Switched http://www.switched.com Switched http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/%SiteURL%/media/feedlogo.gif Switched http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[U2 Takes Massive Transforming Screen on Tour]]>http://www.switched.com/2009/07/02/u2-takes-massive-transforming-screen-on-tour/http://www.switched.com/2009/07/02/u2-takes-massive-transforming-screen-on-tour/http://www.switched.com/2009/07/02/u2-takes-massive-transforming-screen-on-tour/#commentsFiled under:

Twenty years ago, as one of the world's biggest rock bands, U2 could appease their fans by simply playing "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a building rooftop. Twenty years later, U2 is still huge, and their live performance has evolved into a gargantuan show of lights, screens, and over-the-top stage props. Don't believe us? Check out the band's expanding screen currently in use on the U2 360° tour.

The display, made by Hoberman Associates and Innovative Designs (also responsible for the mammoth screen used on U2's PopMart tour), contains 888 individual screens for a total of 500,000 LED pixels. By using hundreds of small screens that expand and contract in their distance to one another, the screen can literally change its shape. And because the space between each screen is adjustable, it can also take on a transparent quality that allows fans to see images projected in 360 degrees without blocking the view of the band. To see the monstrous screen in action, check out the video here. [From: Core77]

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What we're watching tonight:
  • ABC (720p) has 'Wipeout' at 8 p.m., 'I Survived a Japanese Game Show' at 9 p.m. and 'Primetime' at 10:01 p.m.
  • NBC (1080i) has 'America's Got Talent' at 9 p.m. and the series premiere of 'The Philanthropist' at 10 p.m.
  • Discovery (1080i) has the season finale of 'Pitchmen' at 10 p.m.
  • MTV (1080i) has 'The Real World' at 10 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) has 'Tattoo Highway' at 10 p.m.
  • TBS (1080i) has 'Meet the Browns' at 10 & 10:30 p.m.
  • Comedy Central (1080i) has 'Reno 911' at 10:30 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) has Giants/Cardinals baseball at 8 p.m.

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The Internet has changed basically everything -- most prevalently, the dating habits of its users -- and the College Humor crew decided to take on romance. The team reimagined the world of 'West Side Story' as if it had happened in the Web-obsessed age of 2009. 'Web Site Story' follows the story of Tony and Maria, a couple that met through Facebook, tweets about their lives, and sends each other E-vites for secret balcony meetings. Clicking mouses replace the original's classic finger-snapping routines, and the mini-musical hooked us with lines like "Pandora, I've just found a site called Pandora /I'm suddenly equipped like I'm hanging out in hipster bars."

Fans of the video can follow the writer and director Sam Reich on his Tumblr for behind the scene info and insider College Humor updates. [From College Humor, via Urlesque]

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What we're watching tonight:
  • TNT (1080i) has 'Wedding Day' at 8 p.m. and 'HawthoRNe' at 9 p.m., then 'Saving Grace' at 10 p.m.
  • Discovery (1080i) brings 'Deadliest Catch' at 9 & 10 p.m.
  • ABC (720p) has 'Better Off Ted' at 9:30 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) has 'The Cleaner' at 10 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) has the series premiere of 'Stager Invasion' at 8 & 8:30 p.m., '18 Kids & Counting' at 9 p.m. and 'The Little Couple' at 10 p.m.
  • Sci Fi (1080i) has 'ECW' at 10 p.m.
  • FX (720p) airs 'Rescue Me' at 10 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has Minnesota/Atlanta WNBA action at 7 p.m.

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You've spent hours writing quality comedic YouTube material and perfecting your delivery, but when you finally watch your masterpiece, your voice doesn't sound deep and smooth like you'd expected. Instead, you sound like a whiny, pubescent goob. What's the deal?

PopSci.com recently asked Vanderbilt University audiology professor why a person's recorded voice sounds different than what they hear when they speak. He attributes the perceived sound of a person's voice to throat, skin, and skull vibrations. Those vibrations mixed with sound waves (called bone conduction) create a "deeper, more dignified," lower frequency pitch than what others hear. Microphones and recorders don't convey those vibrations either, because they only register sound through air conduction.

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12 Rounds Blu-rayWow, we don't even know what to say about this week's slate of new releases on Blu-ray. All we can really say is that even though we're used to being bored by the studio's Summer offerings, this week is especially weak. We'd like to say things are about to turn around in the coming weeks, but in all honesty it appears that Hollywood wants us to go to the movies instead of enjoying our HDTVs.

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What we're watching tonight:
  • ABC Family (720p) brings 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' at 8 p.m. and 'Make It or Break It' at 9 p.m.
  • TNT (1080i) lines up 'The Closer' at 9 p.m. and 'Raising the Bar' at 10 p.m.
  • USA (1080i) brings 'WWE: Raw' at 9 p.m.
  • HBO (1080i) presents 'Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech' at 9 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) has 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' at 9 p.m. and 'Cake Boss' at 10 p.m.
  • Showtime (1080i) has 'Weeds' at 10 p.m. and 'Nurse Jackie' at 10:30 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) has 'Intervention' at 9 p.m. and 'Obsessed' at 10 p.m.
  • Discovery (1080i) has 'Swamp Loggers' at 10 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) has Mets/Brewers at 7 p.m.

