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.
Bonus features are still a big selling point on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of movies, but who actually watches these things? As reviewers, many of us on staff are actually obligated to sit through all the commentaries, documenta...
When Mitsubishi announced earlier this week that it is exiting the TV manufacturing business, this not only marks the end of a television brand name, but the end of an entire product category. Mitsubishi was the last company still...
Yeah, we know. Some people can’t stand 3D and never want to watch movies that way. Regardless, 3D is still big business in theaters, and some films genuinely benefit from the third dimension. Right now, a few different 3D fo...
Did you all take advantage of the slowdown in Blu-ray releases over the past couple of weeks to save up a few dollars? I hope so, because December will have no mercy on your wallets.
‘American Horror Story’ is really cooking now. This past week’s episode brought back another first season cast member and piled on more delicious craziness.
In a world… where movies need to be advertised by short 2-3 minute previews that encapsulate all the reasons an audience should run out to see them, movie trailers are both an art form and a necessary evil. When done well, they bu...
Like many cinema buffs, I’ve had very mixed feelings about the rapid decline of 35mm film as both a photographic capture and projection medium for motion pictures. As nostalgic as I may be for the experience of watching a pr...
While the home theater purists out there will balk at the notion of ever watching a movie on a phone or tablet, the fact of the matter is that portable viewing is a rapidly growing market. The home video studios have attempted to ...
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday now over, the home video studios have decided to take things easy for another week. While we get a few discs that might be considered notable releases, the holiday season’s biggest titles w...
Hey there, High-Def Digest readers. Do you remember that Hitchcock Blogathon we participated in back in May? The goal of joining that effort was to help the National Film Preservation Foundation raise enough money to fund a new mu...
We found out the true identity of the mysterious Bloody Face in the previous episode of ‘American Horror Story’. In the latest, we also get to learn why he is what he is, plus the details of other important back storie...
Welcome back from the long weekend (assuming that you got one). Unfortunately, we start this week with some sad news. ‘Dallas’ star Larry Hagman passed away on Friday at the age of 81.