Another summer week and while it’s been better than most, I really can’t wait for fall. This is another one of those weeks when I really wish that the releases for the week were better than they were. Unfortunately, hopes don’t always hold out.
You’ll notice a bit of audio difference this week. When one of your co-hosts is in Romania, it tends to affect things like that. James will be back stateside next week though and you can expect us to be back to our usual selves. (I think there …
In this fourth weekend in July we find yet another incredibly packed schedule of motorsports goodness.
Formula 1 is in action this week, so they get things started Friday morning at 8am with practice for the German Grand Prix from Hockenheim. In the afternoon you can catch NASCAR Trucks qualifying, and then their race that night from O’Reilly Raceway Park.
Saturday starts with Formula 1 qualifying, then at 2:00pm you can catch over 50 sports cars try to make their way around the very crowded 1.5 mile track at Lime Rock. That …
It’s the week of mediocrity here on The Movie Podcast. James and I take a look at three films and while none of them were awful, either bad acting or bad writing held them back from being great. I really wanted to enjoy this week’s selection but it was more meh than anything else. It’s unfortunate too because any one of these films could have been great very easily.
Stick with us through the week folks. As summer moves on the selection will get better and as those summer theater releases …
For the second week in a row Adam is off doing…well…maybe I don’t want to know what Adam is doing! He is however on a much a deserved vacation. We still have a great show this week for you though. Our regular listeners know that when it comes to digital media and how its produced and consumed in Europe, Adam and I aren’t what you would call “experts.” So this week we were able to convince a 100% certified Brit to stay up way past his bed time and come …
Just a quick note. Jere and I got a great email about our last show covering Windows Home Server and HTPCs. We just couldn’t bare to wait until August to talk about it. I’ll let you listen for all of the details but suffice to say, there seems to be enough interest that we’re going to have to do another WHS show soon. Hope you enjoy!
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When first thinking about this week’s HD Racer I assumed it would be a little schedule because both Formula 1 and NASCAR Sprint Cup are off. I was very wrong! It seems as though everything else is available this weekend: bikes, oval races, road races, even Aussie races!
Friday night SPEED has qualifying and live race coverage of the NASCAR Camping World 200 from Gateway. Saturday evening ESPN2 picks up the coverage from the same track, but this time its the NASCAR Nationwide drivers hustling around the oval. Later that night …
Lots to talk about this week, including the Blu-ray peeps responding to Steve Jobs, why film grain isn’t evil, the FCC getting shot down on anti-obscenity and reviews of Shutter Island and Jason & the Argonauts.
If you’re the type of person who actually built a home theater PC, then you probably like to keep an eye on all the vital statistics of the computer. Core Temp is a windows application that will monitor and display the temperature of each core of your processor, along with the frequency. The creator of this free application has made available a Windows Media Center add-in named CoreTempMC. To use it you’ll need to head over to the product’s website and download Core Temp first. In order for the add-in …
Don’t let the sheer amount of games in the schedule fool you. If you take away the Tour de France, it’s a bleak week for sports. The British Open is there to ease us into the hardest part of the summer, when baseball is really the only remaining major sport. Monday night is one of the few nights of the year when none of the big four have a game scheduled. With the World Cup done (wither Oranje!!), it’s time to start looking for alternate entertainment means, especially if you’re …
Ceton has sent out another newsletter to all of those who are trying to patiently wait for the release of their InfiniTV 4 quad-tuner CableCARD tuner. Unfortunately the Kirkland-based company did not provide an updated release date. With regards to releasing the hotly-anticipated tuner they only stated that the card is currently in production, and as soon as the completed units are tested they will begin shipping to customers who pre-ordered. At this point one would have to assume that its only a matter of weeks until customers begin to …
It was a really slow news week this post-holiday. Netflix made some waves with its announcement of a deal with Relativity Media that will allow it to stream movies from the studio during the “pay TV” window. However, unlike some bombastic predictions, we don’t feel this is even a thumbtack in Blu-ray’s coffin. We also look at Sony’s new TV channel and Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition on Blu-ray.
