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BATMAN!! HULK!! THING!! KUBRICK!! CONFUSED!! OUT OF SIGHT!! 1,650 HD Channels Next Year?? Herc’s HDTV Cellar!!

I am – Hercules!!

1,650 DirecTV Channels In HD Next Year?? The big news since the last Cellar? DirecTV announced at an investor’s conference earlier this month that it would by the end of next year have the capacity to offer 150 national HD channels and 1,500 local channels in HD. Right now it only offers seven HD channels. Read more of this here.

No Hybrids For You!! Looks like that much-talked-about LG machine that would play both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs ain’t gonna happen so soon!

To which I say, big deal. People were talking like $1,500 for those hybrid players! You can build your own by buying an HD-DVD player (price: $400 and falling) and a PlayStation 3 ($600) and an A/B switcher ($15 maybe?). Actually, given the number of inputs built into most of these HDTV sets, you probably don’t need the A/B switch.

HD Pic of the Week!! If you didn’t grow up in Texas in the disco era, I’m not sure how much you’re going to get out of Dazed and Confused (1993). To a generation of Texans, it’s “American Graffiti.” Writer-director Richard Linklater (“Before Sunset,” “Before Sunset,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Fast Food Nation”) knows that whole late-‘70s stoner-slacker-snotty-senior-football-horseshit bouillabaisse like he lived it. (And he did, right? I’ve never seen a movie that captures suburban Texas with that much verisimilitude. Of course, I’m not sure many others would want to.)

If you don’t give a shit what Texas was like a quarter century ago, the movie still boasts a cast of “unknowns” that actually trumps “Diner’s”: Adam Goldberg, Parker Posey, Nicky Katt, Ben Affleck, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Rapp, Marisa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Milla "Multipass!" Jovavich, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London, Renee Zellweger, Christine Harnos, etc. etc. etc.

HD Disc Calendar

Last Week
The Big Hit (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Dinosaur (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Eight Below (BLU-RAY) $23.95
The Great Raid (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (BLU-RAY) $19.95
A Knight's Tale (BLU-RAY) $19.95
S.W.A.T. (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Tears of the Sun (BLU-RAY) $19.95

This Week
The Adventures of Robin Hood (DVD/HD-DVD) $19.95
Bubble (BLU-RAY) $19.95
The Corpse Bride (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Dazed and Confused (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
The Dirty Dozen (HD-DVD) $19.95
End of Days (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Fast and The Furious (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (HD-DVD & DVD) $35.99
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas (HD-DVD) $19.95
Four Brothers (BLU-RAY) $19.95
The Fugitive (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Grand Prix (HD-DVD) $19.95
House of Wax (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Land of the Dead (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
Lara Croft Tomb Raider (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Lethal Weapon 2 (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Sister Street Fighter (HD-DVD) $22.49
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Sleepy Hollow (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Space Cowboys (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Swordfish (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Terminator 3 (HD-DVD) $19.95
2 Fast 2 Furious (HD-DVD) $19.95

October 10
Army of Darkness (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
Batman Begins (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
Click (BLU-RAY) $27.25
The Corpse Bride (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
The Polar Express (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
Waist Deep (DVD/HD-DVD) $35.99
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!

October 17
The Break-Up (DVD/HD-DVD) $35.99
The Brothers Grimm (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Dark Water (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Glory Road (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Gone in 60 Seconds (BLU-RAY) $23.95
The Haunted Mansion (BLU-RAY) $23.95

October 24
The Interpreter (HD-DVD) $19.95
Monster House (BLU-RAY) $27.25 <--- NEW!!


Out of Sight (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!


Slither (DVD/HD-DVD) $24.99 <--- NEW!!
Spartacus (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!


The Thing (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
12 Monkeys (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!

October 30
Mission: Impossible III (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Mission: Impossible III (HD-DVD) $24.99


Mission: Impossible: Impossible Missions Collection (BLU-RAY) $69.95


Mission: Impossible Ultimate Missions Collection (HD-DVD) $55.98

November 7
Black Hawk Down (BLU-RAY) $19.95


Little Man (BLU-RAY) $27.25


Reds (HD-DVD) $25.85 <--- NEW!!
The Sopranos 6.x Vol. 1(HD-DVD) $90.95 <--- NEW!!

