China makes blue.

Because Blu-ray players are too expensive, China has its own HD-video format developed. The first player to be in these days on the market, and significantly cheaper than the western competitors. The Chinese development is reminiscent of an old friend.

 

If one is large enough, we should not worry about standards. China is big enough. Therefore, it is the country with its 1.3 billion inhabitants, relaxed, even when asked how HD movies at home to play his own way. The Chinese solution to this problem is called CBHD,
China Blue High-definition DVD. This week, the first matching player on the market.

Since 2007, developers in a Chinese counterpart to the west used in Blu-ray standard worked. Trigger for this was obviously a concern, Blu-ray could be used for many Chinese to be expensive. The Blu-ray royalties associated with a significant proportion of the total player costs, which have devices for users in the fourth largest country in the world can make unaffordable. Since the CBHD technology fully in their own country was developed, accounts for these costs. The goal was to make the devices about 40 percent cheaper to offer than the equivalent Blu-ray player.

The underlying technology is reminiscent in many parts of the Toshiba as a competitor to put Blu-ray HD-DVD format. As with the now largely disappeared from the market HD-DVD standard is also at CBHD the capacity with 30 GB per disk smaller than for Blu-ray (50 GB). That should be the CBHD media like HD-DVD disks on the same production facilities to produce as conventional DVDs, which is a significant cost factor represents.

As a copy protection comes in the Chinese system initially to apply the same AACS, which is also illegal copies of Blu-ray discs to prevent. However, already at a Chinese encoding system worked, at least in the future to protect Chinese productions. As the first Western film studio Warner Bros. is known for CBHD and wants this year about a hundred titles on the market, including blockbusters like the Harry Potter films and productions like "The Golden Compass".

The objective of the cost of Blu-ray devices to significantly undercut, the Chinese have, however misguided. More than $ 200, the first CBHD players manufacturers
Shinco and
TCL cost. Are more expensive Blu-ray player from the initial segment not. Until Christmas, so experts suggest, there will be Blu-ray devices, which is the magic price of $ 100 brand below. To undercut must CBHD the manufacturer to pull mightily.

The 300-euro PC with graphics turbocharger.

Games, watching HD movies, videos cut: Acer Nettop new PC is almost everything you can, what big PC can do - and yet much cheaper and more economical to be. With blogs ONLINE had the device to show whether it is the marketing promise can be fulfilled.

 

With its HDMI socket seems to be the glittering blue computer to call: "I belong to the living room." And in fact would Acer Aspire Revo well in many a living environment fit: It is small, economical, quiet and at 300 euros even cheap. In addition, he brings almost everything that a modern multimedia PC needs. Only his processor for HD home theater to actually break down, because in the Revo is an Intel Atom, the chip that drives most of Netbook and the economy rather than performance is.

But the Revo is the atom is not alone. His side is NVIDIA Ion technology, the Acer in the first mini-computer is used. You should schwachbrüstigen Intel's Atom processor in moving him off computationally intensive tasks. Above all, however, the graphics performance atombasierter calculator to spice it up so far that they also as a game machine and HD movie player can use. Lauter things for Netbook and Nettops hitherto were limp.

The reason for their failure multimedia: the chips, Intel's Atom to set up the so-called chip set. The routine work is done smoothly, but is not a specialist for fast graphics. And even the atom itself is not exactly a rocket, but he tuckert since its introduction in 2007 with leisurely 1.6 gigahertz to go out. This situation has also not changed Aspire Revo. However, when waived Acer Revo on the Intel chipset used instead Ion NVIDIA chipset - and has a lot to offer. Above all, what the graphics are concerned, nVidia has something different here and much better made than Intel.

Fit for Windows 7

Ten times faster than Intel's integrated graphics should be Ion, nVidia sounds. Given the Revo one could believe it, because while many other games also on Netbook run if you reduced their graphic decoration, running games like Spore on the Revo is significantly faster and graphically appealing. The Games Benchmark 3DMark 06, however, makes clear that we still do not gaming PC from it. 1300 points creates the Revo. A well-equipped four-core machine achieved over ten times as many counters, an atom-Nettop Intel chipset only 35th

These graphics performance ranges from thick to semi-aero look of Windows Vista liquid over the screen to move. Accordingly, the Revo with the ollen Windows XP but with Vista Home Premium equipped. And that is not the end of his flagpole. Who wants to be the Revo betimes to upgrade to Windows 7. Absurd would be the same. The new Windows is expected in the shop, a good third of the cost for what you paid for the entire Revo.

Multimedia Turbo

In some applications, the Ion as a digital graphic turbocharger. Where possible, NVIDIA graphics chip uses the Atom CPU under the arms. Unfortunately this does not always, but only if the software was adjusted accordingly. All other applications are running on the Revo, therefore, just as fast or as slow, as in other Nettops or Netbook.

WHAT IS A chipset?

The chipset is the link between the processor and other hardware of the computer. It provides links to the outside world, regulates the flow of data on the board and includes in some cases even a graphics card. While so far most chipsets consist of two separate units, as the Northbridge and Southbridge described, there are the functions of modern chipsets in part on a single physical chip housed, which lowers costs and space requirements.

For Revo owners should therefore be mandatory, in the network by applications around, with the words "nVidia GPU Acceleration" or similar identification. But then things get established, in turn, without the ion-atom technique with a chip would be unthinkable. With the free software
Media Player Classic, for example, the computer plays effortlessly HD movies in full resolution. And it works well with HD movies from Blu-ray discs. About the HDMI output of the computer provides the video in resolutions up to 1080p, including digital surround sound. To even play Blu-rays you need of course an external BD drive, with at least 100 euros to account for.

As the ion-chip processor-intensive applications on the jumps can be helpful, but other applications that are specifically geared to the abilities of the new chips have been cut, the better. One of them is the video editing program
vReveal. The software makes the graphics chip as its own, for example, blurred or noisy video images to be improved. As for the Atom chip probably would employ several minutes, is done by vReveal ion acceleration in near real time (see pictures stretch).

Quirky demons and frustrated fathers.

With a rich selection of 17 films presenting the audience her Beilegerprogramm press. From dark dramas, fantasy adventures to psycho thrillers ONLINE provides blogs, which in rainy weather can forget the beer garden.

 

Computer Bild

"Femme Fatale", USA 2002. Director: Brian De Palma. Cast: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas. FSK: 16 Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). Issue price: 3,70 euros.

The film has story by Brian De Palma "Carrie," "Mission: Impossible" or "The incorruptibles" some real highlights to thank. His on-erotisiertes mystery piece "Femme Fatale" is because, unfortunately, only one case every knee deep Pointe, while chic and shiny comes along, after 22 clock but no one alive can.

This is actually really great release when Rebecca Romijn ( "X-Men") in the role of lascivious Laure Ash at the Cannes Film Festival as a smooth jewel thief tries. The ensuing confusion of a false identity and unemployed Paparazzi Nicolas Bardo (Antonio Banderas), the tension built up initially, but quickly verplätschern. Thus, the strip is technically interesting, the De Palma once again as a style of his great study model Alfred Hitchcock wants to get a movie, unfortunately for incidentally.

