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Recommended Reading: Saving Stephen Hawking's voice
The quest to save Stephen Hawking's voice Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle There's no doubt Stephen Hawking will be remembered for his work on black holes and relativity, but he will also be remembered for his distinctive voice. San Francisco Chronicle tells the story of the Silicon Valley team that helped create, and later save, the physicist's iconic sound.
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D ships via disc or download in August
If you loved the stop motion classic The Nighmare Before Christmas, the 3D version is coming home from Disney August 30th. Interestingly, the press release notes it will be on Blu-ray 3D and available for a 3D movie download, so we can only ponder what services (Vudu, Samsung, ?) will support 3D delivery by then. The MSRP on the combo pack (before any discounts) is $49.99 while the download is priced at a shocking $25. There's a slew of extras detailed in the press release after the break, but we'll have to hear more about what that 3D download entails before suggesting anyone except the biggest Tim Burton fans click the buy button.
Alice in Wonderland Blu-ray 3D loosed from the bonds of exclusivity December 7
So far, Disney's Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, the original hits high def in 2011) has only been available in 3D in a Sony pack-in deal, but this week the exclusivity runs out and a four disc combo pack hits shelves December 7th. Check the press release after the break for all the details, but it has a $49.95 MSRP, and comes with the same features as the original Blu-ray release, which unfortunately extends to a complete lack of extras on the 3D disc. Since Tim Burton's flick was converted in post as opposed to being shot in 3D originally it may not have the allure of a title like Avatar, but reviews usually leaned more towards the positive than rush jobs like Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender.
Sleepy Hollow HD DVD review roundup
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and nowhere does that appear to be more true than in reviews of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow as released on HD DVD by Paramount. One thing that seems to be shared by all the reviews we read is that in this case the source material, with dark, largely colorless backgrounds and very present film grain. It's not the kind of movie that you look at in high definition and it practically jumps off the screen in 3D at you, making it a difficult choice for the format. However in the three reviews we found plus a discussion on AVS Forum, reactions to the quality of Paramount's 1080p VC-1 encoded effort varied widely.
