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An old friend said to me, “Happy New Year!” Like Merry Christmas, I sometimes don’t know that that means. 2009 has just arrived here and the fireworks are going like crazy, but I would say more accurately to all, I hope you have reflected on the last year and that you be more present, you pay more attention in 2009.

Thank goodness, I knew what this is, on Bluehost, occassionally, the Wordpress Options database will get corrupted. The tech guys said they had put some fixes into MySQL, but the fix, if you suddenly get the new blog install screen instead of your blog is that your wp_options table which gives configuration instructions to Wordpress is corrupted. The fix is simple:

1. Logon to your cpanel or control panel
2. Go to the database section
3. Find the database repair and run it.
4. Your database should be back.

Calvin pointed out a great site that measure your Footprint on the earth. How depressing. If everyone used as much as I do then we would need 5.2 Earths to survive! Makes me want to renew my Terrapass
to offset another 100,000 pounds of carbon like I did this year You should too…

Here was my calculations:

1. Automobiles. 14K pounds
2. Airplanes. Each flight to China is 5K pounds CO2. Wow!
3. Home. Another 50K pounds

So with the Terrapass folks having $1 buy 168 pounds of CO2, the offset is $600 overall.

How do other folks do it? Sustainable Travel has a program as well that is underneath Bonneville Power’s B-E-F.org this group is a separate non-profit now and then in Asia, it uses myclimate.org and the cool thing is that you can buy just enough credits for a single flight.

Wow, cool to have an indoor grill in the winter…Here are some good recipes for halibut and scallops. Main thing is to make sure the grill is well oiled so the fish doesn’t stick

Soy Halibut Steaks – Grilled Halibut Recipe

Combine all ingredients, except the halibut, in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Mix until sugar is dissolved. Preheat grill. Place halibut steaks on grill and cook on each side for about 5 minutes basting with sauce. Grill until done. Halibut should be opaque through to the middle and flake easily with a fork.

Cooks.com – Recipe – Grilled Sea Scallops With Papaya Salsa

Mix together oil and 1 tablespoon lime juice. Baste scallops and place on oiled grate. Grill until opaque, about 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Shawn was so nice to pick some great quality wines for me. Nothing like taking advantage of 20 years of experience. Particularly these rare Australians and an amazing online merchante, klwines.com

If you go all out, you need something that has four USB ports by Rocketfish for $20. I got one from Best Buy that is clumsy but it works. Internet search shows not much but J&R has an Intek for $25 but these aren’t reviewed and the Amazon one by Dreamgear is pure junk.

For those of us without anything else to do, here is all the shopping you can do on a Saturday:

* Ikea (601 SW 41st St, Renton, WA 98057). Saturday 10AM-9PM
* Lowe’s (2700 Rainier S). Saturday 6AM-9PM
* Macy’s (1601 Third Ave). Saturday 10AM-10PM
* Costco (4401 4th Ave S). Saturday 930AM-6PM. So doesn’t open late, but Sunday at 10AM.
* Crate and Barrel (University Village ) Saturday 9AM-8PM

Highdefdigest.com has a good review set of Blu-Ray disks by overall, then also by video quality (for demos) and audio quality (for demos). Other sources of Blu-ray reviews are blu-ray.com which I found lots closer to my personal tastes.

Here is Blu-ray.com’s top rated list:

1.

The Dark Knight (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 2008 | 152 mins | Rated PG-13 | Dec 09, 2008 With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), the Batman (Christian Bale) has been making headway against local crime… until a rising criminal… Action / Crime / Thriller

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Band of Brothers (Blu-ray)    HBO | 2001 | 705 mins | Not rated | Nov 11, 2008 Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews… Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / Television / War

3.

