Secrets

After Steve's blog the other day, suggesting that we go to Amazon.com and buy what we want in the HD DVD movie closeout, I did so, picking up some movies that a...

As predicted, the price of HD DVDs has fallen dramatically in the last week. As I am sure everyone has read by now, even Microsoft has thrown in the towel conce...

Let's see. Today's news says (1) Record Oil Prices. (2) Drug Resistant Tuberculosis is Spreading. (3) Extensive Power Outages in Florida. (4) US Inflation R...

About a year ago a friend asked me to help him set up his 78 year old mother's new 32” LCD. I was more than happy to help, although since then I've set up his t...

No Country for Old Men picked up the Oscar for Best Picture, in spite of my condemnation for that terrible ending. So be it. I guess the Academy was not impress...

I went to a movie theater today, for the first time in a long while. I usually wait until the movies come out on DVD. But, I just had to go see No Country for O...

At home, I recently switched out my older DirecTV TiVo PVR for the newer version that has MPEG-4 decoding with the additional satellites that transmit more HD c...

I think I'm the only one around here that doesn't have a front projector, and it's leading to feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.  The reasons why I hav...

Last month, a Wall Street Journal book review by James F. Penrose focused on After the Golden Age, a 304-page book by Kenneth Hamilton. Hamilton's thesis is tha...

The fat lady has sung. HD DVD´s fortunes vs. Blu-ray in the high definition DVD format wars suffered several setbacks lately. The first serious bump in the roa...

I have read recent reports in several news arenas that 3D is the next item on the Hollywood agenda for getting us back into theaters instead of our just sitting...