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VCR/Blu-ray combo

When Blu-ray Disc players went on the market in mid-2006, the final major Hollywood motion picture on VHS (David Cronenberg's A History of Violence) had already been released.


Battle of Tora Bora

Aerial bombardment ensued, including the use of large bombs known as daisy cutters.

Blu Mar Ten

Following these releases Blu Mar Ten were offered a long-term deal by LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, which was accepted.

During 2005 and 2006, Blu Mar Ten returned to producing drum and bass with a number of releases on labels including Hospital Records, Nookie's Phuzion Records, Friction's Shogun Audio, Basement Recordings, John B's Tangent Recordings, Renegade Hardware, Subject 13's Vibez Recordings and Doc Scott's 31 Records.

BLU-116

The shape and size mean that the BLU-116 could be used by unmodified existing aircraft and bomb guidance units such as the GPS guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb.

BLU-43 Dragontooth

In stark contrast to the lack of public commentary on the Dragontooth system, the subsequent Soviet analogue, the PFM-1, spurred a lot of controversy after being used in Afghanistan during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, being a key element leading to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Blu-ray Disc recordable

The advantage of BD-R LTH is it can protect a manufacturer's investment in DVD-R/CD-R manufacturing equipment.

Contact fuze

The BLU-82 was a large conventional explosive bomb, used to make helicopter landing clearings in forests.

Contract with the Italians

Journalists Marco Travaglio and Peter Gomez, in their book Le mille balle blu, have stated that none of the five points was complied and concluded ironically: "Although missed all five goals, Silvio Berlusconi is re-nominated. So does not maintain even the sixth and final commitment"

Daniele Gangemi

"Best First Feature" at the 42° "Worldfest International Independent Film Festival" ( Houston, Texas ) for the feature film "Una notte blu cobalto" ("Cobalt Blue Night")

David Blu

Following his release from Sacramento, he received an offer from the Russian team Dynamo Saint Petersburg that just signed David Blatt, who was the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv during the time that Blu was there.

Dbx Model 700 Digital Audio Processor

In general, any high-quality VHS VCR would do, although 3/4" U-matic or Beta decks could also have been used. If viewed on a monitor, the output stream of a Model 700 looked like analog TV "static" or noise, with slight black bars running down either side.

Diabolic Video

In April 2008 Diabolic released its first Blu-ray title, Top Shelf, starring Amy Ried, Courtney Cummz, Jenna Haze, Sarah Vandella, Brianna Love, Audrey Bitoni and Shawna Lenee.

Disk storage

Disk storage is now used in both computer storage and consumer electronic storage, e.g., audio CDs and video discs (standard DVD and Blu-ray).

Drift: The Sideways Craze

The film was aired for four years by Discovery HD and is included as bonus content in Fast and The Furious Blu-ray Box Set.

DVD Show

The series made a move to HD in 2009., the series reviews movies and television programs newly released on DVD and re-releases on Blu-ray, suggesting viewers to Buy, Rent, or Skip.

Fingerprints of the Gods

In the extras of the Blu-ray 10,000 BC, the director Emmerich and his co-writer Harald Kloser said that they had found inspiration in the same book.

High-definition pre-recorded media and compression

Since the DVD Forum and the Blu-ray Disc Association failed to agree on standards for high-definition 12-cm discs, a format war was under way between the DVD Forum's HD DVD (formerly "Advanced Optical Disc") standard and the Blu-ray Disc Association's Blu-ray Disc standard.

Hollywood to Dollywood

The Lane twins donate 10 percent of each DVD and Blu-ray sale to the Imagination Library, an organization administered by Parton’s Dollywood Foundation.

Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse

It was adapted into a feature film, This Is the End, and was finally released in full on its full-length counterpart's Blu-ray release.

JB Hi-Fi

JB Hi-Fi has diversified its business from predominantly selling music CDs, and are now a major retailer for Plasma and LCD televisions, audio/visual, digital camera photography, portable audio, in-car entertainment, computer/video games, DVD & Blu-ray movies, gadgets and information technology.

Jim Cliffe

Donovan's Echo was released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download in Canada in September 2012 by Anchor Bay Entertainment, and will be coming to the U.S. in May 2013.

KLBU

Ken Christensen, chief operating officer of Blu Ventures based in Fort Myers, Florida, was looking to buy a Santa Fe radio station.

