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'The Who - Quadrophenia: Live in London' Blu-ray Announced[teaser]The legendary rock band is hitting the stage on Blu-ray in June. Pre-orders are now live. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Music is preparing 'The Who - Quadrophenia: Live in London' and 'The Who - Quadrophenia: Live in London (Deluxe Edition)' for Blu-ray on June 10.In 2012/2013, The Who embarked on the Quadrophenia and More Tour, performing their landmark rock opera in its entirety, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1973 release of this double-album masterpiece. The critically acclaimed and highly successful tour closed at London's Wembley Arena, with the cameras rolling, to record the closing night of this historic anniversary tour. Filmed on July 8, 2013, 'Quadrophenia: Live in London' Blu-ray features The Who in peak form, performing Quadrophenia from front to back, in its entirety, plus a special set of some of their all-time greatest hits. The film captures the band's dynamic performance in front of their hometown crowd and features blistering performances of 'The Real Me', 'The Punk And The Godfather', 'Doctor Jimmy' and a powerful performance of 'Love Reign O'er Me'. With HD screen backdrops, archival footage and today's advanced technology in sound, 'Quadrophenia: Live in London' reunites The Who with bandmates John Entwistle, for '5:15', and Keith Moon for his signature song 'Bell Boy'. Exact specs have not been announced yet, but the Blu-ray will feature a 5.1 soundtrack and supplements will include Bonus Performances of "Who Are You," "You Better You Bet," "Pinball Wizard," "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Tea & Theatre." A special Deluxe Edition will also be released that includes a Blu-ray, DVD, 2-CD soundtrack, 5.1 Blu-ray Audio Disc, a 6-inch Mod Headlight sticker, a Mod Headlight button, and a booklet with liner notes and photos, all housed in a 10-inch metal container embossed with the movie-inspired, iconic, Mod bullseye logo painted on a Vespa SG scooter headlight. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $24.98. Suggested list price for the Deluxe Edtion has not been revealed.You can find the latest specs for 'The Who - Quadrophenia: Live in London' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under June 10.Posted Wed Apr 23, 2014 at 06:00 AM PDT by: -
Sanyo Details 2014 Display Lineup[teaser]Several new HD LED televisions are now available. [/teaser] Sanyo has announced its full collection of 2014 HDTVs. The lineup consists of several LED LCD displays that range in resolution from 1366x768 to full HD 1080p. "This new series of LED TVs can make a dramatic impact in the home with their slim design and easy set-up, excellent clarity of images and high-quality sound," said Yoshikuni Tamura, Product Planning Team Manager, SANYO TV division. "All models are designed with a beautiful high-gloss frame and a brilliant LED screen, making them ideal to enhance your viewing experience and take it to the next level." On the low-end, the collection starts out with the 24-inch DP24E14 and extends all the way up to the company's premium 65-inch DP65E34. The DP65E34 is a Roku Ready set that features a 1080p LED panel with a 120 Hz refresh rate, Motion Sync technology, 3 HDMI inputs, a USB port, and a built-in digital tuner. And for those looking for included smart TV functionality, the company's 50-inch FVF5044 comes complete with a Roku Streaming Stick. For a full rundown of all of the available models, click here. The entire lineup is now on sale at Walmart or Sam's Club stores. Source: Sanyo via PRNewswirePosted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 05:30 PM PDT by: -
'Sabotage' Blu-ray Up for Pre-Order![teaser]Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting locked and loaded on Blu-ray, and you can pre-order the movie now. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, Universal is preparing 'Sabotage' for Blu-ray later this year.In 'Sabotage,' Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect. Directed by David Ayer ('End of Watch'). Specs and supplements have not been detailed yet, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD combo pack is $34.98.You can find the latest specs for 'Sabotage' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under PENDING.Posted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 03:00 PM PDT by: -
Fan TV Comes to Time Warner Cable[teaser] The compact set-top box with streaming media player features is now available to pre-order for Time Warner customers. [/teaser] Time Warner Cable has announced a partnership with Fan TV that will allow customers to use the device to watch Time Warner programming. The small puck-shaped player offers support for several streaming services and gives subscribers access to a growing collection of live TV and on-demand options. The Fan TV uses a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection rather than a traditional coaxial hook up to tap into Time Warner's mobile app, letting customers watch up to 300 live streaming cable TV channels. Likewise, the device also offers support for Time Warner's on-demand library of up to 5000 titles. In addition, the Fan TV includes an assortment of streaming media apps like Redbox Instant, Target Ticket, Crackle, and Rhapsody. Though several big-name services like Netflix and Hulu are not available yet, support for more apps is planned for the future. A button-free touch remote is also included providing easy navigation throughout the player's convenient interface. The Fan TV does not currently offer DVR options, but a live pause feature is integrated as well. The Fan TV is now available for a special pre-order price of $99 to all Time Warner Cable customers, and is expected to start shipping in June. Sources: CNET, Fan TVPosted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 03:00 PM PDT by: -
