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20 Minutes with the Nikon D90: Jason Zada proves that with an amazing camera that renders beautiful HD quality video and a little imagination, home movies will never be the same again. The more of these sample videos I watch, the more I’m convinced that I need it. I’m contemplating trading in my D80.
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No More HD-DVD
In case you weren’t aware, there was an ongoing battle between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray for about a year now and the question was which one would prevail. I say “was” because a winner has been declared and it’s Blue-ray disc. Toshiba announced this month that it’s pulling the plug on HD-DVD and along with that comes some changes.
Just over the weekend, we happen to be at Circuit City shopping for an HD-DVD player before the whole announcement had been made but we came short of buying it because the model we wanted wasn’t available. That same day, I received an email from Netflix informing me that they no longer will be supplying HD movies but rather just regular DVDs and Blue-ray of course. A Blu-ray player does come at a higher cost but I’m wiling to roll with the punches if that’s bound to be the standard in years to come.
Strange things happen for a reason. Before any of this, I was seriously considering purchasing Apple TV to enjoy HD movies. Apple has no choice but to go with Blu-ray now too. This should be interesting.
