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Here’s the rundown of this week’s show:
Star Wars officially announced for Blu-ray in 2011. How will it look? We speculate. NY Times
How much should you pay for HDMI cables? Certainly not $229.99. HD Guru
Are recent comments from James Cameron reason for fans of the “Alien” movies to worry about the upcoming Blu-ray release’s image quality?  – High Def Digest
HBO not going Netflix, launcing iPad service – Mashable
Warner’s DVD2Blu service adds TV shows – Home Media Magazine |  DVD2Blu
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Kane and …

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Back after a week off, I apologize for only being able to post a quick recap for this week’s show.
Court Ruling on Fair Use opens up legality of backup copies  – Ars Technica |  The Digital Media Zone
Sony’s new laser to replace Blu-ray? Probably not – Digital Trends |  High Def Digest
Paramount starts Gladiator BD replacement program, issues remastered disc – HD Report
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Matt reviews the new Xbox 360 slim and looks at Hydro Thunder and Limbo on the Xbox …

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 …

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.

No extensive notes this week, I apologize. With the holiday weekend, I just wanted to make sure the show got posted.

We’ll be back next week with the formal write up your used to, and possibly a special guest. Until then, Happy Independance Day and with that I give you, in brief, here’s what we talk about:

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It’s worth noting that as this was recorded, Phil was under a tornado warning, and near the end of the show, his family made its way into the basement to take cover. Eventually, a tornado was reported to have touched down just a few miles northeast of his house. All ended well.
Onto the news. The U.S. Post Office has been flirting with ending Saturday delivery for some time, and now it has a pretty big ally in its pocket …

This week our news section focuses squarely on what happened in the opening days of the E3 expo in Los Angeles along with The Road on Blu-ray. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft all had press confereces, and if one thing is clear from all of them, motion control is going to be a big marketing focus this holiday season as Sony premiered its “Move” controller and Microsoft showed off a newly named “Kinect” (formerly Project Natal).

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More news leaked about the potential Hulu/Xbox 360 partnership that we’re expecting to be announced at E3 next week. This week’s news comes from Reuters, who has it on authority of two people very close to the situation that not only with Microsoft’s box get support, but that iPad support is right behind it. Reuters also suggests that the service, while subscription-based, will be based on previous Hulu subscription rumors that expect free episodes of new shows (up to …

In the week that we were off Apple, Google and Microsoft all made (or had leaked) announcements that have to do with items in your living room. The biggest splash was of course Google TV. What is it? Why do I want it? Is it really innovation? All questions that were, and continue to be, asked in the wake of the announcement. We discuss the merits of potentially another box in your living room, is it ahead of its time? Is it WebTV reincarnate?

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We kick things off with a listener voicemail (call us at 1-877-856-4933) about last week’s SOC discussion. His take is we may get more content as a result. We give our thoughts on this idea that certainly has some merit.
Best Buy made some news this week with a press release about its CinemaNow product, and in the resulting coverage a very interesting quote about the future of DVDs was revealed. Phil also takes CinemaNow for a spin and downloads Invictus live on the show.
Matt has a PS3, as do many …