'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' Blu-ray Dated & Detailed[teaser]Prepare to explore billions upon billions of stars in this science documentary series blasting off on Blu-ray in June. Pre-order it here. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox is preparing 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' for Blu-ray on June 10.More than three decades after the debut of 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,' Carl Sagan's stunning and iconic exploration of the universe as revealed by science, Seth MacFarlane has teamed with Sagan's original creative collaborators -- writer/executive producer Ann Druyan and co-writer, astronomer Steven Soter -- to conceive this 13-part series, which serves as a successor to the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series. As with the legendary original series, the new 'Cosmos' is the saga of how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. The series brings to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge, transporting viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on both the grandest and smallest scales. The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, a DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements will include: Audio Commentary; Library of Congress Dedication; Deleted Scenes; Cosmos: A Vision Reborn; Cosmos at Comic-Con; and an Interactive Cosmic Calendar. Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $59.98.You can find the latest specs for 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under June 10.Posted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 12:00 PM PDT by: -
'Gambit' Blu-ray Dated[teaser]The Coen Brothers scripted remake of the 1966 heist flick is setting its sights on Blu-ray in May. You can pre-order it now. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, Sony is preparing 'Gambit' for Blu-ray on May 27. Curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is an expert in fine art, but he's equally accomplished in taking abuse from his insolent boss. That's about to change. The plan - trick the avid art collector into buying a fake Monet painting. To assist in the heist, Deane hires a rowdy Texas cowgirl (Cameron Diaz) to help him fool the richest man in England. But as the plan begins to unravel, Deane finds he is falling in love with the rodeo queen, ensuing further complications. Specs and supplements have not been announced yet, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $30.99.You can find the latest specs for 'Gambit' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under May 27.Posted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT by: -
'We're in the Movies: Palace of Silents & Itinerant Filmmaking' Blu-ray Dated[teaser]Two documentaries about film exhibition and preservation are set to debut on Blu-ray in June, and you can pre-order the collection now. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, Flicker Alley is preparing 'We're in the Movies: Palace of Silents & Itinerant Filmmaking' for Blu-ray on June 24. The set includes two documentary films: 'Palace of Silents: The Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles' and 'When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose' 'Palace of Silents: The Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles' - On Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles there is a 150-seat movie theater that for over sixty-eight years has doggedly dedicated itself to the exhibition of silent films. Built in 1942 by maverick film preservationist and collector John Hampton, the theatre championed silent film at the very moment when the Hollywood studios across town were busily destroying their nitrate inventories. With hard chairs, jazz-record accompaniments and sometimes dubious prints, the dingy mom-and-pop operation was nonetheless a palace to the fanatical few who became its loyal audience. Through the theatre's tumultuous years of operation, its owners and employees have struggled to keep a cherished art form alive, often paying a heavy price in the personal tragedies that have stemmed from this struggle: obscurity, financial ruin, and even murder. Through interviews, archival footage and detailed research, 'Palace of Silents' reveals the touching, twisted, and bloody history of one independent theater's successful attempt to stubbornly buck every cinematic trend in the hometown of American cinema. 