To 10 May in the trade

DVD Magazine

"Bleed", DN 1999th Director: Nicolas Winding Refn. Cast: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen. Format: 2,00:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3,99 euros.

On the other hand, calls between schwarzhumorig-funny and darkly depressed fluctuating drama "Bleed" full attention when the world of violence movie fans Leo (Kim Bodnia) and Lenny (Mads Mikkelsen) is slowly but surely turned upside down. The professional declivities Leo is in fact father and looks a gloomy future full of obligations towards him. During his video guys it's not so bad place dams in the frustration meter high on him and breaks one day brutally apparent.

With a little hard to digest drama builds director Nicolas Winding Refn ( "Fear X") is only partly to his debut film "Pusher" from 1996. To impress again in the Danish star Kim Bodnia ( "In China they eat dogs") and the now internationally known Mads Mikkelsen ( "Casino Royale"). In contrast to the action-packed thriller "Pusher" shows Refn camera with his hand but this time especially profound scenes of dialogue, or Fair-comic romance, until finally, the violence escalates. The result is an entirely separate Stimmungsmix, which not only cineastes or friends of the Danish cinema at its cost. Conclusion: Attractions Independent cinema with addiction factor.

Published on 30 April in the trade

SFT

"Dororo", J the 2007th Director: Akihiko Shiota. Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years.

and

Battle of Kingdoms ", China / HK / J / rok 2006. Directed by Jacob Cheung. Cast: Andy Lau, Ahn Sung-ki. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 4.50 euros.

With a rich price of the issue price by 60 cents to 4.50 euros now been quite surprised by the favorable veteran Filmbeileger among its readership magazines. There are over four and a half hours running length of the current DVD Resolving perhaps as a small consolation patch.

The first half of it over itself is not taken too seriously, an anime series from the sixties recreation adventure fantasy "Dororo". This, we follow the fearless, but with various prostheses equipped Hyakkimaru (Satoshi Tsumabuki) in his struggle against 48 rather bizarre demons. From them he must piecewise those body parts back to him his father was once unknown to them has sold. Soon helps him with the equally battle-thief Dororo (Kou Shibasaki), until he one day the secret of its origin and the last reveals the demon Garaus makes.

The second half of the cross-DVD denies an equally schwertbewehrtes, but much more serious meaning Schlachtenepos with Hong Kong star Andy Lau ( "Running out of time") in the lead role. In the award-winning 16-million-dollar production he defended in ancient China as a military leader named Li Ge to the city state of Liang against conquest by the neighboring kingdom of Zhao, but arouses his early successes quickly the envy in their midst and must ultimately fight simultaneously against all . Like "Dororo" is also this strip again a popular comic to submit, but can instead acrobatic martial artist gigantic Statistenheere collide.

Both films together offer martial arts and fantasy-filled friends a long movie night with all sorts Schwertergeklirr, sirrendem arrow rain, and great costumes - fans of other genres of film, however, sometime the Vorspultaste search.

Published on 29 April in the trade

Super Illu

"Rumpelstiltskin - The magic man", GDR the 1960th Director: Christoph Engel. Cast: Siegfried Seibt, Karin Lesch. Format: 1,33:1 (4:3). FSK: unlimited. Issue price: 2.99 euros.

Little deviation from the well-known presentation of the Brothers Grimm made the Babelsberg DEFA film studios in this adaptation of a theatrical adaptation of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale-by Günther Kaltofen. This is the beautiful daughter of Marie Mueller (Karin Lesch) after a silly boast of her father's bad for the king is now a pile of straw into gold, but otherwise it is in danger of death. Completely desperate takes the help of a mysterious magic man (Siegfried Seibt), it pledged, however, the life of her first child. When the man his wage demands, it is still one last chance: to guess his real name.

Practical ways DEFA directly committed the ensemble rehearsed the Kaltofen performance theater at Potsdamer and introduced them to simple scenes into the studio. So for young children even today the charm of the exaggerated theatrical roles, while adults are more likely to amuse the pot hairstyles and their eyes on the striking moral twist are presented.

From 7 to 13 May in the trade

Direct TV

"The Bodyguard", USA 2007. Directed by Gerry Lively. Cast: Til Schweiger, Chazz Palminteri. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3,30 euros.

A day earlier than usual, there is the DVD edition of "Direct TV" time before the long holiday weekend in the magazine and has also incurred by this time a Hollywood production with the German star on the disc. Til Schweiger ( "KeinOhrHasen") is reflected by a rarely seen side as tough bodyguard, his protege by false helpfulness of the professional killer Maxwell (Chazz Palminteri) and promptly loses his job hinschmeißt. Years later, it still applies and meets once again chosen to Maxwell, however, even now as a witness to be protected.

After several minor roles in U.S. films ( "Tomb Raider 2", "King Arthur", "U-Boat") was here Til Schweiger is a genuine grab the main role, however, landed in the middle of the most beautiful B-movie basement. Between the little convincing Director of learned cameraman Gerry Lively, a lousy script and many steifbeiniger "action" scenes, it creates only silence Mr Chazz Palminteri ( "The usual suspects"), the sailing time in the wind to rotate. The bottom line remains, unfortunately, only a representative of the borderline group "from the brain, Chipstüte to" left, obviously with a few postcard views of the shooting Barcelona compensated.

Published on 30 April in the trade

TV Movie

"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", GB / I / USA 2004. Director: Kerry Conran. Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years (movie trailers on DVD: FSK 16). Issue price: 3.50 euros.

Only for a short time friends find interesting comic-styled art high-caliber individual work of Kerry Conran on the front page of the current "TV Movie". The intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the smart-ace aviator Joseph Sullivan (Jude Law) is action-packed fight against the destruction of the world by all sorts of fantastic machines Gedo a mysterious Dr. Totenkopf. " With 70 million U.S. dollars play money Conran built the strip completely on the computer that was able to cast off their bluescreens at times but less well instruct. Despite these small shortcomings remain in the end a exciting piece of popcorn cinema left its visual fusion of classic science fiction and the optics of the thirties downright amaze invites.

Until 30 April in the trade

TV Movie (from 30.4.)

"Open Water", USA 2003. Director: Chris Kentis. Cast: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years (movie trailers on DVD: FSK 16). Issue price: 3.50 euros.

Like their competitor also publishes the "TV Movie" their first day working in front of the 1st May and brings us to the end of the month Beile Gera bid from a total of 17 movies. Among these could be the dramatic thriller "Open Water" is a good choice, even if the plot is quickly told. When the two married couple Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and Daniel (Daniel Travis) during their holidays in the Caribbean after a nice hour with water reappear together is their boat the crew disappeared. Disoriented in the open sea drifting first break up old wounds between the two again, until they finally understand a panic that they probably just forgot.

