It's Tuesday morning and that means it's DVD release day and so the big question on your mind is:

What DVDs were released on 1/15/08?

The quick answer is not much, but there are a few things out there, like Extra, Family Guy and a few Blu-Ray and HD-DVD titles.

Check out the best DVD releases for 1/15/08 over at A Mike Life. Maybe

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I buy a new toy and of course I have to talk about everything related to it, so now you’re going to get a reasonable amount of HD-DVD news and information. After all, this blog is about A Mike Life, so what else do I have to talk about?

So first off, there were rumors last week concerning the idea of Warner suddenly getting rid their polic

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If you had $2.7 million lying around, and had a fledging business that had just gotten its butt kicked by your opponent, would you admit defeat or spend it on a worthless ad during Super Bowl Sunday?

Toshiba is apparently taking the route of "who cares, let's spend money!". They've just purchased a $2.7 mil

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Another installment of your favorite DVD recommender, this time for DVDs releasing the week of 1/8/08.

There are a bunch of titles coming out, including 9 Blu-Ray and 7 HD-DVD, plys 400+ normal DVDs.

Some of the big ones are Sunshine, 3:10 to Yuma and a two-disc set of Zodiac...

Head on over to A Mike Life to check out what else is a

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Here are your DVD picks for Christmas Day, with most of the titles already having been available since last Sunday.

A few decent titles, like The Kingdom and Eastern Promises, but also you get some HD version of Pan's Labyrinth and also The Kingdom.

Check out the rest of the article for more picks this week!

Merry Christmas to all y

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It took me a long time to leap off the end of the high definition DVD player diving board, but I finally did it. Up until now, I was wary of making a purchase since it’s so completely up in the air as far as who will win the race: BluRay or HD-DVD.

I ended up choosing HD_DVD for four reasons:

1. I had run out of patience in waiting t

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This blog is a follow-up to the one I just posted about Warner Brothers going exclusively with Blu-Ray. That news may very likely signal the end to the high definition DVD war.

But lost in the shuffle today is the news that Netflix will be coming out with a set-top box that streams movies right to your television.

Can this make the DVD

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Hold onto your butts. This is a jammed-packed full of awesome week for DVD releases. Not only that, but we’ll be kicking around some high-def titles as well.

Let’s jump right in.

It’s.all.about.Jason.Bourne.

The Bourne Ultimatum

Maybe it’s because the movie is still fresh in my mind, but I honestly felt this was the best of the bu

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time to check out the best DVD releases for 1/29/08. We finally have a bunch of good stuff, after the entire month of January had brought us nothing but 3:10 to Yuma.

Among the DVD releases for 1/29/08 is Damages from FX, a new special edition Groundhog Day starring Bill Murr

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If you love Battlestar Galactica, you'll be excited to know that the show is going to be replayed from the beginning starting in January of 2008, on Universal HD.

If you don't have an HD television set or a cable/satellite provider that gets UHD, you'll be out of luck.

If you've never seen the show and do the get the channel, this w

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Yeah, okay, so I bought an HD-DVD players back in December, completely falling for some of the reports that talked about how great HD-DVD players were selling and how it could turn the tide in the Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD war.rnrnWell, of course that purchase was the catalyst for the big announcement today that Warner Brothers is going to go

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I should be writing my paper due tonight right now, but what fun would that be to get it done early?

Excitingly, I ordered my new HD-DVD player last week, (a Toshiba HD-A3 720p/1080i HD-DVD Player), taking a chance on a product that could go the way of Beta or maybe luckily, VHS. I ordered it on Wednesday afternoon, paid roughly $15 for sh

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time for weekly DVD picks and with this week's edition comes my favorite movie so far this season.rnrnIt's called "Once" and stars Glen Harsard as a Dublin musician who meets a girl, and they take a moment to play some music together and you've never seen anything like it before.rnrnIt's a love

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The HD format war is finally over and Blu-Ray won. So, I looked at what people were searching in the past week about Blu-Ray and the many questions they had. Some are even expecting a new format or going with downloads/streaming. I did answer why not another format will popup soon and why download is not that ready too for H

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Some great post-Christmas deals for all your Blogging Zoomers out there.

If you love Busted Tees, or t-shirts in general, they have a great little deal going on until New Year's where they have 12 shirts on sale for $12 each, instead of the usual $17.99.

There is also a great deal at Best Buy right now with a "Buy 2, Get the Third Fre

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The new year is here and you already have new DVDs out, although none of them are spectacular in nature.

Shoot 'em Up is one of them, with Clive Owen, an over-the-top action movie about a babysitter (Owen) who has to go after a kidnapped child. Paul Giamatti is also in it and the movie is almost a satire on action flicks with a lot of com

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One of the big producer of HD-DVD adult movies, Digital Playground, decided to release their biggest budget adult movie in Blu-Ray: "Pirates". Unlike the HD-DVD that is in 720p, the Blu-Ray version will be 1080P. Yes, the "Pirates" are coming soon on a Playstation 3 or Blu-Ray player near you. Does this decisions means that sales of HD-DV

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