Synopsis

Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June 2009, this film was produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his planned final London shows.

Cast and Crew

• Stars: Michael Jackson
• Director: Kenny Ortega
• Producer: Paul Gongaware, Kenny Ortega, Randy Phillips
• Writer: No Writer Credited

Special Features

• 2 Making-of Documentaries
• BD Exclusives: Thriller and Smooth Criminal Vignettes – presented in 5.1 audio
• Featurettes: The Gloved One – Costumes
• Memories of Michael
• Auditions: Searching for the World’s Best Dancers
• movieIQ featuring the “This Is It” Playlist and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie! Also includes an interactive playlist where you can bookmark your favorite songs featured in the film and email yourself

Special Features

• 2 Making-of Documentaries
• BD Exclusives: Thriller and Smooth Criminal Vignettes – presented in 5.1 audio
• Featurettes: The Gloved One – Costumes
• Memories of Michael
• Auditions: Searching for the World’s Best Dancers
• movieIQ featuring the “This Is It” Playlist and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie! Also includes an interactive playlist where you can bookmark your favorite songs featured in the film and email yourself

Click to purchase the Michael Jackson: This Is It (Two-Disc Limited Edition with 3D Backstage Pass version 3) [Blu-ray]

Special Features:

A provocative science fiction drama, District 9 boasts an original story that gets a little lost in blow-’em-up mayhem. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the imminent eviction of extraterrestrials from a pathetic shantytown (called District 9). The creatures, it turns out, have been on Earth for years, having arrived sickly and starving. Initially received by humans with compassion and care, the aliens are now mired in blighted conditions typical of long-term refugee camps unwanted by a hostile, host society. With the creatures’ care contracted out to a for-profit corporation, the shantytown has become a violent slum. The aliens sift through massive piles of junk while their minders secretly research weapons technology that arrived on the visitors’ spacecraft.

Against this backdrop is a more personal story about a bureaucrat named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who is accidentally exposed to a DNA-altering substance. As he begins metamorphosing into one of the creatures, Wikus goes on the run from scientists who want to harvest his evolving, new parts and aliens who see him as a threat. When he pairs up with an extraterrestrial secretly planning an escape from Earth, however, what should be a fascinating relationship story becomes a series of firefights and explosions. Nuance is lost to numbing violence, and the more interesting potential of the film is obscured. Yet, for a while District 9 is a powerful movie with a unique tale to tell. Seamless special effects alone are worth seeing: the (often brutal) exchanges between alien and human are breathtaking. –Tom Keogh

Product Description

Click here to purchase the District 9 [Blu-ray]

Technical Details

• Organize and play 400 Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs, & CDs
• Experience Full HD 1080p/24p video output
• Quickly load rented movies through the rental slot
• Converts DVD video to near HD quality via HDMI
• Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD decoding/bitstream output

Organize your disc library and enjoy quick access to 400 Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs, and CDs with the Sony BDP-CX960 MegaChanger. A user-friendly interface makes it easy to find the movie, TV show or CD yourre looking for by sorting and grouping title, genre, cast and more. The BDP-CX960 also features stunning Full HD 1080p quality in Blu-ray Disc technology and DVD upscaling to near HD quality.

Store and play 400 discs
The Sony BDP-CX960 Blu-ray Disc MegaChanger can store and play 400 Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs and CDs, allowing you to free up valuable shelf space and relocate all your discs to one convenient, easy-to-access location.

Displays jacket art, title, & more
The Sony BDP-CX960 Blu-ray Disc MegaChanger can take advantage of internet connectivity to download movie metadata such as jacket art, title, genre and cast information from the Gracenote service, and displays it in an intuitive, easy-to-navigate on-screen display.

Sort and group your discs
Enjoy quick and easy navigation of your Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs and CDs with the ability to search and sort by title, genre, director, cast, and more from your remote control.

Fully-featured Blu-ray Disc player
In addition to storing and playing up to 400 discs, the BDP-CX960 offers all the capabilities of a fully-featured Blu-ray Disc player, including Full HD 1080p video output, HD audio support, BD-Live access, and the ability to upscale standard DVDs to near HD quality over an HDMI connection.

Rental slot for quick loading
Quickly insert and start watching a movie right away with the dedicated rental slot. In addition, a button on the player gives you one-touch access to the rental slot for quick loading or ejecting.