November 14
Behind Enemy Lines (BLU-RAY) $27.95
The Da Vinci Code (BLU-RAY) $27.25


Hulk (HD-DVD) $19.95 <--- NEW!!
Kingdom of Heaven (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Kiss of the Dragon (BLU-RAY) $27.95
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (BLU-RAY) $27.95
The Omen (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Speed (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Transporter (BLU-RAY) $27.95

November 21
Fantastic Four (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Ice Age (BLU-RAY) $27.95
You, Me and Dupree (HD-DVD) $27.95

December 5
Poseidon (HD-DVD) $23.95

February 6
American Psycho (BLU-RAY) $19.95
First Blood (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Saw II (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Young Guns (BLU-RAY) $19.95

Already Out There
Animal House (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
Apollo 13 (HD-DVD) $19.95
Assault on Precinct 13 (HD-DVD) $23.95
ATL (DVD/HD-DVD) $27.95
Backdraft (HD-DVD) $20.99
Basic Instinct 2 (BLU-RAY) $27.25
Benchwarmers (BLU-RAY) $27.25
Blazing Saddles (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Bone Collector (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Bourne Supremacy (HD-DVD) $23.95
Caddyshack (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Chronicles of Riddick (HD-DVD) $23.95
Cinderella Man (HD-DVD) $23.95
Constantine (HD-DVD) $19.95
Crash (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Doom (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Dukes of Hazzard (HD-DVD) $19.95
Enter The Dragon (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Fifth Element (BLU-RAY) $19.95
50 First Dates (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Firewall (DVD/HD-DVD) $27.95
Friday Night Lights (HD-DVD) $23.95
The Fugitive (HD-DVD) $19.95
Full Metal Jacket (HD-DVD) $19.95
Galaxina (HD-DVD) $18.69
Goodfellas (HD-DVD) $19.95
Good Night and Good Luck (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Good Night, and Good Luck (HD-DVD) $27.95
Happy Gilmore (HD-DVD) $19.95
Hitch (BLU-RAY) $19.95
House of Flying Daggers (BLU-RAY) $19.95
House of Wax (HD-DVD) $19.95
Into The Blue (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Jarhead (HD-DVD) $23.95
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (HD-DVD/DVD) $27.95
Kung Fu Hustle (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Last Samurai (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Last Waltz (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Legends of the Fall (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Lethal Weapon (HD-DVD) $19.95
Lethal Weapon 2 (HD-DVD) $19.95
Lord of War (BLU-RAY) $27.95
Memento (BLU-RAY) $19.95
The Perfect Storm (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Phantom of the Opera (HD-DVD) $19.95
Pitch Black (HD-DVD) $19.95
The Punisher (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Ray (HD-DVD) $19.95
Red Dragon (HD-DVD) $19.95
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Robocop (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Rumor Has It (BLU-RAY) $23.95
Rumor Has It (DVD/HD-DVD) $27.95
The Rundown (HD-DVD) $23.95
RV (BLU-RAY) $27.25
Sahara (HD-DVD) $19.95
Saw (BLU-RAY) $19.95
The Searchers (HD-DVD) $19.95
Seabiscuit (HD-DVD) $26.99
Serenity (HD-DVD) $19.95
Silent Hill (BLU-RAY) $16.99
16 Blocks (HD-DVD) $27.95
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (HD-DVD) $19.95
Sleepy Hollow (HD-DVD) $19.86
Space Cowboys (HD-DVD) $19.95
Species (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Spy Game (HD-DVD) $19.95
Stealth (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Swordfish (HD-DVD) $19.95
Syriana (HD-DVD) $23.95
The Terminator (BLU-RAY) $19.95
Terminator 2 (BLU-RAY) $19.95
That's The Way of the World (HD-DVD) $22.49
Traffic (HD-DVD) $19.95
Training Day (HD-DVD) $19.95
Ultraviolet (BLU-RAY) $27.25
Underworld Evolution (BLU-RAY) $27.25
Unforgiven (HD-DVD) $19.95
U-571 (HD-DVD) $23.95
Unleashed (DVD/HD-DVD) $23.95
Van Helsing (HD-DVD) $23.95
XXX (BLU-RAY) $19.95






