is coming in 2013. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory says 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' is on its way to Blu-ray later [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 9/17/2012 8:00pm) |
| Roy Frumkes' 1978 documentary on George A. Romero is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release this November. Synapse Films is now taking pre-orders for 'The Definitive Document of the Dead' which [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Blu-ray Date Correction (High-Def Digest, 11/15/2012 7:00pm) |
| The TV-themed horror double feature is now on its way to high-definition at the end of February. As previously reported, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 11/05/2012 9:00pm) |
| A TV-themed horror double feature is on its way to high-definition in February. In an early announcement to retailers, Scream Factory is working on 'TerrorVision / The Video Dead' for Blu-ray on [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Second Chorus' Announced for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 4/23/2013 8:00pm) |
| The 1940 musical starring Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith has been restored for a Blu-ray release in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Film Chest is preparing 'Second Chorus' for Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| UK Cult Fave 'Dead Fish' Bound for Blu-ray, HD DVD (UPDATED) (High-Def Digest, 11/26/2007 11:00pm) |
| UPDATE (11/27/07, 4pm ET): Contrary to earlier reports, it looks like high-def early adopters will have to keep waiting for the UK crime caper 'Dead Fish' to hit Blu-ray and HD DVD. We've just received...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/highdefdigestallnews/~4/191472901" height="1" width="1"/> ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Suddenly' Blu-ray Announced (High-Def Digest, 9/07/2012 4:00pm) |
| The 1954 crime drama starring Frank Sinatra has been restored from the original 35mm film elements and will hit Blu-ray this October. In an early announcement to retailers, Film Chest will release [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Contest: Win 'Evil Dead' (2013) on Blu-ray! (High-Def Digest, 7/16/2013 5:00pm) |
| This week's contest is for all you horror junkies out there. We're giving away a copy of the splatter-tastic 'Evil Dead' remake on Blu-ray. Enter our contest today for your chance to [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | D creator Kenji Eno dead at age 42 (Joystiq, 2/21/2013 8:30pm) |
| One of the most fascinatingly creative voices in the Japanese game industry has died. Kenji Eno, designer of the D series, the 3DO's most interesting games, and [...] (Read Full Article) |
| iSuppli: TFT LCD beats its chest at SID (Digi Times, 6/06/2005 4:19am) |
| The signals emanating from the Society for Information Display (SID) 2005 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition in Boston last week indicate that the display industry is undergoing a significant realignment due to the expansion of TFT LCD technology. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Evil Dead' Remake Dated for Blu-ray (High-Def Digest, 5/28/2013 10:00pm) |
| The hit remake of Sam Raimi's cult classic will be summoned to Blu-ray in July. In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing 'Evil Dead' on Blu-ray on July 16. The story follows Mia, [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Day of the Dead: Collector's Edition' Blu-ray Features Detailed (High-Def Digest, 7/08/2013 10:00pm) |
| Features have been revealed for the Collector's Edition of the cult George A. Romero horror film coming to Blu-ray in September. As previously reported, Scream Factory will release 'Day of the Dead: [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Dead or Alive 5 PS3 patch bugs out, Xbox 360 patch delayed to Feb. (Joystiq, 1/24/2013 2:00am) |
| Dead or Alive 5 patch 1.03 (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed (High-Def Digest, 6/05/2013 4:55am) |
| No less than three Blu-ray editions of Season 3 will be available this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Starz/Anchor Bay is working on 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season' for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 gets dates on Xbox 360, iOS (Joystiq, 3/04/2014 11:00am) |
| There's no point trying to hide on Xbox 360 and iOS, Clem, because A House Divided is also headed their way this week. After originally leaving the platforms in release date limbo, Telltale revealed the second episode of The Walking Dead Season [...] (Read Full Article) |
| In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead (Engadget, 2/19/2008 6:02pm) |
| Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Just in case you missed the big news earlier this morning, after more than two years on the market, HD DVD finally rolled over. Here's everything you need to know:
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over
Toshiba: "no plans" to adopt Blu-ray
HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war
Pa ... (Read Full Article) |
| Non-Combo HD DVD Re-Issues Planned For 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' (High-Def Digest, 12/19/2007 9:00pm) |
| In its latest round of combo demotions, Universal will re-issue 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' as stand-alone HD DVD releases this March. Universal first released both titles back in 2006... ... (Read Full Article) |
| HD DVD not dead yet: research group calls for caution interpreting weekly sales figures (HDTV UK, 1/29/2008 8:00am) |
| According to the NPD Group, who has provided weekly sales tracking figures for high definition discs in the US, the HD DVD format is far from dead.
