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This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: It isn’t quite Oscar season, even though the nominations are out, so while we wait have a good laugh to Vince Vaughn in Couples Retreat. Sure, it isn’t the funniest movie ever, but a movie as funny as Hang Over doesn’t come out very often — Old School is the last one we can think of.

Couples Retreat (Universal)
A Serious Man (Universal)
Bronson (Magnolia)
Serious Moonlight (Magnolia)
Dare (Image)
Drop Zone (Lionsgate)
Hard Rain (Lionsgate)
The Phantom (Lionsgate)
The Running Man (Lionsgate)
The Lily Town (Razor Digital)
SGU Stargate Universe: Season One (MGM)
The Stepfather (Sony)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (New Line)
36 (Tartan Video)

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Original post by Ben Drawbaugh

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Just in time (get it?) for Valentine’s Day, this unique blend of romance and science fiction might just be the chick movie that we Blu-ray-lovin’ guys can get behind, were it not for the frequent sight of Eric Bana’s ass. In glorious high-def.
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Original post by Joanna Stern

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Amplifier, speakers, subwoofer and iPod dock; this 7.1 system has it all — and now B&H Photo/Video is making it affordable, too.
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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it:
Netflix Watch Instantly fans could be due for a big upgrade, as CNET has heard the company will roll out 1080p and 5.1 surround sound later this year. No word on timing or any other details, but this could mean its moving to version 3 of Microsoft’s Silverlight streaming platform with its additional tweaks for adaptive streaming and hardware graphics acceleration. Also unknown is how much bandwidth would be necessary, but considering Microsoft already uses very similar technology for its 1080p Instant On videos on Zune Marketplace through the Xbox 360 while only requiring 3 Mbps and VUDU HDX 1080p videos only state a minimum of 4500 Kbps, a massive jump in available bandwidth might not be necessary if you already get clear 720p video. The last big hurdle? How much content will be available that way, Gizmodo points out only about 6 percent of current offerings stream in HD […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it:
Netflix Watch Instantly fans could be due for a big upgrade, as CNET has heard the company will roll out 1080p and 5.1 surround sound later this year. No word on timing or any other details, but this could mean its moving to version 3 of Microsoft’s Silverlight streaming platform with its additional tweaks for adaptive streaming and hardware graphics acceleration. Also unknown is how much bandwidth would be necessary, but considering Microsoft already uses very similar technology for its 1080p Instant On videos on Zune Marketplace through the Xbox 360 while only requiring 3 Mbps and VUDU HDX 1080p videos only state a minimum of 4500 Kbps, a massive jump in available bandwidth might not be necessary if you already get clear 720p video. The last big hurdle? How much content will be available that way, Gizmodo points out only about 6 percent of current offerings stream in HD […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: What we’re watching tonight:

CBS (1080i) has How I Met Your Mother at 8 p.m., Accidentally On Purpose at 8:30 p.m., Two and a Half Men at 9 p.m., The Big Bang Theory at 9:30 p.m. and CSI: Miami at 10 p.m.
Fox (720p) brings House at 8 p.m. and 24 at 9 p.m.
NBC (1080i) has Chuck at 8 p.m. and the season finale of Heroes at 9 p.m.
ABC (720p) has the The Bachelor at 8 p.m. and Castle at 10 p.m.
CW (1080i) airs One Tree Hill at 8 p.m. and Life Unexpected at 9 p.m.
TLC (1080i) has the season finale of Cake Boss at 9 p.m. and The Ultimate Cake Off at 10 p.m.
ABC Family (720p) has The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8 p.m., Make It or Break It […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: We haven’t seen a lot out of tru2way to start 2010, but maybe that can get turned around starting at the CableLabs Winter Conference, where Related Content Database (RCDb) is showing off its technology which pulls together cable set-tops with web databases like IMDB and Gracenote. Using a demo on a Panasonic tru2way box, the company’s showing off the ability for Hollywood and others to bring BD-Live style features to discs and cable simultaneously. Of course, the adoption of BD-Live and tru2way have both been shaky so showing them off together might not strengthen the position of either right away, but we’ll keep an optimistic eye out for any developments coming.
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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: We haven’t seen a lot out of tru2way to start 2010, but maybe that can get turned around starting at the CableLabs Winter Conference, where Related Content Database (RCDb) is showing off its technology which pulls together cable set-tops with web databases like IMDB and Gracenote. Using a demo on a Panasonic tru2way box, the company’s showing off the ability for Hollywood and others to bring BD-Live style features to discs and cable simultaneously. Of course, the adoption of BD-Live and tru2way have both been shaky so showing them off together might not strengthen the position of either right away, but we’ll keep an optimistic eye out for any developments coming.
RCDb bringing IMBD, Gracenote lookup extras to tru2way boxes originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Amazon is blowing out VIZIO’s largest LED-backlit HDTV for a full $500 below regular price.
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Original post by Paul Miller

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Last week, another bit of evidence appeared that supports the position that DVDs (and Blu-ray discs) should be put on the endangered list. Movie Gallery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to find a way to deal with its growing debt. The company has more than 2,600 stores in the U.S. in the Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video, and Crazy Games retail chains. The company’s restructuring plan calls for closing 760 of those stores, or a bit more than a quarter of the total. The closures come on top of “closing several hundred underperforming stores across the country” according to the company press release, and that they “closing additional stores during the Chapter 11 process.”
This is the company’s second trip into bankruptcy, with the last one starting in 2007 and ending in 2008. According to an article in TWICE, the company had $1.4 billion in revenues for 2009, […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

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