Tag: High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)

What a revolutionary thought…actually do research before hopping on the bandwagon. I’ve always felt that DVD rental sales only help actual sales. If you’re going to buy a movie, you’re going to buy it either way. Good for Paramount bucking the trend they could easily have followed. “After analyzing the data from our test period we have concluded that redbox […]

After a skimpy week of releases last week, there are a fair number of good selections this week. Mary & Max received a lot of positive reviews, but I was rather bored throughout it. The Stepfather was a dreadfully unoriginal thriller, predictable from start to finish. Luckily there are some gems here–who can forget the CLASSIC FLASH GORDON!?!??! Seeing fat […]

Not a ton to pick from this week. Caddyshack is of course a comedy classic but not sure the Blu-ray treatment is all that special for it–looking forward to finding out. The Illusionist was a good movie as well, but kinda old. So that leaves pretty much the only major new release… MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week Shutter Island I’m […]

Great week if you’re a Clint Eastwood fan, as he gets the Blu-ray treatment on a lot of his great films. The Director Cut collection includes Million Dollar Baby as well as the amazing Unforgiven, as well as two others. The prison fight movie Undisputed somehow received funding to make a 3rd film…can’t imagine it’s much different than the first […]

Not many new releases this week, but there are quite a few classics in the mix. A couple Troma releases–which if you haven’t seen, let’s just say you better have a sturdy stomach, not my style at all. Seven Swords is arguably one of the classic kung-fu films of all time, and was almost my pick for the week. I […]

My how Denon has continued to evolve and extend its market presence. Back in the day, no way you would see a Denon component for $400, yet when all their direct competitors are releasing expensive Blu-ray players, Denon comes in cheaper and feature filled. Not a bad deal.   The new Denon DBP-1611UD might not have all the bells and […]

Kaleidescape systems are super slick, but with the recent legal troubles you have be curious of things to come. This announcement is somewhat underwhelming. So you can store your Blu-rays digitally, but then you have to find and put the disk back in the drive in order to play it….so….what’s the point?        The new M500 can copy […]

Nice amount of selections out this week. I haven’t seen Daybreakers yet, but I’m always a fan of some nice vampire action, this one with a twist in that the vampires run the world. I saw Legion with anticipation, and was quickly disappointed. Edge of Darkness was a pretty decent thriller from Mel Gibson, with some nice surprises throughout. If […]

I always am intrigued by how open some of these CEO’s will be in these Q&A’s. Here is the head of Blockbuster, who isn’t shy about blaming Viacom for their debt and bragging about their not having the 28-day new release window. Blockbuster’s strategy to be a multichannel entertainment solution is strongly supported by our studio partners, and we believe […]

Has anyone taken advantage of this so far? Seems like a pretty sweet deal, and they’ve expanded it to 90 titles. For only $5 you can trade in your DVD for the Blu-ray version. Responding to the extraordinary growth of Blu-ray set-top hardware, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has expanded its "DVD2Blu" upgrade program. Starting today, consumers can select from […]