Sony BDPS500B Blu-ray Disc Player
This is the ‘Sony BDPS500B Blu-ray Disc Player’. This top quality Blu-ray player from the famous brand of Sony delivers a fine viewing and listening experience.
The output will show 1080p Full HD images which is the highest high-definition imagery possible. Users, who have Full HD capabilities on their television sets, will see exactly what it’s capable of with this player as a companion. The Dolby® Digital Plus Surround Sound provides audio that is delivered to the highest possible standards. Users will be able to watch their original DVDs in a higher quality high-definition, thanks to the1080p upscaling facility.
The ‘Sony BDPS500B Blu-ray Disc Player’ is a very high quality piece of technology that will satisfy even the most demanding of viewing tastes.
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Panasonic DMR-BS850EB-K 500GB HDD Blu-ray Recorder
Being released on 31 July 2009 is the ‘Panasonic DMR-BS850EB-K HD 500GB HDD Blu-ray Recorder’. This player takes recording and viewing high-definition footage to the next level.
Not only is it a Blu-ray recorder, it also has a massive 500 GB of hard disc storage to capture programs on. Included is a digital tuner that is compatible with Freestat. The audio capabilities are simply fantastic with the support of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-Master Audio Essential. Using Panasonic’s Viera Cast facility users will be able to access the Internet via the TV screen. The Twin Tuner setup is capable of recording to programs at the same time.
The ‘Panasonic DMR-BS850EB-K HD 500GB HDD Blu-ray Recorder’ is a superb quality premium unit that focuses on the future and high-definition imagery, it will be released on 31 July 2009
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Walk With Me! Release Date
Walk With Me! is a family friendly personal training programme from Nintendo DS. Track your daily routine with the Activity Meter then after your session, wirelessly beam the data from the Activity Meter to your DS/DSi and hey presto - Walk With Me! converts it into numbers of ‘steps’ so you can accurately record your exercise routine and results, while Walk With Me! gives extra tips and advice. You can also set yourself targets based on your results and record your satisfaction levels with your progress.
For the first time you can use your Mii character in a DS game to represent you which can be wirelessly downloaded from your Wii. If you do not have a Mii character then you can create one within the software.
A big feature of the game is that you can track up to 4 people’s activity per cartridge enabling comparisons with family members, friends or colleagues.
Walk With Me! is released for Nintendo DS on 5th June.
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Red Dead Redemption Release Date
Codenamed ”Old West Project”, Red Dead Redemption is the follow-up video game to Red Dead Revolver developed by Rockstar San Diego.
The game is set in 1908 and features former outlaw, John Marston, who is sent across the US Frontier to help in restore law and order. Utilizing open world gameplay and free-roaming ability, the landscapes will include frontier towns, prairies, and mountain passes. Including horses and trains for transport, there will be over 40 animals that can be hunted and real-life weather conditions including changing seasons.
Red Dead Redemption is released for PS3 and xbox 360on 9th October.
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Monster Hunter Release Date
Monster Hunt Freedom: Unite is PSP’s third installment of the Monster Hunter series, with more missions, equipment and monsters than Monster Hunter Freedom 2 , a felyne fighter to help you fight monsters and many more hours worth of game time and promises to be one of PSP’s biggest and longest titles to date. The ”Marathon Quest”, will be introduced, which will enable the hunter to take on up to 4 of the same, or different, monsters in one quest.
Full features include:
Over 500 hours of gameplay.
Huge variety of character customisations including 1500 weapons and 2000 armour sets.
Players can form a team of up to 4 players through Ad-Hoc play and experience the multiplayer social gaming phenomenon.
Media Install option where players can save the game to a memory stick, allowing the game to load from the memory stick and UMD simultaneously for faster loading times.
AI Felyne companion who will accompany players on quests and gather extra resources. With the ‘Felyne Casting’ feature players can share their companions with other players, transferring data using the PSP’s sleep mode.
Fans of the series can transfer their data from ‘Monster Hunter Freedom 2.’
Monster Hunt Freedom: Unite is released for for PSP on 26th June.
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Cesar Millan Release Date
Bestselling author Cesar Millan takes his principles of dog psychology a step further, showing you how to develop the calm-assertive energy of a successful pack leader and use it to improve your dog’s life – and your own.
Filled with practical tips and real-life success stories from his clients (including the Grogan family, owners of Marley from Marley & Me) and his TV show, Cesar explains how to understand and read your dog’s energy as well as your own, so that you can move beyond just correcting behavioral issues and take your connection with your dog to the next level.
In addition, Cesar addresses several important issues for the first time, including what you need to know about the major dog behavior tools available and the difference between “personality” and “instability.” All this will create happier dogs and happier, more centered owners.
Be the Pack Leader is released on 9th July.
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Night World Release Date
Young adult sci-fi writer, Lisa J Smith brings us another volume of the hugely popular Night World series aimed at young adults, which take place in a world similar to ours but where vampires, witches, werewolves and shape-shifters live unnoticed among humans. Their secret society known as the Night World live by two fundamental laws to prevent discovery: 1) Never allow humans to gain knowledge of the Night World’s existence and, 2) Never fall in love with one of them.
The series has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for children’s books for 22 weeks as of May 19, 2009.
Night World: Bind-Up, V. 2, BKS. 4-6 will be released on 4th June.
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BlackBerry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone
This is the ‘BlackBerry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone’. This version of Blackberry phone has perhaps the most impressive look of all of the Blackberries.
The Smartphone’s display is both wide and deep as well as being high resolution and touchscreen. Connecting to others and the Internet is a breeze with the phones 3G, HSDPA, GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth technologies. There is on-board memory of 1 GB as well as 128 MB of flash memory and expandability using a Micro-SD card of up to 8 GB. There are two different options for keyboard on it; in a vertical position there is Sure Type, and horizontally the QWERTY keypad will present.
The ‘BlackBerry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone’ is a superb looking example of Blackberry handset that will keep users organised and allow easy communication whether it be for business or pleasure purposes.
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Fearless Fourteen Release Date
Our hapless heroine returns. Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.
Only the fearless should read fourteen. Which coincidently is number 14 in the series of Stephanie Plum adventures. Armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, destruction of personal property, and acid reflux ensue.
Thrills, chills and possible incontinence may result. You have been warned.
Fearless Fourteen is released in paperback on 11th June.
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Jane Green Release Date
Jane Green (pen name of Jane Green Warburg) is one of the original “chick lit” authors. Called Dune Road in the US, Girl Friday as it’s called in the UK is her latest novel.
Set in the beach community of a tiny Connecticut town, our heroine is a single mom who works for a famous–and famously reclusive–novelist. When she stumbles on a secret that the great man has kept hidden for years, she knows that there are plenty of women in town who would love to get their hands on it–including some who fancy the writer for themselves.
Girl Friday is released in hardback on 11th June.
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