Full HD 1080p video output
Full HD 1080p video output provides high-resolution HD images so you can take full advantage of your HDTV and the detail of Blu-ray Disc video content. Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD compatibility lets you play your favorite Blu-ray Disc movies, DVDs, and audio CDs.8

DVD Upscaling via HDMI
DVD upscaling via HDMI makes your existing standard DVDs look better on your HDTV by upscaling them to near HD quality via HDMI connection.

BD-Live technology
BD-Live technology brings you the next generation of interactivity, allowing you to download and stream bonus content, such as additional scenes, shorts, trailers, movie-based games, and more. (BD-Live enabled Blu-ray Disc, USB flash memory, and Internet connection are required.)

Support for enhanced audio formats
The BDP-CX960 Blu-ray Disc player supports both internal decoding and bitstream output of enhanced audio codecs, including Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Master Audio. These high definition audio formats delivers “lossless” surround sounds with 7.1 channels of discrete audio that is nearly identical to the master studio recording, allowing you to enjoy uncompromised sound from the comfort of your living room.

Product updates
Product software upgrades can be easily downloaded and installed on the CX960 through your internet connection.

xross media bar
xross media bar user interface makes it simple and intuitive to browse and search for movies, as well as navigate menus, controls, and user settings.

Ethernet port
Ethernet port provides connectivity to a home broadband connection for network updates, disc metadata downloads, and BD-Live access.

Built-in USB port
Built-in USB port enables you to connect a portable USB storage device (sold separately) for additional storage capacity and lets you take advantage of specially created content from BD-Live with compatible Blu-ray Disc media.

BRAVIA Sync
BRAVIA Sync capability utilizes the HDMI CEC function to easily turn on and control your compatible HDMI-connected components via a single remote.

24p True Cinema
24p True Cinema capable lets you watch films at their intended 24 fps (frames per second)–the way movies are shot and mastered–so you can enjoy more cinematic picture quality.

Precision Cinema HD Upscale
Precision Cinema HD upscale uses advanced conversion and processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. Additionally, separate algorithms are used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts.

Bonus View
Bonus View feature provides “picture-in-picture” capability with select Blu-ray Disc titles–useful for viewing director or actor commentary while the movie plays.

Meets or Exceeds Energy Star 3.0
The Sony BDP-CX960 Blu-ray Disc MegaChanger meets or exceeds Energy Star 3.0 requirements.

What’s in the Box
BDP-CX960 400 Disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD MegaChanger, Remote Commander (RM-ADP036), 2 AA Batteries, Instruction Manual, Warranty Card, Product Registration Card

Product Description

Click here to purchase this Sony BDP-CX960 400 Disc Blu-ray Disc / DVD MegaChanger (Black)

Technical Details

• Plays Blu-ray Disc movies in Full HD 1080p
• Instantly streams online entertainment from leading providers
• Upscales DVDs to near high definition
• BD-Live ready
• Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Master Audio decoding

In addition to playing Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, the Sony BDP-N460 streams one of the largest collections of premium and free on-demand entertainment from the BRAVIA Internet Video platform, including thousands of movies, TV programs, and music from from over 25 leading content providers–including YouTube, Slacker, and Netflix. Simply connect the BDP-N460 to your existing Internet connection.

It supports Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD audio codecs for up to 7.1 channels of high-definition sound, and there’s even quick start-up mode which begins operating your Blu-ray Disc player in approximately six seconds from the time it is powered on. You can also play and upscale your standard DVDs to near high definition. And navigation of the player’s menus is a breeze thanks to the icon-based Xross Media Bar (XMB) menu system.

