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Poll: What Device Do You Use for Streaming Video?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:00:07 +0000

These days, it seems like pretty much any piece of consumer electronics you can get your hands on will stream video from Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more. For home theater purposes, what streaming device do you favor? Are you happy with it? The poll below lumps the most popular streaming devices into categories. Feel...

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‘Veronica Mars’ Review: Come On Now, Sugar

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:00:56 +0000

The new ‘Veronica Mars’ feature film probably ought to be called ‘Fan Service: The Movie’. The film was produced with significant financial backing (via Kickstarter) directly from fans of the short-lived but beloved TV series that ran on the UPN (now CW) network from 2004 to 2007. Although it has a new standalone storyline that...

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Mid-Week Poll: Will You Pay to Stream Movies Early?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:00:35 +0000

In order to bolster its streaming media sales, 20th Century Fox announced late last week a new initiative called “Digital HD,” in which the studio will offer its movies for sale via multiple streaming platforms three weeks ahead of the normal DVD and Blu-ray release dates for the price of $15. The first title to...

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Mid-Week Poll: Best Streaming Service for TV Series

Brian Hoss — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:00:19 +0000

Do you ever purchase streaming versions of your favorite TV shows? If so, which service is best for owning TV content? iTunes? Amazon? VUDU? Something else? I have more than come to terms with digital game ownership. On the PC, I have a huge Steam library, a choice set of gog.com games, and a smattering...

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Auteur Theory: ‘Twin Peaks’ Pilot Episode

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:00:43 +0000

After the dark and uncompromising vision of ‘Blue Velvet’ saved his career (perhaps just in the nick of time), avant-garde filmmaker David Lynch decided parlay that success by doing the unthinkable: He took a job working for mainstream network television. This was the wisest decision he ever made, and his pilot episode for ‘Twin Peaks’...

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VUDU Diaries: ‘Funny Face’

Josh Zyber — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:00:44 +0000

‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous! One of the biggest benefits of a streaming service like VUDU is the surprising wealth of movies available for high-definition viewing that can’t yet be found on Blu-ray, including a great many classic films. Recently, I took advantage of this to take a look at the famed 1957 musical ‘Funny Face’,...

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Hitchcock Blogathon: ‘Suspicion’

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:00:08 +0000

In association with the National Film Preservation Foundation, High-Def Digest is proud to join the 2012 Hitchcock Blogathon. During the week of May 14th to 18th, we will blog about topics related to the films and career of the legendary Sir Alfred Hitchcock, with the goal of raising money to fund a new musical score...

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VUDU Diaries: ‘Horror of Dracula’

Josh Zyber — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:00:04 +0000

A couple months ago, our special contributor Adam wrote up a review of ‘The Hammer Vault’, a book that details the history of the legendary British movie studio, Hammer Films. Reading that review forced me to admit that I’d never actually seen a film from the studio – well, none of its classics, anyway. (I’d...

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Why Walmart’s Disc-to-Digital Program Isn’t Such a Bad Idea

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:00:37 +0000

Recent news of the Walmart-exclusive Disc-to-Digital program, which allows customers to bring a DVD or Blu-ray into a Walmart store in order to receive an internet streaming version of the same movie for a small fee, was met with a lot of scoffing in some home theater circles. Why would someone want to pay again...

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Mid-Week Poll: Movie Watching and Social Networking

Josh Zyber — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:00:48 +0000

Today’s poll was inspired by the Prescreen contest we ran last week. Prescreen links a user’s movie-streaming account to his or her Facebook account, in order to make their movie watching habits more of a social networking experience, much as Spotify does for music. I’ve noticed that Netflix and VUDU also have similar features. Do...

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New to VUDU: Week of February 5th, 2012

Josh Zyber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:42 +0000

It’s time for some monkey business. This week, VUDU offers up one of last year’s most acclaimed documentaries, which was inexplicably passed over by the Academy Awards and doesn’t seem to be getting a Blu-ray release either. The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘Fireflies in the Garden’ (2/7) ‘Knuckle’ (2/7) ‘Project Nim’...

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New to VUDU: Week of January 29th, 2012

Josh Zyber — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:58 +0000

What do you call the part-prequel/part-remake of a remake of an adaptation of a short story? How about the most promising streaming rental of the week? The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘The Big Year’ (1/31) ‘The Big Year – Extended Cut’ (1/31) ‘Dream House’ (1/31) ‘In Time’ (1/31) ‘Janie Jones’ (rental...

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