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Switched Download: Handbrake Rips Your DVDs for Your iPhone and Other Devices
Handbrake

What it does: Handbrake converts DVDs and other videos into formats for easy sharing between your computers or loading onto a portable device or console.

What we like about it: Handbrake is dead simple to use, with one-click presets that format for the iPod, the iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, and Xbox 360. But power users can access advanced controls to fine-tune options such as resolution or bitrate. Though it began as a DVD converter, the latest version of Handbrake can reformat just about any video source -- including YouTube clips and DivX files.

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Regardless of your spiritual or religious beliefs, it's impossible to contest that we live in the 21st Century, where we are constantly bombarded with information and multimedia. With that in mind, the conservative, morally minded Brigham Young University (BYU) Friday lifted a three-year ban on YouTube, the AP reports. The video-sharing network, according to university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins, has relevant educational applications and students are missing out.

BYU, a Mormon school, requires that its students sign a moral code of conduct, pledging that they will stay committed to the ideals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It also reserves the right to eliminate anything on campus that goes against the Church's tenets, including media that may feature 'unfit' or 'pornographic' imagery.

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In a sure attempt to make us all feel prematurely old, BBC Magazine has announced that today is the 30th anniversary of the Sony Walkman. If that fact alone doesn't have you clamoring for the prune juice, freelance BBC writer and Scottish 13-year-old Scott Campbell's retro-review of the classic gadget surely will.

BBC Magazine asked the Aberdeenshire student to carry the "cumbersome" gadget through a few days at school, where it was immediately met with sideways glances. Apparently, it took the youngster a few days to discover that a cassette tape had another side, and many more to get accustomed to the Walkman's relatively short battery life (three hours, or so).

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Perhaps it's not real art -- by the traditional, paint-and-brushstrokes definition -- but it certainly is creative. Avant-garde director Peter Greenaway, known for his multi-layered, visually intense movies, has begun to digitize his favorite Renaissance paintings.

At this summer's Venice Biennale, an Italian gathering of the year's most influential artists and projects, Greenaway painstakingly recreated Paolo Veronese's 'The Wedding at Cana,' which depicts Jesus's first miracle, the turning of water into wine. A recreation of 'The Wedding' sits on a single wall, with the director's digital manipulations projected over it, while flanking walls highlight moments, expressions, and the water being transformed (a great YouTube clip can be seen here). While no part of Greenaway's replica, itself, moves, there are audio clips of conversation, perspective changes, close-ups, and thought bubbles. According to NYTimes.com, onlookers who sip the miraculous wine think thoughts like, "No cloudiness," and "Tastes like a south-facing mountain grape."

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VirtualityWhat we're watching tonight:
  • Fox (720p) presents 'Virtuality' at 8 p.m.
  • ABC (720p) has 'Surviving Suburbia' at 8 p.m.
  • MyNetworkTV (720p) has 'WWE SmackDown' at 8 p.m.
  • Cartoon Network (1080i) has 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' at 8:30 p.m.
  • Animal Planet (1080i) has 'Whale Wars' at 9 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) has 'What Not to Wear' at 9 p.m. and 'Say Yes to the Dress' at 10 p.m.

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A reader writes: I want a decent-sounding audiophile table radio that can not only handle my iPod, but also wake me up in the morning! The Bose Wave radio II looks nice, but I'm not sure I want to spend more than $300 on this. Just tell me what to get!

Sure, Bose's Wave radio II sounds great, but do you really want to shell out $350 for a high-end clock radio that doesn't interface directly with your iPod? Likewise, Tivoli Audio's $400 iYiYi looks and sounds as nice as it gets it gets for a table radio/alarm clock, but just don't count on it waking you up (its snooze button is hard to find when you're half asleep). And the other options - from companies such as Griffin, iHome, and iLuv - may look nice, but they don't stack up sound-quality-wise. So, which hi-fi table radio to pick? To us, the choice is clear: Cambridge Soundworks i765 'High Performance HD iPod/DVD Entertainment System' is every bit as feature-packed and aurally-satisfying as its pricier rivals, and yet can be purchase for as little as $200 (with the right rebates/mark-downs).

Essentially an iPod-video-enabled version of the company's line of high-performance table/clock radios, the i765 has all the features you'd expect from the category, including two speakers and a built-in subwoofer that can handle stereo or wide/surround-sound-like configurations (as well as precise and deep bass, even at high volume levels). Output and input jacks let you play music from non-iPod devices (like your cell phone or computer) and plug in additional speakers, respectively.

