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12.08.2009
This week’s Blu-ray releases are all about Harry Potter, Lost, and collections from some of our favorite stars.

ABC’s hit show Lost arrives on Blu-ray in two versions today: Lost: The Complete Fifth Season and Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5. I’ve never really gotten into this show, but these two releases are a great way for “Losties” to catch up before the start of “The Final Season,” which is coming in 2010.

For all you J. K. Rowling fans, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter Years 1-6 Gift Set all hit shelves today. Should be enough Quidditch to carry you over for a while.

The Governator is back in The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection, a three-disc set that consists of Commando, Predator, and The Terminator. Not to be out done, The Ben Stiller Collection features There’s Something About Mary, Night at the Museum, and DodgeBall.

Some other noteworthy collections are The Gene Hackman Collection (The French Connection/Hoosiers/Behind Enemy Lines), The Bruce Willis Collection (The Siege/Die Hard/Hart’s War), and The Denzel Washington Collection (The Siege/Man on Fire/Out of Time).

Here are all of this week’s Blu-ray releases, courtesy of Blu-ray.com:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Public Enemies
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season
Julie & Julia
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Gift Set
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
George Michael: Live in London
UFC: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights
Rush: R30
Pink: Funhouse Tour, Live in Australia
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5
Knut & Friends
While She Was Out
World’s Greatest Dad
The Alphabet Killer
Walled In
Cyclops
Red Mist
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon
Sands of Oblivion
AC/DC: No Bull (Director’s Cut)
Coraline Gift Set
Lower Learning
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Abs
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Body Vol.
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate 3×30
The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection (Commando/Predator/The Terminator)
The Sean Connery Collection (Never Say Never Again/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Entrapment)
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Cardio
Ultramarathon Man: 50 Marathons, 50 States, 50 Days
The Gene Hackman Collection (The French Connection/Hoosiers/Behind Enemy Lines)
The Bruce Willis Collection (The Siege/Die Hard/Hart’s War)
The Denzel Washington Collection (The Siege/Man on Fire/Out of Time)
The Keanu Reeves Collection (Street Kings/Point Break/Speed)
The Mark Wahlberg Collection (Max Payne/The Happening/Planet of the Apes)
The Ben Stiller Collection (There’s Something About Mary/Night at the Museum/DodgeBall)

By Steve Crowe

http://www.cepro.com/article/blu-ray_releases_on_dec._8_2009/K454

Custom Installation Services, LLC – Home Entertainment Audio and Video services in North Carolina.

isuppli_lcd 11.17.2009 — For the first time since the fourth quarter of 2008, Samsung is ranked No. 1 in the LCD TV market, according to iSuppli.

Samsung shipped 1.3 million LCDs in the United States in the third quarter of 2009 (July-Sept.) for a 16.8 percent share of the market.

Samsung holds a 1.1 percentage point lead over Vizio, which sold 1.2 million LCDs for a 15.7 percent share of the market. Vizio was the top brand for the first two quarters of 2009.

“Samsung is leading the LCD-TV industry’s adoption of LED backlighting technology,” says iSuppli principal analyst of TV systems Riddhi Patel. “The company has been marketing these sets intensely, attracting the interest of U.S. consumers.

“Consumers like LED-backlit LCD-TVs because of their ultra-thin form factors. With Samsung cutting the prices of these sets aggressively, they now are becoming increasingly affordable for a larger number of U.S. consumers.”

Overall, 7.9 million LCDs shipped in the quarter, up 8.3 percent from 7.3 million in the second quarter. According to iSuppli, Vizio remains the cumulative leader in LCD shipments for 2009.

LED-backlit TVs made up 3.7 percent of total LCD shipments in the U.S., according to iSuppli, which is up from 2.1 percent in the second quarter. Samsung began selling a 55-inch LED LCD in October for $2,650, while Vizio added 19- ($349.99) and 23-inch ($399.99) LED LCDs.

Patel adds, “This low price point and minimal gap with CCFL sets represents a critical price threshold for LED-backlit sets, making them more acceptable to U.S. consumers.”

By Steve Crowe

http://www.cepro.com/article/samsung_tops_vizio_as_lcd_tv_leader_in_q3_2009/K15

Custom Installation Services, LLC – Home Entertainment Audio and Video services in North Carolina.