Unfortunately, the driving force behind the brilliant idea of looking film the true story of the 1998 at the Australian Great Barrier Reef divers lost couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan. Not only for the two, but also for the diving regional tourism, this was a disaster caused by the film "Open Water" years later
which has been around the world. Despite some devastating criticisms played with the tiny budget by director Chris Kentis in his spare twisted psychological thriller to date nearly 55 million U.S. Dollar and thereby shows how simple entertaining horror can be.

Published on 30 April in the trade

The Google laptop costs $ 250.

Until now it was just a thought experiment, it will soon be in store: The first Netbook with the Google Android operating system: Its equipment can argue about the price not. At least three months should be in the shops are.

 

Asus Android tests on Netbook, HP plays with the idea that all low-cost laptops now with Google's mobile operating system control. But while the two ships PC Dick apparently still in the determination phase plug, a Chinese manufacturer shall submit concrete plans. At least in June, the
Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Company completed the first prototypes. One to two months later to the laptops in the shops are.

Skytone homepage: The first Android-Netbook should come no later than three months

This promises Nixon Wu, founder of the company, which currently has 50 employees still on the tiny one in the industry. The interest of the dealers seem low by the master not to be curbed. Over 300 inquiries from all over the world, he had received after the device at a trade fair in Hong Kong was first presented, Wu said the "
Computer World ".

Experts look for low-cost laptops such as the Alpha 680 Wu announced a rosy future ahead. Android allows that, instead of Intel's Netbook chip atom cheaper and more fuel-efficient chips, for example, from mobile phones to be used. Potential battery lifetimes of up to twelve hours angedichtet such machines.

Mini Equipment

From such high Skytones Alpha 680 is still far away. Approximately two to four hours are there in web surfing with a power load persevere, the company in view - a very moderate value. Likely to blame the small-sized battery in the device, which with only two memory cells will be equipped. Current Netbook voted against at least four, often six of these cells in the battery.

Also invites the rest of equipment is not to flaunt one. When driving through a ARM11 processor with 533 megahertz. Such chips are otherwise in navigation devices, mobile phones or set-top boxes used. The screen is seven inch diagonal as large as the first EEEPC, is 800 x 480 picture points. 128 MB of RAM, a mere gigabytes of flash memory as a replacement disk to the side. Nevertheless, the mini-computer to create movies in formats such as MPEG2, H.264 and WMV9 playback. This would be the device to use as an entertainer.

As a highlight of the tiny note that rotating it with a touch screen to be fitted. This can be folded over the keyboard, so that from the Touchbook is a Netbook, which can operate by finger. In addition to the standard network ports for LAN and Wi-Fi, the manufacturer promises optional wireless adapter installed, the Internet connections via EDGE or UMTS, which would allow it.

For Performance junkies, the Alpha 680 is no, this much is clear. But pragmatists and casual users could come at their expense. The even more so when Skytone abide by his own default, the device for $ 250 for sale. In the German retail sector could be so even if the 200-euro barrier for crack and the Google laptop as deadweight items for sale 199 euros.

We are curious.

Android-PROJECT: THE ADVANTAGES OF GOOGLE PHONE SYSTEM

Long range

AP

Google's operating system is compatible with many mobile devices. The more terminal manufacturers in Google's Coalition of the Willing are, the greater the reach of Android. more ...

Free use

AP

The use of open-source operating system is in contrast to other mobile operating systems for free, the production of mobile devices will be cheaper - the use of Android so appealing.

Demanding services for everyone

AP

Experts say the potential for Google, the market disintegrated together. Users of very different devices could in future be able to move to demanding on-line services access. The range of available applications is expected to expand. more ...

Expansion of market users

DDP

Online service providers can thus with higher traffic and new fields expected, operators with higher capacity utilization. more ...

Each click a pleasure.

The infinite Knisterfolie, Tetris for megalomaniac, the most dangerous RPG of all time: anywhere on the Internet luring great time eater. ONLINE blogs shows the most dangerous temptations and entertaining on the web.

 

"You have so much time, otherwise it's not backwards in the afternoon here already," sang pop singer Gunter Gabriel as part of a memorable appearance in Eisleben in September 2004 to his audience, "I have no time, I must always be in my ass movement, so that the dough is right. " The audience responded upset, TV channels reported that the Hamburg music producer DJ Koze tinkered it into a small worldwide: "Too much time." But a seemingly simple question was never asked: What is time?

Bubble wrap: This Polsterplopp game forever - as the digital film

Time is the time that remains, or even time is the time to one no longer remains? Time to finally find out! As with any difficult questions, even in this case the Internet. It eats time and other time-eater spits out. The more the Internet, the less time - every office slave can sing a song. Had he, together with all the funny gags Powerpoint, Facebook requests and joke mails round still time for that.

The Internet, however, is certainly not a stupid machine, at the time it learns to eat. And so in the last two hundred years, Internet is an incredible couple of time-eater, which is a crime to withhold the information would be. Before you can play off the stove!

The infinite bubble wrap, HD-Tetris and probably the most honest online role-playing game - blogs ONLINE slickest shows the time-eater on the web.

Two Americans sent 217,000 SMS.

Tap, tap, only - as have two Americans March spent an SMS record. They sent 217,000 messages, the telephone company, then a thick bill. And the entry in the Guinness book is both not secure.

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is an SMS-known talent, and often like to send short messages. With two Americans, the head of government but certainly not keep up. The 29-year-old Nick Andes and the 30-year-old Doug Klinger from Lancer in Philadelphia to create it, on peak days is more than 6000 messages via mobile phone given.

REUTERS
Quick Tip: Most cell phone users can SMS the letter is not with Nick Andes and Doug Klinger keep from Lancer.

To boredom no room in their lives to let the two have been friends of the common high-school SMSer. In March they wanted from their everyday Tipper erupt and a permanent record in the SMS-up letter. The result sent 217,000 text messages, 140,000 of Andes' mobile phones, about half as many of Klinger.

Whether at the world record for the two ranges, is unclear. 2005, Deepak Sharma in India 182,000 SMS in one month have sent - but alone. Record-breaking, however, fell from the invoice, which T-Mobile sent Andes. More than $ 26,000 require the mobile operators of the 30-year-olds, the time when sending SMS to its flat rate had left.

The bill came in one package. With the postage this was according to U.S. media reports, $ 27. Because T-Mobile accurately detailing all the individual connections on - the stack of paper will be as thick as two phone books have been.

Unknown Limit

After an initial shock, there is a relaxed Andes and hopes for the cooperation extended by T-Mobile. The company had already assured him that he had the high bill should not settle. An explanation of why in the first amount of giants was asked, he also has at hand.

As the Andes regional television station WSB-TV said that T-Mobile informing him that the flat rate for technical reasons to 100,000 SMS per month, limited. This limit was never a problem, because so far no such customer schreibwütig was. According to a report from the Intelligencer Journal Lancer've Andes promise of mobile phone company have such a mass-mailing is not repeated. T-Mobile announced at the request of the AP news agency that the operation will be reviewed.

