Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on June 28th, 2006
Legal briefs, Hot Coffee, Street Fighting, and a Chic. It’s a new column, yeah babyie yeah!
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 26th, 2006
The world of High-Definition is upon us, whether or not the public is ready or aware of it. High-Definition is available in almost every media format now from Televisions to Video Game Consoles and now actual movies. But the true question that lies ahead for the public is, which format do we support? Which format will eventually become BetaMax 2.0? In this new weekly column exclusive to UpcomingDiscs, we’re going to take a further look into every High-Definition as if we were fans cheering from the sideline of a foot...all game.
In the middle of April of this year, Toshiba released the HD-A1 or HD-XA1 players for a retail of either $499.99 or $799.99. Companies like Universal Home Studios, and Warner Brothers swarmed retail outlets with new movies in this new format. Titles like The Last Samurai, Doom, The Fugitive, The Perfect Storm, The Rundown, and Million Dollar Baby can be found at many retailers across the country. Now let’s find out what HD-DVD exactly is all about.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 21st, 2006
On August 22nd, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Silent Hill in separate Widescreen, Fullscreen, and Blu-Ray releases; all of which will be presented with a Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) audio track. Extras will include an audio commentary (by Director Christophe Gans), deleted/extended scenes, and a six-part production diary documentary.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 9th, 2006
On September 12th, Universal Home Video will release the Anniversary Edition of the Kurt Russell, William Baldwin & Jennifer Jason Leigh film Backdraft. This disc will be presented in an Anamorphic Widescreen transfer, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Extras have yet to be announced, but we will update this blog as we learn more.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on June 2nd, 2006
HBO Home Video will release the Complete Sixth Season of OZ on September 5th. This 3-disc set will inclued all 8 season three episodes presented in 1.33:1 Fullscreen along with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Extras will include three episode specific audio commentaries (with series creator Tom Fontana and members of the cast), original cast audition tapes, 30-minutes of deleted scenes and an extended cut of the series finale: Exeunt Omnes.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 24th, 2006
Warner Home Video will release the Complete Third Season of Nip/Tuck on August 29th. This six-disc set will present all fifteen season three episodes in anamorphic widescreen transfers, along with Dolby Digital 2.0 (English) auido tracks. Extras will include a documentary, unaired scenes, and a "revealing look" at the season finale.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 4th, 2006
The DigitalBits RumorMill is reporting that late 2006 will see the release of the originial (Han shoots first) versions of the trilogy released to DVD. Keep your fingers crossed!
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 4th, 2006
Click Here to see the Guardian's Top 10 (Blade Runner, 2001, SW: ESB, Alien, Solaris '72, T1/T2, The Day the Earth Stood Still, WoW '53, The Matrix, Close Encounters). Got it? Now, compare and contrast with the Top 25 as detemined by UpcomingDiscs DVD BATTLE. Ummm, someone vote down "Aeon Flux" already. Please.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 3rd, 2006
Lorin Thwaits dissects an HD-DVD Player
Some crazy dude bought a Toshiba HD-DVD player and pulled it apart to find that its essentially an off the shelf desktop PC using a Pentium 4, a gig of PC2700 ram, and RedHat Linux stored on a 256MB NAND flash module. There's also apparently a USB bus, and all sorts of interesting stuff in there. So - does this make the Tosh player a super-hackable ultrafun home theatre accessory? Yes....Perhaps its an adoption strategy a la Tivo to drive grassroots support; or maybe its just a rush-it-to-market design strategy byproduct.
Posted in: News and Opinions by Archive Authors on May 2nd, 2006
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