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Your Broadcaster Seeks Cinematic Genius
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music,
Aspiring filmmakers now have a chance to make their cinematic dreams come true. With a free membership at Your Broadcaster, you can view and vote on others’ work, and for a $10.00 fee you will have copyright protection for your own uploads of video, animation, screenplay, or script. For $35.00, you can enter work from all five genres of drama, comedy, horror, thriller, or Bollywood. The site is still in beta test which is good news for those who want to enter their masterpieces early. Capture the most votes with your work from other members and you are on your way to that Red Carpet.
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Stand Out in the Crowd With Transformer T-Shirt
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wearables, Misc. Tech, Movies, Toys,
The Transformer Movie will be out July 4 (don’t tell us that you didn’t already know) and you can celebrate its premier with with your own mini-fireworks, or at least a bit of flash with these t-shirts. Choose between Autobot or Deception from ThinkGeek for $34.99 each. Available in small, medium, large, and extra large, you might want to purchase an extra one on the chance that the usher decides that you are shedding too much light during the airing of the Cybertron flick, a collaboration from Dreamworks/Paramount Productions.
Read More | ThinkGeek
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Blockbuster To Feature Blu-ray Exclusively in Stores
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Editorial, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies,
Blockbuster has decided to rent only Blu-ray in 1,450 of its stores beginning next month when it expands its inventory. Renting both formats in 250 stores late last year, the company said that consumers preferred Blu-ray more than 70% of the time. It will continue to rent both types in those original stores as well as online. Gear Live was so curious about the decision that it studied the “facts” and came up with this:
- More titles were available on Blu-ray than HD.
- Several of the major studios, including Disney, were releasing exclusively Blu-ray titles.
- Sony Playstation 3 already comes equipped with Blu-ray capability.
- Releases of the popular Casino Royale, Spiderman, and Pirates of the Caribbean came out solely on Blu-ray.
We are still thinking that maybe a battle has been won, but certainly not the DVD war. We just don’t think that buying a new player is worth the price of admission just yet.
Read More | CNN
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Tamagotchis to Star In Movie
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Misc. Tech, Movies, Toys,
The craze of Tamagotchis has never really waned since their 1997 debut. Now it seems they will be starring in their own movie, which will probably debut this December. Over 40 million have been sold from the original Bandai Company and the current Namco Bandai America. Distributed by Toho, the movie will feature several of the pets who befriend a human girl. We remember losing our Tamagotchis’ lives several times after forgetting about them, so at least these will live in celluloid forever.
Read More | I4U News
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7digital to Battle iTunes
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Apple, Internet, Movies, Portable Audio / Video,
7digital has decided to challenge iTunes in a download music and video war. Newly relaunched, it promises lower prices and simpler technology. Established in 2004, the service offers tracks from indie labels as well as EMI, who also give the iTunes Store copyright-free protection. Many tunes will be sold for 50p (~$.98) in MP3 format and will include free online storage.
At this point, Apple iTunes owns about 80% of the market because of the preference of iPods in the world but Ben Drury, Managing Director, says that their company will not store personal details in files purchased from 7digital. iTunes utilizes DRM (Digital Rights Management) which contains full name, e-mail addy, and account information. Maybe saving that extra penny will not be worth the trouble, but we like the idea that another download site will not only protect our personal space but allow us to share our music with others.
Read More | BBC
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The first full feature length movie Four Eyed Monsters has hit YouTube in an effort to raise funds for its creators. Spout will give Arin Crumley and Susan Buice a dollar to make another film if you subscribe to their site. The directors/writers have allowed the 71 minute film to be shown on YouTube for one week for its fundraising efforts and it has already raked in over $17,500.00. Take the time to see it, tell them what you think of their endeavor, give them a dollar, then let us know how we can impress someone enough to pay us to make movies.
Read More | Four Eyed Monsters
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MST3K Finds its Own Space on the Internet
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet, Movies,
Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will be delighted to know that its characters are back, almost. RiffTrax features MP3 downloads that you can synchronise with such notable films as Predator and the latest remake of Casino Royale. If you don’t own the film to match, Mike Nelson suggests that you head for Netflix or a download-for-fee site.
Nelson feels that, “People have been burned too many times in theaters. I’m feeling a little bit of optimism that movie fans are rejecting the same old films that Hollywood is telling them to like.”
Each download will cost you $2.99 but there are many samples on his site to get you back in the mood. He is joined by wife Bridget as well as Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy,) and Crow (Bill Corbett.) Nelson also plans on releasing special DVD editions of many of their old classic MST3Ks in the future.
Read More | RiffTrax
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Have the “Time Of Your Life” with Dirty Dancing Gear
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies,
Who could forget the ultimate “chick flick” Dirty Dancing? Help celebrate its 20th anniversary with the DD Talking Pen. Johnny and Baby repeat such classic lines as “Go back to your playpen, Baby,” “I carried a watermelon,” and the most famous line of all, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” The pen is available at TruffleShuffle for £6.99 (~$14.00.) If you want to see as well as hear them, TS’s Projecting Keyring is also available for £4.99 (~$10.00.)
Read More | TruffleShuffle
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Okoro BX Series Offers Dual Play
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Movies, Music,
Okoro has just released a new Windows Vista compatible BX series of digital entertainment players with dual HD-DVD and Blu-ray playability. Both models feature a huge storage capacity of 25-25GB (single layer) and 30-50GB (dual,) and have 1080p HD resolution and up to 8 channels of surround sound. They are also backward compatible with current CD/DVD formats.
The OMS-BX100 can handle 500GB of SATA storage at a price of $2,995.00, while the BX300 stores up to 1TB of information and can be yours for $3,595.00. If one of the disc types eventually gets phased out, that’s a considerable sum to have invested. It reminds us of a time long ago when 8-track players could handle 4-track tunes.
Read More | Okora Media
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Contest Makes Every Home Entertainment Enthusiast a Winner
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech, Movies, Music,
What is the status of your current home theater? If it looks like ours, it could definitely use a make-over. Enter The Makeshifters contest with your own sob story and images or video and you could win a new center with A/V equipment from Denon and Boston Acoustics, some La-Z-Boy loungers and DVDs, CD, and free installation from Circuit City. The winner is to be determined by viewers choice, so make your tale of woe a good one.
If you don’t receive the grand prize you might still get the First Runner-up Award of a recliner and $500.00 shopping spree, or be one of 4 Third Prize winners or a monthly prize. All participants will receive a $10.00 gift Certificate from Circuit City, which means everyone wins. Voting will begin June 8 and the last time you can submit an entry is July 20.
Read More | MakeShifters
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