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Home Theater
October 4, 2004
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD Disc Format Orgs Sound Off On Sound The soundtrack of the HD future on disc is here now (at least in a backwards compatible kind of way).   |
Home Theater
May 2007
John Higgins |
The Usual Suspects -- 20th Century Fox (Blu-ray) Video quality is lacking and it's not because a vast amount of extras are taking up disc space. |
Home Theater
March 2007
Geoffrey Morrison |
Superman: The Movie--Warner Brothers (HD DVD) Overall, it's not the best HD DVD, but it still looks better than the DVD. |
Home Theater
May 2007
Adrienne Maxwell |
Babel -- Paramount The film is now available on Blu-ray and HD DVD with some improvement in detail over the DVD version. The HD DVD ups the audio quotient with a Dolby Digital Plus soundtrack. |
PC Magazine
July 5, 2006
Robert Heron |
Samsung BD-P1000 A stylish and capable DVD player that unleashes the full capabilities of the Blu-ray format. Unfortunately, the initial Blu-ray titles are a reminder that there are lots of older films that need some TLC before they will look great in HD. |
Home Theater
November 6, 2008 |
Dolby Digital Plus Hits the Airwaves Dolby Digital Plus will make its broadcast debut in France's recently launched HDTV platform. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Scenes of Tokyo Photos of the Japanese city's earthquake-wary infrastructure. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Scenes of New York City Photos of New York City Police Department's advanced technology systems. |
Home Theater
May 2008
Kris Deering |
Blades of Glory--Dreamworks Pictures (Blu-ray) There are some good laughs here and there, but not nearly enough of them to warrant adding this movie to your collection. |
Home Theater
May 2008
Kris Deering |
Next--Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray) Based on a story by sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick, this is an interesting film on future sight and what could be achieved with it. |
Home Theater
June 2007
Geoffrey Morrison |
The Getaway--Warner Brothers (HD DVD) "The Getaway" is not the greatest HD DVD, but it's worth having. |
Home Theater
June 2007
John Higgins |
Happy Feet--Warner Brothers (HD DVD) It turns out there is a plot -- the classic ugly-duckling story, with music videos throughout. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Sounds Like Dolby's Making Waves The sound tech company has plenty of catalysts that should lead it to beat expectations again. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Previewing 2007: Dolby Labs This company's audio and DVD technology rings true. The question for investors, though: Is Dolby's price still a good buy? |
Home Theater
December 12, 2003 |
DVD Reviews The Battle of Shaker Heights... Escape From New York Special Edition |
Home Theater
May 2, 2008 |
Universal to Embrace DTS-HD Master Audio Universal will support lossless DTS-HD Master Audio in many of its initial Blu-ray releases. |
PC World
March 27, 2007
Jacobi et al. |
High-Def Video Superguide Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD are here. Who makes the best next-generation movie player? |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Scenes of Shanghai Photos of the Chinese city depicting overcrowding and pollution. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Scenes of Mumbai Photos of the Indian city's power grid challenges and solutions. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Scenes of Sao Paulo Pictures of the Brazilian city's transportation system. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2007
Dan Bloom |
Hear More With Silicon Image The new HDMI 1.3 specification should improve both video and audio for movie lovers. Investors, Silicon Image is in the right place at the right time. |
Home Theater
May 23, 2003 |
On DVD The Recruit starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell... The Pianist is set during the Holocaust... |
Home Theater
February 14, 2003 |
DVD Reviews X-Men 1.5 is a sneaky way to squeeze a few more dollars out of the public's hands and get X-Men back in their minds for the sequel... Spy Kids 2 is a James-Bond-meets-The-Lost-World swirl of fantastic gadgets, family values, and homages to screen icons ranging from Indiana Jones to Ray Harryhausen |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Gangs of New York--Touchstone Pictures (Blu-ray) While the video was uninspiring, the uncompressed PCM soundtrack is excellent. |
Home Theater
April 12, 2004 |
Latest Software Reviews DVD: The Cat in the Hat... DVD: Ripley's Game... |
Home Theater
June 2, 2008 |
Blu-ray Gets First Audio Release Blu-ray has just passed another major milestone with the release of Divertimenti from the Norwegian orchestra ThondheimSolistene on the 2L label. |
Home Theater
October 12, 2002 |
Dolby's Chinese DVD Deal A deal signed in late September by Dolby Laboratories and the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) will result in standard worldwide licensing rates for DVD products manufactured by Chinese consumer electronics companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
