Although the hardware component needed to view the new Blu-ray 3D movies has been available since about may of 2010, the most important part has been missing: Blu-ray 3D movies. (more…)

We found a program offered by Warner Brothers Studios that will upgrade standard Warner Brothers movies on DVD to their Blu-ray versions at a minimal cost. (more…)

The announcements made at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) regarding a range of new 3D home theater products raised a lot of excitement, but also raises quite a few questions. When we visited CES, several reps gave us vague responses to our questions or answers that just raised more questions. (more…)

We just returned from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 3D home theater technology was well-represented by most of the major HDTV manufacturers and was one of the major attractions for the show. Good quality 3D movies and technology for home viewing will soon be a reality, but there is both good news and bad news to report. (more…)

The Blu-ray Disc Association has approved a specification for 3D movies for home theaters. Agreeing to a standard is a critical step in order to avoid a battle over competing standards like we saw with Blu-ray versus HD DVD. It appears that manufacturers are committing to bring the new technology to the marketplace in 2010. (more…)

Netflix just announced that it is offering a free instant streaming video disc for the Sony PS3 gaming console that allows Netflix members to view movies from their growing library of streaming video movies.
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The ideal laser television should be capable of delivering bright colors, large format screens and should consume very little power. If perfected and delivered to the market at a low cost, this approach has the ability to replace most existing technologies, including plasma, LCD and standard rear projection. (more…)

We just ran into a new Blu-Ray player problem. The problem manifests itself during the boot process where only a small window of the video is visible in the center of the screen.
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Sony, Samsung, Panasonic and other HDTV manufacturers appear to be positioning themselves for new 3D movie technology introductions in 2010.
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Both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that several Hollywood movie studios are talking with management at Google’s YouTube video viewing web site regarding the possibility of providing streaming video of Hollywood movies through YouTube. It appears that Sony, Lion’s Gate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Brothers would like to explore the possibility of offering rental movies to YouTube visitors.
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