Key Features

• Instantly stream thousands of movies, videos and music from an ever-growing list of over 25 content providers including Netflix, Slacker Radio, YouTube and more. (Learn more)
• Full HD 1080p Output (Learn more)
• DVD Upscaling via HDMI technology: DVD Upscaling via HDMI makes your existing standard DVDs look better on your HDTV by upscaling them to near HD quality.
• Dolby TrueHD and dts HD- 7.1 Analog: In the past, most audio codecs used compression that actually removes some sound data to transmit audio from the disc to the audio circuitry. This means that what you hear is a subset of the original audio. However, newer formats allow the audio to be compressed but not discarded, allowing the original audio to come through once it’s been decoded. This player allows you to stream the audio out via HDMI to a capable receiver or through analog 7.1 outputs for maximum compatibility with high end receivers. (Learn more)
• BD-Live Technology allows you to download and stream bonus content such as additional scenes, shorts, trailers, movie-based games, and more. And with Bonus View, you can enjoy “picture-in-picture” capability with select Blu-ray titles. External memory (sold separately) is required.
• Quick Start Mode: Quick Start Mode lets you begin operating your Sony Blu-ray Disc player approximately six seconds from the time it’s powered on.
• Ethernet port lets you connect the BDP-S360 to your home’s existing broadband network to access bonus features on BD-Live enabled Blu-ray Disc movies.
• Bonus View feature provides “picture-in-picture” capability with select Blu-ray Disc titles–useful for viewing director or actor commentary while the movie plays.
• x.v.Color output plays AVCHD-format discs with support for the international xvYCC color standard, producing images with nearly twice as many viewable colors as the existing RGB color standard.
• BRAVIA Sync technology lets you enjoy the convenience of one remote control to operate and control all your compatible home entertainment devices. It utilizes the HDMI CEC function to easily turn on and control your compatible HDMI-connected components without having to use multiple remote controls.
• 24p True Cinema technology lets you watch films at their intended 24 fps (frames per second)–the way movies are shot and mastered–so you can enjoy cinematic picture quality.
• Precision Cinema HD Upscale circuitry delivers accurate and vivid images with clarity and detail that are faithful to the source–whether film or video (upscaled image quality will vary). This circuitry uses advanced conversion and processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. Additionally, separate algorithms are used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts.
• Emmy-Award Winning Xross Media Bar Interface: Sony’s exclusive xross media bar user interface makes it simple and intuitive to navigate television menus, controls, and user settings. (Learn more)
• x.v.Color output plays AVCHD-format discs with support for the international xvYCC color standard, producing images with nearly twice as many viewable colors as the existing RGB color standard. (Learn more)
• Easy Wi-Fi setup: In addition to a built-in Ethernet port, the BDP-N460 includes built-in software that makes it easy to connect this player to your existing wireless network by pairing the optional Linksys Wireless Ethernet Bridge (WET-610N) to connect to your home router (each sold separately). Or you can use the built-in Ethernet port to use a wired connection.
• Convenience features include parental controls, child lock, and video bit rate indicator
• Dimensions: 16.9 x 2.2 x 8.1 inches
• Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Connections

• HDMI audio/video output: 1
• Component video (Y/Pb/Pr) output: 1
• Composite video output: 1
• Optical digital audio output: 1
• Coaxial digital audio output: 1
• Analog audio output: 1 (2-channel)
• Ethernet networking: 1
• USB port: 1

Video Specifications

• AVC-HD: Yes (8cm/12cm; DVD+R/RW/-R/-RW)
• BD-R/RE Read Compatibility: Yes (BDMV & BDAV)
• BD-ROM: Bonus View (Profile1.1); BD-Live (Profile2.0); BD-ROM (SL/DL)
• CD (CD-DA): Yes
• CD-R/RW: Yes (CD-DA & Data)
• DVD Playback: Yes
• DVD+R Read Compatibility: Yes (DL) (+VR)
• DVD+RW Read Compatibility: Yes (+VR) (8cm)
• DVD-R Read Compatibility: Yes (DL) (VR) (VR with CPRM) (8cm)
• DVD-RW Read Compatibility: Yes (VR) (VR with CPRM) (8cm)
• JPEG Playback: Yes (BD-R/REDVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)
• Noise Reduction: Yes
• PhotoTV HD: Yes
• x.v.Color Technology: Yes

Audio Specifications

• Dolby: Yes & Dolby TrueHD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3)
• Dolby Digital plus Decoding: Yes
• Dolby True HD bitstream output: Yes
• Dolby TrueHD Decoding: Yes
• LPCM: Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMI bitstream out)
• MP3 Playback: Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)
• dts Decoding: Yes
• dts HD bitstream output: Yes
• dts Output: Yes, & /DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3)

Click here to purchase this Sony BDP-N460 Blu-ray Disc Player (Black)

Technical Details

• Blu-ray Disc player with Full HD 1080p output for Blu-ray Discs and upconversion of standard DVD video to 1080p
• BD Live capable for accessing bonus content from BD-Live Blu-ray Discs via Ethernet port connected to your home network
• 24p True Cinema capable lets you watch films at their intended 24 fps (frames per second); Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
• Outputs: 1 HDMI, 1 component, 1 composite, 1 analog audio (2-channel), 1 digital optical audio, 1 digital coaxial audio, 1 Ethernet
• Includes remote control and composite AV cable; measures 16.9 x 8.1 x 2.2 inches (WxDxH)

Sony’s BDP-S360 Blu-ray Disc Player delivers full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output, decodes the latest advanced audio codecs, and is BD-Live capable with your broadband internet connection (and purchase of external memory). It supports Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD audio codecs for up to 7.1 channels of high-definition sound, and there’s even quick start-up mode which begins operating your Blu-ray Disc player in approximately six seconds from the time it is powered on. And navigation of the player’s menus is a breeze thanks to the icon-based Xross Media Bar (XMB) menu system.

