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High Def Delight

Archive for June 2008

June 30th, 2008

Ctrl-Z: Netflix Profiles are Back! Or, that is, won’t leave.

Like every other Netflix subscriber, I recently was told that Netflix Profiles would be going away, and that we would lose all of out ratings and queues stored in our non-primary profiles.
Today they did a Ctrl-Z (Command-Z for those Mac fans out there) after all of the outrage this caused: Netflix Profiles are here […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 1 comment

June 27th, 2008

Shoot ‘Em Up (Blu-ray)

You know what I hate? A movie that doesn’t know it’s place in the scheme of things. A movie that tries to be the perfect movie for everyone.
I ventured into another very male-centric movie today: Shoot ‘Em Up on Blu-ray. And this movie understands exactly what kind of movie it is: this […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 0 comments

June 27th, 2008

Holiday is a Fun Get-Away

 
I love old movies.  The old black and whites when suspense was suspense without all the high tech and special effects of the day; that is fun for me.  So when I get a chance to pick up an oldie that has been remastered and on DVD I rush to it and that is actually […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 26th, 2008

Untraceable is Worth Tracking Down

 
Like most of us I spend way too much time on the internet.  Between internet communities, gambling and games, and videos you could conceivable spend an entire day on the computer.  But I would like to think that if most of us got an invitation to a website called “killwithme.com” we would stay away.  Yet […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 25th, 2008

Netflix on my PS3 or Xbox 360?

There have been some rumors floating around the net for a few months that the Netflix would be getting a dedicated player or console (i.e., PS3 or Xbox 360) player. This quieted down mostly after the Netflix Roku Instant Watcher was unveiled.
However, Netflix also has a “Future” portion on the “Netflix Ready Devices” section […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

The Pirates Are Back and This Time They’re Really Good

 
Okay I know that I am going to piss off a few people when I say that I wasn’t a big fan of the first two “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.  There I said it and I hope those that did love them can forgive me and read on.  Yes, I know most people think […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 23rd, 2008

PS3 Streaming Video: Mediatomb

Many of us HD junkies no doubt own a PlayStation 3 already: it’s one of the cheapest and best Blu-ray players on the market.
What many of us don’t know or fail to forget is that the PS3 also can play streaming content (video, audio, and pictures) from any Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) server on […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 4 comments

June 21st, 2008

PS. I Love You = PS. I’m Bored

 
I love a good romance.  I even like a little tragedy in the mix.  Personally I think it adds a little realism to the story.  So I fully expected to love “PS. I Love You”.  You have a tragic story of a young woman who loses her husband and has to rebuild her life and […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 21st, 2008

Make It A Blockbuster Night…..I Don’t Think So

The other day I was at my resident Blockbuster picking up the newest and hopefully greatest (although not lately) and as I was browsing the candy I overheard something very disturbing.  The rewards program is changing.  That is right, I said changing.  For all those like me that purchased the membership so that you didn’t […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 19th, 2008

The Transporter (Blu-ray)

The Transporter is the testosterone-driven tale of a courier, who transports anything for anyone, no questions asked … until, of course, he doesn’t.
With a typical, fairly predictable plot, it’s still a ridiculously enjoyable movie. It’s short (a bit more than an hour and a half) and sweet: it gets right to the point.
I watched […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 2 comments