Yo. Come here. No, closer. I gotta deal for you, but we can't let anyone know about. No really, I'm serious. Step into my office-in that back alley. Here's the deal. AT&T is launching its new U-verse television service, perhaps in your very own...
Paramount Studios made it official today. It is going Blu. Because HD DVD has about as much future as a snowball in hell, Paramount has dropped its exclusive support of the HD DVD format, and will start releasing flicks in the Blu-ray format. That...
True story: a guy walks into a Blockbuster wearing a NetFlix T-shirt, and the clerk shoots him dead. Just kidding. But it's been a long time since Blockbuster's profits from VHS rentals impressed Wall Street. What with that Interweb thing, it's...
Hey! What the hell's the matter with you? Why aren't you slacking off? Stop working so hard, and kick back and listen to some tunes. And for true slackitude, go to Slacker.com. It's an intuitively adaptive Internet radio service that learns what...
I'm not gonna lie; it's nice to be proven right. For the "CES 2008 in Perspective" article, I wrote, "Note to flat-panel wall-mount manufacturers: 2-inch-thick mounts aren't going to cut it anymore. Start working on new designs now!" And today,...
Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, cutting-edge videophiles who rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix will be charged extra. High res equals high price.
You can do away with plans to cover that far wall in your living room with the umpteen inch HD flat screen TV from the Massive Buy store down the street. Finally, you can just make the wall your TV thanks to the almost too-good-to-be-true Kuro...
Sony is in negotiation with the studios to activate the long-promised online video feature in the PlayStation3, according to the Los Angeles Times. This would follow two previous attempts at online video distribution via Movielink and Sony Connect.
That's what my photographer son Tony and I accomplished last Saturday (April 19) on the first annual Record Store Day. As I announced here previously, RSD is an effort (spearheaded by indie-shop organizations) to remind people that, yes,...
Men need a place to be men — a place where we tinker with mechanical stuff, smoke cigars, drink bourbon, and listen to the manly music of our lost youth really frigging loud. Usually we have to go out to the garage if we want to indulge in these...
[IN THE FOLLOWING POST, BLOGGER COREY GREENBERG TAKES HIS FINAL SHOT IN OUR POINT/COUNTERPOINT DEBATE: BLU-RAY - IS IT ALREADY OVER?] Today's New York Times asks the question, "Blu-ray: Do Consumers Care?" but never answers it, which is...
Have you been looking for a way to recapture the glory days of your youth that doesn't involve Botox or having someone cut and paste your face back together? Do you want to return to the days of big hair, glam rock and synthesized sounds that were...
Few products invoke the raw, carnal "I must have you!" lust like Kaleidescape. They invented the concept of the DVD movie server and then wrapped it in an interface that would get Steve Jobs hot and bothered. Let's face it; their system is awesome....
Netflix just announced they'll soon begin charging an extra premium to subscribers who want access to Blu-ray rentals. Now, I'm a Netflix fan from way back - one of the first to write about it in the mags. Still on the 4 disc/month plan (and my...