Iron Man: Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray)    Paramount Pictures | 2008 | 126 mins | Rated PG-13 | Sep 30, 2008 Billionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, he builds a high-tech suit of… Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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WALL-E (3-disc) (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | 98 mins | Rated G | Nov 18, 2008 After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a… Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Sci-Fi

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Transformers: Special Edition (Blu-ray)    Paramount Pictures | 2007 | 143 mins | Rated PG-13 | Sep 02, 2008 For centuries, two races of robotic aliens–the Autobots and the Decepticons–have waged a war, with the fate of the universe at stake. When the battle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil… Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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WALL-E (2-disc) (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | 98 mins | Rated G | Nov 18, 2008 After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a… Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Drama / Family / Romance / Sci-Fi

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The Chronicles of Narnia Blu-ray Bundle (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | 279 mins | Rated PG | Dec 02, 2008 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – In World War II England, the four Pevensie siblings — Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter — enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of… Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy

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Blade Runner: Complete Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1982 | 117 mins | Rated R | Dec 18, 2007 Visually spectacular, action-packed and enduringly provocative since its original 1982 release, the stylish noir thriller Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford in the enigmatic role of 21st-century detective Rick… Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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The Godfather Collection: The Coppola Restoration (Blu-ray)    Paramount Pictures | 549 mins | Rated R | Sep 23, 2008 This box set includes the following titles: The Godfather The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part III Drama / Thriller

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Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | Not rated | Dec 09, 2008 No synopsis for this title. Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Television / Thriller

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The Third Man – Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)    Criterion | 1949 | 104 mins | Not rated | Dec 16, 2008 Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime–and thus begins this legendary… Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

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Bottle Rocket – Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)    Criterion | 1996 | 91 mins | Rated R | Dec 16, 2008 Wes Anderson first illustrated his lovingly detailed, slightly surreal cinematic vision in this witty and warm portrait of three young middle-class misfits. Fresh out of a mental hospital, gentle Anthony… Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance

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2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1968 | 149 mins | Rated G | Oct 23, 2007 In this surreal sci-fi classic by Stanley Kubrick, adapted from the Arthur C. Clarke novel, a mysterious black monolith appears on Earth in prehistoric times, changing the course of human evolution. When it… Adventure / Sci-Fi

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No Country for Old Men (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2007 | 122 mins | Rated R | Mar 11, 2008 Llewelyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back trunk. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of… Crime / Drama / Thriller

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2005 | 135 mins | Rated PG | May 13, 2008 In World War II England, the four Pevensie siblings — Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter — enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of ‘hide-and-seek’ in the rural country home of… Action / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy

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Casablanca: Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1942 | 102 mins | Rated PG | Dec 02, 2008 Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) owns a nightclub in Casablanca during World War II. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), a woman Rick was once in love with and never quite got over, walks into his nightclub. She’s in town… Drama / Romance / War

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The Searchers (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1956 | 119 mins | Not rated | Oct 31, 2006 Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne… Adventure / Drama / Western

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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Special Edition (Blu-ray)    20th Century Fox | 1951 | 92 mins | Rated G | Dec 02, 2008 The Day The Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings… Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1987 | 117 mins | Rated R | Oct 23, 2007 The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker – from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Drama / War

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3:10 to Yuma (Blu-ray)    Lionsgate Films | 2007 | 122 mins | Rated R | Jan 08, 2008 In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to… Action / Drama / Western

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Rambo (Blu-ray)    Lionsgate Films | 2008 | 91 mins | Rated R | May 27, 2008 When a group of missionary aid workers in Myanmar disappear into the vast green inferno, vigilante Vietnam War veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) leaves his job as a Salween River boatman behind to… Action / Drama / Thriller

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Patton (Blu-ray)    20th Century Fox | 1970 | 170 mins | Rated PG | Jun 03, 2008 Patton is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty and historical zeal. Tracing… Biography / Drama / History / War

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Shoot ‘Em Up (Blu-ray)    New Line Cinema | 2007 | 86 mins | Rated R | Jan 01, 2008 Mr. Smith, the angriest, most hardboiled man in the world, finds himself entrusted to protect the most innocent thing of all – a newborn child. When Smith delivers the baby in the middle of a gunfight, he soon… Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

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Dawn of the Dead (Blu-ray)    Starz / Anchor Bay | 1978 | 127 mins | Unrated | Oct 02, 2007 As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes of the undead. This is the ferocious horror classic,… Action / Drama / Horror

