http://halfpricematinee.com Home Theater for the rest of us Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:13:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings everyone, and welcome to my endeavor to share with the world my love of all things: Big (as in screen) Film High Definition Gaming - on any platform And a good bargain never hurt I hope you will enjoy the information and insights I have to share, and feel free to comment on anything you ... http://halfpricematinee.com/2006/05/17/welcome-to-half-price-matinee/ PlayTV will allow users to watch, pause and record live TV. PlayTV can also record individual shows, or entire series to the PS3 hard drive. The videos can then be watched from the PS3, or can be transferred to the PSP to watch on the go.read more | digg story http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/08/22/ps3-gains-1080p-pvr-services-record-tv-shows-watch-on-ps3psp/ Now that Paramount and Dreamworks Animation have just announced to exclusively support the HD DVD format, we thought it was time to revisit the current status of studio support for both Blu-ray and HD DVD. At last check, Blu-ray had all but a few studios locked down in their camp, ... http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/08/21/state-of-high-definition-whos-winning-the-studio-support-war/ No transformers for BLURAY.read more | digg story http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/08/20/paramount-and-dreamworks-drop-bluray-go-hd-dvd/ There's no doubt that the HD Format war is in full swing, and just when the Blu-ray camp thinks they're going to catch up with HD DVD's full featured players, HD DVD raises the bar. We'll probably have to wait 'till CEDIA to get the official word from Toshiba, but ... http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/08/03/third-generation-hd-dvd-players-on-october-1st/ As noted on Engadget HD the other day, and further clarified by Major Nelson this morning, that story about Target going exclusively Blu-ray was false.read more | digg story http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/07/30/false-alarm-targets-not-giving-up-on-hd-dvd/ You know that rat's nest of cables around your pristine HDTV? Wireless HDMI and WirelessHD will soon help hi-def fans cut the cord, and Ars talks with industry insiders to find out where things are at and when products will (finally) ship.read more | digg story http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/07/27/the-state-of-wireless-hdmi-and-wirelesshd-and-its-good-news/ It never pays to buy a Monster cable first. It doesn't even make sense to buy the "marked down" $50 cable you can buy if you don't want Monster. Go online, order your cables, and wait. The only people who should buy Monster cable are people who light cigars with ... http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/07/26/hdmi-cable-battle-the-truth-about-monster-cable/ Woolworths retail have been trialling both Blu-ray & HD-DVD product ranges. Since the PlayStation 3 release Blu-ray movie sales have seen a steady increase, and they are now rolling out Blu-ray movies across all their medium to large stores. However Woolworths will be dropping all HD-DVD lines.read more | digg ... http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/07/26/woolworths-go-blu-ray-exclusive-drop-hd-dvd/ Target Corp., the nation's second-largest retailer, will start selling a Sony Blu-ray high-definition DVD player during the critical holiday shopping period and feature the player along with Blu-ray discs in store displays, dealing a potential blow to the rival HD DVD format.read more | digg story http://halfpricematinee.com/2007/07/26/target-goes-blu-another-blow-to-the-hd-dvd-camp/