While the news broke not too long ago right here on The DMZ, we’re back this month to discuss CableCard moving beyond the Media Center scope and into the wild. So far, this is all taking place within the MythTV realm and as such we’ve brought together two folks who will be affected by the recent CableLabs spec changes. First up is Patrick Archibald. You may remember Patrick from Episode 03, dedicated completely to MythTV. Our second guest this month is Jeremy Hammer, Vice President of Systems Integration for Ceton …
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It seems like another week of mediocrity here on The Movie Podcast. While James absolutely loved MacGruber, I couldn’t find anything that grabbed me and wouldn’t let go this week. None of the movies you’ll hear us discuss were bad, but none were that special either. That said, all of the major releases from this week are definitely worth a watch so hit up Netflix or Red Box and have a look.
With James leaving soon, we’ll be recording next week’s show early. As such, you have until Friday at 12 …
Most racing series are coming to a close over the next few weeks, and because of that the schedule is getting thinner. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t a lot of great racing to watch this weekend though! Formula 1 is in action again. Speed has full coverage of the Italian Grand Prix from Monza with practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and the race on Sunday. With the F1 race being a European event the GP2 series is also in action Sunday morning. NASCAR’s Sprint Cup and Nationwide series …
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Here’s the rundown of this week’s show:
Microsoft announces Xbox Live price hike – Major Nelson
HDTV season starts – HD Guru
Shipments of HDTVs are down – Home Media Magazine
Panasonic Getting Avatar 3D exclusive – Blu-ray.com
Marketshare/Sales
Blu-ray revenue and market share. Wow was it bad.
Blu-ray sales | Combined DVD/Blu-ray sales
Blu-ray Review – City Island | Doblu.com review
Vitals: MPEG-4 AVC, 1.78:1 aspect ratio, LPCM 5.1
What we’ve seen/are watching
Geek Tonic’s listings.
HD Sportsman College Football Bonanza.
Blu-ray deals/Releases
Blu-ray releases for August 31
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We drift a bit off of the Media Center path this week to talk about some of the other topics that have been floating around lately. You’ll find out why I don’t think Hulu Plus is worth it and we touch on Netflix as well. This along with listener messages from the past week await you with the simple click of a button!
If you need to use multiple audio outputs on your PC you’ll want to have a listen and check out the link to Hack7MC below. As well, we …
Celebrate! The college football season is upon us. Everything else takes a backseat this weekend to ivy-covered walls and pigskin perfection.
SPOTLIGHT
Two games stand out. Monday night at 8 p.m. on ESPN Boise St. travels to Virginia Tech and 3:30 p.m. Saturday when Notre Dame hosts Purdue on NBC.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
1 p.m. – Tennis US Open (720p)
7:30 p.m. – College Football S. Mississippi at South Carolina (720p)
7:30 p.m. – College Football Minnesota …
It’s a holiday weekend in the United States, and with it comes a truck-load of motorsports action. Friday gets kicked off with IndyCar qualifying on Versus, followed by SPEED’s coverage of the NASCAR Truck series qualifying and race at Kentucky.
Saturday is, once again, packed. Throughout the middle part of the day keep it on SPEED for NASCAR Sprint Cup practice and qualifying from Atlanta. In the evening you can catch the first D1GP Drifting event from Tokyo on SPEED. ESPN2 has the NASCAR Nationwide race that night, and Versus has …
The big fall apple event has just wrapped up and while most of the stuff out of Cupertino isn’t related to The DMZ, Mr. Jobs did take time to announce the company’s second version of Apple TV.
It’s small, that’s for sure. Looks to fit in the palm of your hand. Connection-wise the device will come with HDMI, USB, Ethernet and Optical audio connections. Wireless N will also be built in so wiring won’t be a problem.
You won’t be able to store anything on the device itself however you will …
Back for the last show of August and things are starting to pick up a bit. While we did have to watch Marmaduke this week, we also get into Tyler Perry and a cult classic that every horror fan should see at least once. Take a listen for all the details.
Hopefully, with September starting this week, the big summer blockbusters are just around the corner. Stay tuned to The Movie Podcast for all the latest releases!
Don’t forget, you have one more week to get your submissions in to win a …
Back for #91! It’s an email extravaganza this week and we walk right through all of your great communiqués. We had some really great questions presented this week. In fact, we got a few that Josh and I just don’t have the answer to. That’s where you come in. If after listening to the show you feel you can help people out, please leave a comment below. Everything is better with a strong community! And thanks in advance!
While there wasn’t much news this week, we did learn about a Media …