Category: Microsoft
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Sony blocks content on Xbox 360 – The fallout of HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray persists
I have now mentioned in two posts that the exclusive arrangement between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Netflix which affords the viewer realtime HD video on demand streaming of over ten thousand titles, would pose a real threat to Sony and overpriced Blu-Ray. Well Sony has demonstrated this to be true by blocking its (Columbia) catalog…
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New Xbox 360 Experience Launches Today in Tandem With HD Netflix Streaming
Xbox 360 owners rejoice – the next phase in the set-top entertainment paradigm is upon us. As I mentioned in earlier posts, Microsoft was able to forge an exclusive partnership with online DVD rental mogul Netflix that brings the catalog direct to your home entertainment system (with an existing Netflix membership) at no additional cost.
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Fable 2 Pub Games – Free Tips and Insights
The Culturepin is about a lot of things, but it is primarily about contemporary culture. I say this to allay any confusion that may arise in my readers about the recent pattern of discussing video games. But if home video game consoles/entertainment centers are not a bona fide part of our daily life, then I…
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Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD – the end of another format war
Here at the Culturepin I provide a form of virtual safari through the bleeding edge landscape of the world and contemporary society. Suffice to say it is a treacherous terrain filled with uncertainty and conflict that requires a certain mad bravery to traverse. Even more treacherous is attempting to predict what will unfold around the…