Author Archives for Jeff K
Australian DVD Podcast #54: Peter Pan (review)
Here’s a short but sweet episode that reviews the Disney remastered release of the animated clasic Peter Pan.
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Australian DVD Podcast #53: Unplugged
This week jeff & Helen take a look at the week’s new DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray releases, Jeff reviews “Batman Begins” on HD-DVD and Helen’s been boggled by “Barnyard”.
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Australian DVD Podcast #52: Oscars & Out
This week Jeff & Helen Kirkland take us through the new and notable DVD releases on DVD, Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Helen reviews “The Devil Wears Prada” and we both gaze into our crystal balls and try to predict the Oscars results for this year.
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Australian DVD Podcast #51: Valentine
Jeff & Helen Kirkland bring you the latest in Australian DVD news reviews and information including this weeks new releases, the latest Hi-Def DVD news and reviews of “Friends With Money”, Clerks II (HD-DVD, USA) and “Ten Canoes”.
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Australian DVD Podcast #50: Debbie Does Blu-ray
In this week’s episode Helen brings us the new releases and gets caught up in the Boy Town frenzy and Jeff brings us more news from the Blu-ray vs HD DVD front.
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Australian DVD Podcast #49: Southern Comfort
More Australian DVD news, reviews and information as Jeff pines for more hi-def dvd content and we review “A Prairie Home Companion”, “An Inconvenient Truth” and the Blu-ray edition of “Fantastic Four”.
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Warner Total HD Info
I got some info from Warner today about their new Total HD format…
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Warner Home Video (WHV) has announced the revolutionary “Total Hi-Def disc (THD),”which plays the HD DVD format on one side and the Blu-ray Disc format on the other. Warner Bros. created the disc and is announcing it in collaboration with […]
Australian DVD Podcast #48: HD-DVD
This week Jeff gives his initial impressions of the Toshiba HD-E1 HD-DVD player, Helen covers the upcoming releases and the reviews run the gamut from Princess Brides to Happy Feet.
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High Def Sales Underperform in 2006
Recent reports have revealed that while it was expected that consumer demand for High-def video would lead to combined Blu-ray and HD-DVD hardware sales of around 750,000 in 2006, the reality was the much lower 250,000 unit mark. A sure sign that consumers just aren’t prepared to get involved until the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format battle is […]
LG To Announce Dual format HD-DVD/Blu-ray player
LG Electronics are reportedly set announce a new dual format HD-DVD/Blu-ray player at the U.S. Consumer Electronics Show this week. Whil eit is expected that this player will be more expensive than a standard Blu-ray or HD-DVD player, it does represent a possible first step towards increasing consumer confidence in the HD format.