For cinephiles who haven't been hammered by the
credit crunch, this year's holiday season could very well be the perfect time
to upgrade the ol' home theater to high-def. With electronics manufacturers and
retailers both feeling the pinch, consumers can expect deep discounts on a variety of Blu- ray
players.
If you do decide to make the leap to Blu-ray, there's
no better way to experience its all-around awesomeness than with a
computer-animated flick. Because they aren't shot on film and thus never leave
the digital realm, animated films can be transferred to Blu-ray with virtually
no loss of quality.
The summer hit Kung Fu Panda arrived on Blu-ray
yesterday, eschewing Hollywood's
traditional Tuesday release schedule. Pick it up and experience what might have been the best animated flick of 2008, were it not for Wall-E and all of its "brilliance" and
"poignancy." Whatever.