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Sales of Blu-ray titles have begun to have a measurable impact on the sales figures of standard DVDs, especially since the demise of the HD-DVD format, the non defunct high definition disc format. The recently release “No Country For Old Men” (Walt Disney Home Entertainment) has seen 9.8 percent of overall disc sales in the emerging Blu-ray format according to Nielsen VideoScan statistics. “Hitman” from 20th Century Fox released at the same time scored even higher Blu-ray sales with 12.6 percent of overall disc sales. Continue Reading…

According to U.K.-based Strategy Analytics, Blu-ray technology will be in 29.4 million homes by start of 2009. The British research firm noted that Sony’s PlayStation 3 will continue to drive growth of the format until 2009, at which time standalone Blu-ray players are expected to become dominant. By 2012, it is expected that adoption of the Blu-ray format will increase four fold to over 132 million homes. Continue Reading…

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Thrilling and spectacular, Steep is a mesmerizing documentary in the Warren Miller mold about extreme skiing, but with more emphasis on the drive and psychology of the adrenaline-hooked athletes involved. A number of skiers are captured in archival and original footage braving the odds against surviving runs down astonishingly steep, dangerous slopes. Among the subjects is Bill Briggs, who climbed in 1971 to the top of Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and skied down, an unprecedented effort echoed by Europeans who later did the same thing down the French Alps in Chamonix. Continue Reading…

FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 20, 2007 — Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that the next system software update for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system, slated for release in late March, will add Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) Profile 2.0 or BD-LIVE, enabling PS3 owners to experience interactive features, such as downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and more. In addition to BD-LIVE, the system software update (v. 2.20) will enable photo and music playlists on PS3 to be copied to PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system, among other new features. These updates demonstrate how PS3 continues to evolve as a home entertainment hub with the flexibility to deliver the newest technology innovations that benefit PS3 owners. Continue Reading…

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Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic science-fiction novel about a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by vampires. This new version somewhat alters Matheson’s central hook, i.e., the startling idea that an ordinary man, Robert Neville, spends his days roaming a desolated city and his nights in a house sealed off from longtime neighbors who have become bloodsucking fiends. In the new film, Smith’s Neville is a military scientist charged with finding a cure for a virus that turns people into crazed, hairless, flesh-eating zombies. Continue Reading…