A tip to reduce the number of SMS sent in the amount of driving, they have. During the record attempt was limited Andes and Klinger to mini-messages like "Hello" or "lol", the abbreviation for laughing out loud. At the same time, they used techniques to up to 45 SMS at the same time to sell. One problem, however, the incoming messages. In short intervals, the two had their Inbox folder empty, since the mobile phone memory was full. To read the received messages and then remained generally no more time.

Whether an entry in the Guinness Book or not - Andes' wife is happy that the record attempt is complete. A month long had her husband during the day doing nothing more than to his mobile phone to type. "They had enough after a few days like this," admits Andes.

Nightmares-blocks in four shades of gray.

Game worlds in green and a plastic housing in elephant Color: Nintendo's Game Boy was cheap, but good enough for a world record. 20 years ago, conquered the handheld console only Japan and then the whole world - no game has been purchased more frequently than the plastic dwarf.

 

Simplistically, the graphics of the Game Boy, but at least not black and white: The Paperback great handheld game console, the Nintendo 20 years ago in Japan brought into the shops, the game worlds in four shades of gray on a green background dar.

The devices could rival the then much better game console Atari Legend revealed in the same year on the U.S. high-tech-show CES its own handheld console called the Lynx. Instead of four baptisms Graus showed the device Atari 4096 colors, instead of 6.5-inch diagonal screen as the Game Boy had the atari toys just nine.

A Nintendo manager defended his meager equipped toys in the "
New York Times "against the competing Atari then says:" It is as you would with a Ferrari to drive vegetable vendor. "Atari chief Sam Tramiel (son of the Atari founder Jack Tramiel) mocked:" Who would not prefer a Ferrari Toyota drive? In particular, our device does not cost as much as a Ferrari. "

20 years later it is 118 2 for Nintendo. Just two million of its technically advanced handheld consoles sold Atari, Nintendo has its own, according to statistics from 2008, a total of more than 118 million copies of the Gameboys and the first Independent Color Models sold. This is the plastic dwarf the previously best-handheld game console ever.

Nintendo's Good-Enough Principle

Simple design, comparatively low price - this combination made the Game Boy to success. And of course, Tetris, which each sold attached handheld game. When Ur-Tetris are angular, very differently shaped stones from the top into a container and must be rotated so that they place the least possible waste. When complete without a series gap is filled, the blocks disappear and make room for the top to the falling tiles. If the container is filled to the top out, you have lost.

Nintendo Game Boy strategy can be summarized as follows: Cheap, easy, creative and most players are good enough. Not the theoretical possibilities of the hardware should captivate the player, but the variety and quality of the games actually available. With the hardware after the Good-Enough method had Nintendo Game Boy at an incredible success, just as years later, with the Wii and the included Wii Sports game.

For toy dealer unknown Digitalkram

In Japan, buying in the first month after the introduction of the 200,000 people the Gameboys Player. In the United States was the first delivery of one million Gameboys, according to the journalist Steven L. Kent a few weeks after sales begin in August 1989 sold out. This success is certainly not on clever marketing and expensive advertising back - finally knew many toy merchants with little Digitalkram 1989 begin. A Toys'R'Us manager told the New York Times in 1989 still an interesting "Russian spy game" called "
Tetrus ".

Nintendo's Game Boy was a really captivating toys, no advertising, point-to-air. The company's success in Germany can be compared with a small show in 1989 established a German subsidiary Nintendo Company, 1990, this 500 million euro turnover and had a market share of 15 percent of the German toy market - in Lego.

To mark the 160 cost of a Game Boy, from 50 to 70 marks a game. Two million units Nintendo has sold in the first year. Early 1992, Nintendo had 35 German employees for off alone, on the phone to players questions to answer - a thousand letters and 12,000 phone calls came a week for the company. Most people wanted to know how they are further complicated games.

In "The devil in person" titled article called "
The time "the 1991 Game Boy then even an" electronic drug. "The device had" an almost inexplicable success, "wrote. And on the classic Tetris game:" Many addicts report that his strange falling blocks up in the dream inside track. "

Those were the days.

GAME CONSOLES: THE LATEST GENERATION

Wii

obs / Nintendo of Europe

The small competitor is in contrast to the rival consoles, not high-resolution graphics, but delivers traditional television resolution. Nevertheless, the device is so popular that the manufacturer has not announced prices. In the United States overtook the Wii in July 2008 Microsoft's Xbox 360, what the sales figures are concerned. The console features a motion controller and bewegungssensitiven-oriented accessories, such as the "Balance Board" from. With simple sports and fun games, it has for the industry, captured new audiences. A detailed test Wii can be found here.

Playstation 3

DDP

The direct competitor to Microsoft's Xbox 360 - the two consoles to compete with the hardcore gamers who are also prepared for high-resolution graphics to a TV buy. In March 2007, the console on the market in Europe. In July 2008, there were either 40 or 60 GB hard drive - will also soon have a version with 80 GB on the market. It is the most expensive among the current models and gives a high-resolution video via an HDMI-out output. As the only game currently available, it contains a Blu-ray drive, which is also high-resolution Blu-ray discs can play. A detailed
Test of the PS3 can be found here.

Xbox 360

Microsoft's high-definition console is of the three longest current competitors on the market, namely since the end of 2005. Microsoft has repeatedly screwed on price and features. The 360 has a normal DVD drive in its basic version, but no hard drive. In July 2008, there were a model without a hard drive, a 20 gigabyte model and the black "elite" with 120 GB hard drive. The current models of HD images on an HDMI-out output. A comprehensive test on the Xbox 360 can be found here.

Sony PSP

The Playstation Portable, on the market since 2005, is Sony's first attempt, which traditionally used by Nintendo (Game Boy) dominated the market for mobile games a bit abzuzwacken. Since 2007, there is a slightly thinner version, called Slim and Lite. The mobile console games can not only present but also movies and music. Moreover, it can be via W-LAN to the Internet. Movie downloads and other content may differ from the PS3 to the PSP will be delayed, may also mobile console to the Internet as a kind of remote for the PS3 to be used. The PSP is on the market for mobile games second rear Nintendo DS. A detailed
Test of the PSP can be found here.

Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS is since 2005 in a first version on the market since 2006 in an edition called slimmer DS Lite (pictured). DS stands for "dual screen". The console has a normal and in the bottom half of a touch-screen. Games will be on buttons or a stylus, the touchscreen with the edited, played. The DS is the PSP over Wi-Fi to connect to the internet, including online games and gimmicks such as pictures chat are possible. With games like "Nintendogs" and "Dr. Kawashimas brain-jogging" tapped the DS new target for mobile consoles. The DS is currently the best selling mobile game. A test report on the first version of the Nintendo DS can be found here.

A chic thicker anti-iPod.

Competition for Apple's iPod Touch: Cowon Multimedia Player O2PMP may be some better, just as much good, but unfortunately some things are not as nice as Apple's super-music player. It cost the same amount of equipment.