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray)    Sony Pictures | 1977 | 404 mins | Rated PG | Nov 13, 2007 In the night skies near his Muncie, Indiana, home, power repairman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) experiences something out of this world. His close encounter sets into action an amazing chain of events that… Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi

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Spider-Man: The High Definition Trilogy (Blu-ray)    Sony Pictures | 2007 | Rated PG-13 | Oct 30, 2007 This box set includes Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Sunshine (Blu-ray)    20th Century Fox | 2007 | 107 mins | Rated R | Jan 08, 2008 It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon…. Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rambo: First Blood (Blu-ray)    Lionsgate Films | 1982 | 96 mins | Rated R | Feb 06, 2007 He never fought a battle he couldn’t win. Academy Award-nominee Sylvester Stallone stars as war hero, ex-green Beret John Rambo in the one that started it all! First Blood is an explosive action-thriller that… Action / Drama / Thriller

29.

I, Robot (Blu-ray)    20th Century Fox | 2004 | 114 mins | Rated PG-13 | Mar 11, 2008 In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them, except one, slightly paranoid detective (Will Smith) investigating what he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot…. Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2003 | 111 mins | Rated R | Sep 09, 2008 Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride (Uma Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it’s time for payback… with a vengeance! Having been gunned down by her former… Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

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Planet of the Apes (40th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray)    20th Century Fox | 1968 | 112 mins | Rated G | Nov 04, 2008 Three astronouts after a crash landing find themselves stranded in an upside-down planet–a place where talking apes are in charge and mute humans are hunted and enslaved by the tyrannical primates. Action / Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi

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The Lives of Others (Blu-ray)    Sony Pictures | 2006 | 138 mins | Rated R | Aug 21, 2007 Set in East Berlin before the fall of the Wall, the East German government kept control over its citizens with a ruthless system of control and surveillance run by the all powerful Stasi. When a high–ranking… Drama

33.

Blade Runner: Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 1982 | 117 mins | Rated R | Dec 18, 2007 Visually spectacular, action-packed and enduringly provocative since its original 1982 release, the stylish noir thriller Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford in the enigmatic role of 21st-century detective Rick… Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

34.

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 136 mins | Rated R | Sep 09, 2008 Having dispensed with former colleagues O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu) and Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), the Bride (Uma Thurman) resumes her quest for justice. With those two down, she has two remaining foes on… Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

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The Counterfeiters (Blu-ray)    Sony Pictures | 2007 | 99 mins | Rated R | Aug 05, 2008 The Counterfeiters tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin’s “King of the Counterfeiters.” However, his life of women and easy money is cut… Drama / War

36.

TrondheimSolistene: Divertimenti (Blu-ray)    2L | 2008 | 69 mins | Not rated | Aug 26, 2008 Audio only 192kHz/24bit 5.1/Stereo BD-Audio plus 5.1/Stereo SACD 2-disc set Selections: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony Grazyna Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra Terje… Music / Other

37.

World Trade Center (Blu-ray)    Paramount Pictures | 2006 | 128 mins | Rated PG-13 | Dec 12, 2006 “World Trade Center is a film about heroism and the best in all of us,” raves Good Morning America’s Joel Siegel. Academy Award winner, Nicolas Cage stars in the unforgettable true story of the courageous… Drama / History

38.

Cinderella Man (Blu-ray)    Disney / Buena Vista | 2005 | 144 mins | Rated PG-13 | Mar 21, 2007 Cinderella Man is inspired by the life of legendary athlete Jim Braddock, a once-promising light heavyweight boxer forced into retirement after a string of losses in the ring. As the nation enters the darkest… Biography / Drama / Sport

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Planet Earth: The Complete Collection (Blu-ray)    BBC | 2006 | 550 mins | Not rated | Apr 24, 2007 With an unprecedented production budget of $25 million, and from the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life, comes the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2,000 days in the field, using 40… Documentary / Television

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Batman Begins (Blu-ray)    Warner Bros. | 2005 | 140 mins | Rated PG-13 | Jul 08, 2008 Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight’s emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents’ murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian… Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Here’s the Highdefdigest best overall list:

