DVRs, cable boxes and DVD players could all disappear within the next decade or so, says Roku CEO Anthony Wood. Consumers are streaming more and more content from services like Netflix, and if Wood’s reasoning is correct, this content will eventually supersede cable subscriptions, digital video recording and physical media entirely.
Next year’s lineup of Hollywood movies, which is expected to shatter box-office records, would have the heads of entertainment licensing executives bobbling … if bobble-head dolls were hot these days. The smiling, bouncing little statues are still out there, but it’s a whole new world when it comes to the licensing of characters and celebrities from current TV shows and movies. Apps, computers …
By Jeff Labrecque Get details on home video release, and tantalizing hints about its deleted scenes
To celebrate the release of Robocop on Blu-ray and DVD, Total Film was invited to a gritty underground car park in East London to take part in a ‘Robo-reflexes’ experience, where we got to test our shooty shooty skills in (sort of) the same way as Joel Kinnaman’s newly converted cyborg in Jose Padhilla’s action-packed remake. OK, so we were shooting at propped-up metal mannequins rather than …
Episode 11.5 “Kara Sawagi” (Much Ado About Nothing) in Blu-ray/DVD Box II on September 24
Best Blu-ray players When big and bulky Blu-ray players first appeared on the shelves nearly 10 years ago they were all about high definition. Back then, simply getting HD content into your HD-ready TV was the hottest ticket in town – and it came at a high price.
LEESBURG — For Ja’Quan Floyd, a recent Leesburg High School graduate, making it to the Big Apple is more than just a dream. For Floyd, 19, it has become a reality.
Design, performance and picture quality One of the cheapest Blu-ray players around, we spotted the BDX1500 selling as little as for UK£49 (only in the UK).
Rent It There’s just something about murderous little moppets. I don’t know why, but whenever I stumble across a movie with kids savagely slaughtering the adults around them, I have to watch: The Children (both the 1980 and 2008 movies) The Bad Seed , Village of the Damned , Beware! Children at Play , Children of the Corn , The Brood , Mutant , and the list goes on and on and on.
Introduction, performance and picture quality Want a fast-working Blu-ray player that can upscale your existing discs to Ultra HD 4K quality? If you do, you’ve probably got an Ultra HD telly and won’t mind paying the premium that the BDP-S6200 demands over Sony’s drop-down BDP-S5200 . The BDP-S6200 (£199, US$179.99), just like the BDP-S5200, spins both 2D and 3D Blu-ray discs, but adds both …