 

Actually, the multimedia player O2PMP in November 2008 on the market, but this date is burst. The product developers at Cowon had foolishly in the name out. They had their multimedia hope O2 called - like the mobile phone companies, which also intervened. No sooner had the press release about the launch of the new player sent had Cowon pull the emergency brake and the sales begin to move.

With a few months delay, the device now but in the trade came. It has a new name, but has the same technical finesse, which was originally planned. And these are some. So is the player whose name the letters PMP has been extended to more audio and video formats than most of its competitors. In addition to standards such as MP3, AAC, WMA and DivX dominated his exotic variants such as Monkey Audio or Ogg Vorbis. The H.264 video format and music from Apple Lossless files, the player can play.

It sounds O2PMP not bad - at least on good headphones like the Shure SE530. The included earplugs succeeds, however, hardly usable to deliver sound. You too Scheppers sheets. That is the smart player is not appropriate. But this fate, the Cowon with many of his competitors.

Can shine on the other hand, the device with its display. The resolution is 480 x 272 pixels at almost eleven inches diagonal, not outstanding, but it paints a very vivid and provides good contrast. Pity that the display - the trend - with a glossy surface is supplied. That is the brilliance of benefit, but also meant that daylight lamps and annoying on the screen blogsn.

Operation over very many symbols

The user interface is nicely designed and tidy. Never more than five icons displayed simultaneously. This restriction will, however, that in the main menu times horizontally, vertically scrolling times to show a total of 17 levels spread over three symbols. The navigation is tricky especially if you through long file lists must navigate. Who, for example, a particular song will call requires tact. For those who simply go out on the screen, typing, typing too often wrong.

The main symbols on the user interface of the O2PMP are large and easy to use, but not to adjust all functions. In the music player about another eight symbols are arranged, which can erase titles or Favorites can - if you can. Because these icons are quite small advised. Not less than 30, some are very similar symbols manual lists the total. Their role should be to remember, because intuitively understandable, only a few of them.

Make me a Mickey Mouse

Music can not only play O2PMP. The device can also do some fun special features. For example, the playback speed varriieren. Sounds Rammstein accelerated after Mickey Mouse Club, and Rihanna is the Gothic-Diva slowed. It makes sense, it is admittedly, this feature for audio books to use, depending on which one faster or slower Gusto gets out.

Will you even read, sing or play music or something similar, is the O2PMP also useful. About the built-in microphone can record their own pieces. This can also be good, as long as one is not too loud. Rock concerts with the record player, on the other hand, is not a particularly good idea.

Better than an iPod, or just different?

Hübsch - especially in comparison with Apple's iPods - is the ability to not only the integrated, up to 32 gigabytes of main memory to use, but SD cards as an extension only. The card from a digital camera can be directly inserted into the player are. Images can be instantly view.

About the video output to a TV, the player to the projector - or even the VCR. But only if you need this special cable for Cowon buys. Is not included. And that is a pity, because in the tested version with 32 gigabytes of memory costs O2PMP still around 340 euros, TV-out cable with 19 other proposes Euros.

Priced O2PMP competes directly with Apple's iPod touch. The is far slimmer and lighter, has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and has additional programs extensible. However, the iPod is much less play formats. For example, can not play Divx movies. Recordings are not possible, because the iPod has no microphone.

Directly comparable to the devices from Apple and Cowon is not. What is an elegance and usability as webpads plays, makes the other by a cornucopia of formats and compatibility with memory cards competitive.

Streaming media into your living room.

You want movies, photos and music from the HDD to the TV or stereo system to play? That, the industry promises to go easy today and without a PC - Streaming makes it possible. We have tried, how easy it really is.

 

When it comes to media files, are most of us apparently still hunters and gatherers. On the hard drives of our computers are piling up thousands of songs in MP3 format, stacked with gigabytes of digital photos, store a variety of video, digital video recording and backup files from DVDs.

Thus, the majority of media files in the wrong place, because we would actually much prefer it in the living room. No problem, says the industry, there are so called streaming client, the media data on the television or stereo system brings. Only: Which is right?

The descriptions of producer sound promising: "Simple" should proceed "without tricky settings on network." The devices have the supposedly "the finest technical refinements" and give "all media file types on the TV again." The range is almost overwhelming, the differences for laymen hardly discernible. Is correspondingly high then the disappointment when the new device files for the service failure or lack of connection options.

The tester

We have seven units under the microscope, for example, have the same functionality. Basis of selection were mainly three criteria: The clients should be networked, which means over the network data received from external sources (eg network disks). Condition was also found that the devices via the HDMI interface data in full high-definition resolution (1080 lines) to bring the TV. And the device should be as many audio and video formats support.

In the selection of this kind came streaming following clients:

The Popcorn Hour A110 from Syabas Technology (from 235 Euros)
The TViX M-7000A by DViCO (from 390 Euros)
Networked Media Player of the PX-MX500L from Plextor (from 240 Euros)
Media Station Pro from Verbatim (from 199 Euros)
The Screenplay Pro HD from Iomega (from 180 Euros)
The Movie Cube from Emtec S800 (from 270 Euros)
The Digital Entertainer by Netgear EVA 8000 (from 160 euros).

The list of equipment with the required properties is by no means complete. However, many other clients on similar hardware and / or software such as the above.

On the possibilities of the individual devices, we proceed in the extensive picture gallery On.

What problems arise? What are the demands of the technique to you and your equipment? blogs ONLINE answered the questions.

From this notebook dreamed the eighties.

Had it just been given was from a Commodore C64 has Benjamin Heckendorn built a laptop that looks like fresh from the eighties-years-line. With similar modifications to the crafters already earned impressive sum - but first he wants to break.

 

Had ever a Commodore C64 notebook develops, it probably would have looked: beige housing, housing roughly grooved lid, large company logo, Commodore lettering underneath the keyboard. But then in the eighties,
than the C64's triumph as a home computer replayability, such a device would not have been possible.

Commodores own attempt, a mobile-C64 to build, brought laurels to the company no one. 1984, the company prior to the SX64. He was twelve kilograms in total weight is still bearable, but always needed an outlet, because it was delivered without the battery. Above all, however, prevented its small screen and the high price of nearly a thousand dollar success.

With modern tools, but it should not be a problem to fill this gap and the mobile computers to build, by the time you could only dream of. The thought that perhaps the U.S. hobbyist
Benjamin Heckendorn. He is a specialist in such projects. For nearly a decade, he builds computers and game consoles to mobile computers, has thus not only a good reputation, but also so many dollars.

"I was an Atari-type"

But his C64 laptop makes him visibly to create. "How was it again?" Asks the handyman, when he presents his new work. Almost three years, he pushed the reconstruction of the computer in front of you Seniors out. Not because of the so complicated - it just came to him constantly in between other projects. But now he is finally finished, his C64 laptop, after only two and a half weeks of construction. But like any C64 reacts only to text commands, and expects that to him with well-structured chain of command says what it should do next - and then Benjamin has his problems.

