The Counterfeiters [Blu-ray]
Starship Troopers [Blu-ray]
Wild China [Blu-ray]
Starship Troopers 1-3 [Blu-ray]
Lonesome Dove [Blu-ray]
Nim’s Island [Blu-ray]
The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray]
Korn: Live at Montreux [Blu-ray]
Robin Hood - Season One [Blu-ray]
According to a press release, Sony, Samsung, Hitachi, Motorola, Sharp, and Israeli company Amimon have united to form a special interest group to develop an industry standard for multi-room audio and video connectivity based around Amimon’s Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) technology.
The release claims that the objective of the group is to develop an interoperable standard that will ensure products manufactured by different companies will be able to directly connect to one another in order to provide wireless streaming of uncompressed HD A/V signals across devices - such as HDTVs and game consoles - throughout the home.
The Associated Press reports that while there are other wireless technologies in various stages of development such as WirelessHD and ultra-wideband (UWB), WHDI - though less exotic than WirelessHD, which uses an open portion of the radio band at 60 gigahertz compared to WHDI’s at 5 gigahertz - is able to transmit over greater distances than its competitors.
According to the AP report, Amimon utilizes an innovative technology that prioritizes components of a video signal, using most of its channel resources to transmit the “crucial information” and using less for the less crucial information (such as miniscule gradations of color in a small area).
Even though this technology does not use compression, it hardly seems a solution for HD streaming given that image quality decreases as distance increases according to the AP report. The report adds that some companies in the consortium, such as Samsung, believe WHDI will only be used until WirelessHD technology comes into its own.
The press release notes that the special interest group aims to complete its objective sometime in 2008.
The New York Times reports that TiVo and Amazon have teamed up to create a “product purchase” feature on TiVo remote controls that will allow users to purchase products featured on television programs—and eventually commercials—with the touch of a button.
The report continues by saying that links to buy products - such as a book or CD featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show or on The Late Show with David Letterman - will appear in a Tivo onscreen menu. The user can purchase the product right away or save the item in an Amazon account so as not to interrupt the program being viewed.
In the coming months, notes the report, TiVo plans on making this option available to advertisers so that users can buy products directly from television commercials.
Thomas S. Rogers, chief executive of TiVo says in the Times report; “Our goal now is to work with the media industry to come up with ways to resist the downward pressure of less advertising viewing and create a way for advertising on TV to become more effective, more engaging and closer to the sale. What we are trying to do is to create all the underpinnings of a future business model for television.”
Billboard.com reports that on Oct. 7 Columbia will release Tell Tale Signs, the eighth volume in Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series of rarities and live tracks.
The report notes that the album is rife with unreleased material and alternative takes primarily from the past 20 years. The album also features live recordings from Bonnaroo 2004, London in 2000, and New York’s Supper Club in 1993 in addition to soundtrack contributions and even a collaboration with Ralph Stanley on the song “The Lonesome River.”
According to pollstar.com, Dylan will tour until early September. Dates are listed below.
08/08/08 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
08/09/08 Pittsburgh, PA Southside Works
08/10/08 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track
08/12/08 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park Bandshell
08/13/08 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Hall
08/15/08 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater
08/16/08 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr.
08/17/08 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
08/19/08 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC (CMAC)
08/20/08 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
08/22/08 Cincinnati, OH National City Pavilion
08/23/08 Elizabeth, IN Caesars Indiana
08/24/08 Evansville, IN Mesker Amphitheatre
08/26/08 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre
08/27/08 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
08/28/08 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
08/30/08 Snowmass, CO Snowmass Town Park
08/31/08 Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
09/01/08 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
09/04/08 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
09/06/08 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium at Jack Murphy Field
09/07/08 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
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