Category: Home Entertainment
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James Gunn Confirms Anti-Piracy Tech at San Diego Comic Con
San Diego Comic Con International is the biggest geek-fest of the year and whether you’re lucky enough to attend, or even if you’re not, you can always guarantee some tantalising footage from some of the top upcoming movies is sure to follow! As much as we love a shiny new HD trailer, sometimes this isn’t […]
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Torrent Downloaders Could Now Face Maximum Ten Year Sentence
The UK Government has just increased the maximum sentence for illegal downloaders from two to ten years imprisonment in a new copyright legislation bill. Online downloading and unauthorised sharing of movies, television and music is an offence the government now considers to be on par with full scale counterfeiting and therefore the sentencing for breaking […]
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Apple May Be Buying Tidal
The biggest and best stars in the music industry today are always getting cosy with a streaming service, with Drake’s open endorsement of Apple Music plain to see, as well as Jay Z’s own Tidal streaming service. However, Tidal hasn’t been faring too well against the corporate mega-entity that is Apple, and, if reports are […]
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Netflix Beams Up Every Series of Star Trek Ever!
What better way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek than by indulging in a massive marathon of every episode ever made? Well, Netflix has made is even easier to “do zat” by loading up every series of Trek ever! Yes – We said every series and episode of Star Trek EVER!! This means […]
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Now TV Smart Box and Now TV Combo Deals Announced
Sky has today announced a new Now TV Set Top Box and service bundle – together known as the Now TV Combo. Thanks to its vast range of internet-based programming and compact hardware, Now TV has grown in popularity over other subscription based television services in recent times and the winning formula has once again […]
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Netflix Videos Can Be Downloaded and Saved Thanks to Google Vulnerability
It’s been discovered that a Google-owned program can be used to allow Netflix and Amazon Prime videos to be downloaded and stored on to your computer. The embarrassing glitch, discovered by German researchers, uses a system called Widevine DRM and allows for copyrighted ‘premium’ content to be ripped straight from the streaming websites and saved […]
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Netflix Rumoured to Add Download Service
In 2015 Amazon began allowing Prime members to download shows and films to watch offline. This was a significant coup over Netflix who had previously been a dominant force in streaming services. For almost a year now Amazon Prime customers have been able to watch their followed shows offline, many have been wondering when Netflix […]
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FINALLY.. THE ROCK Has Come To YouTube!
After conquering the world of professional wrestling, crushing the silver screen at the box office and becoming the champion of social media, FINALLY.. The ROCK has come to YOUTUBE! That’s right, Dwayne Johnson builds on his superstar appeal and the millions (and millions) of hits on his Instagram and Twitter pages by launching his very own […]
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Netflix Standard Subscription Price to Rise to £7.49 on July 21st
Loyal Netflix UK customers who have been with the service since before 2014 have received notice that the price of a standard monthly membership will rise to £7.49 on July 21st. On a morning where Great Britain’s financial future looks bleak a £1.50 price hike is the last thing we expect you’d want to hear […]
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Batman v Superman “Ultimate Edition” Will Be The First 4K Ultra HD 100GB Blu-Ray Set
Warner Bros. Studios has announced its intentions to release a Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray which not only features the extended and uncut version of Zack Snyder’s recent comic-to-screen blockbuster but also a massive amount of bonus content. And to show this three-hour version of the film in true super-heroic […]
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Gadget Helpline Explains: HDR TV
What is HDR TV? As the popularity of the 4k display rises, many are eager to see the next big thing to be in the making display technology. It is in this case where HDR or High Dynamic Range, makes its way to the television. The accessibility of 4k displays and content rising, so does […]
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BBC iPlayer V2 Closure: Will Your Freeview / Freesat TV or Set Top Box Be Affected?
The BBC has announced that it will be ending support for its older iPlayer software on certain Freeview and Freesat Smart/Connected TVs and Set Top Boxes from September 2016. This might mean that the service will no longer work on your device if it’s running the iPlayer version 2 (or MHEG). The only way around this […]