"Sorry, I was an Atari-type", says the maker. He then amused, when the C64 had its great time, with an Atari home computer, and also functioned quite differently than the bread box. For his self-portable Commodore, he had to get the old system until new teach.

And not only that, Heckendorn had to bring some ingenuity. Solely on the basis of the Eighties-year hardware had his portable Commodore hardly able to realize. The brawny floppy drive, for example, the 1541, he had little in a slim chassis can bring. So he replaced the floppy drive by a special SD card reader. The side has the advantage that it is C64 software much faster in the memory of the computer scoops than a floppy could.

It all started with an Atari Console

But replacement of the floppy still belonged to the easier exercises. In the course of the work had Heckendorn not only modify the main board, even the complete keyboard, the cabling and the power he has rebuilt. A battery is also available in its C64 laptop does not. But the device is actually bearable, and so lean that there is at least loosely fit into a backpack.

The design of the hobbyist with a graphics program developed, the housing parts professionally using a CNC milling machine to produce. With less would Heckendorn not satisfied, and finally, he is no amateur, he is Bastel professional. Nine years ago has it packed. His first project was the conversion of an Atari game.

Expensive Custom Made

Meanwhile, however, Heckendorn Bastelwut to a thriving business. "Initially, it was a hobby," he blogs ONLINE, "but then people always want more." Meanwhile, the hobbyists reach more requests for exclusive modification, are as fond of him.

Here are his designs are not exactly cheap. Smaller devices are already on it a few hundred dollars. For larger projects, but will quickly clear digit sums due. The C64 laptop around is likely one of these projects. Anywhere from 40 to 60 hours, he had worked, said Heckendorn blogs ONLINE. At his hourly rate, this alone represents about $ 3000. Then there is the not inconsiderable cost of materials, especially for the custom enclosure.

Kits for PC DIYers

The computers from which he builds up his unique creations appear on Heckendorn invoices only rarely: "Mostly I get from my customers, otherwise I can arrange on eBay," says the creator.

However, you should be one of Heckendorn computer is not necessarily designed by the inventor himself to them. Who wants to save money and knows how to create a hot soldering iron, can themselves have a unique exotic-build calculator. Heckendorn has not only written a book in which he is its most important structures in detail, together with printed designs, it provides for some game consoles, including kits to.

These include different versions of mobile game consoles based on Sony PSOne or the Atari 2600th Between 55 and cost $ 95 these kits, in which almost all the necessary parts are included. Reich has Heckendorn tinkering with his computer and the sale of kits still not. "I already have several thousand of my kits sold, JK Rowling, but I am not yet," says the modest hobbyist.

This is probably on that Heckendorn is obviously not seeking to create, to gild his ideas. On the one hand, it offers many free building
for downloading on its website. Who is not afraid of the effort, spend the whole minutiae even arrange to get because all the necessary info.

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On the other hand, it discourages potential customers from even aware. In the last four months have included a five-Xbox-360-game consoles to laptops transformed the C64 laptop and also developed some minor projects. That pretty geschlaucht. Now he needs a break once said Heckendorn.

And his C64 laptop it will probably sell very little, because that was probably his favorite project so far. In his eyes, is the beige-brown mobile computers as "beautifully ugly as he could from the eighties, an alternate reality, where he actually existed."

"An aggressive Rapkonzert effect".

Immediately prohibit or only watch? The city of Stuttgart has recently started a computer game tournament prohibited. In Offenbach wanted the competent magistrate until a picture of events that sent an observer - of the scene as a very peaceful feeling.

 

To take this tournament to be there, Michael Koch has interrupted his vacation. The man from Offenbach Jugendamt wants the Friday game of the Electronic Sports League (ESL), which claims to largest and oldest online league in Europe, visit. He wants to make an impression, says the teacher. Him driving the concern about addiction and not the question of the potential for violence to the so-called professional Bundesliga games to visit.

On this day a match of the strategy game Warcraft III, and two lots in Counter-Strike ausgefochten, one of those first-person shooter that frequently come into the conversation when it comes to so-called killer games goes.

Two weeks earlier, the ESL
a similar event in Stuttgart prohibited because of the Amoklaufs in Winnenden. Also in Offenbach was such a ban in the room. "We have, however, with the Municipal Authority of a dialogue," says the spokesman of the ESL, Ibrahim Mazari. And it has been agreed: The ban is off the table. Instead, the games now professionally reviewed by Michael Koch.

The works like a Rock-Opa in his black suit and with miniature guitar lapel. Sure, the Amoklauf of Winnenden has its Magistrat concern, but it is not because of the violence issue here. He drives the concern about addiction, "because computer games can be addictive." This he tells a story: Last year, he was with young people in Offenbach an Indian reservation in Arizona, 800 euro had contributed his own proteges, the rest went to the state. "Since then we have the young people at the evening campfire told that they previously did not affect the machine weggekommen would be." Even in his family he knows cases of addiction border.

Is that even without violence?

This could be a topic for the "parent-Lan" his. Regularly download the ESL and the Federal Agency for Civic Education for parents, teachers and educators in advance of tournaments to this information with self-character. In Offenbach now sit 14 adults behind the PC and "
Killen, such as in the nursery "Even Michael Koch stuck behind the laptop and sponsored experienced Counter-Strike," a bit like robber and policeman. "A presenter of the ESL meanwhile tried to convey what the fascination of a first-person shooter makes.

And then talk about the visitors once again worried about violence: "Why can the industry do not manufacture anything, what tactics and has no voltage Ballerei?" Asks Michael Koch. ESL Representative, Arne buses but also by the Federal Agency for Civic Education give him no obvious answer. Could he not give? In his youth, he feasted on Italo-Western, then the new standards for the aesthetics of violence ensured.

His colleagues do with the ESL-makers on the way into the hall, where many spectators already seated and waiting for the first match. Michael Koch remains seated for a while. He wrestles with it: "It can not be that the Federal Agency, ie the state, so one-sided view on computer games has." It lacks critical voices such as that of the criminologist Christian Pfeiffer, "which may well be controversial, but he also has some law." The drug threat, for example - but that they did not talk.

The city hall is full to bursting

His colleagues in the hall take on young people from Offenbach, explaining that the violence is not a real feeling that she was holding part of the game. 1300 viewers have the Counter-Strike match. The city hall is full, even at the edge have dozens on the ground, because no chair is more freely.

Michael Koch strained looks on the screen now. Red and blue Counter-Strike characters will be shown in a pixel city herumhuschen. From the boxing boom shots and the voices of the commentators: "A five on three situation, let's see if he still stands on the spot. Yes, because it is. Oh, there Headshot, he takes it out." Applause Brandet high. "In principle yes, the applause for a sporting event. But also," and he pulls into the forehead wrinkles, "because someone is killed."

Michael wants to cook with the audience talking about? "Therefore, I am not here today," he says. He wants between shots and thunderous roar of applause not a "two minutes talks" lead. "The discussion then leads me to another place," perhaps at the next youth project in the Indian Reserve. But he clarifies: "I've got people here do not expect violence after the lechzen - the wär 'also nonsense." He is almost too peaceful. "An aggressive Rapkonzert acts," he smiles.