They have correctly reminded those using the figures alone to signal Blu-ray's victory to be cautious at using a single week's results to plot a trend.
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| 'Dawn of the Dead,' 'Notting Hill' Lead Universal Late August HD DVD Wave (High-Def Digest, 5/31/2007 10:01pm) |
| Universal Studios Home Entertainment has added two more catalog titles to its ever-expanding next-gen library, bringing 'Notting Hill' and the 2004 remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' to HD DVD late this summer.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | PSN Tuesday: Awesomenauts, Dead Nation on PS4, South Park on PS3 (Joystiq, 3/05/2014 1:30am) |
| The PSN update this fine Tuesday includes Awesomenauts Assemble and Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition for PS4, as well as South Park: The Stick of Truth, Master Reboot and NASCAR '14 for PS3. Vita gets Hatsune Miku Project Diva F, and PS3 owners [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | This Week on Blu-ray: 42, Evil Dead, Hell on Wheels, Lord of the Flies, and more! (Big Picture Big Sound, 7/17/2013 12:15am) |
| A baseball icon, a cult classic reincarnated, and another stunner from AMC; get a peek at this week's new and notable [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Xbox 360 Ultimate Sale continues with FIFA 14, Skyrim, Dead Island: Riptide (Joystiq, 2/20/2014 12:00pm) |
| It's day 3 of the Xbox 360 Ultimate Game Sale, and that means seven more discounts vying to divorce hard-earned cash from bank accounts. The big name games include FIFA 14, Skyrim, and Dead Island: Riptide, but the biggest discount of the day goes [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Steam Holiday Sale Day 3: DOTA 2, Dungeon Defenders, Dead Island and more (Joystiq, 12/22/2012 8:45pm) |
| Ah, the steady march of time. Just as the electronic transition frequency of an atom can be used to measure the passage of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Cancels 'Dazed & Confused,' 'Land of the Dead' HD DVD Re-Issues (High-Def Digest, 2/08/2008 7:00pm) |
| Sorry, combo haters: Universal has pulled the previously-announced HD DVD non-combo re-issues of 'Dazed & Confused' and 'Land of the Dead' from its high-def schedule. As we've previously reported,... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Left 4 Dead 2 'Cold Stream' DLC for Xbox 360 this Friday (Joystiq, 8/01/2012 1:15pm) |
| It's been a long time coming, but the Cold Stream DLC will arrive on Xbox 360 this Friday, August 3, according to (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. (Kotaku, 4/29/2013 9:30am) |
| A new Dead or Alive 5 project is "coming soon" to the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Yosuke Hayashi, Team Ninja's leader, recently announced that the "newest work" (最新作) for [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | The Walking Dead: Season 3 on Blu-ray Comes In This Creepy Cabinet of Zombie Heads (Gizmodo, 4/12/2013 2:26pm) |
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| (Unranked) | Microsoft: Xbox 360 at 76M sold worldwide, Kinect at 24M (Joystiq, 2/12/2013 3:00am) |
| Microsoft has sent out a chest-thumping press release, boasting about new milestones for the Xbox 360, Kinect and Xbox Live. As of now, 76 [...] (Read Full Article) |
 | 2K Games to Publish Sid Meier's Pirates for Xbox (GameInfoWire, 5/02/2005 6:29pm) |
| 2K Games Announces Expanded Partnership with FIRAXIS Games ... (Read Full Article) |
| Hacker Jolts HD DVD Coalition's Campaign Against Pirates (RedNova, 1/02/2007 5:16pm) |
| By John Markoff An anonymous computer programmer may have skewed the competition over standards for high-definition DVD discs by defeating a system that both sides use to protect digital content. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | DOA 5 1.03 update takes PS3 to Zack Island today, Jan. 29 on Xbox 360 (Joystiq, 1/22/2013 11:00pm) |
