After doing some research on HD-DVD players a couple of months ago, I decided to go with Toshiba’s HD-A1. It’s a first generation player with capability of transmitting lossless sound through HDMI or analog. I chose the player for the latter. It’s important to me because my three year old Onkyo receiver does not have HDMI but does have analog. Second and third generation players in the $200-$400 does not have analog output.

I bought a used one on eBay and the movie 300 for a total of $127(including shipping). Once I got it and set everything up, the player froze …

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In preparations for the DVD/HD-DVD release of Transformers Oct 16, the movie site has some new stuff on there.  The coolest feature on the site would have to be the one where you have Optimus Prime call your friends; similar to the Sam Jackson’s “Snakes on a Plane” phone call. 

Click here to have Optimus Prime call your “so-called” friends.…

The home theatre forums are buzzing today with the news that Paramount and its sister company, Dreamworks are going to be HD-DVD exclusive. Prior to this announcement, Paramount was format neutral, which meant they were releasing movies on both Blu Ray and HD.

So why is this big news? First of all, Paramount and Dreamworks have some big movies under their belt, here’s a partial list:

• Transformers – Probably the biggest blow to Sony
• Shrek franchise
• Saving Private Ryan
• Collateral
• Braveheart
• Titanic
• Gladiator
• Godfather Trilogy
• Indiana Jones Trilogy

Transformers alone will sell players, the other titles are just bonus. I know …

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Oh man, here I am, still undecided on which next gen consol to buy. 

I was so close to buying an Xbox 360.  It seemed promising too.  the price drop of 50 bucks for the premium.  That’s 350 bucks now.  And they released a newer version of the 360 with HDMI already in it.  This newer version also comes with a newer chip and a new cooling system.  That means the ring of death won’t be popping up anytime soon.  A bunch of kickass demos are out too, like Bioshock, Katamari, Medal of Honor.  And the 360 has a better selection …

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This is a licensed Ipod dock that transforms into G1 Optimus Prime.  How fucking sweet is that?  His trailer behind turns into a dock with speakers.  I don’t know about you guys, but I want this like right now!…

Damn that Michael Bay.  Now I’m on a Transformers high.  I’ve bought like around 300 bucks on Transformers merchandise.  God I’m such a slave.  Oh let’s see what I bought:

Transformers Movie Figures: Barricade, Blackout, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, Megatron, Rachet and Starscream.

The only thing I need left is Optimus Prime, but the fucker is sold out everywhere.  Might buy it online, or my friend might help “purchase” it somewhere.

And the rest of the stuff I bought is the 20th anniversary Prime

And the Revoltech Figures that includes Megatron and Optimus Prime

There are two other figures I want to …

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So I was skimming through this months EGM magazine today and noticed a 300 DVD ad.  Since it was produced by Warner Bros. I assumed it would be just for DVD and HD-DVD.  Then I looked at it more carefully and noticed it’s also coming for Blu-ray?  When the hell did this happen?  Because orginally, WB was exclusive for HD-DVD.  So I dug up some info and found out that WB announced that they’re doing both platforms since 2005.  Where the fuck was I?Â

One thing for sure, this is good for the consumers.  Competition’s always good.  It makes two rival …

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Although Circuit City stores have crappy service with employees socializing amongst themselves and not helping you out, there e-commerce is a different creature. About 5 weeks ago, the store listed the Matrix Trilogy HD-DVD for $19.99, the retail price? $99.99 . I knew it was an error and placed an order. The total with standard shipping was $22.49. I was hoping they would ship the set but didn’t count on it. DVDtalk and AVSforum members were posting that Circuit City did indeed ship their sets, it gave me more hope.

Weeks passed and still no shipping confirmation but my order wasn’t …

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