Others are addicted to

What would Michael Koch said if the ESL next year would come back to Offenbach? "I know not yet." ESL spokesman Ibrahim Mazari has ever invited him: "Let us look a youth project together." Perhaps even then about addiction, because it was Michael Koch but here today and this subject will also Ibrahim Mazari "very important." Then Michael goes home cooking, or rather, back to the holiday.

ON TO ONLINE blogs

Teachers at a LAN party: Killen as in the nursery (04.11.2008)

Gamer Dreamhack Festival: The Night of the Living Dead (01.12.2007)

Netzwelt-Ticker: Stuttgart prohibited Computerspiele competition (24.03.2009)

Financial crisis in the E-Sports: For the mouse (12.02.2009)

Before the hall to smoke some of the spectators, as Luca High Schmidt. The 20-year-old has the online gaming new friends, for example Sweden. For example, the computer science student last year at the
Dreamhack the biggest LAN party in the world. "He looks the ESL of interest, such as amateur chessplayers a match from Garry Kasparov. Is he actually addicted Daddler?" Yes, but these are in World of Warcraft. " he says and pulls on his cigarette. Even his buddy Felix da Knieß agrees to World of Warcraft, because he knows real junkies, or better known, because one sees no longer. "

Even World of Warcraft in the ESL program, but not today, not here.

Heartless seducer on lonely islands.

Large popcorn cinema, secluded character dramas and refreshing love comedies determining the inflow of Filmbeileger in the middle of the month. blogs ONLINE examined, as evidenced by a mild spring evenings as an alternative to pay television.

 

Computer Bild

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding", USA 2002. Director: Joel Zwick. Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett. FSK without restriction. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). Issue price: 3,70 Euro

With a loose-fluffy-love heartwarming comedy rises the "computer image" in the spring one. The Greek Toula (Nia Vardalos) and her husband Ian (John Corbett) is encountered in their wedding preparations to the stark differences between their families. Bad enough that the handsome lover neither Greek nor Catholic, but in addition he is also a vegetarian. To evoke the love a whole series of more or less amusing cultural collisions up, not only from them a large portion of assets require adjustment, but both families are some of the test.

369 million U.S. dollars was TV director Joel Zwick since 2002 with the autobiographical story of his leading lady sings, the wife of Tom Hanks Rita Wilson discovered and brought into production. Inspired by the success brought Hanks in 2003's TV spin-off "My Big Fat Greek Life" as a continuation of almost identical composition to the starting line, but did so only seven long consequences through. The two productions accumulated stereotypes drive so many Greeks tears in his eyes, but the bottom line is all very harmless and guarantee consistently good entertainment, it is best to a nice-gyros sandwiches, should enjoy.

Until 26 April in the trade

Galore

"The Last Seduction", USA 1994. Director: John Dahl. Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6.90 euros.

Shortly after his respect for success, "Red Rock West" (1992) John Dahl turned another thriller in the style of "neo-noir." That he's attractive, but dissatisfied with their lives Bridget (Linda Fiorentino) as a ruthless femme fatale of the men go. After her husband, she self-treated badly, they clawed the loot from a common drug deal and is now everything to him out of the way to create. Skillfully uses her feminine charms, not only its occasional lover Mike (Peter Berg) to the fingers to handle, but also a diabolical plan into action.

Re-enriched the "Galore" the program of the Filmbeileger an interesting change from the usual popcorn cinema. From a successful story, composed plays Dahl is director uninhibitedly with various elements of the classic "film noir" genre. Overall well-advised bad guys occupied while skillfully together, most notably Linda Fiorentino ( "Liberty Stands Still") in its role as parade sexy beast convinced - so good that perhaps even an Oscar nomination would have been worth, if you had the film not to be early television released. But still could Dahl - unlike "Red Rock West" - this time at least at the box office a nice balance of profit.

By 9 June in the trade

PC Action

"Slasher", CDN 2001. Director: Maurice Devereaux. Cast: Sarah Joslyn Crowder, Kieran Keller. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 7.90 euros.

In lovely contrast to the subtle "Galore" shows us the current Filmbeileger of the games magazine, what happens when the "Slasher" principle at the top is taken: l manner (film-) blood, isolated (rubber-) body parts and a synthetic video sound. The story is quickly told about this: Six candidates are fighting in an extreme reality show under continuous camera monitoring voluntarily for survival and a million-dollar reward. In first-person shooter-like backdrop, the young Dumpfbacken then three shrill, masked lunatic chased and sometimes even happy with the middle cut chainsaw. The whole thing, thanks joyful improvisation amateur performers Splatter bucketfuls as trashy fun, but to a small twist at the end and the 2006 release of the youth expressed FSK unfortunately little surprises.

Until 7 April in the trade

PC Go

"Gangs of New York", D / GB / I / NL / USA 2002. Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6,99 euros.

In the nearly three-hour epic rises Leonardo DiCaprio ( "Titanic") as the vengeful son of band leader vallon the middle of the 19th Century in a dark world from New York. Opposing immigrant gangs write in the slums of the young metropolis of its own bloody laws and come not only himself but also the state power in the way that in times of civil war has completely different concerns.

In the so-called "Draft Riots" of 13 to 16 July 1863, finally crashing the successive fronts. Against this historical background, the bildgewaltige and sometimes quite cruel drama from master Martin Scorsese ( "Taxi Driver"), in addition to the main cast especially Cameron Diaz in an unusually earthy surroundings they can be admired: highlight of the current application.

To 2 April in the trade

PC Magazine

"Heartless - Orchids for a corpse", USA 1997. Director: Judith Vogelsang. Actors: Mädchen Amick, Tom Schanley. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6,99 euros.

Having the heart of a murder victim was implanted, dreaming the shy librarian Anne (Mädchen Amick) suddenly passionately by an unknown man as in Alexander (Tom Schanley), the widower of the organ donor, their dream recognizes heroes, then it melts and turns increasingly in a copy of his dead wife. Here she is in mortal danger as their murderer is still sought.

Love comes from the heart but also, and not from the head. Since we are already asking what is a liver transplant - maybe the desire for a brandy bottle? The can set a few during this impressive television production may come about, would it not least Mädchen Amick ( "Twin Peaks") as lead actress for the one or the other Lichtblick care.

To 2 April in the trade

Direct TV

"The Fan - Shadows of Glory", USA 2003. Directed by Adam Goldberg. Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Issue price: 3,30 Euro

For his directing work took more than the well-known actor Adam Goldberg ( "2 days in Paris") their own work to his chest when he was the story of the fictitious movie stars Gary Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) told. Heavy with the rich and beautiful, equally sought-after colleague Mia Lang (Franka Potente) married, the star feels suddenly threatened by his fans and his wife cheated. When Mia is actually more and more of it dissolves, it is becoming increasingly confused slips into a dream world from which he eventually only with a drastic solution can escape - or was at the end of it all just a dream?

