Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa Paramount Home Entertainment (for Dreamworks Animation) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Madacascar 2 is the hilarious, zany animated comedy that is a sequel to the 2005 hit, worth a buy for families with children as it is certain to have household replay value. It reunites us with all the [...]
DVD Box Art Shown Stargate: The Ark of Truth MGM Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Fans of the Stargate science fiction action adventure television series will want to add this Blu-ray Disc™ to their movie collection. It provides a conclusion to a major story line developed in seasons nine and ten [...]
The first setup tutorial, Setting up a surroundbar home theater system, is now in the Learning Center. Please check it out, send me your feedback and use the buttons to email it to your friends! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fblu-ray%2Ffirst-setup-tutorial-posted%2F’; addthis_title = ‘First+setup+tutorial+posted%21′; addthis_pub = ”;
Igor 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Igor is a macabre and quirky, computer animated comedy, worth a rent especially if you’re a fan of Tim Burton’s animated work, such as The Nightmare Before Christmas or Corpse Bride. The title character Igor (voiced by John Cusack) is a citizen of [...]
Babylon A.D. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Don Lindich Vin Diesel plays Toorop in this sci-fi action, tough-guy movie which is worth renting, especially if you are a Vin Diesel fan. Toorop is a mercenary hired to smuggle a psychically gifted young woman named Aurora (Melanie Thierry). He is accompanied by [...]
My Pittsburgh readers will be glad to know that they can rewatch Super Bowl XLIII again and again in glorious high definition, thanks to Amazon.com! A Super Bowl XLIII Blu-ray Disc has been announced by the NFL, as well as a standard definition DVD version. Available exclusively from Amazon.com, pre-order yours today by clicking on [...]
The Bourne Trilogy Universal Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge If you like spy mystery thrillers with plenty of chases and heavy doses of pulse pounding action, this Blu-ray Disc™ set of three movies belongs in your collection. Each Bourne Disc comes with U-Control features (additional picture-in-picture content that can be activated [...]
Today only, Amazon.com has the 10 hour, 6-disc Blu-ray edition of the critically acclaimed Band of Brothers on sale for only $34.99. That’s a huge 65% savings over the retail price and about $40 less than I usually see it selling for in stores. Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company and their role in [...]
The Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Lionsgate Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Next Avengers is an animated superhero movie. I recommend it for the teen and preteen crowd, although there is plenty to please comic book fans in general. In The Next Avengers, we learn the original Avengers have vanquished evil [...]
I’m getting lots of Blu-ray player questions every day, so today I finished the Blu-ray Player Buying Guide I have been working on and will resume CES 2009 posts tomorrow. See my Blu-ray Player Buying Guide here. I’ve tried to make it practical and have included information you won’t find anywhere else. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fblu-ray%2Fblu-ray-player-buying-guide-now-online%2F’; [...]
LG had a table at The Digital Experience where they were showing their new BD390 Blu-ray player. LG has made some Blu-ray waves lately with their BD300, which is the first player to ever beat Sony’s PlayStation 3 in a speed test. Unless you follow the format closely you have no idea how big [...]
The Invincible Iron Man Lionsgate Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Invincible Iron Man is an animated retelling or the superhero’s origin story; however, unlike the live action movie with Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger as the villain, the principal villain here is the Mandarin. It makes a great gift for [...]
Eagle Eye Paramount Home Entertainment (Dreamworks) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Eagle Eye is a cyber thriller combined with top notch action with plenty of well done chase scenes. It exceeds other movies in its genre for pure adrenaline such as The Net, War Games and Colossus – The Forbin Project. A rental for [...]
I have a new page explaining Blu-ray high-def audio. See it here: Blu-ray Audio Explained It includes some player recommendations. A more detailed page on players is coming soon, so keep checking back! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundadviceblog.com%2Fblu-ray%2Fblu-ray-audio-explained%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Blu-ray+Audio+Explained’; addthis_pub = ”;
Ghost Town Paramount Home Entertainment (Dreamworks) Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Ghost Town is a surprising, small romantic comedy with witty dialogue and great character acting. A buy in my book. Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) plays a dentist who does not like people. He would rather stuff his patients’ mouths with cotton than listen [...]
Drillbit Taylor Paramount Home Entertainmeny Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge In this comedy, Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) is a beach bum / AWOL ex-marine hired by three nerdy high school kids – skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) fat Ryan (Troy Gentile) and little Emmit (Brad Dorfman) – for protection from borderline psycho school bullies (Alex [...]
Memorex MVBD2510 Blu-ray Player Memorex has issued its first firmware update for the MVBD2510 Blu-ray player, which I reviewed recently. It fixes several issues and improves playback, but there are still some issues with some recent Fox titles, which seem to cause fits with most of the players out there. An update to fix the Fox [...]
The Dark Knight Warner Home Video Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge The Dark Knight is as much a psychological thriller as it is a comic book action movie. It is a must have for fans of the genre. The Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger) is a cynical, sadomasochistic villain who organizes the [...]
Dr. No Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge Dr. No introduced “Bond, James Bond” as the secret agent “licensed to kill.” It has been beautifully restored on Blu-ray Disc.™ Sean Connery’s successful, hard nosed spy portrayal launched the 007 film franchise. Daniel Craig’s tough guy Bond performance in the current Bond film [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Distributed By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Q: Do I need to buy a special subwoofer cable to connect the subwoofer to my receiver? CHERYL BRESSO Clinton, PA A: You do not need a special cable, just a cable with RCA jacks on each end. When connecting with the subwoofer cable you [...]
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