The long awaited teaser to the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie is finally here and in glorious high definition. You can watch it over at A Mike Life of course and then check out the official site for super huge HD versions.Is the new Indiana Jones teaser good? Yes, it's so good that I've watched i

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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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The HD format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray is almost over. Toshiba, to promote the HD-DVD format, paid 2.7 millions for a 30 seconds ad spot during the Super Bowl. The only problem is that the HD-DVD ad was weak for a Super Bowl ad. It looked more like an ordinary ad. Because of that, it only showed it was a fire sale of HD-D

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Many may rush to buy this player but I wanted to show them that it might not be a good ideal.

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Using a list of the 25 Top Grossing Movies Of 2007 from zap2it, I analyze the impact on the Blu-Ray/HD-DVD format war. I took each movie and I added if it would/is be available in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD or both. I started with the top 15 but wanted to be fair and took all 25 movies. I still kept the numbers of the top 15. One thing I can tell you

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Do you ever buy some cool new computer, ipod or other various electronic device only to find it's old and sucky a few weeks later because there is already a new version?

That's how I feel today when EngadgetHD announced that Sony isn't making rear projections TVs anymore, and neither are most manufacturers.

I feel like I just jumped

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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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I posted a comment in blog discussion on a major Canadian site. The subject was: "Has Blu-ray won the HD format war?" I replied that I just made a post called: "25 Top Grossing Movies Of 2007 With Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Numbers". That was the day before Warner decided to go with Blu-Ray. That has almost 1000 views so far. During that discussion,

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I finally took the plunge and bought myself a Playstation 3. In my case, it's the lower in Canada to be able to buy a Blu-Ray. Add to that the recent firmware give it support for DivX and XviD files, that's make it one hell of a media center. Plus, you can apparently play games on the Playstation 3. :D The question is how did I manage to pa

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Ah, our beloved Jericho is set to return on February 12th, the glorious day of the birth of Abe Lincoln, and also this author.

All that aside, Jericho not only returns on February 12th, but it's also starting to be shown the day before on Sci Fi, as the supernatural channel as acquired the cable rights to the post-nuclear-w

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A few years ago I made the switch from standard definition TV to a high-definition world. I’ve never looked back. Once you see sports and your favorite shows in HD, it’s hard to watch them any other way.

Especially sports.

What’s interesting is when you hear people still say “there is nothing like being at the game. It’s so much better

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It's time to get your Lost on, as Andy on The Office would say.

There are tons of ways to get caught up on Lost before season four starts and today ABC introduced another awesome feature that will help you big time.

You can now watch all three seasons of Lost in high definition streaming video off their website, ABC.com.

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Warner did what many expected them to do after the holidays: Warner decided to go with Blu-Ray exclusively. They gave HD-DVD a fair chance by giving it's supporters a chance to buy more HD-DVD movies. Instead, they bought more Blu-Ray movies. The move is not immediate because Warner will start the exclusivity only in May 2008. With 70% of t

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With the impending death of the HD-DVD format, a petition was started to "Save HD-DVD!". At the other end of the spectrum, another petition was started to "Let HD DVD Die". Now, after reading both petition, I virtually signed the "Let HD DVD Die". I often wrote about it that Blu-Ray would win. But when I read the "Save

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The WGA Strike leaves you with very little in the way of new programming, so here comes a chance to watch two shows you may not have seen before.

Season 1 of both Friday Night Lights and Jericho are hitting Universal HD this Friday evening and both are worth checking out.

Jericho will return on February 12th of this year for season 2, w

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If you haven't watched Battlestar Galactica yet and really have been wanting to, you are in luck. Of course, you need Universal HD as well, which hopefully you already get.

If not, maybe time to switch to Direct TV?

UHD will start showing Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica this Saturday night, January 5th.

You should watch the mini-se

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Videotron is releasing in Laval (near Montreal, Canada) two new internet services: 30 Mbps and 50 mbps. With the 50 mbps, you can download a 2 GB file in less than 6 minutes. That is speed! But with speed, comes also limits. And that's when the Wow factore becomes a dull factor. I looked at the consumer and business options fo

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