• Full HD 1080p Output (Learn more)
• DVD Upscaling via HDMI technology: DVD Upscaling via HDMI makes your existing standard DVDs look better on your HDTV by upscaling them to near HD quality.
• Dolby TrueHD and dts HD- 7.1 Analog: In the past, most audio codecs used compression that actually removes some sound data to transmit audio from the disc to the audio circuitry. This means that what you hear is a subset of the original audio. However, newer formats allow the audio to be compressed but not discarded, allowing the original audio to come through once it’s been decoded. This player allows you to stream the audio out via HDMI to a capable receiver or through analog 7.1 outputs for maximum compatibility with high end receivers. (Learn more)
• BD-Live Technology allows you to download and stream bonus content such as additional scenes, shorts, trailers, movie-based games, and more. And with Bonus View, you can enjoy “picture-in-picture” capability with select Blu-ray titles. External memory (sold separately) is required.
• Quick Start Mode: Quick Start Mode lets you begin operating your Sony Blu-ray Disc player approximately six seconds from the time it’s powered on.
• Ethernet port lets you connect the BDP-S360 to your home’s existing broadband network to access bonus features on BD-Live enabled Blu-ray Disc movies.
• Bonus View feature provides “picture-in-picture” capability with select Blu-ray Disc titles — useful for viewing director or actor commentary while the movie plays.
• x.v.Color output plays AVCHD-format discs with support for the international xvYCC color standard, producing images with nearly twice as many viewable colors as the existing RGB color standard.
• BRAVIA Sync technology lets you enjoy the convenience of one remote control to operate and control all your compatible home entertainment devices. It utilizes the HDMI CEC function to easily turn on and control your compatible HDMI-connected components without having to use multiple remote controls.
• 24p True Cinema technology lets you watch films at their intended 24 fps (frames per second) — the way movies are shot and mastered — so you can enjoy cinematic picture quality.
• Precision Cinema HD Upscale circuitry delivers accurate and vivid images with clarity and detail that are faithful to the source — whether film or video (upscaled image quality will vary). This circuitry uses advanced conversion and processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. Additionally, separate algorithms are used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts.
• Emmy-Award Winning Xross Media Bar Interface: Sony’s exclusive xross media bar user interface makes it simple and intuitive to navigate television menus, controls, and user settings. (Learn more)
• x.v.Color output plays AVCHD-format discs with support for the international xvYCC color standard, producing images with nearly twice as many viewable colors as the existing RGB color standard. (Learn more)
• Dimensions: 16.9 x 8.1 x 2.2 inches (WxDxH)
• Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Connections

• HDMI audio/video output: 1
• Component video (Y/Pb/Pr) output: 1
• Composite video output: 1
• Optical digital audio output: 1
• Coaxial digital audio output: 1
• Analog audio output: 1 (2-channel)
• Ethernet networking: 1

Video Specifications

• AVC-HD: Yes (8cm/12cm; DVD+R/RW/-R/-RW)
• BD-R/RE Read Compatibility: Yes (BDMV & BDAV)
• BD-ROM: Bonus View (Profile1.1); BD-Live (Profile2.0); BD-ROM (SL/DL)
• CD (CD-DA): Yes
• CD-R/RW: Yes (CD-DA & Data)
• DVD Playback: Yes
• DVD+R Read Compatibility: Yes (DL) (+VR)
• DVD+RW Read Compatibility: Yes (+VR) (8cm)
• DVD-R Read Compatibility: Yes (DL) (VR) (VR with CPRM) (8cm)
• DVD-RW Read Compatibility: Yes (VR) (VR with CPRM) (8cm)
• JPEG Playback: Yes (BD-R/REDVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)
• Noise Reduction: Yes
• PhotoTV HD: Yes
• x.v.Color Technology: Yes

Audio Specifications

• Dolby: Yes & Dolby TrueHD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3)
• Dolby Digital plus Decoding: Yes
• Dolby True HD bitstream output: Yes
• Dolby TrueHD Decoding: Yes
• LPCM: Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMI bitstream out)
• MP3 Playback: Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)5
• dts Decoding: Yes
• dts HD bitstream output: Yes
• dts Output: Yes, & /DTS-HD bitstream out over HDMI (V1.3)

Click here to purchase this Sony BDP-S360 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player