Yearly Archives: 2011

Photos from E3 2011 in Los Angeles. Just some convention snapshots of upcoming games including Aliens Colonial Marines, Sonic Generations, Never Dead, Kill Team, Asura's Wrath, Payday, Rage, Prey 2, Gears of War 3.

Sanyo announced they will ship a new 7000 lumens Full HD professional projector in October. The super-bright PLC-HP7000L produces 1920x1080 resolution with 10-bit video processing, and lasts about 10,000 hours without maintenance. Six optional lenses and 360 degree vertical lens setting allow the projector to be placed in a wide range of locations.

While the CEA would love for over-the-air television signals to end in favor of viewers having to pay for service, the National Association of Broadcasters is still on the consumer's side, arguing that the percentage of homes tuning into OTA signals is currently over 14-percent* and still growing. Still, many HDTV owners aren't aware of the DTV spectrum which provides free over-the-air standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) channels from local broadcasters. So how do you get HD channels without a cable box?

If you're a Blockbuster customer you may have received a postcard offering "Unlimited Free Rentals" though July 4th. Well, here's the catch. You get a free 1-day rental whenever you rent a new release for $2.99. The free movie must be a $1.99 rental or less, and you can only have one out at a time. The promotion doesn't include games (or, oddly enough defensive driving courses). New movies include such titles as Black Swan, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part. 1, and Kung Fu Panda.

Apple has started selling unlocked iPhone 4 models on their website, but the flexibility and freedom of having an unlocked phone comes at a price. The 16GB iPhone 4 is selling for $649 while the 32GB is selling for $749 -- prices two to three times more than the price of locked phones with multiyear contracts.

Looking a lot like the Flip Mino series of handycams and priced equally as low, Toshiba's CAMILEO B10 records at 1920x1080p and takes up to 16 megapixel photos (interpolated, of course) using a 5 megapixel CMOS chip.

This week offers up many titles, but few worth owning... However, if you’re a fan of Japanese cinema (no, no the shock type, but a more poetical picture) Criterion has a little something for you... and they’re also releasing an underrated Nicolas Roeg headtrip for your viewing pleasure. For those with more mainstream tastes there’s a slew of recent theatrical films on Blu-ray, and Warner’s catches fans up with Harry Potter with more HD Ultimate Editions of the successful franchise.

Comcast and Skype announced a partnership to bring HD video chat through your television. If all goes according to plan, you'll be able to make video and audio calls, send text messages, and talk while watching TV shows.

Sony will start shipping a new 3D projector for home use next month which produces images almost three times as bright as their current 3D projector. The projector boasts strong 1,300 lumens output with a dynamic contrast range of 70,000:1.

Walmart has started selling digital movie cards for its VUDU movie service. The first title available in the format is Battle: Los Angeles, which also hits stores today on Blu-ray and DVD. How do they work? The movie cards simply provide a code to stream movies via a VUDU box or app on a supporting device (which Walmart says now exceed 300).