A new patch has been issued for Dead or Alive 5, available today on the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 2013 DICE Award nominations led by Journey, Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 (Joystiq, 1/14/2013 4:45pm) |
| The nominations have been announced for the 16th annual DICE Awards, and Journey leads the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Shantae and the Pirate's Curse waylaid at sea for a few more months (Joystiq, 3/06/2014 3:39pm) |
| Shantae and the Pirate's Curse for Nintendo 3DS has been slightly delayed from its planned Q1 2014 release window, and no wonder! Genies are fickle. Pirates are no better, following fortune and trade winds wherever they may lead. It figures...
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| Digital Playground to Release First Blu-ray Title (High-Def Digest, 12/21/2007 12:00am) |
| Previously HD DVD-exclusive adult distributor Digital Playground will go dual-format with the Blu-ray release of 'Pirates' in early January. As we've previously reported, Digital Playground made headlines... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Shantae and the Pirate's Curse' coming to 3DS eShop (Joystiq, 11/07/2012 1:00am) |
| WayForward's half-genie mascot Shantae returns in a new downloadable 3DS game, revealed in the penultimate issue of Nintendo Power. Shantae and the [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 4K or 3D? The future remains unclear (Broadcast Engineering, 2/25/2013 7:56pm) |
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Is 3D dead? Is 4K alive? Readers seem unsure
Readers provide their views on how 3D and 4K technologies may arrive in their plans.
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| (No Title) (, 10/18/2007 3:05pm) |
| No wonder we're raising a society of brain dead kids. Between the Internet, video games, and TV, ... and anchordudes spending more time watching THEMSELVES in makeup mirrors. Why? HDTV. The Cincinnati Enquirer ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 11/19/2008 1:16pm) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
| Sony to bring official Blu-ray discs to China as pirates peddle crapware (HDTV UK, 1/14/2009 9:35am) |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will distribute 30 current Blu-ray titles in China, making it the first Hollywood studio to do so, according to Variety magazine. Titles including Hancock, Kung Fu Hustle, the Spider-Man trilogy, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be available for around 205 yuan (about £18). Initially, Sony will import discs, but it is ho ... (Read Full Article) |
| Microsoft Continues to Pimp HD DVD Player [Hd Dvd] (Kotaku, 2/20/2008 9:00am) |
| So, HD DVD is dead. But, Microsoft is having a hard time moving on, it seems. Soon after the Toshiba announcement, Xbox Japan said the death of HD DVD is something it "will examine from now." By... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Blu-ray Review: Frankenweenie - 3D (High-Def Digest, 1/14/2013 3:00pm) |
| A boy's best friend is his dead dog in Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie,' an extended remake of the director's 1984's short film which didn't see the light of day until a decade later and cost him his job [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | HBO pioneer writes off 4K prospects (Broadcast Engineering, 3/24/2013 12:23pm) |
| HBO CTO Bob Zitter, who retires this month, had a sting in his tail for delegates at the TV Connect show in London, with his declaration that 3-D with glasses was dead and that prospects for 4K were little better.