'When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose' - In the early 1980s, documentary filmmaker Stephen Schaller was instrumental in the rediscovery and restoration of 'The Lumberjack' (1914), the oldest surviving film made in Wisconsin, and produced by a group of itinerant filmmakers who traveled from town to town making "local talent" pictures. Schaller's lovely and sometimes deeply emotional, 63-minute journal/essay film offers a look at the making of the Wausau, Wisconsin classic, including interviews with the one surviving cast member and the relatives of others who appeared in the movie. His investigation includes moving remembrances of the people and town of Wausau as it was, and even reveals the on-set accidental death of one of 'The Lumberjack's' top cameramen. More than just a piece of local history, 'When You Wore a Tulip' is also of interest to anyone who cares about film history and preservation. Discovering Schaller's gentle, artful movie is just as exciting as finding a lost family album. Specs for the Blu-ray have not been detailed yet, but supplements will include an original essay by film historian David Shepard and five early examples of the cinematic tradition of itinerant filmmaking sourced from original nitrate or preserved 35mm stocks, and featuring the versatile musical accompaniment of The Ragtime Skedaddlers: 'The Lumberjack' (1914), 'Our Southern Mountaineers' (1918), 'In the Moonshine Country' (1918), 'Huntingdon's Hero' (1934), and 'The Kidnappers Foil' (1937).Suggested list price for the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack is $59.98.You can find the latest specs for 'We're in the Movies: Palace of Silents & Itinerant Filmmaking' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under June 24.Posted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 08:00 AM PDT by: -
'Kid Cannabis' is Heading to Blu-ray[teaser]A high school dropout will become a drug trafficker in this dramatic true story thats lighting up on Blu-ray in July. Pre-orders are now live. [/teaser]In an early announcement to retailers, Well Go USA is preparing 'Kid Cannabis' for Blu-ray on July 8.'Kid Cannabis' is the true story of an Idaho teen dropout who builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring by trafficking drugs through the woods across the Canadian border. But his pursuit of the high life - complete with girls, guns, and vicious rival drug lords - may leave this ex-pizza boy in way over his head. Specs and supplements have not been announced yet, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $29.98.You can find the latest specs for 'Kid Cannabis' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under July 8.Posted Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 06:00 AM PDT by: -
Apple TV Adds Three New Channels[teaser]Apple TV has added apps for Lifetime, The History Channel, and A&E. [/teaser] Apple has announced the addition of three new channels to its Apple TV lineup. The streaming media player now includes support for A&E, The History Channel, and Lifetime. Apple TV users can download the new apps to stream episodes of popular shows from each station. For now, however, each channel will only work for subscribers of DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Cablevision Optimum, though Apple does plan to expand its support to more providers soon. These three channels are just the latest to join Apple TV's growing library of services. In addition, a new version of the streaming media player is rumored to be in development for later this year, and could include gaming features similar to Amazon's Fire TV. Likewise, speculation about an Apple branded smart TV continues to heat up as well. The Apple TV is currently on sale for $93 on Amazon. Source: CNETPosted Mon Apr 21, 2014 at 04:30 PM PDT by: -
Netflix Plans to Increase Prices and Expand Cable Box Integration[teaser] Netflix has revealed plans to up its subscription price for new customers and integrate its service into cable DVRs. [/teaser] In the company's recent Q1 2014 earnings report to its shareholders, Netflix has detailed several interesting new developments. Along with impressive growth and profit stats, the streaming service also unveiled plans to increase its current monthly fee and extend its support for cable box DVRs to the US. According to the report, Netflix ended the first quarter of 2014 with 48 million members worldwide and over $1 billion in streaming revenue. Likewise, the company's US membership grew by 2.25 million net members and its international membership increased by 1.75 million. In addition, Netflix also announced tentative plans to enact a one to two dollar price increase for its monthly membership in the US. This revised pricing would only go into effect for new customers while existing users would get to keep the old fee for "a generous time period." This higher fee will allow the company to provide even more content and optimize its streaming experience. A similar decision was already put into effect in Ireland, where the price was increased from €6.99 to €7.99. Finally, the report also indicated that Netflix will be bringing its service to select US cable boxes. Some European DVRs already include Netflix built-in, and now the company plans to expand this integration to TiVo set-top boxes in the US. Support for more cable boxes is also planned for the future. For now, Netflix's monthly streaming fee remains $7.99, and the service is available on a vartiety of smart TVs and streaming media players, including the Roku 3, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV. Source: Netflix via EngadgetPosted Mon Apr 21, 2014 at 01:30 PM PDT by:
