Chris Kirby's Inner Monolog : TV

Blu-ray, the HD-DVD mutilator....its got what movies crave!

Chris Kirby — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:08:55 GMT

This is when early adopting can really bite you in the ass. Especially when I know HD-DVD is more versatile format (its even got versatile in the name, how cool is that!!). But if you think about it, it was a lost cause from the get go. Sony and their camp had no option but to win, and they certainly had the means to do so this time around. They banked their whole Playstation franchise on the thought that they could muscle their format to the top with a little help from Sony pictures and of course, Michael Bay and his famous HD conspiracy theory. But Sony's brand of force feeding certainly seemed to work...Though, not to give them too much credit, they are still 1-2 overall (RIP Betamax and MiniDisc). Did I mention I was a proud owner of MiniDisc?? The question I'm asking myself now is why did I buy in to this bullshit in the first place. The so called 'war' was certainly not in my or any other consumers best interest to participate in. Yet we all do it time and time again...maybe its simply our competitive need to choose sides, or the age old "my dick is bigger than yours" that gets us all riled up (mine is btw). But then I think, none of this will really matter anyway. The fatter my Internet pipe gets and the bigger my hard drive's are, the less want or need I will have for a factory stamped disc that collects dust on my bookshelf. Though I still have some affection for those round shiny disc's, so its gonna be a hard habit to kick.

Xbox 360 spring update...best yet

Chris Kirby — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:52:00 GMT

The 360 is finally getting some key features that I've been waiting for! Next months update (5/7) will include all the goodies in this press release... among them, live anywhere support via live messenger integration and, from the "its-about-time-department", H.264/MPEG-4 video support. With this announcement and the upcoming arrival of the 120gb drive (separately or on Elite system), there really is no better time to pick up a 360...not to mention the IPTV service thats slated for later in the year, no iTunes required ;)

The death of Sci-Fi

Chris Kirby — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:35:00 GMT

Are the executives as the Sci-Fi channel taking crazy pills??? Not only are they cancelling one of the greatest and longest running sci-fi shows of all time, Stargate SG1, but they are going to be changing the name of the channel to SurgeTV? They say the change is due to the popularity of ECW wrestling and the fact that the channel demographic is changing... well, hmm... maybe its because you put a badly acted wrestling soap opera on a sci-fi channel! First they destroy TechTV, now their taking down Sci-Fi channel... I say death to all network tv! Viva la Podcast!!!