April 2009
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Newswipe
Charlie Brooker’s new program is nowhere as successful or funny as previous incarnation Screenwipe because its focus on current affairs rather than pop culture ephemera makes him look like the poor man’s Jon Stewart.
The most interesting aspect about the whole programme is the time he provides to other people like Peter Oborne and Adam Curtis. Even hearing Ben Goldacre summarise his...
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BluRay Picture Quality
A few people have asked me whether there really is a difference with BluRay or not. Recently we watched No Country for Old Men and it is possible to compare the standard and high definition versions of the shots between the extras and the film itself.
For the closeups and interiors there probably wasn’t a whole lot of difference but for the big panoramas of the desert it really did matter....
