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Super Bowl XLV Blu-ray hits shelves next week
While we wait to find out if there will be a 2012 NFL season, Green Bay fans can keep celebrating with the NFL Super Bowl XLV Champions: Green Bay Packers Blu-ray disc that ships March 8th. Produced by NFL Films we expect it will maintain the usual standards of excellence while recapping the Packers' run to the championship and including a few Blu-ray exclusive features in Shots of the Year, Players Wired for Sound and Coaches Wired for Sound. Check after the break for more details and the back of the box. MSRP is $34.99, but Amazon and most other places are currently showing preorders for $25.99.
Super Bowl XLV Media Day: Packers split on iOS / Android, Cowboys CIO talks mobility
We woke up this morning in Dallas to 20 degree temperatures and a parking lot covered in ice. Not exactly the kind of weather the NFL was hoping for when it selected the new Cowboys Stadium to host Super Bowl XLV, but it didn't stop both teams and media from making their way -- however slowly -- to Arlington for Super Bowl Media Day. Naturally, the likes of ESPN were there in full force, but rather than picking apart defensive schemes and seeing who could outgun Troy Polamalu for the longest mane in North Texas, we spent our time asking about mobile OS preferences and soaking up knowledge from Cowboys CIO Pete Walsh. With a price tag well north of $1 billion on the new Cowboys Stadium, the home to the world's largest HD display is certainly one of the most technologically advanced in the world. It's packing 884 wireless access points throughout (not to mention an internal network operations center that constantly monitors activity on each one), 260 miles of fiber optic cabling, capacity to handle over 100,000 simultaneous wireless connections, over 3,100 IPTVs and micro cell towers for each major carrier within -- you know, so that kickoff video that just can't wait actually sees its way onto YouTube prior to the start of the second half. Head on past the break to catch of a video of us talking smartphone platforms with Green Bay Packers center Scott Wells, as well as a lengthy (and insightful) interview with the Chief Information Officer of the Dallas Cowboys. Everything from the Cowboys' rejection of FanVision to their hopes to blanket the stadium with gratis WiFi is covered, and we're even given a hint that contactless payments and mobile food ordering systems could be just a season or so away. %Gallery-115523%
The best HD sports on TV this week
Things are really starting to heat up on the grid iron. The good and the bad are starting to show themselves and play each other. One of those meetings is on Sunday at 4pm when the Cowboys head to Denver in the hopes of picking up their third win. Then of course on Monday night is the big game Favre lovers have been waiting for. To us its a solid divisional rivalry, but we're sure a number of people will tune in just for the revenge angle. On the CFB field there is another great SEC matchup with LSU vs UGA, but we also get to find out who's worse, Oklahoma or Miami? Finally, the baseball season is coming to an end with only 7 days left until the playoffs, so basically we're just glad to see it end. Hockey also kicks off this week with the Capitals and the Bruins with many more games to follow.NFL Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Fox 4:15 PM Sun Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings ESPN 8:30 PM Mon College Football LSU at Georgia CBS 3:30 PM Sat Oklahoma at Miami ABC 8:00 PM Sat NHL Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins Versus 7:00 PM Thursday Detroit Red Wings at St. Louis Blues Versus 3:00 PM Friday MLB Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers ESPN 7:05 PM Friday
