About Josh Zyber
Josh Zyber is a veteran movie and video disc reviewer from Laserdisc to DVD and beyond. He previously wrote for DVDFile.com, DVDTalk.com, and Home Theater magazine.
During the months of May and June, the major broadcast networks wind down their TV seasons and make way for the cable nets to dominate the summer. Most of the shows we’ve watched over the past several months have either alre...
The one and only program that I have or will ever watch on ESPN, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, aired its 2012 finals last night. The winning word, “guetapens,” is a French term for an ambush or trap. That seems ap...
Constant Image Height projection may still be a small niche within the home theater hobby, but its advocates (myself included) are passionate about the benefits of a proper “scope” presentation for movies on a 2.35:1 s...
As the fall 2011 to spring 2012 TV season draws to a close, it’s time to look over the schedule to see which of the past year’s shows have made the cut to return again in a few months, and which have hit the end of the...
Not that this should come as too much of a surprise for anyone, but NBC has officially canceled its freshman drama series ‘Awake’. While the metaphysical cop show didn’t entirely grab me for much of its run, I ha...
The recent development of a new material called GraphExeter, described as “the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity,” has been hailed a significant breakthrough for the fi...
To those of you who may have complained that the current season of ‘Game of Thrones’ has been too talky and hasn’t had enough action… well, damn, here you go.
Criterion collectors, indie movie fans, Shakespeare buffs and classic foreign film aficionados might all find new Blu-ray titles to peak their interest today. For anyone looking for something a little more mainstream… Well, there&...
Like many of you out there, we here at High-Def Digest are taking Monday off to enjoy the Memorial Day holiday, and of course to remember the men and women who have given their lives while serving in the military – and to barbecue...
The Asylum, that purveyor of ultra-low-budget DTV schlock like ‘Transmorphers‘ and ‘Almighty Thor‘, is back this week with the Blu-ray release of yet another rip-off of a recognizable mainstream property. T...
With my whirlwind tour of three audio-themed conferences finally drawing to a close last week, I managed to make time for one more related stop while I was in L.A. Having just learned about some of the latest and greatest developm...
The ‘G.I. Joe’ sequel just can’t catch a break. Despite an expensive ad campaign that featured commercial time during the Super Bowl, an imminent line of tie-in action figures and a scheduled release date barely ...