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My First Week of HD-DVD
As I’ve recently mentioned, I recently stumbled onto a great Amazon deal for the Toshiba HD-A2–the cheapest model in their second generation of HD-DVD players. The player arrived last week before any of my three free HD-DVDs so I rushed to Best Buy after worked and picked up the Goodfellas HD-DVD. Armed with my [...]
Why I Decided to Go HD-DVD
I’ve done it folks. After years of writing about the HD-DVD and Bluray format war I’ve finally decided to jump into the market courtesy of a sick deal that was floating around last week. For about $210 I was able to grab The Departed, 300, and The Fountain along with the Toshiba A2 HD-DVD [...]
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ABC First to Launch HD Video Streaming Online
So it seems that a few days ago ABC updated their online video player to stream high-definition video. This would make them the first major network to make the jump to streaming HD online. I know NBC and CBS offer high-definition episodes over on-demand with some cable services, but doing it online is an entirely [...]
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Is it Time to Give Up on HD-DVD?
I’ve been a fan of HD-DVD ever since this whole new format war started. The technology just made sense: At the time, we believed that it was relatively inexpensive to retrofit existing DVD pressing plants to print HD-DVDs compared to Bluray, which required new equipment. Then there was the ability to create double-sided discs which [...]
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Changes on the Horizon