Synopsis: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES reveals what happens when SARAH (Lena Headey, “The Brothers Grimm,” “300”) stops running and goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old JOHN CONNOR (Thomas Dekker, “Heroes”), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he’s told is his destiny. John finds himself inextricably drawn to CAMERON (Summer Glau, “Serenity,” “The Unit”), an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves to be much more than his confidante – she assumes the role of Sarah and John’s fearless protector. On their trail are not only threats from the future, but an intelligent and tough FBI agent, JAMES ELLISON (Richard T. Jones, “Judging Amy”), who soon becomes a powerful ally.

Yesterday, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG each announced that they will exclusively support the next-generation HD DVD format on a worldwide basis (press release).

Both said that the decision to distribute exclusively in the HD DVD format resulted from an extensive evaluation of current market offerings, which confirmed the clear benefits of HD DVD, particularly its market-ready technology and lower manufacturing costs.

This decision is a big surprise when you see that on a worldwide basis, BD is averaging nearly 70% market-share per week of all high definition titles sold this year and, in the U.S., it is out-performing HD DVD by a margin of 115% (who said thanks to the PS3 ?).

In the same time, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment unveiled an aggressive global Blu-ray Disc release strategy including 29 new release and "must-have" catalog titles that runs through the end of the 2007 calendar year (press release).  

no giant-robots on Blu-ray Disc

After talking yesterday with my colleague, i thought that i should write a small review of the Advanced Universal Remote Logitech Harmony 880.

With the multiplication of electronic devices at home, everyone is facing the problem of the proliferation of remote controls : a simple home theater requires to use up to 3 remotes just to accomplish a simple task like switching on the devices and launching the movie ! When you want to adjust the sound, you need to get the correct remote among those which lie on the sofa, and i don't talk about the "war" it creates with your wife :-)

To the Fans of Jericho:

Wow!

Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard.

As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of “Jericho” for mid-season next year.  In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more “Jericho,” we will need more viewers.

A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show.  But that community needs to grow.   It needs to grow on the CBS Television Network, as well as on the many digital platforms where we make the show available.

We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks.

At this time, I cannot tell you the specific date or time period that “Jericho” will return to our schedule.  However, in the interim, we are working on several initiatives to help introduce the show to new audiences.  This includes re-broadcasting “Jericho” on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips from these episodes across the CBS Audience Network (online), releasing the first season DVD on September 25 and continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return. We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of “Jericho” in such an extraordinary manner.  Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone.  You made a difference. 

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler

President, CBS Entertainment

P.S.      Please stop sending us nuts  :)

The big problem in the world of High Definition is that there is no consensus on a unique format. Instead of that, two are available - Blu-ray and HD DVD - totally incompatibles but equivalent in term of quality. Both are supported by a gaming console (Playstation 3 anbd XBOX 360) and have big names in their ranks.

So which player will you buy ?

But Warner Home Video launched its “Total Hi Def” disc, which plays the HD DVD format on one side and the Blu-ray Disc format on the other. The problem is by releasing movies in both formats, the format war will continue for longer, and will probably put HD DVD at a disadvantage. 

Now LG (and potentially other companies will follow) is launching a dual-deck player that could also solve the problem.

It's a big farce, don't you think ? :-) Consumers are now completely lost by all those formats and disc players available, and don't know which one to choose. Majors are waiting for consumers to adopt one format or another. Prices won't decrease because of the split of the market [...]

In conclusion, i will cast two spells :

                     "Riddikulus" - on both formats
                     "Rictusempra" - on you :-)