HD isn't exempt from the rash of tomfoolery that goes on every year on 1st April. Here are some of the "stories" you really needn't worry about.
DVDTown.com reviews Washermen (Extended Gaffer's Cut) on HD DVD:
In order to achieve a maximum level of realism, director Terrence Malick used a single, handheld Casio Exilim EX-Z600 camera to shoot the film, blowing up his prints to a 2.75:1 aspect ratio. This results in some slight motion blur, but with enough edge enhancement and DNR filtering the video isn't entirely unwatchable, especially if you use the polarized 3-D glasses that come free with every HD-DVD purchase. Without the glasses, the image tends to be a mite clouded by pixilation, shimmering, banding, grain, dirt, noise, dust, rain, wind, hail, ice, snow, and several household appliances. With the 3-D glasses, you can't see a thing, which improves the picture considerably.
Blu-ray is changing. CNet UK reckons it's getting smaller...
Sony's not one to rest on its laurels. Blu-ray has been on the market for a couple of years, and although it's in this stagnant economy it needs to get us all on to the next consumer electronics device. So, today the Japanese giant has announced exclusively to CNET UK its new format -- microBD.
...while MovieWeb is convinced Blu-ray is to resurrect LaserDisc:
"The days of 20, 30, 40-disc sets will be a thing of the past with BROLD (Blu-ray On LaserDisc)," said BRAIFOLD chairman Slappy Simmons. "Complete TV series sets like The Sopranos: The Complete Seasons 1-6.2, Star Trek: The Original Series - Complete Series and My Own Worst Enemy: The Complete Series, which are so massive for collectors and not yet in Blu-ray, will now be available on one single, oversized, awesome disc."
I'm sure there's more lurking out there to trip the unwary, but thankfully it should all be over in a few hours time.
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