Weekly Roundup ~ July 7

HD DVD News of the Past Week

• Concorde's First Wave of HD DVDs To Debut in Germany (Link)
• Amazon & Microsoft's 1,000 HD DVD Indies Project - Call for HD DVD Entries (Link)
• A Look Behind The Scenes of 'Le Labyrinthe de Pan' HD DVD (Link)
• Toshiba (Japan) Releases Version 2.3 Firmware Update for HD-XA1 (Link)
• Universal Studios' Second Wave of HD DVDs for September (Link)
• Toshiba (America) Releases v2.3 Firmware Update for First-Gen HD DVD Players (Link)
• Quick Update on Newly Announced HD DVD Titles (Link)
• HD DVDs To Be Released Next Tuesday, July 10 (Link)

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What's Been Updated...

• Details of Heroes: Season 1 HD DVD have been updated... Apparently, the Genetics Ability Test, a component of the U-Control HD DVD Experience, will be linked to the NBC.com/Heroes website. Further elaboration here.

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Other News...

• This is with regards to CBS Television's Star Trek: The Original Series (Remastered) on HD DVD... We've received a few readers' e-mails indicating that further details of this HD DVD title, might be made known at Comic-Con 2007. Actually, I believe Paramount has mentioned something official about the first season being available on HD DVD this year. Once we've the official information and specs of this HD DVD title, you can be sure to find them posted on this blog.
  
  
• Lastly, we've decided to add the Live Earth 7.7.07 Badge to this blog in support of the cause for environmentally sustainable development and to raise awareness of the need for positive action to solve global climate crisis.
  
  The event Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.

During this weekend, this blog will not be updated. But I will be back next week to update the blog, should there be any other news on HD DVD.