Free as in freedom, or as in beer?

If you can’t get the first one, go for the second.

Really, how long did they think they were going to keep HDDVD from being reverse-engineered, anyhow?

(h/t Digg, by way of Scoble.

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Posted by Garrett on May 2nd, 2007 in Civil Liberties, Copyright, DVD | No Comments

Working at Netflix

Hacking Netflix has an interesting account of a typical day at a distribution center, as provided by an anonymous employee.

Posted by Garrett on March 8th, 2007 in DVD, Web | No Comments

Serenity Special Edition DVD approaching

After Whedonesque mentioned this, Joss himself popped onto the thread and confirmed the presence of the R. Tam Sessions and new key art, new key art, and new key art.

Posted by Garrett on March 5th, 2007 in DVD, Firefly, Whedon | No Comments

Han shot first!

And you can prove it by watching the new Star Wars DVDs, coming out in September with the original releases as bonus material.

Thanks for the tip, Tom: time to start saving up. :-)

Posted by Garrett on May 4th, 2006 in DVD, Movies, SF | No Comments

HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS!

*does the happy dance while singing about Silent E*

Posted by Garrett on February 2nd, 2006 in DVD, TV | No Comments

Understanding is a three-edged sword.

In a previous blog entry, I mentioned the Lurkers’s Guide to Babylon 5. At the time, it was only available on VHS and LD, and many episodes were never released on tape. However, the series is now coming out on DVD. Season 1 released late last year, and Season 2 is coming out in a month or two. Gotta start saving those pennies….

Posted by Garrett on February 17th, 2003 in Babylon 5, DVD | No Comments