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| Clearing the Picture (RedNova, 12/05/2005 10:21pm) |
| The two houses of the U.S. Congress remain divided by just four months on a firm "drop dead" date for analog TV. But it's fairly certain that by April 7, 2009 (if not Dec. 31, 2008), your old-line TV set will no longer be able to tune in over-the-air TV channels. ... (Read Full Article) |
| A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory [Format War Over] (Gizmodo, 2/19/2008 7:09pm) |
| HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that's been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Deadline for Digital TV Established (TV Week, 12/19/2005 6:52pm) |
| Feb. 17, 2009, is the new drop-dead date by which broadcasters must make the switch to digital TV, under a legislative compromise approved by House and Senate leaders late Sunday. ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 'Crimewave' Blu-ray Dated (High-Def Digest, 2/11/2013 7:00pm) |
| The 1985 cult serial killer spoof debuts on Blu-ray in May. In an early announcement to retailers, Shout Factory will release 'Crimewave' on Blu-ray on May 14. Sam Raimi ('The Evil Dead') directs [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Blu-ray, HD DVD crack becomes a crevice (Ars Technica, 3/07/2007 3:55pm) |
| Another piece of the high-definition content protection puzzle has been found, as hackers have located device keys for a software player. Does this mean that next-gen copy protection is already dead? Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | 3D is dead--long live 4K (Broadcast Engineering, 2/13/2013 3:28pm) |
| Similar to 2010, the 2013 consumer electronics industry has decided the next great thrill will come from everyone buying another hugely expensive 4K television. Never mind the small detail that the so-called 4K televisions aren’t really capable of [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Paramount Kills Entire HD DVD Release Schedule, But No Blu Flicks 'Til Summer [Hd Dvd] (Gizmodo, 2/29/2008 6:10am) |
| There won't be a soft transition to Blu-ray for Paramount—they're dropping their whole HD DVD release slate right this second. Their last two movies on the dead format hit Tuesday, even though... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Oz The Great and Powerful Arrives on Blu-ray - Read the Review (About.com, 6/06/2013 8:00am) |
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The "prequel" to the celebrated 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, Oz the Great and Powerful, comes to Blu-ray courtesy of Walt Disney Studios and Evil Dead/Spiderman ... (Read Full Article) |
| With HD DVD dead, Blu-ray's next threat is digital downloads (Ars Technica, 2/19/2008 2:48pm) |
| Toshiba has officially put HD DVD to the sword, saying it will stop shipments by the end of March. Blu-ray's backers will now turn their attention to the format's next competitive threat: high-def downloads.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba VP on HD-DVD: We've Been Declared Dead Before (Big Picture Big Sound, 1/09/2008 2:11am) |
| In a press conference just two days after Warner's announcement to drop support of the HD-DVD format as early as this May, Toshiba showed no sign of throwing in the towel in the high definition disc format war. ... (Read Full Article) |
| Universal Brings 'Thing,' 'Dead' Series to Blu-ray this Halloween (High-Def Digest, 7/17/2008 10:00pm) |
| Universal has announced plans to bring three of its top catalog horror hits to Blu-ray this September with all-new U-Control features, both as stand-alone releases and a three-title 'Halloween Starter... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Xbox 360 Games Don't Sell In Japan [Dead Horse, Beaten] (Kotaku, 12/27/2007 6:40pm) |
| New numbers have come from Famitsu, who has broken down Japanese sales figures on the top 50 Xbox 360 games since launch. None of the results are good. While Blue Dragon, an RPG by famous Final... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Top 10 Tech Stories: Blu-ray won, E-Loremo, NVIDIA 9600 GT (I4U, 2/24/2008 11:00am) |
| This week marked an historic event in technology.
