DL.TV

episode 148 (1x148)

Air date: Mar 15, 2007

Roger Chang's still in for Robert Heron, who promises he's coming back to work someday. When his eyeball no longer makes the Doctor go "Oh... my... that's... uh... improving nicely!" (Just kidding, Rob!) • The viewer pic o' the week comes from John, who is -extremely- tall, and has quite the aesthetically pleasing computer room. Threre's mood lighting! Not to mention a -lot- of monitors! Thanks for sharing, John! • Blu-ray and HD DVD playback in one box: LG's BH100 ($800-$1200), aka the "Super Multi Blue Player" is the only act in town. Full review next week, today we show off the menus you get on the HD DVD side of things. They're not quite right. • Come May, LG should release the GGW-H10N, a combination Blu-ray disc burner/reader, and HD DVD read-only drive that will cost about the same price as the BH100, $1200. • Speaking of next gen DVD content, Toshiba is releasing a $400 external HD DVD drive, and DL.TV viewers have spotted Toshiba's HD-D1 HD DVD players at Walmart for less than that. (Matter of fact, HP's external HD DVD drive is already for sale at Walmart for $420.) • Oh.... And the Blu-ray disc association says Blu-ray will replace DVD (and bury HD DVD in three years! • Will HighDef change the way we see news? Can emerging media be exploited for evil? Dan Rather takes a few minutes to talk to us on how new tech impacts mass media, and how the rules of good reporting shouldn't change much if you're a blogger, or on a big network. • It's a different kind of video game: Cooking Mama: Cook Off! for the Nintendo Wii. 1UP's Jeremy Parish • John's got something to say that involves Dan Rather and, uh, fracking... not to worry, John, there's still lots of tech in the show. • NJ law says you can't toss CF lightbulbs in the trash. Good thing: they contain mercury. Don't want to drive? Glenn, time to fire up your inner activist and get somebody in your town to collect 'em so you don't have waste gas yourself. • Regarding Roger's lac