• Blade Runner (Complete Collector’s Ed.) Overall Grade: . This is the 5-disk definitive collection. Just $24 or so so a real steal.
• Hairspray (2007) Overall Grade: . i’m actually not that big a fan of the movi
• Lost: The Complete Third Season Overall Grade: . i loved the first season, but for me, by the second, the whole thing seemed just tired. Others just loved Lost, so YMMV
• Ratatouille Overall Grade: . Well its a kids movie. IMHO now as great as the Incredibles, but apparently the digital-to-digital conversion is amazing, so get it for that.
• Wall•E Overall Grade: . Haven’t seen the film, but kids liked it and like Ratatouille, from Pixar so amazingly good transfer
• 2001: A Space Odyssey Overall Grade: . A cult classic and a nice transf
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007)Overall Grade: . Sounds like a decent film, but no way I’m going through seven forced trailers.
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Overall Grade: . Not for me, although some really like these revived old films.
• Batman Begins Overall Grade: . I didn’t see this Batman, but is supposed to be great as demo footabe
• Beowulf: The Director’s Cut (2007) Overall Grade: . A good rental from Netflix. The movie is dumb, but a great demo for video and audio.
• Cars Overall Grade: . I love the story and the transfer is supposed to be good
• Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) Overall Grade: . For the collectors out there.
• Casino Overall Grade:
• Casino Royale (2006, Collector’s Edition) Overall Grade: . Fun film, but an early Blu Ray so mediocre video transfer
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind Overall Grade:
• Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer Overall Grade:
• I, Robot Overall Grade: . I actually loved the story, but more important the audio and video are reference quality.
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Overall Grade:
• Dark City Overall Grade: . From the crazy guys who did the Matrix. Reference quality too.
• Iron Man (2008) Overall Grade: . Fun story
• Kung Fu Panda Overall Grade: . Can you watch a kid movie too much.
• L.A. Confidential Overall Grade: . A classic film noir.
• Live Free or Die Hard Overall Grade: . Rocking fun movie. great audio, very good video but not perfection.
• Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time Overall Grade: . I’m not a terrible NiN fan.
• Pan’s Labyrinth Overall Grade:
• Patton Overall Grade:
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Overall Grade: . Johnny Depp is amazing and the transfer is phenomenal. Great reference quality
• Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid Overall Grade:
• SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next Overall Grade:
• The Sand Pebbles Overall Grade:
• Sleeping Beauty Overall Grade:
• The Nightmare Before Christmas Overall Grade:
• Transformers (2007) Overall Grade:
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• The Ultimate Matrix Collection Overall Grade: . The second two sucked, but if you have to spend $130, get it for the original Matrix
• World Trade Center Overall Grade:
• Zodiac: Director’s Cut (Dutch Import) Overall Grade:

Here are the five star Blu-ray video quality listings:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
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• Alexander Revisited
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• Bee Movie
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• Beowulf: Director’s Cut (UK Import)
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• Beowulf: The Director’s Cut (2007)
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• Black Book
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• Black Snake Moan (Re-Issue)
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• Blade Runner (Complete Collector’s Ed.)
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• Blade Runner (Ultimate Collector’s Ed.)
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• Cars
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• Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
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• Cast Away
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• Celine Dion: A New Day… Live in Las Vegas
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• Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed
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• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
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• Discovery Atlas: Italy Revealed
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• Doomsday
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• Dreamgirls (Re-Issue)
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• The Covenant
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• Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City
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• Eastern Promises
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• Enchanted
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• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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• Flags of Our Fathers
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• Happy Feet
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• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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• Hollow Man (Director’s Cut)
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• Horton Hears a Who!
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• Hulk (2003)
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• I Am Legend
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• I Am Legend (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
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• I, Robot
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• Letters from Iwo Jima
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• Lost: The Complete Third Season
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• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
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• Kung Fu Panda
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• Mission: Impossible III
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• Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time
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• No Country for Old Men
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• Open Season
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• Persepolis
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
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• Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series
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• Ratatouille
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• Remember the Titans
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• The Prestige
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• Rush Hour 3
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• Saawariya
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• A Scanner Darkly
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• Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour
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• Shrek the Third
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• The Simpsons Movie
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• Sleeping Beauty
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• Speed Racer
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• Tinker Bell
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• The Ultimate Matrix Collection
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• Wall•E
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• Zodiac: Director’s Cut (Dutch Import)
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Here they are for audio 5-star ratings for sound system demos:

