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- Paramount has announced it is going to re-issue its entire back catalog:
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Disc_Announcements/Paramount_to_Re-Issue_Entire_Blu-ray_Back_Catalog/1715
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Pioneer says they are gearing the players Elite customers that prefer to have better sound quality and picture quality over web content, but they have made it so that if you want DTS HD you need to get a firmware update?

But then, they don't include an Ethernet port on there, so you need flash from a disc to get that support. I don't understand not just including an Ethernet port. Even the Toshiba A2's and A3's that were selling for $100 back before Christmas and Black Friday included Ethernet ports.

I don't see the majority of consumers getting confused over a Blu-Ray player having an Ethernet port, because it's not like they have the Profile 2.0 specs memorized. Most consumers look for numbers that they can quickly compare so they can cut their options down to make a choice.

And then a lot of times, you might not know what ports something even has until you get it out of the box, unless the box has a diagram. So, even less of a chance a consumer will get "confused."]]>May 8th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/
As for my Netflix queue, if I don't get lucky and get a title on it's release day I have to wait weeks to get it on Blu. Right now Juno, The Orphanage, the Untouchables, and PS I love you (for my wife, really) all show long wait or very long wait. All the other titles that have been out longer than a month or so are short wait or currently available.]]>May 9th 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/May 9th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/07/engadget-hd-podcast-084-05-07-2008/
In your podcast you ranted against 120Hz sets and argued that they should be 72Hz instead. While 72Hz would be great for 24fps film based material using a 3:3 pulldown, it wouldn't work so well with the huge amount of TV and video content out there that's at 30fps or 60fps. They would have to do an uneven pulldown (similar to 3:2 but a different rate, you do the math) in order to display this content. With 120Hz, you can display 24fps with a 5:5 pulldown, 30fps with a 4:4 pulldown, and 60fps with a 2:2 pulldown. This eliminates the judder seen in non-equal pulldowns for the three most common frame rates we use in the U.S.

Unfortunately many TV makers don't have a 5:5 pulldown setting in their 120Hz sets and instead interpolate frames which gives 24fps content this weird unnatural video look. However, if you can find a 120Hz set that will do a 5:5 pulldown you'll have the option to watch 24fps content at its native frame rate and judder free.]]>May 11th 2008 7:45PM