The High Def Wars Just Got More Interesting

I've been waiting out the high def wars between blu-ray and HD-DVD. I don't have the kind of money to be blowing it on a losing hors and I figure eventually one will take over and the prices will drop anyways.

Warner Bros recently made the decision to exclusively release their high def movies through blu-ray, but Toshiba, the owners of HD-DVD says they're not dead yet.

We'll see if that's true, and in the mean time I'll stick to my low def videos.

The Wire, Recapped Season by Season

I love the Wire. It is a great little crime show. I love how it moves so slowly, unwinding at a tiny pace while giving such depth and power to its characters and plot. Over here is a nice little recap of each episode from all its seasons so far.

Cool beans.

Leno Writes Monologue, Writers Complain

I haven't watched Leno or Lettermen or any of the late night boys in a long, long while. I haven't watched any TV as a matter of fact in the last 6 months or so, which means the writers strike means virtually nothing to my own bad self.

They have a legit complaint, I suppose so I won't knock them. Jay Leno is back on the air despite it, writing his own monologue material and saying to hell with it.

Obama Takes Iowa

Officially, I say the fact that a woman and a black man are the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for President is spectacular. I'm thrilled that we have moved forward enough for this to happen.

Secretly though, I have to say I'm kind of annoyed by it. Not because of their sex or their race but because I worry the country as a whole isn't quite ready for either to be president. Like so many I'm tired of President Bush and tired of Republican rule. If the democrats put either Obama or Hilary as their nomination I'm not sure they can win. And if they don't win, we're in for four more years of this.

Last night the Iowians proved they didn't care about my opinion and voted Obama their man and Hilary as their second lady. This doesn't really mean anything, as a Caucus is mostly stupid, but the pundits will have their day and it does point to something, potentially.

Huckabee Jams On Leno

First Bill Clinton has sex plays the sax on Arsenio Hall, now Huckabee jams on Leno.  What won't our politicians do to get elected?

Netflix to Deliver Movies Directly To TV

I like netflix.  I've liked them since they started giving away free rentals when I bought a movie in the mall some ten years ago.  I have periodically used their service several times since then.  I must admit I started using Blockbuster over Netflix when the BB started allowing free rentals at their stores as well.   Netflix has a better selection but with in store rentals I was getting a better deal.  And as there are still tons of movies I've never seen that exist at most BB stores, well I chose them.

Netflix seems to be upping the ante with the ability to download movies and play then directly on the TV.  I've downloaded movies before and it has always kind of sucked watching them on the laptop screen.  Sure I could figure out how to play the movies on the TV through the computer, but I'm lazy.

This new Netflix device sounds pretty cool.  They don't give out the cost just yet and that will be key.  The convenience of download a movie is awesome.  The cool factor is, in a word, cool.  But if I have to cough up a couple of hundred bucks for the service, I'll just wait for the mail.

The Iowa Caucuses

And they're off.