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I am currently involved in a project with Russian Martial Arts Master Val Riazanov.  Val is to say the least an interesting guy, he grew up in the Soviet Union during the height of the cold war.  He was a member of the Russian Olympic team on their Judo Squad and then spent some time […]

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A few weeks ago a service called SpiralFrog was launched and we were one of the first to report on it in our article, "SpiralFrog - More Proof the Music Companies Just Don’t Get It". Well this weekend a similar story was announce about legal movie downloads. 
The new service run by Amazon.com […]

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Has Best Buy leaked the Samsung Blu-Ray player to the public?
One of the posters of AVSForum has posted that he was already able to purchase the Samsung BDP-1000 Blu-Ray player from Best Buy. The Blu-Ray player isn’t supposed to be for sale until June 25th.
Since the intial report several other members of the AVSForum […]

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I recently decided to order some home theater equipment from the online web site of a major department store franchise. They promised that I would be able to pickup my equipment locally in the store. Since I live literally 3 blocks from one of their stores I figured that would be a good […]

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Are you thinking of buying an HDTV for Father’s Day?
Here is a quick guide to help you when you go to buy an HDTV this Father’s Day.
You can start looking by either starting with price, or starting by looking at the space you have available for your tv.
Starting by Price:
In the under $1000 price range […]

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Good news for Blu-Ray DVD fans. Amazon.com has launched their Blu-Ray DVD Store.
The store lists Blu-Ray DVD players, DVDs, Blu-Ray accessories, and also offers a mailing list and background on the Blu-Ray technology.
Today was scheduled to be the release date of Blu-Ray but it has been delayed until June 20th. Executives from Sony say […]

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Who do you think will win, Microsoft or Sony?
What am I talking about? I’m talking about the fight over the format for High Definition television DVDs.
There are two competing formats. HD-DVD which is supported by Microsoft and Blu-Ray which is supported by Sony. Sony’s Playstation3 will feature Blu-Ray and include games on Blu-Ray […]

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Is it already too late for Blu-ray?
HDDVD is here and the players are affordably priced. Every review I’ve read is pleased with the quality, in one case the reviewer said the HD-DVD quality was better than any other HDTV format he has yet to watch, including HDTV programming from broadcast tv, satellite, and cable!
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The Home Theater Blog has written a detailed review of the first HD DVD player on the market. The Toshiba HD-A1 DVD Player was the first player to be released back on April 18th as well as the first 3 HD-DVD titles.
If you’re trying to decide if the new High Definition DVD […]

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Are you trying to decide between HD-DVD and Blu-ray?
HD DVD is the first of the High Definition DVD formats to hit the market. David Carnoy at CNET writes Ten ways HD-DVD falls short.
Here is the quick list of 10 ways David says HD DVD falls short. Make sure to check out his article for […]

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Great news High Definition fans!
Amazon recently launched the HD DVD Store.
The store includes HD-DVD movies, HD-DVD players, HD-DVD Accessories, and High Definition televisions. Some of the movie titles include the Last Samurai, Serenity, U-571, Van Helsing, Bourne Supremecy, Doom, Cinderlla Man, Million Dollar Baby, and don’t forget to pick up a HD-DVD copy of […]

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OK, maybe Netflix was a little more diplomatic! But that is essentially what Netflix just said to the Movie Studio Execs. CEO of Netflix Reed Hastings says to the movie studio executives in a recent earnings conference call.
Mr. Hastings said that the studios should put their entire movie catalog on both HD-DVD and […]

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Cutting Edge Home Theater News:
Netflix.com now carries both HD-DVD movies!
A quick scan at Netflix today revealed approximately 30 new HD-DVD format movies! HD-DVD is one of the first High Definition movie technolgies to hit the market.
Existing DVDs only offer 480p video which is about half the 720p and less than 1/4 of a 1080p HDTV […]

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