Top Gear + Bugatti Veyron + McLaren F1 = Awesome
Nuff said.
Episode 25: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast
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In this episode:
In Video Games, Tony talks about Ragdoll Blaster on the iPhone. Lou talks about Fallout 3’s latest DLC, Point Lookout, as well as the Beta of Aion on the PC. Some miscellaneous video game news follows.
In TV (~15:35) the guys talk Chopped (and a little Top Chef Masters) as well as True Blood. Random TV news after that.
In Movies (~38:05), Tony talks about The Proposal and Public Enemies, and Lou’s got…nothin. Random movie news after that, including Universal’s acquisition of the rights to Asteroids as a movie.
In the Mash-Up (~54:15), the guys go over all sorts of fun and exciting gadget, technology and car news. And Tony complains about the car news. Again.
As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments.
The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.
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Universal Picks Up Film Rights to Asteroids; Likely Won’t Shoot in Vectorscope
Yes, that’s right folks, Universal has picked up the rights to Atari’s 1978 breakout vectorscope classic Asteroids. As. A. Movie.
Lorenzo DiBonaventura (G.I. Joe) will produce, so we know there’ll be action. And rocks. And spaceships. And hyperspace. And triangles.
Here’s to hoping that they do the smart thing and also get the rights to Buckner & Garcia’s masterpiece “Hyperspace” from the Pac-Man Fever album…maybe it’ll even prompt Columbia to re-master the original recordings and re-release them. In the meantime, you can listen to my MP3 of “Hyperspace” with the player below (and yes, it’s the original, and not the crappy re-make that’s on iTunes). Dig that guitar solo at about 1:31!
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Samsung’s LED-backlit XL2370 (finally) Coming Very Soon!
When it comes to LED-backlit computer displays, the market is pretty lean. There’s the ViewSonic VLED221wm, the…um…well, that’s pretty close to it unless you wanna shell out a grand for Apple’s 24″ LED Cinema display. Which I don’t.
Fortunately, Samsung is coming to the rescue with their XL2370 LED-backlit display in just a couple of weeks. Originally announced as the P2370L, the XL2370 is a 23″, 1920 x 1080 display with an LED backlight unit, which should give the monitor fairly brilliant color. It also means the XL2370 will be pretty thin…just 18mm according to the original press release.
No word from Samsung yet on whether it’ll still sell for $399 when it hits store shelves in mid-July (the price originally announced at CES), but we’ll keep our fingers crossed. Personally, I’d like to see most major manufacturers go the LED route for computer displays, as they just look that much brigher and more vibrant. And because $1k is too much to pay for one.
New HTC Hero to run Flash Player
Introducing the new HTC Hero android phone that is going to give the G3 Iphone and the Palm Pre a new challenger. The Hero features a 5 megapixel camera, it runs on a 528-MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor, a 3.2-inch glass capacitive multitouch 320×480 screen, MicroSD memory card slot, GPS, compass, gravity sensor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the best part is the Adobe Flash support browser. This phone looks great with a smooth looking face and will be available in black or white. The phone interface is calling itself Sense with an amazingly easy to use and customizable front screen. If you are on facebook or Twitter you can link those sites to your phonebook and see what people are saying without opening the browser. The biggest thing I am worried about is what service it will be brought to you on, the release date is not set yet but is it rumored to come out later in the year I can’t wait for this phone because I am not a iphone lover and I could really get behind this phone.
What phone would you want to have? Iphone 3G, Palm Pre, or the new Hero??
Check out more pictures here
Windows 7 Upgrades Now Available for Pre-Order!
That’s right. Head over to Microsoft’s web site, where you can score a pre-order of Windows 7 Home for just $50 or Windows 7 Professional for $100. You have to be using a previous version of Windows to qualify for the upgrade, but the upgrade versions are complete and can be used to do a clean install (not just an “install over”) or even a dual-boot.
No word yet on whether there’ll be an equally sweet deal on Windows 7 Ultimate (currently, there isn’t), but we’re hoping to get an answer on that soon.
Also, today’s the official day on which you should be able to buy a new PC with a certificate for a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it’s released in October. Now, when this happened with Vista, it took a few weeks after the official “on sale date” for Vista to actually get your free upgrade, so it may be the same kinda thing with the Win 7 upgrade certs.
So far I haven’t seen any “buy now, get a free upgrade” notices on any of the major manufacturer’s websites, but Best Buy is all over it.
UPDATE: Dell’s got it on their site now, although you have to look for it. HP sort of has it going on, but the links to the various regions seem to be broken.
Episode 24: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast
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So, this week is our special Listener Appreciation Episode, and as such, I’m not writing the usual synopses of each section, so as not to give away the surprise of whose suggestions we acted on. I’ll just give you the segment times so that you can skip around if you want:
TV starts ~19:15
Movies starts ~53:00
The Mash-Up starts ~1:36:15
As always, the end of the episode is when Tony & Lou reveal their votes for this week’s Best & Worst entertainment moments and reveal the winners of this episode’s fabulous prizes.
The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.
iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it!
How to Get Your Samsung DLP Light Tunnel Issue Fixed for Free
I’m a big Samsung fan. I think they make some really great products. So about six months ago, when I started to notice a little “shadow” on the left side of our Samsung DLP in the family room, I was a bit disappointed. After all, the TV was only a few years old, so it seemed odd that there should be any kind of trouble with it. Fortunately, Samsung came through and got things worked out. Hit the clicky thingie to read more…
Best Buy Selling Non-Existent TVs…Get Yours While They Last!
Popping onto Best Buy’s web site tonight to look at some DECT phones, I saw the above on their home page, including that there picture of an impossible TV. Yes, that screen has an aspect ratio of 2:1. I can understand the reason for a little Photoshopery from time to time to spruce up a product photo, but somebody in the art department in Best Buy’s interactive agency needs a little lesson in current TV tech. Either that, or they know something we don’t. Maybe another wacky set from Philips?
Academy adding 5 more best picture nominees
The AMPAS announced today that there will a total of ten nominees up for best picture next year. Not since 1943 has there been this many up for the nomination, this could add a bit more interest in the award show but it could add a bunch of movies that really don’t deserve to be in the running in the first place. I’m not sure what they’re trying to accomplish here. This year’s award show was pretty good, hosted by Hugh Jackman…I enjoyed it. They need to bring that same energy to the new show, and it’s not going to cut it by just adding more nominees. Here’s what Academy President Sid Ganis had to say about the change:
“Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories, but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize. I can’t wait to see what that list of ten looks like when the nominees are announced in February.”