Tag Archives: HarryPotter

Must See HDTV (September 3rd – 9th)

Post Image

After college football got its season under way last week, now it’s the professional’s turn. But the NFL isn’t all we have for you, while a light TV schedule is supplemented by a long list of high profile Blu-ray sets arriving this week. Of course, n…


Sony Reader PRS-T2 up for $130 pre-order at J&R

Post Image

We first caught sight of Sony’s latest reader when it mysteriously swung past the FCC, but now the PRS-T2 has arrived to spill the beans at Park Row’s most famous resident. J&R’s pre-order page reveals that the 6-inch touchscreen WiFi-only device…


PSA: Entire Harry Potter series now available on Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library

Post Image

Fancy dipping back into the world of Quidditch and Dumbledore? Or maybe you shunned the whole Pottermania thing until now. Either way, if you own a Kindle, you can finally get up to speed without paying a spellbinding price — thanks to Amazon’s Kind…


PSA: Pottermore is no longer colloportus, open to muggles and magicians alike

Post Image

It’s been a waitus longissimus, but finally Pottermore has raised the portcullis to the rest of us muggles. You can sign up right now, after which you’ll be allocated to your respective Hogwarts house, but it might take a few more days before you’re f…


Harry Potter e-books now available to muggles

Post Image

The Hunger Games may have had a heck of an opening weekend, but let’s not forget who the top box office spot belongs to: a certain bespectacled boy wizard. Roughly a decade and half after the publication of the first book in the series — and after se…


Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection brings home all eight movies on a ridiculous 31 discs (video)

Post Image

Now that all of the Harry Potter movies have been released, Warner Bros. has seen fit to slide them together in one truly epic set. Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection spans 31 discs including the theatrical version of each movie, extended cuts of the fi…


Pottermore departing beta from platform nine (and three quarters) in April

Post Image

The digital exploits of Little Whinging’s most famous lightning-scarred resident is belatedly exiting beta next month. The six-month delay was prompted because the server platform couldn’t handle the load of the million pottermaniacs who had early ac…


Digital downloads bring UltraViolet one step closer to being useful

Post Image

The dream of being able to buy a movie once and watch it anywhere promised by UltraViolet still seems impossible, but adding digital downloads to Flixster does bring it one step closer. Of course being able to download and watch a handful of movies …


Must See HDTV (November 7th – 13th)

Post Image

It’ll be hard to find a sports matchup that equals last weekend’s ‘Bama/LSU showdown, but Fox will try as it dives into the octagon with some MMA this weekend. There’s also a few family-friendly Blu-ray 3D titles on deck, and the final edition of so…


Invisibility cloak made of carbon nanotubes uses ‘mirage effect’ to disappear

Post Image

If the phrase “I solemnly swear I’m up to no good” means anything to you, you’ll be happy to know that scientists have come one step closer to a Potter-style “invisibility cloak” so you can use your Marauder’s Map to the fullest. With the help of ca…