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Sony Purchases Video Sharing Website Grouper.com
Posted by Yuan Zhao Categories: Corporate News, Movies,
The video sharing website Grouper has been purchased by Sony Pictures Entertainment for $65m (£34m). The California-based website is the “second largest independent video community” currently on the world wide web, allowing users to upload, watch, and share video clips. Much of the appeal from sites like Grouper.com and others like YouTube stem from the fact that the offerings are available free of charge; however, many sites are now commercializing on their fame and Sony has said that grouper.com had potential for developing “ad-supported and premium-based services”.
While it is unlikely that any immediate changes will be made to the video website, paid services are almost guaranteed to be developed. Fortunately, the free sections of the site will keep on thriving as long as its community stays active.
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HD DVD 2.0 Firmware Ready For Release
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies, Software,
HD DVD firmware is scheduled to be moving to version 2.0 sometime today. If you have your HD DVD player connected to the Internet, be prepared for the automatic download that will bring you support f or 24-bit/96kHz discrete audio with TrueHD 5.1 sound, something that Blu-Ray players still lack. We must say, we are impressed with the speed at which features are being added to the HD DVD players, as the 2.0 firmware upgrade is the fourth one to be pushed out in just as many months. Of course, there is also something to be said for launching a product that is feature-complete to begin with, but we won’t go there.
Read More | HD Beat
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Flip4Mac Universal Binary Now Available
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Movies, Music, PC / Laptop, Software,
Intel Mac users the world over await the day that they can eliminate all Rosetta applications from their systems permanently, and today we are one step closer with the release of the Flip4Mac Universal Binary. For those unfamiliar with the product, Flip4Mac allows Mac users to play Windows Media content from within Quicktime. Since Microsoft decided to shelve Windows Media Player development for the Mac, users have had to suffer through using an old version, running in Rosetta. Now that Flip4Mac has gone Universal, it has changed the game. If you run an Intel Mac, you need this program.
Read More | Flip4Mac via Flip4Mac on Microsoft.com
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Photos of Netflix Headquarters
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Movies,
So, my boy Mike over at HackingNetflix went over to Netflix HQ for a tour and interview with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. While there, he also snapped a bunch of photos of both the outside and inside of the building. Based on the images, we are impressed. I mean, how many companies out there have conference rooms likened after The Matrix or Edward Scissorhands? We have a couple more pictures after the jump, but you can see them all in the HackingNetflix album on Zooomr.
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Read More | HackingNetflix On Zooomr
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CinemaNow Begins Burn to DVD Video Service
Posted by Nino Marchetti Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Movies,
On demand online video provider CinemaNow is offering a new secure DVD download and burning service for those who want to make their own movie DVDs of select films from major studios. This new CinemaNow Burn to DVD service offers pricing starting at $8.99 and includes a printable DVD label and cover art.
Starting today, CinemaNow said, people can choose from more than 100 titles from studios like Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, MGM Worldwide Digital Media, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, EagleVision and Sundance Channel. Downloaders will have the ability to download the complete version of a DVD, including extra elements such as full graphic menus and 5.1 surround sound. Once downloaded, the video can be played like a DVD on a PC or burned to a blank DVD+/-R disc.
Read More | CinemaNow Burn to DVD Service Page
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The Bleeding Edge 017: Big Brain Academy, Motorola Q, Nintendo DS Lite
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Smartphones, Features, Handhelds, Movies, Product Reviews, Video Games, Videocasts,
In this episode, Andru and Jake go head to head in Big Brain Academy, we review the Nintendo DS Lite, and we ask you to name our new movie review show (with a prize for the winner!) Here’s the format:
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Nintendo DS Lite vs. Nintendo DS
UNWIRED
Motorola Q Review
HIGH SCORE
Big Brain Academy Review
THE WIRE
Seattle International Film Festival Review
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Clash TV: Cult Classics on Your iPod
Posted by Nino Marchetti Categories: Internet, Movies, Portable Audio / Video,
This looks to be an interesting new podcasting network for feature-length vintage content. DeSoto Entertainment, based out of Florida, has started Clash TV, a “place for classic cult movies” which they created by “culling from a library of cult-classic “B” movies and held together with a short-skirted hostess named Zoe Cosmo.”
Feeling that “Clash TV fills the niche that Vampira, Elvira and Mystery Science Theatre 3000 held in decades past”, this new podcasting network makes available for download to iPods both “full -length films along-side so-called ‘Short Stacks’, micro-cinema versions of selected scenes from cult movies”. Their initial theme is Zombie Month, featuring cult classics like “Night of the Living Dead”, “Plan 9 From Outer Space” and “The Last Man on Earth”.
Read More | Clash TV
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Marantz Debuts Pricey Home DLP Projector
Posted by Nino Marchetti Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies,
If you have around $20k burning a hole in your pocket and desire some home high tech, the Marantz VP-11S1 video projector may be your ticket. This single-chip DLP projector features full up-conversion capability of all video sources to 1080p HD resolution and will be available in July.
The Marantz VP-11S1 sports a Texas Instruments’ 1080p chip which, coupled with associated technologies, lets the projector display 68-plus billion colors on screen. The VP-11S1 sports a die-cast aluminum chassis and has custom fully sealed 13 element all-glass optics from Konica-Minolta.
Other features of the Marantz VP-11S1 include dual HDMI inputs; component video, S-video, composite video and analog RGB connections; vertical lens shift; remote in/out connections; RS-232C serial control ports; and a vertical stretch mode for eliminating black borders on widescreen movies viewed on a 2:35:1 screen.
Read More | Marantz Product Page
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D&D Fan Film Contest: Get Your Wizard Cloak On!
Posted by Nino Marchetti Categories: Internet, Movies,
If you’re a geek at heart, chances are you love Dungeons & Dragons. Have you ever wanted to produce your own D&D film and perhaps get recognition for it? Wizards of the Coast is offering you the chance now to do that.
The owners of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise are holding a first-ever D&D Fan Film Contest, with entries due for submission and upload to a special contest Web site by September 1. The final film must be no more than five minutes in length and submitted in one of four video file formats.
All films which are eligible will be posted online for viewing and voting around September 15, with polls closing September 30. The top ten films chosen from this polling will then be narrowed down to a top three via a panel, with the top winner being announced in Los Angeles during a Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day screening.
Read More | D&D Fan Film Contest
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The Ultimate In Channel Surfing Options - DirecTV Titanium
Posted by John Goulden Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies,
You
love television and there’s $7,500 USD burning a hole in your pocket? If that’s the case, then do we have a deal for you. Actually, DirecTV has a deal for you with their new Titanium package. With the Titanium package there’s no worrying about not having enough channels to watch. No, your new problem is not having enough TVs to watch all of your programming on.
The latest offering from DirecTV is so new, it’s not even released yet, but you can sign up to be contacted when it does go live on June 28th. As a proud subscriber, your $7,500 annual tithe to the dieties at DirecTV will get you up to ten HD DVR receivers, every channel, every Pay-Per-View, every sporting event, every adult program, every HDTV channel, and every movie that DirecTV offers. Tossed in for good measure is a 24/7 concierge service which gives you . . . well, we don’t know yet. However, it’s doubtful they’re going to send someone over with a few cases of beer when you run out in the middle of the Super Bowl, but hey, anything is possible for the right price.
Read More | DirecTV via Engadget
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