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What we're watching tonight:
  • ESPN (720p) has the 2009 NBA Draft at 7:30 p.m.
  • USA (1080i) has 'Burn Notice' at 9 p.m. and 'Royal Pains' at 10 p.m.
  • NBC (1080i) has 'The Listener' at 10 p.m.
  • WGN America (1080i) has 'WWE Superstars' at 8 p.m.
  • ABC (720p) has 'Smantha Who?' at 8 p.m. and In the Motherhood at 8:30 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) brings 'American Chopper' at 9 p.m. and Paint Misbehavin at 10 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) airs 'Crime 360' at 10 p.m.
  • History (720p) has 'Gangland 'at 9 p.m.
  • Speed (720p) has 'Wrecked' at 10 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has Majors League Lacrosse with Toronto/Boston at 7 p.m.

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It's been an up-and-down day for porn-loving iPhone owners. Reports began breaking last night and this morning that the app 'Hottest Girls,' which formerly featured nubile lasses dressed in bikinis and lingerie, would be providing photographs of nude models. The nudity news shouldn't come as too much of a surprise since Apple implemented parental controls for its newly released iPhone 3.0 SDK, which many believed would lead to the availability of pornographic apps.

Strictly for research purposes, and to maintain journalistic integrity (is that still a word?), we browsed the app store to verify the new release. (It wasn't just to catch a glimpse of boobies, we promise.) We left disappointingly unfulfilled, though, when we received a message that the app was not available.

Now, some might be worried that Apple pulled the racy app due to negative publicity, but, according to AllenTheGeek.com, the app is merely temporarily sold out. Afraid the porn rush of prospective buyers would crash their servers, distributor ATG has temporarily halted the app's sale, but has assured the porn-loving public that the titillating images will return. Until then, you'll have to continue getting your iPhone porno fix with Safari. [From: TechCrunch and Engadget]

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What we're watching tonight:
  • NBC (1080i) has the season finale of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here' at 8 p.m., followed by 'America's Got Talent' at 9 p.m. and the series premiere of' The Philanthropist' at 10 p.m.
  • Discovery (1080i) has the season finale of 'Time Warp' at 8 p.m. and 'Pitchmen' at 10 p.m.
  • MTV (1080i) has the season premiere of 'The Real World' at 10 p.m.
  • History (720p) airs 'MonsterQuest' at 9 p.m.
  • ABC (720p) has 'Wipeout' at 8 p.m., 'I Survived a Japanese Game Show' at 9 p.m. and 'Primetime' at 10:01 p.m.
  • A&E (720p) brings 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' at 9 & 9:30 p.m. followed by 'Tattoo Highway' at 10 & 10:30 p.m.
  • TBS (1080i) has 'Meet the Browns' at 10 & 10:30 p.m.
  • Comedy Central (1080i) has 'Reno 911' at 10:30 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) has LSU/Texas College World Series Championship Game 3 at 7 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has Yankees/Braves MLB action at 7 p.m.

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You could say that director David Fincher has a decent resume with 'Fight Club,' 'Se7en,' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' under his belt. The director, who doesn't shy away from tough subjects, is now reportedly diving headfirst into one of the most talked-about subjects of '09: Facebook.

Apparently, Fincher is in talks with Columbia Pictures to direct 'The Social Network,' a rumored movie that depicts the founding of Facebook and is based on Ben Merich's upcoming book 'The Accidental Billionaires.'

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Pink Panther 2 - Blu-rayYes, that's right, this week's releases are so weak that we actually have the box art from 'The Pink Panther 2' on the right there. Unlike last week this week doesn't even have any solid TV shows to help hold it up. No, there's not much to talk about now, so catch up on all the Blu-ray movies you haven't seen yet, or you might just consider going outside, the beach maybe?
  • The Pink Panther 2 (MGM)
  • Waltz With Bashir (Sony)
  • Confessions of a Shopaholic (Disney)
  • Dragon Hunters (Peace Arch)
  • Inkheart (Warner)
  • Mr. Troop Mom (Warner)
  • Last Year at Marienbad (Criterion)

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How to Get the Best Picture Out of Your HDTV
If you're going to drop a few hundred (or thousand) dollars on a TV, you should get the best picture quality it can provide. Straight out of the box, the average television is set up for the show room floor -- color and brightness turned all the way up to grab attention. But your living room isn't lit up like a Best Buy (we hope), so you'll need to adjust the screen for your ultimate viewing pleasure.

The New York Times runs through exactly how to tweak your set. Here are the key steps:

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What we're watching tonight:
  • ABC (720p) has 'Surviving Suburbia' at 8 p.m.
  • MyNetworkTV (720p) has 'WWE SmackDown' at 8 p.m.
  • Cartoon Network (1080i) has 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' at 8:30 p.m.
  • TLC (1080i) airs 'What Not to Wear' at 9 p.m., 'Say Yes to the Dress' at 10 p.m. and 'Happily Ever Faster' at 10:30 p.m.
  • Animal Planet (1080i) has 'Whale Wars' at 9 p.m.
  • ESPN (720p) covers 'The Best of the U.S. Open' at 8 p.m.
  • ESPN2 (720p) has Arizona State/Texas College World Series action at 7 p.m.

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