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And now, a very Betamaxmas

Posted Dec 9th 2008 5:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Festivus, Reality-Free

This is a really clever idea.

Betamaxmas takes a bunch of Christmas specials and episodes of TV shows that you can find on YouTube and puts them on one site, inside an old-fashioned television. You can even change the channels and adjust the volume on an old remote control.

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How will porn affect your TV on DVD?

Posted Jan 14th 2007 2:03PM by Brett Love
Filed under: TV on DVD, HDTV, Video

You may end up with that season five Lost set, the one where we finally find out what the big idea was, on HD-DVD because of what the adult industry is deciding today. Steve Safran has an interesting post up over at Lost Remote talking about how the porn industry may swing the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

Steven Hirsch from Vivid Entertainment is quoted talking about the troubles they have had in trying to adopt Blu-Ray, saying "It was difficult, and (Sony) tried to block us." This is not unlike the VHS/Betamax battle where the adult industry's choice helped promote the adoption of the VHS technology. While it operates completely off the radar of many consumers, the adult industry has a lot of power where technology is concerned.

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Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Malvo

Posted Oct 31st 2006 11:44AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Everybody Hates Chris, The CW

(S02E05)

Malvo: It's hard to rob a gun store. They got guns.

This wasn't one of the funniest episodes of Everybody Hates Chris I've seen, though I chalk that up to the show having a somewhat more serious point to make than other episodes. Chris, after being allowed to tend the corner market for the first time by himself, ends up robbed by the neighborhood's repeat offender, a thug named Malvo who's constantly in and out of jail.

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