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Region coding on Blu-ray discs.

Here’s a list of region codes on Blu-ray Discs, as discovered by yours truly. Discs are tested with various players from regions A and B. (Updated 29.07.2008)

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2008 07 29 Softa Comments (8)

Region free mod chip for Panasonic DMP-BD50

I’ve just received news that the mod chip for Panasonic BD30 actually works on the Panasonic BD50 as well. So now you know.

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2008 07 29 Rauta Comments (0)

Region free Panasonic BD30: installation.

As promised, a yarn about how the mod chip for a Panny BD30 got installed.

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2008 07 28 Rauta Comments (0)

I LOL’ed.

Too gosh darned funny!
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2008 07 25 Yleistä Comments (3)

Region free Panasonic BD30: prologue.

Region codes, you gotta love ‘em. Hang on, no you don’t! Region coding is one of the silliest inventions Hollywood has ever created to burden us, the consumers.

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2008 07 23 Rauta Comments (0)

Trailer: Watchmen

It’s here! First teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen - and whoo boy, it’s a thing of beauty! The film is based on a fantastic graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. If you haven’t read it, shame on you. It’s the only graphic novel ever to win a Hugo Award [...]

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2008 07 18 Softa Comments (2)

Tested: HTC Touch Diamond smartphone (updated)

DHL woke me up today to hand me a parcel. Inside was a brand new HTC Touch Diamond 3.5G smartphone. As my friends know, I’m a complete sucker for shiny gadgets and Touch Diamond certainly fits the description. I’ve played around with the phone for a few hours now; here are some observations.

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2008 07 04 Rauta Comments (0)

Sony KDL-52W4000 measured.

I subjected my brand spanking new Sony KDL-52W4000 LCD Full HD TV to a colorimeter and measured its performance. Here are the results.

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2008 06 08 Rauta Comments (2)

Blu(e) Underground.

One of my absolute favourites among independent home video publishers, Blue Underground, has finally made an announcement listing some of their forthcoming Blu-ray releases.

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2008 05 30 Softa Comments (0)

Full HD camcorders compared (appetizer).

A while back I got really excited about the latest batch of Full HD camcorders. I ordered a Panasonic HDC-SD7 from Japan and bought a Sony HDR-SR11 over here in Finland. A bit later Panasonic sent me a HDC-SD9 for testing.

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2008 05 20 Rauta Comments (0)