Obscure group JuiCe provides us with this romantic comedy starring Tori Spelling. Sarcasm aside, a 33% rating on RT is actually decent for the genre, so it might not be complete rubbish. 1 CD goodness.
Synopsis: In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they’ve [...]
Hey guys, Prezdead here. Im a new editor responsible for some music. I was made an editor earlier via the rapidshare music competition, but I’ve only made my first post now. This is mostly due to me wanting to wait for something worthwhile that I enjoy … but also I’m a full time student [...]
I first heard of the Zutons a few years ago, when their big hit single “Pressure Point” was in several Levi’s ads. Well, after two albums and a few hits that were bigger in the UK than on the US side but still a band that’s definitely “made it”, here comes their third album, [...]
This season, while R&B fans spin albums by Mariah, Usher and Janet, Ashanti needs more pizazz to compete. On her fourth album, she’s still doing the diva-by-numbers thing, alternating between angry-at-her-man anthems and lovey pleasantry. The shuffling “Body on Me,” featuring Nelly and Akon, and the shiny electro-pop “So Over You” are a step up [...]
This sounds like an interesting film. Unfortunately, there are not many ratings available to go by, so you’ll have to check it out for yourself. Quality is normal 1 CD.
Synopsis: With news of the defeat at Gettysburg ringing in their ears, a group of wealthy Confederate landowners meet on a stormy night to form a [...]
aAF group pre’d today DVDRiP of “Rogue”. It’s horror movie which tells story about “man-eating” crocodiles (well, what crocodiles doesn’t eat?, LOL ). I’m not that much into horror so i cant judge about it. That’s up to you. Anyway, interesting tag-line: “How fast can you swim”?
Plot: Greg McLean’s first acclaimed tour [...]
Are you ready for some house music? Benny Benassi has made another album. This album is named: Rock n Rave. “Rock n Rave” contains tracks featuring Black Box, Farenheit, Dino Lenny, Mia J, Public Enemy, Channing and Iggy Pop. His own productions are released through Energy Productions in Italy and Ultra in U.S.A. At [...]
Valve president Gabe Newell took the time to talk out about the “threat” of piracy in the PC Market recently, and had some interesting things to add on that matter.
“When you list the things that we worry about in our business, piracy is not one of them,” he told the audience when piracy was brought up.
His statements differ from that of many large publishers, who for the most part feel piracy is killing acceptable profit margins in the PC gaming business. Newell feels that Valve’s Steam platform is mostly protected from piracy.
“We’ve got great facilities that make it very hard for people to pirate. And more importantly, the service value of having an ongoing relationship with us is high enough that it causes people to not be very interested in piracy.
“It’s a dangerous thing to pirate one of our games because later on, when we catch you, you lose all your games, or you can’t play multiplayer.”
Before Newell came up, Valve’s Jason Holtman was asked how he felt about the rampant piracy in emerging markets such as Russia and China. He felt those fears were misplaced and the problems could be fixed rather easily.
He added that Valve solved the problem of international piracy by releasing their games simultaneously worldwide, unlike most publishers which release the games up to six months later in markets outside of Western Europe and the US.
“We know that that’s the major place where this rampant piracy myth comes from,” Holtman said speaking of Russia. “Rampant piracy is just unserved customers.”
“Russians have money, Russians like to play games and Russians have PCs. They love going to stores and not having to use Bittorrent sties.”
Citing Toshiba sources, the “Yomiuri Shimbun” newspaper has reported that Toshiba is set to launch a “Blu-ray killing” technology later this year.
The technology, which will be an “extension to the DVD format” will offer comparable video quality to that of current Blu-ray titles and now defunct HD DVD discs. The sources cited even said that the company will begin offering DVD players with this technology implemented within 6 months, an exciting proposition if true.
There is very few details available right now, but it is clear that these new “enhanced” DVD players will be significantly cheaper than Blu-ray players, perhaps even with a price point under $200 USD. On average, Blu-ray standalones still cost over $350 USD, so these new DVD players could put another nail in the coffin of the slowly adapted format.
If these players can somehow add an upscaling engine more powerful then the ones in Toshiba’s current HD DVD player lineup, the quality should be outstanding and worth looking into.
We will absolutely keep you updated with any other information.
According to a report by the DigiTimes, it seems that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has now officially granted licenses to 11 Chinese manufacturers, meaning the consumer should see a larger selection of standalone Blu-ray players soon, and hopefully with cheaper price points.
Masayuki Kozuka, general manager for Matsushita Electric Industrials storage device business, and a member of the BDA board, made the announcement during a recent technology trade fair in China.
The 11 “Format and Logo Licence Agreements” which were granted will allow “licensees to use specifications solely to develop, manufacture and sell BD products.” It also gives rights to the actual Blu-ray logo.
It is not known whom has been granted these licenses but it is expected that at least that China Hualu Panasonic AVC Networks, “a joint venture between Panasonic and the China-based Hualu Group” has received one of the grants. The licenses should cover Blu-ray research and development as well as production of discs, players and computer drives. Because of the licenses, volume production should begin in early 2009 from these Chinese manufacturers.
