Hollywood

Hollywood on Verge of Deal to end Writers Strike

Topic:

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Negotiators for Hollywood studios and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this week, two sources told Reuters on Monday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:49:38 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Gadget Model of the Month: Sexy Kafi and Leica D-Lux 3 in Hollywood

Topic:

This month the I4U Gadget Model shoot took on Hollywood. Our photographer followed the September I4U Gadget Model Kafi at midnight through L.A. down Hollywood Boulevard and past Grauman's Chinese Theater.

The Leica D-LUX 3 is a 10MP camera featuring a classic design making it as sexy as our model of the month Kafi.

See Kafi's photos now.
(This I4U Gadget Model shoot is safe for work, just tell your boss your girlfriend sent you these vacation photos). Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HD DVDs Coming still in 2005 from Hollywood Studios

Topic:

Japanese Newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that Warner Bros. Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp. and Universal Studios will most likely start selling HD DVD movie titles in Japan and the U.S. in October 2005 for 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen (~$20-30).
This would make HD DVDs not much more expensive than standard DVDs. HD DVD Players are not here yet, but maybe there will be some choice then by October.
More details on Nikkei.Net (Subscription) or on Asia Times.

Buy a DVD Player at DVDPlayerRule, our DVD Player Shopping Guide.

Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Chip enables Hollywood Video Quality for Home Use

Topic:

Silicon Optix announces the Realta with HQV technology, a powerful and fully programmable single-chip video processor that brings Teranex’s $60k Hollywood Quality Video to the home entertainment and professional large-area digital display markets.

The Realta chip combines Teranex’s trillion operation per second broadcast quality video processing with Silicon Optix’s proprietary geometric scaling technology to create a new standard for image quality, a standard Silicon Optix is calling “Hollywood Quality Video”, or HQV.

Read more