Monthly Archives: August 2007

Time again for the weekly Amazon Unbox 99-cent sale

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 by MegaZone

This week Amazon Unbox is offering up 300, Hot Fuzz, Zodiac, Breach, Ghost Rider, and Music and Lyrics as their $.99 rental offerings. I saw 300 in theaters and it is a great movie, definitely worth $.99, as is Hot … Continue reading →

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More on Blu-ray and HD DVD – and even DVD

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 by MegaZone

Home Media Magazine is reporting on high-def sales. For the week ending 8/26, BD had 68% of sales, 67% year to date, and 61% since inception. They also talk about the Venturer SHD7000 HD DVD player and give the $199 … Continue reading →

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Lots of Blu-ray news – and an HD DVD tidbit

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 by MegaZone

I’ll get the HD DVD tidbit out of the way first. Yesterday I posted about the new ‘low-cost’ HD DVD player coming from Venturer, the SHD7000. At the time the price was unknown, but Video Business is reporting that the … Continue reading →

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Like sands through the hour glass…

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 by MegaZone

If you read that subject and mentally completed it with “…so are the Days of our Lives”, then you may be interested in this news. E. Stephen Mack, Director of TiVoCast Operations, just announced that TiVo has added yet another … Continue reading →

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Capable Networks Acquires TiVoCommunity.com

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 by MegaZone

Capable Networks, which already runs sites such as DVRplayground.com and SlingCommunity.com, has acquired the leading TiVo user community online, TiVoCommunity.com. Wow, I didn’t see that coming. My immediate reaction was “Oh no – are they going to migrate TC to … Continue reading →

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