Yearly Archives: 2011

Its' the second highest earning film of all time and now its getting remastered in 4K and converted to 3D. Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment and James Cameron will release "Titanic" in 3D worldwide on April 6, 2010. The theatrical release will mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's maiden voyage on April 10, 1912.

DirecTV is field-testing its new RVU-enabled server which would create a "receiver-less" and streamlined environment for customers.

With all the madness surrounding the PSN outage and the excitement of the NBA playoffs we had almost forgotten about the Dish Network acquisition of Blockbuster. Well, Dish has made its first move to rebuilding the Blockbuster brand by offering three months of free Blockbuster By Mail. But there's a hitch.

Amazon has reached an interesting milestone as the company announced they now sell more digital Kindle Books than paper books.

Microsoft will replace some 250GB Xbox 360 units with new 360 S consoles, that according to a tweet from an Xbox support member who confirms 250GB Xbox 360 replacements at no charge for affected owners.

Dish Network has added Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and truTV to its streaming service at dishonline.com. The Turner Broadcasting networks are now available if you subscribe to a package that includes those shows. And, you'll also have access to each network's online service as well, using your Dish username and password.

Sony will offer PlayStation Network subscribers free games as a "thank you" for sticking with them during the long network outage. As soon as all PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, Sony will let subscribers download two PS3 or PSP games from a select list for up to 30 days. Now isn't that nice?

Retailers are now taking pre-orders for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" which is officially set to release on November 8, 2011. Last week,...

Time Warner Cable is now offering 175 HD channels in the New York City area, that according to the company and Broadcasting & Cable who broke the news yesterday. New hi-def channels include Bloomberg HD, ESPN Deportes HD, FEARnet HD, Fox Deportes HD, GMC HD, Lifetime HD, Oprah Winfrey Network HD, Oxygen HD, and WGN America HD.

This week in Blu-ray brings us some Justin Bieber, a few Criterion releases as well as a solid classic from Fox. The rest of the bunch... well, it depends on what your interests are and if what you consider a value in Blu-ray titles that may or may not have a terrific transfer behind them (most don’t... so, caveat emptor).