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Last One Out Turn Off the Lights

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:12:23 +0000

This Friday marks the end of analog television (knock on wood) yet according to CNET news some 2.8 million people aren’t ready.

Last One Out Turn Off the Lights

Things Are Tough All Over

Bryan Greenway — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:58:51 +0000

I just caught this on Saturday Night Live (a few weeks late but better than never I guess) and nearly bust a gut laughing. Announcer: Weekend update, with Amy Poehler & Seth Meyers. Amy Poehler: I’m Amy Poehler. And here are tonight’s top stories: “Panasonic, this week, unveiled a 150-inch flat-screen TV. Just in time [...]

Things Are Tough All Over

XStreamHD – Digital Content Delivery with a Twist

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:51:03 +0000

This is one of those posts that got shoved off to the back burner and eventually fell off the stove altogether, I’m ashamed but it’s still not too late to finish dinner. This one goes all the way back to CES (yeah I know January was only three months ago) and a little announcement that [...]

XStreamHD – Digital Content Delivery with a Twist

Battlestar Galactica Season Four – Is it Ten Yet?

Bryan Greenway — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:07:50 +0000

I’m not sure about you but as far as I’m concerned the biggest home theater related story of the day, has to be tonight’s premiere of season four of Battlestar Galactica on Sci-Fi HD at 10pm Eastern. I have to admit I was late to the Battlestar Galactica party (just like Firefly…) but I couldn’t [...]

Battlestar Galactica Season Four – Is it Ten Yet?

Eye on Netflix

Bryan Greenway — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:41:12 +0000

Things have been pretty hectic around here lately (read that it’s fall) but I wanted to back up to something that made news last week and something I referenced back in January. By now, some of you have had a chance to try out Netflix’s “Watch It Now” service, which in essence amounts to movies [...]

Eye on Netflix

The Fifth Element on Blu-ray Remastered

Bryan Greenway — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:34:50 +0000

Over the weekend we had some time to check out the recently remastered ‘The Fifth Element’ on Blu-ray, better late than never would certainly apply here. Yes the original release on Blu-ray drew criticism from many reviewers, Peter Bracke of Hi-Def Digest review of the remastered Fifth Element for a more detailed analysis. I’ll go [...]

The Fifth Element on Blu-ray Remastered

Heroes Above and Beyond

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:25:10 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve commented on a specific television show or movie here but this one goes above and beyond the typical network drivel we’re so accustomed to of late. Monday’s conclusion of announced that Heroes will make its way to HD DVD on August 28th, day and date with the SD DVD. [...]

Heroes Above and Beyond

Starz to Launch Three New HD Channels

Bryan Greenway — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:35:43 +0000

As any fan of high definition programming can attest, the more the merrier, and that appears to be just what Starz has on tap for us, with the

Starz to Launch Three New HD Channels

Cable TV Subscribers at 17 Year Low

Bryan Greenway — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:28:47 +0000

I have to say I was a bit surprised to see that “Cable penetration dropped to a 17-year low of 61.3% in February, as pay TV competition from direct-broadcast satellite and telephone rivals continues to eat into the basic-subscriber counts of cable distributors”, according to analysis from Nielsen Media Research data conducted by the Television [...]

Cable TV Subscribers at 17 Year Low

Disney to Launch Four HD Channels

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:15:54 +0000

Earlier this month it was MGM announcing plans for their new HDTV channel, now its Disney’s turn. According to schedule and quickly realized that’s not what the channel airs. As a matter of fact it took me four pages of listings to find something I even recognized as Disney; feeling mighty old today. It looks [...]

Disney to Launch Four HD Channels

MGM to Launch HD Channel

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:22:55 +0000

This is the sort of news us HD junkies just can’t get enough of, sometime “by the end of the year” MGM plans to launch a stand-alone high definition movie channel. Similar to HDNet Movies and Universal HD, the channel will air un-cut, uncensored and hopefully aspect-correct films from MGM’s 4,100 title library. According to

MGM to Launch HD Channel

“HDTV Promises Sharper Crap”

Bryan Greenway — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:29:23 +0000

I just ran across an old Onion

“HDTV Promises Sharper Crap”

Star Wars in HD – But Wait There’s More!

Bryan Greenway — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:40:19 +0000

Back in August ‘TV Week’ reported that all six ‘Star Wars’ films would be broadcast on Cinemax HD this November. We now know a little more about how the films will be rolled out and some other details not revealed back in August. All six ‘Star War’s films will air back-to-back starting at midnight November [...]

Star Wars in HD – But Wait There’s More!

National Geographic HD’s CEO on HD Broadcasting

Bryan Greenway — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:15:10 +0000

One of the unfortunate by-products of living in the consumer age is often complaining about poor quality much more frequently than praising exceptional products or services. If every high definition broadcaster had the same vision as National Geographic HD’s, Executive Vice President of Programming John Ford, we’d all be enjoying much more high definition content. [...]

National Geographic HD’s CEO on HD Broadcasting

All Six Star Wars Films in HD, Seriously.

Bryan Greenway — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:56:16 +0000

This November Cinemax will air all six “Star Wars” movies in HD for the first time. Lucasfilm and Time Warner (Cinemax’s parent company) have reportedly stuck a deal to air the films in full HD glory throughout the month (and presumably longer) of November. Apparently the films that comprise the original trilogy will be “the [...]

All Six Star Wars Films in HD, Seriously.