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I've been watching THE WIRE on Netflix. I'm halfway through the second season and all the critics are right, this is one of the greatest series ever to air on TV. The problem is, beginning with season two, all the discs seem to be extremely scratched up. Episodes freeze up midway through in...

Videobusiness had this interesting article on the decline of TV on Blu-Ray.

I thought I would mention this in case anyone was thinking about upgrading to iTunes 9. I upgraded over the weekend, loading in a bunch of new songs, and when I plugged in my 80 GB iPod classic, while the computer recognized that the iPod was plugged in, iTunes didn't. So, I can't sync. On...

Next Tuesday, THE GRADUATE is scheduled to be released on Blu-Ray. Has anyone heard anything about it? What the extras are, how the transfer is, etc? There seems to be no info out there. Nothing on Amazon. No early reviews. I haven't seen any press releases. Even MGM's web listing is...

Does anyone have an opinion of the Dynex 42" 1080p LCD that is going for $599 at Best Buy? Customer reviews on the site seem to be good, but I can't find any official reviews out there. Dynex® - 42" 1080p Flat-Panel LCD HDTV - DX-L42-10A

In my area, we did the switchover to digital on the original date, a few weeks back. Things haven't been that great. It seems that when the stations switched over, they also gave up on caring about standard TVs. Widescreen shows that in the past were broadcast letterboxed on standard...

I just read this story, about Panasonic coming out with a Blu-Ray / upconverting VHS player for $399. Panasonic 'bullish' on Blu-ray - 3/17/2009 - Video Business Does anyone know anything more about it?

This may be a stupid question, but is there a simple photo editing program in the Mac? Something like MS Paint, for simple touch ups? Like cropping and things like that. I've tried iPhoto and, quite honestly, it is a bit too confusing. I'm almost on my first anniversary with the Mac and...

The new Criterion newsletter has a cartoon that references what other sites have confirmed will be the Criterion release this summer of Wim Wenders' WINGS OF DESIRE. They also state that PARIS, TEXAS and ALICE IN THE CITIES will also be released. Great news as these are Wenders very best...

Just got an email from Warner about the TCM Forbidden Hollywood Volume 3 being released in March. Here are the details TCM ARCHIVES: FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION VOLUME THREE: WILLIAM WELLMAN AT WARNER BROS. Disc 1 Other Men's Women (1931) - This is the story of a love triangle...

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Big Lots has received a big shipment of titles, mainly MGM, all for only $3. Too many titles to list, but most are from the 2001-2006 era. Supposedly, some stores have Warner 2 DVD sets (like EAST OF EDEN and REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE). I don't know if these...

I noticed that next week, TCM will be running all but a couple of the Mickey Rooney / Andy Hardy films. I would have thought that all of them were on DVD, but it looks like only LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY is available (and possibly another in the public domain). I would think that this would make...

I don't know if everyone has read this story about someone who claimed to have found the lost Lon Chaney film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT in a film vault but it is a great read. LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT - LOST CLASSIC FOUND! - SILENT BUT DEADLY (1920's and earlier) - MOVIES BY CATEGORY - THE HORROR...

With the upcoming conversion to digital, it looks like many of the old, portable / handheld TVs will be dead. Since I had an old Watchman that I still use quite a bit, it will probably end up unusable. In looking around, I can't find any portable TVs with digital tuners. Are there any of...

Does anyone have any preferences between Word and Pages? Both came pre-loaded on my iMac in 30 day trials. I like them both, I think I prefer Pages as far as speed and ease of use (and the fact it is half the price). Since I do a lot of writing, has anyone run into any problems as far as...

I just made the switch to an iMac!! It wasn't really by choice. I had planned on getting one as my next computer, but not so soon. Then, my PC died last night and I figured it is about time. Love it so far. The screen is gorgeous. I went with the 20 inch and have to say, even this is too...

Great news at TV Shows on DVD tonight. Day Break, the Taye Diggs / GROUNDHOG DAY type series, is getting a DVD release in March. Day Break DVD news: Day Break Announced for DVD | TVShowsOnDVD.com I LOVED this show, but never caught the unaired episodes when they hit the web. A must...

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem. I went to watch THE HOAX last night, from Miramax. I hit PLAY MOVIE and the film got hung up. It was whirring around, and wouldn't go to the opening logos. It also completely locked out the remote. I eventually had to unplug the player to turn...

I got THE GOOD GERMAN today from Netflix. I put it on, and got a "The film was formatted to fit your screen" notice. Netflix usually only stocks the widescreen version, if there are two. From what I can tell there is only one version of it. The film was going for an oldschool, CASABLANCA...

OCTOBER ROAD just finished its six episode run on ABC. Since it did well in the ratings, was a short run and Disney is usually good with TV releases, I would think that it might have a chance to be released on DVD (if music rights don't hold it up, they used a lot of music). It could fit on a...

I just got the new Criterion newsletter. Does that little cartoon mean that they will be releasing Fassbinder's BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ????? "Tour all of Berlin in 15 1/2 hours". Sounds like it to me!!

I watched CRANK tonight from Netflix. While I can't really recommend buying the film, unless you are a big action fan, it does have one of the most interesting styles of commentary. I don't know if it has been done before, as I'm not normally a big fan of commentaries. It is a video...

Haven't read anything here about it yet, but thought I would mention that Criterion's PANDORA's BOX, released last week, is an EXCELLENT disc. This is the G.W. Pabst silent film from 1928 starring Louise Brooks. The film is amazing, still holds up today. The print is a bit worn, but still...

I just noticed that SILVER SPOONS is now up on the Comcast On Demand feature. This is often (but not always) a sign of a show getting a future DVD release, as THE FACTS OF LIFE aired on it a few months before it was announced. One problem though, I watched one episode and, even though it was...

Entertainment Weekly had a story this week that FEAST, the third film made in the PROJECT GREENLIGHT series, will be released on DVD on October 17th. It must be a record, as it was just released in theatres last week (in a very limited release). Has anyone heard anything about it? Especially...

I don't know if it will be getting an official review from HTF, but I just saw a very funny new film from Netflix, out on DVD this week. It is called FILM GEEK, about a video store clerk who gets fired and has to go out in the real world. The reason I think everyone here would love it...

I just got the new standup film SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC DVD from Netflix. It was an original DVD (not the specially made for Netflix DVDs). And, it was the widescreen version. I went to play it on my standard 4:3 TV and player, and the picture was zoomed in. At least the copy I had...

I haven't seen it mentioned, but last week, Tivo announced that they will be releasing a dual tuner DVR. It will record one analog and one digital cable channel, or two analog at the same time. Supposed to be out this week, for $250.

According to TVSHOWSONDVD.com the great MTV series JUST SAY JULIE will be released on DVD. No specific date or details, but according to Julie Brown's website, it might be available by late April. If you didn't watch this show when it aired in the late 80's, it was one of the funniest shows...

There seems to be one extra that is missing from a lot of DVDs, especially for films that were released in the 80’s, the music videos. Even more than trailers (which are almost always included), music videos were a HUGE part in the promotion of films. While people saw the trailers a couple...