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Black Friday Giveaways (part 5): Universal Remote's URC Digital R50 {Engadget HD}

Nov 29th 2008 2:40AM Do comments still count on Saturday? (Hint: Please Yes?)

YouTube "hack" reveals HD / surround sound testing {Engadget HD}

Nov 21st 2008 2:24PM Bah. How about YouPorn or RedTube in HD??

Passion of the Christ making expected Blu-ray debut in February 2009 {Engadget HD}

Nov 4th 2008 2:46AM Can't wait to see the alternate ending.

Odeon cinemas to play F1 races in HD {Engadget HD}

Jun 9th 2008 3:43AM ...Or watching Lewis Hamilton tear up both his and Kimi's cars by totally geeking out in pit lane??

Toshiba pushes firmware 3.0 update to first-gen HD DVD players {Engadget HD}

May 8th 2008 7:56PM ^ contrast the above with the $400 I have invested in a PS3 (which came with 1 movie and 5 by rebate) and the several hundred more dollars I spent to have blu-ray in my laptop. Two set-tops, and two PC solutions. One cost $80 and came with a useful remote and 13 movies. One costs $700+ and came with 6 movies. The only advantages my BD hardware offers are gaming (PS3) and mobile movies from disc (BD-rom laptop). The latter benefit is by no means exclusive (since I can rip hd-dvds to my home server or laptop via the add-on drive); it's just more convenient.

I'm happy with my investments in both technologies. I'm just happier than I expected to be with my hd-dvd purchases, since the hardware cost me practically nothing and my hd-dvd movie collection (I've got about 80 titles split roughly equally between formats) costs considerably less the my blu-ray one.

Toshiba pushes firmware 3.0 update to first-gen HD DVD players {Engadget HD}

May 8th 2008 7:43PM I bought the same two players ... but since I bought them from Amazon (with Prime) I also got $100 back from them. My total investment in hardware stands at just $80. That's an HD-A30 for about $176 (reduced to $129 via price protection) and an X-box add-on (reduced to $49) with a better, backlit remote for my HTPC. Less $100 due to the customer satisfaction rebate initially offered by Best Buy and matched by Amazon. And oh, yeah - 13 free movies. Above poster forgot to mention the two that came with his HD-A30 and King Kong that came with his add-on.

Peerless Slimline HDTV mount is just 0.4-inches thin {Engadget HD}

May 3rd 2008 11:15PM It ought to be pretty cheap, since there obviously isn't much to it but a single stampable piece of metal.

1080p channels on the way, according to Tandberg CEO {Engadget HD}

Apr 16th 2008 5:52PM I already have 2TB's attached to my DirecTV DVR. Probably would only hold 60 1080p movies, though (currently holds 200+ at 1080i).

Full specs on the Dallas Cowboys world's largest 1080p LED scoreboards {Engadget HD}

Apr 16th 2008 5:48PM God Awful Design. The little boards block views of the big boards. The big boards should be moved out, or the little boards should be moved up.

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