HD DVD is officially dead,
long lives Blu-ray. NVidia launched a new GPU with the
9600 GT. We have
published a review of the
XFX 9600 GT.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Consumers, analysts, retailers give HD DVD the cold shoulder (Ars Technica, 1/29/2008 8:56am) |
| HD DVD may not be dead yet, but it looks to be a solid candidate for the endangered species list. Some early adopters believe the format war is over and are looking to unload their players while analysts call the format's demise inevitable.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | New on Blu-ray this week: 42, Evil Dead, Solomon Kane (HD-Report, 7/16/2013 1:30pm) |
| What’s new on Blu-ray Disc this week? Let’s start with 42 starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, and Nicole Beharie. The Blu-ray Combo Pack from Warner Bros. comes with BD, DVD, and UltraViolet code to download [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Plasma vs. LCD vs. LED: Which HDTV Type is Best? (eCoustics, 11/15/2012 6:21pm) |
| When you’re shopping for an HDTV, there are plenty of factors to consider. Chief among them is the type of display. While boxy, bulky CRTs are long dead and mammoth rear-projection HDTVs are all but extinct, the HDTV market currently offers [...] (Read Full Article) |
| HD-DVD confirmed dead (the INQUIRER, 2/18/2008 11:26am) |
| Nick Booth the Inquirer,
Monday 18 February 2008. 10:19:00
Hip hip, Blu-ray!
FOLLOWING REPORTS that it is set to dump HD DVD, Toshiba has pretty much
confirmed its tactical retreat from the HD-DVD battleground. The Blu-ray camp,
led by Sony, may finally get this market their own way. Company sources at
Toshiba said it is mulling three main options.... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Gadmei 3D HD Pad hands-on (video) (Engadget, 1/10/2013 11:48pm) |
| While some have declared 3D dead, Chinese electronics firm (Read Full Article) |
| OPINION: HD DVD is dead - but does that mean Blu-ray automatically wins? (Tech Digest, 2/18/2008 2:28pm) |
| Gary Cutlack writes... So it looks like HD DVD has died.
That doesn't bother me much as I can't tell the difference between HD and
normal telly from the comfort of my uncomfortable DFS sofa, so I'm yet to
bother upgrading to any new movie formats. But my "old" DVD collection is huge
- although it only covers a relatively small period of time, back when DVD was
the hot new thing. It start ... (Read Full Article) |
| Wii Dominates April, PS3 & Xbox 360 In Dead Heat On GTA IV Sales [Console Wars] (Kotaku, 5/15/2008 10:40pm) |
| Nintendo had an amazing April, pushing over 700,000 Wiis in the United States. That's a massive difference from its "current gen high definition console" competition, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba says HD DVD ''has not lost'' despite Warner Move (I4U, 1/07/2008 7:46am) |
| By Franklin Paul and Mayumi Negishi
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp insisted on Sunday that its HD DVD
high-definition video format is far from dead despite being dealt a major
setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back So... ... (Read Full Article) |
| BDP-S350 and S550: Sony's First Full 2.0 Spec Blu-ray Players [Sony] (Gizmodo, 2/26/2008 8:01am) |
| PS3 aside, the Blu-ray players Sony sold up until now are worthy of only your garbage can. Now that HD DVD is dead like a doornail, the 800-lb. gorilla is getting serious. The $400 BDP-S350 will... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Retailers offering credits/refunds to early HD DVD adopters (Ars Technica, 3/22/2008 5:20pm) |
| With HD DVD officially dead, multiple retailers are reaching out to soften the loss for early adopters, and maybe entice them back into the store. Ars tells you who's offering the trade-ins and how to take advantage.Read More... ... (Read Full Article) |
| Survey: HD DVD is dead, but did anyone tell the online retailers? (Tech Digest, 4/01/2008 6:12pm) |
| With the HD
DVD Promotional Group dissolving, Toshiba abandoning ship, and precious few
studios releasing anything on the format any more, you'd have to be totally
uninformed and just a little bit stupid to buy an HD DVD player thinking that
it was the future. Enter two fairly benign entities -- online retailers and the
Great British consumer -- which when mixed can be deadly (or at least, g ... (Read Full Article) |
| Toshiba's portable HD DVD player prototypes (Engadget, 1/09/2008 1:13am) |
| Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Portable Video
