Take a virtual tour of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley set on Google Street View

DNP Diagon Alley on Street View

Google has alohomora’d a way for everyone (even muggles) to visit Diagon Alley without the need for magic wands. You can now explore the famous Harry Potter set at Warner Bros. London studio via Street View, and virtually visit its shops like Ollivander’s or the garishly colored Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. It’s not the first Street View location within a building — in fact, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence is now open for digital visitors — but movie sets are a rare treat. This is probably the next best thing for those who want to see Diagon Alley in person but can’t fly to London, even though the studio lights and the green screen behind Gringotts could ruin childhoods. Unless, of course, Schmidt, Page and Brin are actually wizards who added those final touches to make a real magical marketplace look fake.

Filed under: ,

Comments

Via: Mashable

Source: Google Maps

Must See HDTV (September 3rd – 9th)

Must See HDTV September 3rd  9th

After college football got its season under way last week, now it’s the professional’s turn. But the NFL isn’t all we have for you, while a light TV schedule is supplemented by a long list of high profile Blu-ray sets arriving this week. Of course, none of them are bigger than the 32-disc Harry Potter collection pictured above, check after the break for some video of what’s inside. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection
Fans of the glasses-wearing kid wizard can invest in the massive Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection Blu-ray boxed set this weekend, which arrives packing 31 discs in its collector’s edition casing. 3D, never before seen bonus clips, and digital copies — it’s all in there, and all your for the low, low price of $350 or so. Whether or not you’re willing to shell out that kind of cash for all eight movies, there’s a video look at the set after the break as some of the series’ stars take turns unboxing it.
($344.99 on Amazon, September 7th)

NFL
Our fantasy leagues are drafted, our pick ’em leagues are registered for (you’re registered for ours, right?) and the beer is getting cold. It’s finally time for the NFL to return to us, and it all starts Wednesday night with kickoff festivities leading up to an NFC East grudge match between the Giants and Cowboys. Of course, that’s just a teaser for Sunday’s action, and finally the first Monday Night Football of the year next week. It doesn’t get better than this.
(September 5th, NBC, 8:30PM)

2012 Basketball Hall of Fame
For basketball, the Hall of Fame covers both pro and collegiate ranks, and for 2012 it’s inducting a class with members like Reggie Miller, Don Nelson, Katrina McClain, Phil Knight, Ralph Sampson, Chet Walker and Jamaal Wilkes. NBA TV is also producing a documentary about Reggie Miller that will air Tuesday night before he joins his sister Cheryl in the hall. The presentation airs Friday night, hoops fans can use it as a crutch between the Olympics / summer league festivities and the regular season which is still several weeks away.
(September 7th, NBA TV, 7:30PM)

Continue reading Must See HDTV (September 3rd – 9th)

Filed under: ,

Must See HDTV (September 3rd – 9th) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Sony Reader PRS-T2 up for $130 pre-order at J&R

Sony Reader PRST2 up for preorder at J&R

We first caught sight of Sony’s latest reader when it mysteriously swung past the FCC, but now the PRS-T2 has arrived to spill the beans at Park Row’s most famous resident. J&R’s pre-order page reveals that the 6-inch touchscreen WiFi-only device is packing a 800 x 600 E-Ink display, a battery promising two months life and a built-in stylus. Software options include six dictionaries, Evernote Clearly, Facebook for Reader and a free copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The electronics superstore has the device listed as “coming soon,” and when it arrives, will set you back $130 — but, as its write-up notes, that’s the price you pay to avoid being bothered with adverts.

Sony Reader PRS-T2 up for $130 pre-order at J&R originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink The Digital Reader  |  sourceJ&R  | Email this | Comments