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.
For a blog that allegedly covers broadcast HDTV in the list of major topics, you may have found it strange that we haven’t said a word about perhaps the most significant TV event of the summer – the Olympics. Or maybe you ha...
This week’s Blu-ray release slate is low on new titles that many people are likely to have heard of, and heavy on double-bill reissues of previously released movies. However, we also have a handful of really good classics on...
Do you remember that first, disastrously awful Blu-ray edition of ‘The French Connection’? With a video transfer that completely changed the original photographic style of the movie and looked like garbage, yet was sup...
Here we are in the heart of the summer movie season, when visual effects spectacles reign supreme. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen over the years, some of these films put more effort into their effects than others. We’ve ...
How nice is it to turn on your DVR and discover that it has recorded a show that you really like but, because you weren’t paying attention to its network, hadn’t realized was already back with a new season? That happen...
After all my complaining, you may wonder why I still watch ‘The Newsroom’. Quite simply, with all the talent involved, I know that this show must have potential. Unfortunately, the first four episodes didn’t live...
In retrospect, it should have been clear some time ago that the plot twist in this week’s episode of ‘True Blood’ is where the season would be going. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it any less cheesy or d...
It’s time for the Spectacular Superhero Smackdown of 2012! Spider-Man vs. the Avengers vs. Batman. Which costumed crimefighter was the best of the summer? Vote in our poll.
At least in my opinion, it’s rare that a TV box set would be the best Blu-ray release of the week. Perhaps that’s because I stopped collecting TV shows when I realized that I never made time to rewatch all the episodes...
With recent disc releases in Europe and Asia, all of the feature films from cult director David Lynch are now available on the Blu-ray format somewhere in the world. Upon hitting that milestone, I felt that this would be a good op...
While our thoughts still go out to the families of the victims, we here at High-Def Digest hope that last week’s senseless tragedy in Colorado didn’t deter any fans from going to the movies this weekend. If you saw ...
Over the course of this week, we’ve seen the release of the ‘Singin’ in the Rain‘ Blu-ray packaged in an oversized box set with an umbrella, as well as announcements for at least two more similarly elaborat...