Fans of BBC series Planet Earth will once again be thrilled by the power of nature in HD as Discovery Channel airs the new series
Frozen Planet, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, which created the original series.
Entertainment Weekly has a lengthy interview with the series producer and director about
Frozen Planet and the making of the series. The series premieres on Discovery Channel on March 18 at 8pm.
posted by hippybear
on Mar 17, 2012 -
33 comments
So you finally broke down bought that fancy 60" HDTV. Now, you need a fancy HDMI cable for the finest quality picture. BestBuy (et al) promote
Monster almost exclusively. But they can cost up to $250. Meanwhile,
Monoprice (
and others) can be had for about 1/10th the price.
Gizmodo just finished their detailed
three part breakdown (including using test machines at Monster's own HQ) and comes to the conclusion that
"The only people who should buy Monster cable are people who light cigars with Benjamins."
posted by revmitcz
on Jul 27, 2007 -
29 comments
HDTV broadcasts contain an extra couple of inches of screen real estate on either side of the picture that are cropped out of the standard defintion broadcast of the same show. Most shows don't do anything special with that space, since the vast majority of viewers don't receive it, but NBC's My Name Is Earl
did last night.
posted by jonson
on Oct 5, 2005 -
39 comments
Not Ready for
Their Close-Up.
Quote: "On the brighter side, TV will lose a certain amount of its power over us - I can promise you that.
HD won't do advertisements quite the same way. Ask any Catholic priest, or Jung, or Scott McLoud about the power of icons, and they'll explain it the same way. Too much detail, and they lose their ability to induce our identification."
posted by gsb
on Jun 14, 2005 -
41 comments
Endangered Gizmos via the
EFF (warning, they do want your money to continue fighting "
to defend our rights to think, speak, and share our ideas, thoughts, and needs using new technologies, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web.")
Lawsuits have driven some excellent consumer products into extinction, like the
ReplayTV 4000,
DVD X Copy and the lamented wild and crazy
Napster 1.0 including what drove them into extinction. They also list endangered gizmos like the
HD TV PCI Card,
Morpheus and
Generic FireWire,
open Wifi hot spots and CD burners.
Among the "saved" gizmos is the
Skylink garage door opener which had been
attacked under the DMCA.
posted by fenriq
on Feb 8, 2005 -
5 comments