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5

It is set to release on March 20, 2013, on the same day as live DVD/Blu-ray Premium Night: Love & Songs and 6 rental live albums.

La Rose de Fer

"La Rose de Fer" was released in 2012 by Kino Lorber in a five Blu-ray collection, along with Fascination, La Vampire Nue, Le Frisson des Vampires, and Lèvres de Sang.

Le Frisson des Vampires

Le Frisson des Vampires was released in 2012 by Kino Lorber in a five-disc Blu-ray collection, along with La Rose de Fer, Fascination, La Vampire Nue, and Lèvres de Sang.

Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection

Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection is a DVD and Blu-ray set featuring cartoons focusing on Hubie and Bertie and Sniffles and featuring various other mouse characters in Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts.

Mad Detective

Eureka Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the United Kingdom, opening theatrically on 18 July 2008 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London and nationwide after that, with DVD and Blu-ray Disc editions released on 20 October 2008 as part of their Masters of Cinema series.

Melissa Stott

She currently teaches at the School of Musicals course of Onda Blu, Vergato, Italy.

Moviestop

MovieStop offers a tremendous array of movies, both used and new, in DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.

Natalia Tena

She hosted a behind-the-scenes featurette entitled "Trailing Tonks" for the subsequent DVD and Blu-ray release, and is credited as producer and director of the featurette, in which she also performs an original Christmas-themed blues song on guitar, which she composed while working as a busker on the London Underground.

Newport Transporter Bridge

The bridge provided the setting for some scenes in the 1959 British crime drama film Tiger Bay and also featured in an early scene in the 1972 experimental film The Other Side of the Underneath by Jane Arden which was reissued on DVD and Blu-ray by the British Film Institute in 2009.

PictureBox Films

PictureBox online is available as a free app from iTunes for Apple iOS devices and on Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players.

Putto

In the 1st-person shooter Team Fortress 2, the Meet the Pyro video has the BLU Team appear as putti in Pyroland (The Pyro's vision).

Ranchview High School

Each A/V cart includes a media projector, its own computer, a DVD player, a VCR, various equipment, and an overhead camera to replace traditional overhead projectors.

Roger Corman's Cult Classics

Roger Corman's Cult Classics is a collection of DVD and Blu-ray Discs of films produced by Roger Corman.

Shintom

Shintom was mostly well-known for designing, selling, and supplying the VHS transport chassis mechanism to various Japanese VHS VCR manufacturers during the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

Sigma Designs

The company develops products for the following connected media platforms: IPTV (video over IP) set-top boxes, TV media players (such as Blu-ray), HDTVs, multimedia players, digital media adapters, portable media players, and home networking products, such as HomePlug AV, HomePNA and G.hn.

Still Walking

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection in February 2011.

T-12 Cloudmaker

Weapons of comparable size to the T-12, such as the BLU-82 and GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bombs (MOAB), were developed as latter-day United States superbombs, but their utility is limited outside the realm of psychological weapons and demolition.

The Old Grey Hare

The short is available in its entirety (with the shaking end card) in the documentary Bugs Bunny: Superstar Part 2, which is available as a special feature on Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, and was released independently on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 and on Blu-ray in 1080p high definition on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1.

The Pixar Story

It was then included as a special feature on the WALL-E special edition DVD and Blu-ray releases, which were launched on November 18, 2008.

The Times of Harvey Milk

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection in March 2011.

The Truth of Lie

Shot on an Arri Alexa camera, it had its theatrical release on 29 March 2012 in German cinemas and its DVD and Blu-ray release on 27th July 2012.

Tour bus service

TV monitors connected to DVD player or VCR to provide entertainment or possibly analog TV or DTV for local news or programs (possibly in seats with viewer choosing what station).

Una Rosa Blu

Una Rosa Blu (A Blu(e) Rose) is the seventh studio album by Mexican pop singer-songwriter Gloria Trevi, released by Univision Records on October 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in Latin America and the United States.

Up from the Depths

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout Factory in 2011 as a double feature alongside the similar Demon of Paradise.

Variable compression ratio

Many companies have been carrying out their own research into VCR Engines, including Nissan, Volvo, PSA/Peugeot-Citroën and Renault but so far with no publicly demonstrated results.

WMV HD

With the advent of Blu-ray Disc as the optical HD-media format of choice, WMV HD is considered obsolete in its optical disc form.


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