The sales figures for the first week after Warner announced they were going with Blu-ray exclusively are in… and it’s a bloodbath for HD-DVD.
Archive for January, 2008
The end of the format as we know it
Posted in Film on January 18, 2008 | Comments Off
Corpse Bride
Posted in Film on January 17, 2008 | Comments Off
We watched Corpse Bride tonight on Blu-ray, the first full HD film I’ve watched on the projector. Looked fantastic, a great transfer with wonderful colours; completely different to watching a DVD on a television. Sound-wise it was a basic Dolby Digital 5.1 track, which is all the disc contains. I can’t wait to watch The [...]
And now for something…
Posted in General on January 17, 2008 | Comments Off
…completely LOLSloths.
How does karma do this??
Posted in Music on January 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Just last night I was telling Crumpet that I was feeling bad that I hadn’t bought any new music lately… then this morning I start listening to my leftover SXSW songs and find “Polynesia” by a Canadian band called Mother Mother. If the Pixies could do this well on their next album, I’ll be happy [...]
Inspection!
Posted in General on January 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Tomorrow is inspection day, when the landlady is personally going through the house and won’t fail to notice the shelf I fitted in the loungeroom. I did a good, clean job with only six screws, so it shouldn’t be an issue. The rest of the house is looking pretty decent and Crumpet is home today [...]
