Warner Home Video through their WBShop.com website has announced that they will now allow HD DVD owners to exchange their old Warner HD DVDs for the Blu-ray version. This may be the last chance for owners of the now defunct high definition format to salvage some worth from their film libraries before sacrificing the [...]

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TV.com, a unit of CBS Corp., said Thursday that it has begun beta testing a high-definition video gallery that allows users to watch ad-supported repurposed network programming online in 1080p resolution.
Supported by Adobe System’s Flash platform, the 1080p video gallery (www.tv.com/1080p) will augment the site’s current HD gallery, photos, news, interactive forum [...]

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Blu-ray Disc titles are now selling for less than the cost of a single movie ticket. Amazon is offering hundreds of Blu-ray titles at half their normal prices for the next two weeks, with some going for as little as $10. With Blu-ray adoption expected to explode in 2009 (for hardware advice, [...]

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According to the official YouTube blog, the site has expanded their high definition player, making it official after weeks of testing new HD capabilities.
Says the blog:
“Starting today, if you click the “watch in HD” option below any HD-enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen – so you can find out [...]

Plastic used to be the sexy material of the future. Now, it’s the cheap, ugly material of the past.
Just look at the effort Apple Inc. put into getting rid of plastic when designing its new $1,300 MacBook laptops, which went on sale last week. Apple now is machining the upper part of the chassis from [...]

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday said that his company’s TV set-top business, Apple TV, is still just a “hobby.”

Apple TV, which now retails for $229, is a device that sends audio and video files (including high-def shows) from your PC to a High-Definition TV.
Jobs referred to Apple TV as a hobby when [...]

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Jon Rognerud recently had the distinct pleasure of speaking to one of the Masters of Social Media, Brent Csutoras. He’s a leading internet marketing consultant who primarily specializes in social media, viral and search engine marketing strategies.
Not only does he enjoy speaking on the topic, but he has a deep understanding and [...]