Monthly Archives: October, 2011

If you're waiting on purchasing any Harry Potter DVDs or Blu-ray Discs, or hoping there will be a post-holiday clearance, you might think twice about holding out. Warner Bros. will apparently stop shipping Harry Potter discs to stores by the end of the year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio/distributer is hoping the imposed deadlines will increase sales.

Perhaps the most anticipated Blu-ray Disc this week is the release of the Jurassic Park trilogy on Blu-ray Disc. The films (spanning from 1993 - 2001) have been digitally restored and remastered to high-definition 1080p. The audio (with soundtrack from John Williams) is presented in impressive 7.1 channel surround sound.

If you’ve seen a heavyweight title fight, you know the challenger always arrives first. Today, that challenger is Battlefield 3 ($59.99), EA and Dice’s hotly anticipated first-person shooter for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Pity poor Captain America. While other superheroes from his era have had their stories told multiple times on the silver screen, Cap has been waiting for his proper Hollywood debut since 1941.

E! HD has been added to the Verizon FiOS TV channel lineup. The new high-definition version can be found on Channel 696, while the standard-definition version can be found on Channel 196. Popular E! shows now available in hi-def to FiOS TV subscribers include "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," The Soup," and and "True Hollywood Story."

Sony is offering a refurbished BDP-S270 Blu-ray Disc player for $59, after a discount of $40 off the regular price of $99 (MSRP $179)....

In yet another carriage dispute that really does nothing for TV viewers except piss them off, DirecTV is threatening to pull the plug on Fox channels citing demands from Fox for 40% more in subscription fees.

Nintendo has announced Hulu Plus will be available for Wii consoles and the mobile 3DS by the end of the year. With Hulu Plus, users will be able to stream movies and TV shows from the Hulu library for $7.99 per month. A few titles queued up on Hulu Plus include Glee, Dancing with the Stars, and Lost all of which will stream with limited advertising.

If you've got an iPad you might want to check out the new interactive 3D map application from Weather Channel. The free app gives you weather-triggered background images (which are animated in 3D on iPad 2 models), a screen with forecasts from 10-days all the way down to 15-minute increments, a 3D spinning globe, news mashup, social networking integration, and video clips in HD quality. You can download the app from the Apple Store or check out a demo on YouTube.