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Who the hell wants Little Man in HiDef?
by Grando
Sep 26th, 2006
04:00:18 AM
Who the hell Wants
by emeraldboy
Sep 26th, 2006
04:35:18 AM
I only get 16 channels
by Chez Wimpy
Sep 26th, 2006
05:29:43 AM
HD to Blu-Ray?
by FearlessJay
Sep 26th, 2006
07:56:16 AM
HD to Blu-Ray?
by FearlessJay
Sep 26th, 2006
07:59:07 AM
The mission impossible
by godzillasushi
Sep 26th, 2006
08:46:05 AM
High Ray and Blue Def
by Squashua
Sep 26th, 2006
09:49:24 AM
Re: Fearless Jay
by themikejonas
Sep 26th, 2006
09:59:24 AM
The High Def formats won't start to catch on...
by themikejonas
Sep 26th, 2006
10:03:16 AM
ZombieSolutions
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
10:54:16 AM
saw dazed for the first time a month or 2 ago
by waggy
Sep 26th, 2006
12:06:47 PM
Great soundtrack on Dazed; see also 200 Cigarettes...
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
12:33:41 PM
As a sucker for good packaging...
by fattyaaron
Sep 26th, 2006
12:42:53 PM
Renee Z?
by Codename V
Sep 26th, 2006
01:01:32 PM
Right...
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
01:10:29 PM
The Older You Get, The Dumber You Get.
by Neo Con Snake Plissken
Sep 26th, 2006
01:12:35 PM
Snake? I thought you were dead...
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
01:53:25 PM
Codename Z and Flexfill
by LouGossetPhillip
Sep 26th, 2006
01:56:50 PM
LGP
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
02:02:51 PM
Uhh... nobody's getting 1650 channels
by mraig
Sep 26th, 2006
02:07:39 PM
Lol
by SG7
Sep 26th, 2006
02:09:08 PM
When are they...
by Flexfill
Sep 26th, 2006
02:19:56 PM
Thanks themikejonas!
by FearlessJay
Sep 26th, 2006
03:46:42 PM
Cheers to you, ZombieSolutions
by Redbox
Sep 26th, 2006
03:49:34 PM
Hey...JACKASS!!!
by Darth Jizzle
Sep 26th, 2006
06:26:51 PM
I guess AICN thinks we all have money to burn
by Orbots Commander
Sep 26th, 2006
06:29:10 PM
1650 Channels
by Reedyb UFF
Sep 26th, 2006
08:18:50 PM
Plissken For President: Run Plissken Run
by Darth Fabulous
Sep 26th, 2006
09:22:48 PM
"The Halcyon 90s"
by Darth Fabulous
Sep 26th, 2006
09:48:08 PM
Things I Don't Understand
by EveryoneSucksButMe
Sep 27th, 2006
10:53:00 AM
'they' didn't start it
by maluquiro
Sep 27th, 2006
11:32:17 AM
...Richard Linklater (“Before Sunset,” “Before Sunset")
by Frank The Rabbit
Sep 27th, 2006
01:14:07 PM
Dazed & Confused, Suburbia - 2 of Links Gems
by Flexfill
Sep 27th, 2006
02:03:26 PM
Zombiesolutions: Well worded argument still untrue
by playahatersball
Sep 27th, 2006
02:11:59 PM
The economy
by cyanide christ
Sep 27th, 2006
02:13:26 PM
Expecting an economy to remain static...
by playahatersball
Sep 27th, 2006
02:15:42 PM
yeah, what arsenic jesus said
by playahatersball
Sep 27th, 2006
02:17:08 PM
Air Rade Freshman!
by Flexfill
Sep 27th, 2006
03:00:33 PM
1500 LOCAL CHANNELS?
by Voice O. Reason
Sep 27th, 2006
03:19:19 PM
DirecTV HD Sucks!!!!!
by Orionsangels
Sep 27th, 2006
03:31:40 PM
Sorry, RAID.
by Flexfill
Sep 27th, 2006
03:59:22 PM
YES! 50 FIRST DATES ON HIGH - DEF!!!!
by JackKennedy
Sep 27th, 2006
07:59:12 PM
DirecTV is too late
by The Disco Plumber
Sep 28th, 2006
03:38:42 PM
Both of these formats...
by chromedome
Sep 28th, 2006
07:44:52 PM
1500 HD nature channels, haha!
by Orionsangels
Sep 28th, 2006
09:28:09 PM
Flip63Hole
by Orionsangels
Sep 28th, 2006
09:32:56 PM
The most important thing about having HD
by Orionsangels
Sep 28th, 2006
09:34:59 PM
Don't want to get political with anchorite but
by Orbots Commander
Sep 29th, 2006
10:46:47 AM

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