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Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:31 PM

Vote for HD DVD

Its November and its time to place your vote. No, not for US Presidential candidates, but for the optical high definition format you want to be the winner in the format war, which of course for me means HD DVD. This holiday season might be the last chance
Posted by andypennell | 9 Comments
Monday, August 20, 2007 9:38 AM

Tide is turning: Paramount declare HD DVD only

An important day in the next-gen DVD format war: Paramount have announced that they are going HD DVD only, an important change from their previous neutrality. "Blades of Glory", "Transformers" and "Shrek the Third" are the initial announced titles. The
Posted by andypennell | 2 Comments
Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:01 AM

HD DVD: Audio Mixing, and why you don't need HDMI

There has been much confusion over multi-channel audio and HD DVD, so I thought I would try and explain how this works. As a side-effect you'll see why you don't need HDMI for the highest quality audio, and why you certainly don't need HDMI 1.3 for audio.
Posted by andypennell | 19 Comments
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:01 AM

Terminator 2 on HD DVD

Thanks to the fact that there is no region coding on HD DVD, you can now get the Director's Cut of T2 on HD DVD, encoded with VC1. Previously the theatrical version was only available on Blu-Ray in the USA (in 20th Century MPEG2 format). As Canal+ were
Posted by andypennell | 5 Comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:03 AM

Why HD DVD is more technically advanced than Blu-ray

Since forever it seems that there is this idea that Blu-ray is "more technically advanced" than HD DVD. This was based on Sony's PR as far as I can tell, so now I feel it is necessary to call out the gaping holes in Blu-ray to prove how much more technically
Posted by andypennell | 28 Comments
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:43 AM

Fixing Letterboxed Widescreen content on HD DVDs

HD DVD obviously rocks on HD content, but the SD content on the discs often grates me as it is displayed as widescreen content with black bars on the top and the sides. This happens because the original content (usually Extras) came from old fashioned
Posted by andypennell | 3 Comments
Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:56 PM

Xbox 360 HD DVD Update Now Available

[Player version list now moved to separate post ] As of 2am this morning, the latest software for the Xbox HD DVD player is now available via Xbox Live (and will be posted on xbox.com in due course). The three teams involved (HD DVD, Xbox and the Codec
Posted by andypennell | 82 Comments
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:59 PM

Matrix coming to HD DVD (only)

At last: on May 22 we get the Matrix on HD DVD, according to http://www.homemediaretailing.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&&article_ID=10426 Remember when The Matrix was released on DVD? It was pretty advanced in its day, so I'm expecting
Posted by andypennell | 8 Comments
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:33 PM

Sonos: The Perfect Network Music Player?

I have posted a review of the Sonos network music player on my personal site . If you have any feedback or questions, please use this blog entry.
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Friday, February 16, 2007 2:49 PM

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive now in black

We just got some goodies on our team: Xbox 360 HD DVD drives in black! These limited-edition drives were made especially for those of us who helped work on the product, and come along with a black remote control. All I need now is an Xbox 360 at home
Posted by andypennell | 20 Comments
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:35 PM

Comparing the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on with the Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player

With the release of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive, I thought people might like to know how it compares feature-wise to the Toshiba A1 HD DVD player. I have owned a Toshiba since it was released, and have used the Xbox drive extensively at work and
Posted by andypennell | 9 Comments
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:01 AM

Why does my TiVo contain Apple's Bonjour network code?

My HD TiVo finally upgraded to 6.3a last night - at long last I get Folders. However, I noticed at the end of the System Info page some new text saying "This product contains Apple Computer Inc's Bonjour network discovery protocol. Source code for the
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Friday, October 13, 2006 1:39 PM

BBC America: Why Do You Hate Me So?

I'm sorry but I have to rant about BBC America's Guide Data that my Tivo uses. My TV enjoyment is determined entirely by how well or otherwise my TiVo works. In my seven years of using TiVo, only once has it not recorded something I wanted. However, in
Posted by andypennell | 0 Comments
Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:59 AM

Go See the HD DVD Tour

There is a giant truck set up with kick-ass video and audio systems so you can witness HD DVD in all its fabulous goodness. The schedule looks like this: Chicago: Oct 30 Denver: done Dallas: done LA: Nov 20-22 Minneapolis: Sep 29-30 New York: Oct 10-15
Posted by andypennell | 3 Comments
Friday, August 11, 2006 10:46 AM

If you want the Truth about Blu-Ray vs HD DVD

Please read the Joe Kane article in Issue 3 of the Widescreen Review Newsletter (sign up here ). Joe is the industry expert on video playback, and he has some very telling comments to make about what is broken about Blu-Ray: why its picture quality is
Posted by andypennell | 5 Comments
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