If the HD DVD format lives to see the day, then we'll be carrying around these swank portable players. They're just concepts, and that screen is as dead as HD DVD is to Warner (it's just a picture). But man do they get our man juices oozing something fierce. They're almost good enough to make us hope HD DVD wins the format war. Almost.Gallery: Toshib ... (Read Full Article) |
| Breaking News: Barbara Bel Geddes dead at 82 (TV Squad, 8/10/2005 8:52pm) |
| Filed under: Talent She played Miss Ellie on Dallas for many years. When she had a heart attack and was replaced by Donna Reed for several episodes, fans were up in arms. She died of lung cancer on Monday. Bob Thomas has a great (naturally) obituary of her at the link below. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Ads by ... (Read Full Article) |
| Generation Next gets one upped (Joystiq, 4/18/2005 4:22pm) |
| Wondering what the future holds? Well don’t go playing with your crystal balls. Instead, check out 1UP’s Generation Next feature. Sort the fact, from the fiction. A good look at what we know so far, and it even gives props to the Dreamcast, a console which, despite being dead, still has a strong homebrew community. Of course, you’re interested in the future, not the past. Go check the (Read Full Article) |
| Is HDCP Dead? PS3 Blu-ray and Xbox 360 HD DVD Without HDMI (I4U, 5/09/2006 10:52am) |
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The Microsoft Xbox 360 does not support HDMI and the cheaper version of the Sony PS3 also does not have a HDMI interface. Which means if HDCP is enforced on Blu-ray or HD DVD Discs you would only be able to watch the movie in DVD quality.
The Sony P... ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Universal releases lineup of Blu-ray “Steelbook” editions (HD-Report, 6/25/2013 4:58pm) |
| Universal has released a lineup of titles to the Blu-ray “Steelbook” format this week, including titles like Scarface (1983), The Big Lebowski, Serenity, and Shaun of the Dead. The Steelbook editions come with a Blu-ray [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Belkin kills the FlyWire -- does wireless HD / HDMI even have a chance? (Engadget, 7/16/2009 9:44pm) |
| We sort of saw the writing on the wall, but now Belkin has went and made it official: the FlyWire is dead. Originally showcased at CES 2008 and at practically every AV-related trade show since, the wireless HD-enabling FlyWire was seen as the poster child for wireless HD / HDMI by many, and the death of this product certainly doesn't bode well for the technology as a whole. It's true that AMIMON ... (Read Full Article) |
 | The iMuse high-end home entertainment system (Engadget, 8/11/2005 5:27pm) |
| Nah, this isn’t the same iMUSE that used to power music in old school Lucasarts SCUMM-based adventure games—this iMuse media system takes dead aim at the custom media server market players like Kaleidescape and Chord with their much more box-centric (and apparently cost effective) solution. Each room gets an iMuse Sierra PC (which you may recognize is the same media PC that Gateway and ... (Read Full Article) |
 | 'The Closer' shuts door on competition (TV Squad, 12/29/2005 5:37pm) |
| Filed under: Drama , Cable , Industry The Closer , TNT's new drama series, has now been ranked as the most watched original cable series of 2005. It ranked first in all basic cable networks in total viewership and other key demographic categories. That's a pretty good honor for a freshman show which was competing with other basic cable programs such as Monk , The Dead Zone , The ... (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. (Kotaku, 9/09/2013 11:50am) |
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A new strategy RPG called Natural Doctrine is in the works for PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. Kadokawa Games, publisher of Killer is Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw, announced the game today with a rather [...] (Read Full Article) |
| (Unranked) | Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self (Kotaku, 6/05/2013 9:15pm) |
| Kotaku Holy Hell, This Guy Re-Created All Of Baldur's Gate In 3D | Gawker NYC Couple Who Hosted Self-Help Radio Show Found Dead [...] (Read Full Article) |
| Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector (Storage Bits, 7/30/2009 6:43am) |
I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite.
Canon HV20 and Kodak Zi6 HD camcorders. Final Cut Studio and Shake. [...]
(Read Full Article) |
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