Support Our Site
Get Better Gear!
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App from Ginger Labs, Inc, US$0.99
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful from Scosche, US$129.99
- IPEVO’s Typi Folio Case & Keyboard for iPad is First-rate from IPEVO, US$79.99
- Scosche’s boomSTREAM BT Speaker: Features & Compromises from Scosche, US$99.95
- FX Photo Studio HD: iPad Painting of Effects Made Easy from MacPhun LLC, US1.99
Top 5 Free Apps
iTunes New Music Releases
Top 5 Paid Apps
Discover New Music
- Jeff Wayne
- With the new movie adaptation of H.G Wells' classic Sci Fi invasion tale, War of the Worlds, currently on theater screens everywhere, there's new interest in Jeff Wayne's rock opera version, and it is
- Rush
- We all know it, right? Well, ya just gotta have it. 2112 finally showed Rush out on their own, doing their own thing, and doing it well, IMHO.
- Miles Davis
- The jazz album to end all jazz albums. Miles Davis and John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly and the list goes on. The who's who of who's who in jazz have assembled for this monumental record. Get this
- Ladytron
- U2
- This record is perhaps U2's finest hour, yet it has been forgotten as a strange by-product of the ZooTV tour's overload, and is generally regarded by most fans as a poor effort. It is this sentiment t
Reader Specials
Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!
News
Solution for Blu-ray/HD DVD War: Buy Abroad
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
In the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD war, some studios have sided with one format and some with the other. That makes getting some titles for a specific player impossible in the U.S. For those whod like to get around that, there is a solution. Buy the movies from Europe, according to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. [Subscription may be required.]
For example, while Sony BMG, Fox and Disney release their movies in the U.S. only on Blu-ray, in Europe several of their titles are published on HD DVD. The reason has to do with various agreements and distribution rights. As a result, all the customer has to do is visit amazon.co.uk to legally purchase the movie, although shipping charges will be extreme.
The one thing to watch for, however, is region codes. While HD DVD doesnt have region codes, Blu-ray does. [The region code for Europe is different than the U.S. for Blu-ray.]
Sarah McBride of the WSJ wrote that its too soon to say whether this loophole might give an edge to HD DVD in the format war. The game is still too new. "This odd dichotomy only helps reinforce the idea that the high-def market is still in its relative infancy," said Paul Erickson, director of DVD and HD market research at NPD Groups DisplaySearch. "The studios themselves are still watching, waiting and evaluating the market."
Buying these discs from overseas sources is also legal. "Anyone can lawfully purchase a single copy of a DVD from outside the U.S. if it is for private use and not for distribution," said Owen Sloane, an entertainment lawyer at Berger Kahn in Los Angeles.
iPO notes that shipping costs and the ever changing tides of the format war may dissuade some customers, but others, who are early adopters, may see it as just one of the advantages of the HD DVD format to be exploited until things settle out.
Recent Headlines
- Reading, Writing, & Saving the World
- Free Retro Gaming for iOS - Activision’s Kaboom!
- Apple Adds Chomp Bits to iOS 6 App Store Discovery
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful
- Tim Cook & Larry Page Reportedly Discuss Patents
- Analysis: Amazon Kindle Fire Sold Out, Kindle Fire 2 Pic Leaked
Post Your Comments