Atom’s Antics

Came across the gang over at Revision 3 having some fun with an INXS song and their shiny new recording studio.

Lip Dub - Need You Tonight by INXS from sarahlane on Vimeo.

Well the toyfair coverage is going up fast and furious over at CollectionDX and while we where there we shot a lot of video. This is our Lego coverage and in it there are some hijinks and we spoil the big secret of the new Indiana Jones movie. There is fair warning so you can opt out of seeing it. Enjoy!

HDDVD is dead, long live BLU-RAY! So I backed the wrong horse. A few months back I invested in a new HD TV and picked up the HD DVD drive for my Xbox 360….oppsie. For those that don’t know the format war is done.

At the begining of January Warner Brothers studio announced that they would begin to release films on Blu-Ray exclusivly starting in May. This effectivly shifted 80% of the studios into Blue-Ray exclusivity. Then in the following weeks Netflix, Best Buy and Walmart all announced Blu-Ray exclusivity.

 Well as of earlier this week Toshiba has throwen up the white flag. The press release is below.

“TOKYO–Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has undertaken a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and has decided it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders. This decision has been made following recent major changes in the market. Toshiba will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.

HD DVD was developed to offer consumers access at an affordable price to high-quality, high definition content and prepare them for the digital convergence of tomorrow where the fusion of consumer electronics and IT will continue to progress.

“We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called ‘next-generation format war’ and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop,” said Atsutoshi Nishida, President and CEO of Toshiba Corporation. “While we are disappointed for the company and more importantly, for the consumer, the real mass market opportunity for high definition content remains untapped and Toshiba is both able and determined to use our talent, technology and intellectual property to make digital convergence a reality.”

Toshiba will continue to lead innovation, in a wide range of technologies that will drive mass market access to high definition content. These include high capacity NAND flash memory, small form factor hard disk drives, next generation CPUs, visual processing, and wireless and encryption technologies. The company expects to make forthcoming announcements around strategic progress in these convergence technologies.

Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. Toshiba also plans to end volume production of HD DVD disk drives for such applications as PCs and games in the same timeframe, yet will continue to make efforts to meet customer requirements. The company will continue to assess the position of notebook PCs with integrated HD DVD drives within the overall PC business relative to future market demand.

This decision will not impact on Toshiba’s commitment to standard DVD, and the company will continue to market conventional DVD players and recorders. Toshiba intends to continue to contribute to the development of the DVD industry, as a member of the DVD Forum, an international organization with some 200 member companies, committed to the discussion and defining of optimum optical disc formats for the consumer and the related industries.

Toshiba also intends to maintain collaborative relations with the companies who joined with Toshiba in working to build up the HD DVD market, including Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation and major Japanese and European content providers on the entertainment side, as well as leaders in the IT industry, including Microsoft, Intel, and HP. Toshiba will study possible collaboration with these companies for future business opportunities, utilizing the many assets generated through the development of HD DVD.”

Well my friend Jim C. was right, Blu-Ray won and I backed the wrong horse. (There you go Jim, it’s on the web for all to see.)

at the Jack and Rod show…Little Howard Stern humor for ya today. 

But seriously I hope everyone had a great holiday season. As you can see we did not get a chance to record a show before the end of the year and to be honest with things as they are we probably won’t be back untill end of Feburary.

CollectionDX continues to keep me busy with tons to review and working on the new video show behind the scenes. It should be very cool so keep your eyes peeled for info when that happens.

There’s much to catch up on and I will be doing that over the next few days.

Hello all. Sorry things have been quiet lately. Things have been busy over at CollectionDX for me and I picked up an extra job for the holidays. Things should return to normal after the Holidays. Jen and I are hoping to get one more show in the can for the year so keep an eye out for that soon.

Asa always i wish you the best this Holiday season.

This is an excellent guide to buying great Japanese toys. You know Giant robots and stuff. Good to point the “non fan” to for tips to shopping for the holidays.

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Here comes Speed Racer. Looks sharp.

Short show this week folks. Jen was unable to record the show with me but will be back next episode and she sends her best. This week I talk about Showtime’s Dexter and review Southland Tales.

 

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Sorry I did not get to posting the show today but I am under a deadline for a Holiday Guide I am doing for CollectionDX so the show is a little late and shorter than normal and should be up Monday afternoon. As always thanks for listening and reading.

Actress Billie Piper is coming back as Rose in Season 4 of Doctor Who. I held out hope she would return sooner or later. Between Sontarans, Rose, Martha leaving then coming back, Donna filling in for her, Rose coming back, and the rumoured David bowie villain; the Doctor is going to be a busy guy next season… You can read it all for yourself at the BBC’s website.