Archive for March, 2010
The Queue: Passing digital wind?
The Queue: Passing digital wind? HD DVD and Blu-ray continue to sling mud; unwittingly sharing more than just music and video; a Joost rival; and equipping your cat to snap pics of its daily adventures. www.cnettv.com WHAT IS GOING ON…I’M RICH DEMURO WITH CNET TV IN NEW YORK CITY…AND YOU ARE IN THE QUEUE. THE FIRST LEGIT FULL LENGTH MOVIE IS NOW ON YOUTUBE…FOUR EYED MONSTERS…AND AT 71 MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS… IT’S EXACTLY 71 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS TOO LONG. TIME FOR SOME EYE CANDY! COOL PICTURES FROM THE CRESTOCK PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST… ROUND THREE STILL OPEN FOR VOTING…LOOKING FOR THE BEST SPEED DEMON SHOT… PHOTOS THAT CONVEY A REAL SENSE OF SPEED… PREVIOUS ROUNDS INCLUDE SEXY PHOTOS… AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. THE HD-DVD VERSUS BLU-RAY BATTLE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! JUST OVER THE WEEKEND I SAW AN HD-DVD PLAYER AT COSTCO FOR 250 BUCKS… TEMPTING…BUT NOT UNTIL THERE’S A CLEAR WINNER. APPARENTLY, THE NEW LOW HD-DVD PLAYER PRICES ARE HELPING… THE GROUP BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY SAYS THE PLAYERS NOW MAKE UP 60 PERCENT OF THE MARKET… SALES OF THE DISCS ALSO REACHED AN ALL TIME HIGH IN MAY – SELLING 75-THOUSAND MOVIES IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE. OF COURSE – OVER AT BLU RAY A SIMILARLY SUNNY STORY – THEY SAY 7 OF THE 10 TOP SELLING HD MOVIES ARE IN BLU-RAY FORMAT. THE SAGA CONTINUES… WALL STREET JOURNAL WITH AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ON A CONCEPT CALLED DIGITAL WIND… THIS IS WHEN YOU UNWITTINGLY SHARE PRIVATE DOCUMENTS OVER A PEER TO PEER NETWORK. IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU …
Question about cabling a receiver to my system?
OK, first, pardon my ignorance, but I would like to know what on my receiver, besides the speaker wires, needs to be cabled. Right now I have Plasma TV HDMI 1 to FiOS Hdmi. I have HDMI 2 to blueray DVD. Now I am adding a new receiver without HDMI capabilities. What do I need for cabling to get 5.1 surround? Thanks in advance
New Blue Ray going to replace DVD’s completely?
Is the new Blue Ray going to replace DVD’s or just add on to them? I hope it doesn’t replace them because I own about 140 DVD’s (I collect movies) and over 100 VHS, I don’t need another movie medium to have to work with. Not to mention I will have to fit a Blue Ray on my tv stand next to the VHS player and DVD player and nintendo. I don’t think I can fit it.