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SoHo Highlight: Hell on Wheels (Sky 10, 5.15, 5.1) If you missed Sunday’s screening, catch up with this repeat, in which Cullen’s search for the sergeant is unexpectedly diverted and Durant organises a search party for Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott, above). ”Choo-choo!” exclaimed New York magazine at this stage of the series. “We’re three episodes into Hell on Wheels and [...]

New Zealand’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday TradeZone Gone Fishin’ (TV3, 5.00, R) Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.30) Movie: The Accidental Husband (TV2, 8.30) Winners & Losers (TV One, 11.15, R) Sunday Hellcats (TV2, 5.30) The War at Home (TV2, 6.30, R) North (TV One, 7.00, R) Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (TV2, 7.00, [...]

The network premiere of Avatar will see TV2 and TV3 go head-to-head with HD gusto in the first full week of February. Both channels will launch many of their new-season series from February 4-10. TV3 will be banking on a bumper audience for its 7.30pm Waitangi Day premiere of Avatar to promote new HD episodes of [...]

Oppo’s first Blu-ray 3D player is worth buying just for its 2D capability. The BDP-93 is priced higher than most of the competition but picture purists won’t begrudge the $1350 price tag given the calibre of the extras – even if the appreciating dollar is making it harder to justify. However, the premium’s partly due [...]

Here’s a BBC press release about what to expect in tonight’s episode of The Graham Norton Show (TV3, 8.30): This week, in an “out of this world” show, Graham Norton meets award-winning actress and star of Alien and Avatar, Sigourney Weaver, and the master of the universe himself, Professor Brian Cox. Sandi Toksvig and top-selling US band Sugarland complete the stellar [...]

In a depressing reflection of the NZ HD market, four Blu-ray releases recognised for their excellence this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas have yet to go on sale here. Lost: The Complete Collection was judged TV Title of the Year and A Christmas Carol, 3D Title of the Year. In NZ, [...]

Avatar: Sky Movies, 8.30pm Sunday. The sizzling Blu-ray of James Cameron’s latest titanic blockbuster is the closest you’ll get to viewing it in 3D on a 2D TV. It will be interesting to see how Sky’s 1080i broadcast compares with the exceptionally high bit rate of the 1080p transfer that made the depth and detail [...]

Having just released a $10,000, 65-inch 3D plasma TV in limited quantities, Panasonic hopes to make the technology more affordable with its first 42-inch model. The TH-P42GT20Z will go on sale for $2699 on December 15. It will be bundled with a free 3D Blu-ray of Avatar, which Panasonic has licensed exclusively for the next [...]

HD diehards need not fear the bit rate of Avatar has been compromised to squeeze three versions of the movie onto a single disc for the Extended Collector’s Edition that goes on sale today. Moreover, though it’s still only in 2D, “you’ll notice a depth of field that’s as close to 3D as it’s possible [...]

Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Up and Avatar top Sky Movies’ HD premieres in December. James Cameron’s ET phenomenon will first screen on December 19, This Is It on Christmas Eve and the Oscar-winning Pixar ‘toon on Christmas night. The pick of December’s comedies isn’t complicated – it’s It’s Complicated, on December 5 – while the [...]