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Would you pay $4,000 to solve your streaming movie problems?

Fast Company Tech

How would you go about actually watching movies in it? This small companywith roughly 54 employees across its Mountain View headquarters and engineering offices in Waterloohas made a name for itself among A/V diehards with its eye-poppingly expensive video players, which combine the convenience of digital delivery with Blu-ray quality.

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Netflix will stream shows and movies in HDR10+ on supported devices

Engadget

The company is enabling HDR10+ with the AV1 codec, the specification originally released in 2018 that's gradually become the standard for streaming 4K video without gobbling data. After 4K, high dynamic range (HDR) has come to define the look of modern TV and movies, particularly on streaming.

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How to use AI to find new movies, music, and books

Fast Company Tech

By feeding a list of your favorite books and movies to an AI assistant, you can uncover hidden patterns in what you love. As you scout out gaps in your reading or movie watching, you can discover authors and films that expand your horizons. Let the AI interview you about your favorite books or movies. Subscribe here.

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Go watch this drone video that will really make you miss movie theaters

The Verge

Last week everyone was fixated on the “ Right Up Our Alley ” drone video that made us all nostalgic for bowling alleys. On Friday night, a VP at drone company DJI tweeted this video of a drone flight through a mostly-empty movie theater in Minnesota, and I don’t know about you but I really miss going to the movies.

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Saber Interactive to produce video game adaptation of horror movie 'A Quiet Place'

TechSpot

On Tuesday, Saber Interactive announced it is working with iLLOGIKA and EP1T0ME on a video game based on the Paramount Pictures movie A Quiet Place. Instead, the developers will take the movie's basic premise and create a unique game set. The game is not a strict adaptation of the film.

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Metal Gear Solid movie to star Oscar Isaac as Solid Snake

The Verge

Sony’s upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation will star Oscar Isaac as protagonist Solid Snake, according to Deadline. The Metal Gear Solid movie, which is still in development, will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Hopefully Isaac’s casting for the leading role in could indicate that the movie might really happen.

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How ‘The Matrix’ helped build—and break—beleaguered production company Village Roadhouse

Fast Company Tech

Its shimmering, nested “V” of metallic ribbons that taper inward like a cinematic illusion played before dozens of movies that collectively spawned 34 No. Over the next few decades, it extended its tentacles into regular theater business and home video, before launching a film production shingle: Village Roadshow Pictures.

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