• 30 Days of Night
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• 300
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• AC/DC: Live at Donington
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• Assembly (UK Import)
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• Batman Begins
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• Beowulf: Director’s Cut (UK Import)
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• Beowulf: The Director’s Cut (2007)
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• Big Fish
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• Black Hawk Down
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• Blade Runner (Complete Collector’s Ed.)
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• Blade Runner (Ultimate Collector’s Ed.)
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• Blood Diamond
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• Cars
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• Cast Away
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• Celine Dion: A New Day… Live in Las Vegas
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• Chicago
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• Chris Botti Live with Orchestra and Special Guests
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• Cloverfield
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• Crank
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• The Dark Knight
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• Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City
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• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
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• The Bank Job (2008)
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• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
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• Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden
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• Face/Off (UK Import)
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• Hairspray (2007)
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• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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• The Day After Tomorrow
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• Ghost Rider
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• I Am Legend
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• I Am Legend (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
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• I, Robot
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• Immortal Beloved
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• Incubus: Alive at Red Rocks
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• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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• Initial D
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• Iron Man (2008)
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• Kill Bill Vol. 1
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• Kill Bill Vol. 2
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• Kung Fu Panda
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• Layer Cake
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• Legends of Jazz Showcase
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• Letters from Iwo Jima
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• Live Free or Die Hard
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• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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• Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You in Time
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• Pan’s Labyrinth
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• The Patriot (Extended Cut)
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• The Mummy Returns
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• Pearl Harbor
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
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• The Orphanage
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
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• Planet of the Apes (2001)
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• Rambo
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• The Police: Certifiable – Live in Buenos Aires
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• Ratatouille
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• Redbelt
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• Rush Hour 3
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• SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
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• Sleeping Beauty
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• Spider-Man 3
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• Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy
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• Stealth
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• Stomp the Yard
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• Surf’s Up
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• Transformers (2007)
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• The Ultimate Matrix Collection
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• Underworld
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• Vantage Point
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• Wall•E
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• Wanted
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• War
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• Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Concert
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• Within Temptation: Black Symphony
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Well with Blu Ray out and also PS3, Wii and Mac games, what are the things to get using Gamerankings.com as a reference and you can try things like Gamefly.com to rent and try these which toptenreviews.com likes. BTW, besides Costco, Newegg.com looks like the cheapest place to buy games whereas Amazon or Costco looks like the best place for Blu-ray.

h3. Playstation

Here are the games above 90% in average ratings:

1. Grand Theft Auto IV. 97%. Alex loves car games. $60, so a good rental choice
2. LittleBigPlanet. Share your characters and learning over the entire Playstation Networ, 94%
3. Bioshock. FPS 94%
4. Fallout 3. Another first person shooter that shipped 4.7M units in the first week. 91%
5. Rock Band 2. 91% defines the Guitar Hero play an instrument thing

Here are games 85-90%

1. Dead Space. 89.7% Sci Fi shooter
2. Super Street Fight II Turbo hD Remix 89%. Kick them high and low in HD
3. NHL 09. 88%. Hockey galore
4. Resistance 2. We have this kind of fun FPS 88%
5. Bionic Commando Rearmed. FPS 87.6%
6. Wipeout HD. 88% futuristic car driving at 60fps
7. FIFA Soccer 09 87%. Play soccer
8. Valkryia. Role playing game as you engage in big battles in a fictitious Europe 87%
9. Madden NFL 09 86%
10. Sid Meier’s Civiization Revolution 85%

Call of Duty: World at War. Takes the Modern Wargare engine and brings it back to WWII. For PS3, you can have four players online and up to two players per console. 84.7%

Here are the top Wii games over the last 12 months. Lots of these games seem stocked out. For instance super  Super Smash is out and so is Mario Kart Wii