{"id":951,"date":"2007-06-23T11:47:49","date_gmt":"2007-06-23T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/23\/two-pleasant-surprises\/"},"modified":"2007-06-23T11:47:49","modified_gmt":"2007-06-23T15:47:49","slug":"two-pleasant-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/23\/two-pleasant-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Pleasant Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, the June 18, 2007 Sports Illustrated ran a nice four page spread on Lewis Hamilton.  I always welcome articles on F1 and Soccer, and of the big three sports magazines, ranked in order of my personal preference \u2013 Sporting News, SI, and ESPN The Magazine \u2013 SI does the best job of covering (non NASCAR) racing and soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Sony wins major kudos for offering a replacement disk program for their lackluster (according to the experts) Blu-ray Fifth Element release.  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/news\/show\/Sony\/Disc_Announcements\/Disc_Re-Issues\/Sony_Offers_New_Fifth_Element_Blu-ray_Remaster_and_Replacement_Exchange_Program_\/705\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/news\/show\/Sony\/Disc_Announcements\/Disc_Re-Issues\/Sony_Offers_New_Fifth_Element_Blu-ray_Remaster_and_Replacement_Exchange_Program_\/705', 'High-Def Digest');\" target=\"new\">High-Def Digest<\/a>, Sony is offering to replace the original release with a newly remastered version of the movie:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFollowing weeks of rumors, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has finally confirmed the planned release of a remastered version of\u2019The Fifth Element\u2019 for Blu-ray, as well as a \u201cReplacement Exchange Program\u201d for consumers unhappy with the original release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, in an extremely rare move, Sony will not only be re-issuing \u2018the Fifth Element\u2019 on Blu-ray in a newly remastered version due in stores on July 17, but also offering a \u201cReplacement Exchange Program\u201d for owners of the original version who may be unhappy with their purchase.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Very nice, and I would say this simple move should go a long way towards winning more Blu-ray support (and Sony goodwill).<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, the June 18, 2007 Sports Illustrated ran a nice four page spread on Lewis Hamilton. I always welcome articles on F1 and Soccer, and of the big three sports magazines, ranked in order of my personal preference \u2013 Sporting News, SI, and ESPN The Magazine \u2013 SI does the best job of covering (non &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/23\/two-pleasant-surprises\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two Pleasant Surprises<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}