I Love Dolby Labs Technologies come and go, and the standard DVD will fade, to be sure. But next-gen tech will come along, and Dolby will be a part of it. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
April 28, 2009 |
China Develops Blu Competitor Look out, Blu-ray. You've got a new competitor in the Chinese domestic market. And it's based, in part, on your old rival HD DVD. |
Home Theater
April 2008
Kris Deering |
Denon DVD-2500BTCI Blu-ray Player Denon's first Blu-ray offering is among the first players to support Picture-in-Picture Bonus View interactivity and is also the first entirely digital Blu-ray player we've seen. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Rich Smith |
Dolby Goes Mute Today's sell-off has finally given us the chance to own the premier name in audio entertainment at price more than fair. To me, that's an idea worth entertaining. |
Home Theater
October 20, 2003 |
DVD Reviews A look at Hollywood Homicide and The Italian Job old and new. |
Popular Mechanics
June 8, 2009
Seth Porges |
The Problem With DVD Audio Mixes -- And What To Do About It An audio mix that will fill an auditorium beautifully can present problems for DVD- and Blu-ray-watching home viewers, who typically listen to movies using relatively puny speakers at low volume. |
Home Theater
June 2007
Geoffrey Morrison |
Blu-ray and HD DVD Face Off A comparison of Blu-ray and HD DVD players includes a look at models from Toshiba, Panasonic and LG. |
Home Theater
November 2006
Chris Chiarella |
The First Star Wars Trilogy Limited Editions--20th Century Fox Finally available in their 1977, 1980, and 1983 versions, the new Limited Edition Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi DVD sets contain minimally tweaked re-releases of the laserdisc masters created in 1993. |
Home Theater
December 2007
Thomas J. Norton |
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Player HD video on a packaged disc is the most important video development of the new millennium, and no player does it any better than this one. |
Home Theater
March 2008
Kris Deering |
Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics--DVD International (Blu-ray) The new version of High Definition test disc Digital Video Essentials is available in both HD DVD and Blu-ray and is slightly scaled down. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2010
Rich Duprey |
10 Core Stocks for Your Portfolio: Dolby Labs This week and next, we're presenting 10 core stock ideas -- today take a look at Dolby Labs, the leading purveyor of sound technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007 |
Slideshow: Building a Megacity Photos: The Empire State Building... The Brooklyn Bridge... New York City subway system... etc. |
PC World
June 27, 2007
Melissa J. Perenson |
Samsung BD-P1200 and Toshiba HD-A20 Samsung's Blu-ray DVD player and Toshiba's HD DVD model raise the bar on performance while keeping the price down. |
Home Theater
April 25, 2003 |
TV and Dolby Digital Surround sound via Dolby Digital is becoming a standard for an increasing number of television broadcasts. |
Home Theater
January 21, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
DTS Pares Master Audio Down to Essentials There is a new wrinkle in DTS-HD Master Audio, the lossless audio codec. In this new version it will keep the new and ultra-hip lossless surround codec MA, but will downconvert several lesser-known ones to basic DTS 5.1. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
Robert Heron |
Toshiba HD-XA2 The HD-XA2 improves upon its predecessor in almost every way, yet regular DVD videos still exhibit too many jagged edges... Toshiba HD-A1... Samsung BD-P1000... |
PC World
January 28, 2008
Melissa J. Perenson |
LG Super Blu BH200 Dual-Format HD Player The BH200 offers two high-def formats in one player, but its price is too high. |
Home Theater
September 3, 2003 |
DVD Reviews An overlooked historical tragedy -- Turkey's genocide of its Armenian population during World War I -- is at the heart of Ararat... Alias: The Complete First Season on DVD contains 22 amply chaptered episodes across six dual-layered discs, with a generous smattering of extras |
Home Theater
July 2007
Geoffrey Morrison |
Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-ray Player Power Processing comes to Blu-ray. |
Home Theater
April 2008
Kris Deering |
One Missed Call--Warner Bros. (Blu-ray) "One Missed Call" is definitely one to miss. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Stock Madness Elite 8: Dolby Labs Dolby Labs has been and will continue to be the industry leader in its field. If there's one stock you must buy, Dolby should make the short list of any March Madness contender. |
Home Theater
August 22, 2003 |
DVD Reviews National Lampoon's Animal House may be a comedy classic that you can watch again and again, but does that also mean you have to buy it again and again?... A new special edition of Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi and Desperado is a fine update in anticipation of the third film in the trilogy. |
Home Theater
September 19, 2003 |
DVD Reviews A look at the latest re-release of El Mariachi and Desperado and Disney's Sleeping Beauty |
