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Warner Archive to offer on-demand DVDs of previously unavailable movies
John P. Falcone | Mar 24, 2009
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Warner Brothers is releasing dozens of previously unavailable movies on DVD for the first time--but you won't be able to find them at your local video stores. Variety reports that the studio's new Warner Archive program will eventually offer hundreds of old movies and TV episodes for consumers to buy for US$20 per title on an on-demand basis. Selected DVDs will then be manufactured, packaged, and shipped directly to the US customers within a week.
The program is launching with around 150 titles that were originally released from the 1920s through the 1980s. While some of the titles may not be familiar, many are headlined by such golden-age stars as James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, and Jean Harlow. There's also a touch of '80s cheese, with such nonclassics as Oxford Blues (Rob Lowe) and Wisdom (Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez). Available titles are already on display at warnerarchive.com (though some genres and decades weren't correctly displayed while we navigated the site).
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JVC HDTV for imaging professionals 
Philip Wong | Mar 23, 2009
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The upcoming JVC LT-42WX70 is no ordinary flat-panel TV for the average consumer. This full-HD 42-incher is a professional-grade monitor with an expanded color gamut ideal for the digital imaging industry. The LT-42WX70 will easily cover up to 96 percent of the Adobe RGB color space used in desktop publishing, as well as the full color spectrum under the current HDTV broadcast standard.
Editors' note:
This article has been updated with official specifications from JVC Singapore.For maximum print accuracy, the panel offers up to 52 image-related adjustments and six gamma settings to dial in colors. To keep the LT-42WX70 lean and "focused", the panel is shipped without a TV tuner which is available as an option in a separate external A/V media box. Without this addon, the TV will come with only three HDMI 1.3 and a PC input, which is more than reasonable for a sleek 13.3mm-thick panel--depth excluding the pole speakers.
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Sony says 4 million go home to PlayStation Home
David Carnoy | Mar 23, 2009
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In an interview with GameDaily, Sony's senior marketing vice president Peter Dille has revealed some stats on PlayStation Home, Sony's online virtual community, which was greeted with a rather lukewarm reception when it launched late last year. Word is 4 million people have come into Home and those who do stick around stick around for 55 minutes on average.
Sony doesn't differentiate between active and idle users (by idle, I mean you've gone in once, checked it out, and never gone back), so it's hard to say how many folks are really hard-core Home dwellers. However, what's clear is that now that it's had an opportunity to mature a bit, the company is making a push to publicize the virtual world that Sony officials have admitted has been a challenge to build and maintain.
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LG partners Kodak for OLED displays
Damian Koh | Mar 20, 2009
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In principle, OLED displays are typically more energy efficient than their LCD counterparts as the former doesn't require backlighting to work, thus drawing less energy from batteries. Cell phones, which usually pack tiny lithium cells, are the most likely to benefit from the lower battery consumption.
A partnership of this level isn't new to Kodak as it has tied up with Motorola previously to incorporate its imaging elements in the Zine ZN5. The 5-megapixel handset has one of the best shutter lag timings for camera-phones.
Via Gadget Lab and Engadget
Logitech to give PS3 Harmony Remote support
Jeff Bakalar | Mar 20, 2009
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It appears as if Logitech is about to silence the complaints of thousands of PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners who are frustrated with the system's lack of an infrared port. Those with Harmony remotes--or any universal remote for that matter--up until now have had to rely on clunky, hacked-up IR-to-Bluetooth USB dongles for their all-in-ones remotes to take control of their PS3. It seems the Logitech Harmony Adapter for PS3 will play nicely with the line Harmony remotes right out of the box.
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