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The immensity of Tokyo still amazes me even after years of living here. But I can’t think of a better way to really get a sense of the scope of this city than by a helicopter tour over the city.

This is not clips of different areas, it is a seamless aerial tour from takeoff to landing. Take a one-hour tour of the city and see more than 50 famous landmarks.

Recorded in 50Mbps high bit rate and “4:2:2 sampling” with super wide zoom lens from a gyrostabilizer built-in helicopter. Blu-ray HD master data, HGX Codec.

Available in DVD and Download versions.

The attached pictures are some of the sites highlighted in the video (listed in the order that they are posted below):

1) Tokyo Tower
2) Shibuya (showing Shibuya station and the brand-new Hikarie Building)
3) Shinjuku
4) The Diet Building
5) Tokyo Dome
6) Akihabara
7) Asakusa (Senso-ji Temple/Five-storied Pagoda, etc.)
8) Tokyo Sky Tree

You can order this here.

LG Electronics Japan is releasing a wireless sound bar system “NB4530A”, a wireless connection and 3D sound compliant blu-ray disk player “NB4530A” and a compact model “BP125″ soon.

NB4530A
NB4530A can connect to an accompanying woofer or LG TV wirelessly. It’s only 35mm thin and you can hang it on a wall as well. Built-in 3D sound processor gives you a rich and realistic sound experience when you watch a 3D movie.

Expected price: ¥45,000
Release date: mid-May
Size: main unit 1038 × 35.4 × 75mm, woofer 221 × 351.5 × 281mm
Weight: main unit 2.4kg, woofer 7.3kg

BP630
3D sound compliant Blu-Ray player, BP630′s “Private Sound Mode” is a useful function especially when you cannot play loud sounds, such as late night. Equipped with Miracast – download a dedicated application to your smart phone, and then you can listen to the sounds that BP630 is producing with your smart phone. Equipped with an HDMI terminal.

Expected price: ¥13,000
Release date: mid-May
Size: 430 × 43.5 × 208.5mm
Weight: 1.5kg

BP125
BP125 is only 270cm across so you can place it at a narrow place. Equipped with an HDMI terminal.

Expected price: ¥10,000
Release date: mid-April
Size: 270 × 39 × 198mm
Weight: 1.1kg

Panasonic is releasing 2 new Blue-ray Disc players on April 30 – “DMP-BDT330″ and “DMP-BD79″.
“DMP-BDT330″ is compatible with Blue-ray 3D player and 4K upconversion. And by making either of its 2 HDMI output terminals sound output only, noise generated by video signal can be reduced and pure high-quality sound can be played. Also, this network/high resolution audio compliant Blue-ray disc player can play 192kHz/24bit audio file or compressed audio …

Toshiba announced today its 2013 lineup of home theater and entertainment products, including new televisions, Blu-ray players, and a new service called Cloud TV. The lineup is headlined by the company’s new 9-series Ultra HD televisions and a new service called Cloud TV, which offers on-demand content like Netflix, Vimeo, and YouTube.

Toshiba says that the new line of products features a “new design identity,” which includes rounded corners, brushed metal, gloss finishes, and a minimalist aesthetic that makes the new products simple and easy to use. Toshiba says that the new design for its 2013 products will go right along with any modern and contemporary look in a home.

The new 9-series Ultra HD range comes in flavors of 84-inch, 65-inch, and 58-inch screen sizes. Also in the new lineup are 4-series, 6-series, and 7-series lines of new televisions. The 4- and 6-series are the companies new entry models for 2013, which are basic smart TV models that come in either 32-inch or 50-inch screen sizes.

The 7-series is a new line of 3D-enabled smart TVs that come in 40-inch, 50-inch, and 58-inch flavors. As for the new Cloud TV platform, there’s not a lot of information about it at this point, but it’ll essentially be a service that includes a handful of apps, as well as the ability to share content between multiple devices in the home.

Toshiba also announced three new Blu-ray players, all of which look more or less the same design-wise, but are slightly different from one another. They feature built-in WiFi, 3D playback support, smart TV functionality, including access to YouTube, Netflix, etc., and the design of the new players compliments the new range of televisions nicely as well. No details on pricing or availability, but we should be seeing these new products on the market very soon.

Toshiba announces 2013 range of new home theater products is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Complete with a lovely dual-interview opportunity for the public with two of the classic film’s integral artists, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are re-releasing Willow. This movie will be appearing on both DVD and Blu-ray after director Ron Howard and star Warwick Davis give an “Artist to Artist Twitter chat” this month. You’ll be able to join in, too!

If you’ll head to Twitter on March 12th (that’s a Tuesday) from 2-2:30 PM PST, you’ll find both Davis and Howard giving a talk – and you can join in if you’d like! Follow #WillowChat and you’ll see the whole epic trading of words commencing. Then comes the features in the actual release!

With this release of Willow as a 25th Anniversary Edition, you’ll find a brand new personal video diary from none other than Warwick Davis – he’s going all-out to promote this, one of this most well-known starring roles. You’ll find matte paintings, photos of on-set bits and pieces, and deleted scenes as well. You’ll be getting a set of remarks from Ron Howard as well – what better wait to gain insight into the making of the classic?

This release will also include a new introduction from Ron Howard to the original 1988 featurette for the film, “The Making of an Adventure.” You’ll also see special effects master Dennis Muren give a new introduction to his bit of the collection, “From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking.” Sounds rather great! We’ll see the release of Willow in its newest fully digitally restored edition on both Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack starting on March 12th wherever fine films are sold.

Have a peek at the timeline below for more Lucasfilm-related business in the recent past – there’s one whole heck of a lot of it!

Lucasfilm celebrates 25th anniversary edition of Willow with artist chat is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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