Category: Home Entertainment
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Adi Shankar Developing Castlevania Animated Series
YouTube sensation and Hollywood dark horse Adi Shankar has announced his next project which is sure to please nostalgic gamers and gore fans, as it’s going to be an ultra-violent animated adaptation of console classic Castlevania. Side-scrolling vampire game Castlevania was created by Konami and took its first whip shot in 1986. Over the next […]
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Global Product Unboxing to Take Place on YouTube
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be unleashed in cinemas this December and as with all previous entries in the saga the most-anticipated episode yet will be heralded by a massive merchandise push which will begin with a global YouTube unboxing event on September the 3rd. Starting in Sydney, Australia at 7:45am local time the […]
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Latest Wii U Update Finally Brings an End to TVii
Having recently pulled the plug on its TVii service for Wii U, Nintendo has finally removed the HOME screen icon for it in the latest system update. The last trace of TVii will disappear when Wii U software version 5.5.0 is installed bringing closure to the once promising television platform – a concept which was […]
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LG Debuts New Flexible TV Screen
LG are fast becoming the one to watch in what appears to be a pioneering flexible screen market. Already the manufacturer has shown off these freeform screens and flexible displays capable of being bent and rolled into shape. Now the company has shown off their next generation screens, which expand and improve on the concept. The […]
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Top Gear Hosts To Return On Amazon Video
After a massive fiasco involving a producer, Jeremy Clarkson, and a cold lunch, popular motoring show Top Gear collapsed in on itself in spectacular fashion. The tabloid media descended on all parties involved, and speculation as to the future careers of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May has been rife ever since. Now we […]
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3 Live-Action Star Wars TV Shows Planned for Netflix? The Rumours Awaken
The possibility of there ever being a live-action Star Wars TV show has been almost as talked about as the possibility of a Boba Fett comeback tour but with Episode VI: The Force Awakens releasing later this year there may actually be a new hope for the idea thanks to Netflix. In fact, news surfacing […]
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Google Releases Chromecast Ethernet Adapter to End Wi-Fi Woes
Google has launched a new $15 accessory for Chromecast which allows users to hook it up with an Ethernet lead to avoid that troublesome Wi-Fi dropout. The Google Chromecast is a handy bit of kit, a compact and portable gadget which is able to magically (via Wi-Fi) transform any TV with an HDMI port into […]
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Netflix Now Does Gift Cards in the UK
You can now give the gift of binge watching as Netflix is selling its very own gift cards through a number of UK retailer chains. Following the same format as the cards available for Amazon, Spotify, iTunes and similar entertainment streaming services, the Netflix gift cards will be the size of your average everyday credit […]
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Bernard Arnault’s Passion Project – Revolutionizing Home Audio
His name may not be on the tip of everybody’s tongue but Bernard Arnault, whilst running the most successful luxury conglomerate in the world (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) is also an avid music lover. He is the richest man in France worth almost $40 billion and has recently become the lead investor in a super-luxury […]
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Mind Control for BBC iPlayer in the Works
If you are anything like me, then you have been through the long hunt of finding that lost remote control, and we all know that sofas are secretly remote control black holes. Now, instead of reaching for the remote or fingers stabbing wildly at your smartphone, the BBC have taken user-to-TV interaction one step further […]
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AMC’s Shudder is Beta Testing – Prepare for the ‘Netflix of Horror’!
American television network AMC is planning to unleash a “Screams On Demand” streaming service called Shudder – which is being referred to as the ‘Netflix of Horror’. Building on the popularity of its top telly hit The Walking Dead and Fear Fest, the station’s annual Halloween scary movie marathon, AMC is due to launch Shudder […]
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Netflix Raises Monthly Fee for New Subscribers
Netflix has been assessing and tweaking its pricing structure for some time now and today has informed UK customers that anyone joining the service anew will be expected to pay £7.49 a month. This follows an increase last year when the company added a pound a month, with the price of admission going from £5.99 […]