Who the plot of this film quite keep a grip on it you should from the beginning closely, because Goldberg turns with the help of his fine acting stars the story again and again in new directions. Especially Ribisi ( "Heaven") and Potente ( "Run Lola Run") to play the ball skillfully and thereby the character beautifully filmed drama's final touches. All this, however, is miles away from the TV direct predicate "tough action cinema." Instead, here especially fans verstiegener psychological thriller about a rather quiet, secluded happy discovery that are only slightly towards the end of a short journey begins: worth seeing.

Until 16 April in the trade

TV Movie

"Cast Away - lost," USA 2000. Director: Robert Zemeckis. Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Issue price: 3.50 Euro

Ironically, the Christmas dedicated Transport Manager Chuck (Tom Hanks) his fiancee Kelly (Helen Hunt) for a business to leave. But in the short bet is a four-year ordeal, as his middle air machine across the ocean crashes. Completely alone on an uninhabited island, he survived and tries desperately, finally, with a homemade raft to escape.

Nearly 300 years after Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" wrote Robert Zemeckis brought ( "Back to the Future") its modern version of this immortal classic in the cinema. They succeeded to the director together with Tom Hanks role in the skin is not as brilliant as litter in 1994 with their joint masterpiece "Forrest Gump", but for a rich profit and a few Awards gave it all. Over two years to support the constantly emerging in the U.S. film company "FedEx" with the production and logistics staff, paid for these clever advertising but no dollars in cash. Published came about two hours perfect popcorn movie theater, at any time for a successful film night provides.

Until 16 April in the trade

With the manhunt on mobile phone.

One runs, the others try to find a Bremer start-up company, this ancient game with modern technology and linked to the hunting game invented the Game Boy generation. Already the first preliminary version has found hundreds of fans.

 

Paul Zachos, co-founder of the Bremer urban start-up team, is on the run. He runs off, passing a building, then through a meadow. Wild flit his pupils to and fro, alternately examine the environment and the cellphone in his left hand. The "radar" that shows different sized concentric circles, the radius of the largest is in reality one kilometers flies. Zachos is because the black-orange cross, which is swiftly away from the center. Indeed, there lurks a red, one blue and one green ball. "In a few seconds are swarming them," says Zachos.

The 32-year-old scientist is testing the product of urban team, the game "FastFoot Challenge". It combines the idea of "robber and policeman" with communication and navigation technology. Player is a mobile phone. If there is no GPS receiver, it must be on the Bluetooth wireless standard to be responsive. For the detection is then a so-called GPS-mouse, as they Zachos in his breast pocket bears. In the role of "X" sees his position, distance and direction of motion of his three pursuers constantly, but this it on their "mobile radars" only once every six minutes. Creates a to Zachos within 25 minutes at least 50 meters to approach, he is the winner, does not it Zachos.

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What sounds simple, makes a lot of fun here in Bremen and also in Barcelona. It rewarded the jury of the International Mobile Gaming Award the concept with the first place and $ 5000.

"FastFoot-Challenge, the Football for the Game Boy generation's," says founder Tom Nicolai the vision together. The game should create a community which, as Nicolai, on the Internet at
www.fastfoot.mobi true. 600 players have registered and still available for free beta version of the game downloaded. The stage will offer the free program Google Earth, fed with data from the Internet. If the players agree to viewers on virtual aerial photographs the game live or on a later date follow.

Nicolai PhD currently at Technology Center computer science and Information Technology (TZI). The idea for Fast Foot Challenge came to him in 2006, but only in April 2008 he ergatterten, Zachos and two other colleagues, the one-year limited state Exist founder scholarship. To dare the spin-off from the TZI.

For Nicolai, it is the sophisticated simplicity of the game so attractive. The view on a trackable surface of the game follows a simple menu navigation. To the battery of the mobile phone to spare, renewed the show only four times per second. The positions of the other player moves to the cell phone from a central server, which also serves as the interface to the Internet platform and the live system is used, the motion information to Google Earth-compliant playback formats processed.

Urban Nicolai and his team hope that the spread of mobile Internet, the opening of so-called application stores and the provision of programming tools for mobile phones to benefit. In the spring should FastFoot Challenge Google's Android mobile platform to buy, in the summer, then turn the iPhone. Nicolai calculated with a price five to ten euros per license. In addition, he hopes on advertising revenue through its own offerings on the Internet platform.

Competition from other start-ups, the scientists have not yet true, dare to telecommunications companies after its rating has not yet approach the subject. That's why he wants to team with the lead urban use. For next year, he announced more games, and alone with FastFoot challenge he wants in the next four years to reach millions of players.

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Better wireless calls.

Freehand phone you can use any wireless headset. But otherwise there are huge differences in design, function, and especially the price. ONLINE blogs has some typical models tested and found not that good must always be expensive.

 

Some are chic, some high and some are just cheap: If you are a wireless headset for mobile phone growth will, faced with a huge selection compared. For Bluetooth headsets are like sand on the sea. The prices range from ten to over 100 euros. Useful are they in any case. When driving a car, for example, can be viewed by using a comparatively cheap headset mounting an expensive handsfree save. So keep both hands on the steering wheel and you can without fear of police checks (or accidents) on the phone.

Bluetooth Headset: Does it make phone calls easier and can even look good

But even outside of the car can use wireless headsets useful. Who's smartphone is not just used for making phone calls, looking forward, during a conversation, for example, an appointment into the calendar quickly or to an information on the web up.

The wireless hearing-speech devices, however, are mostly minimalist. One might think that the producers tried to work together to beat, as few as possible controls must be installed. With Five physical buttons Motorola H780 is lavishly equipped in comparison. At the Plantronics Discovery 925 on the other hand, you have to be satisfied with two buttons, as well as the Jawbone, but that they are the buttons do not even see it.

Despite this waiver of controls does not save the manufacturers of functions. Thus, Bluetooth headsets are almost always the possibility of language, in the name of the call into the headset talking, instead einzutippen number. A redial one of the standard repertoire as well as the option to reject or calls from the headset to the phone over.

To all that with only one or two key works, the course repeatedly substantiated. The solution of the manufacturer: Depending on the situation, decides the number or duration of keystrokes on what each function is triggered. Really, this is not complicated, but without a close look at the manual, you aufgeschmissen. Fortunately, who has a good memory, the various key functions to remember.

They differ in the devices of different price ranges barely, but in their equipment and processing. Technique for suppressing noise heard around the word meaning to sound good - in different ways. In almost all identical, however, is the code for the so-called Bluetooth pairing, which you must enter to make a connection between phone and headset. He is always 0000th

What are Bluetooth headsets are different and why cheap Heimer and Edel providers sometimes make the same mistake, read on the following pages.

Peta protest in online games to seal slaughterman.

Animal protectors of their Peta-wide protest against animal cruelty now on the online world. On Saturday, supporters of the activists are a lot of role playing game "World of Warcraft" game - and seal-killers slaughter.

 

Peta's name is associated most closely with posters of half-Celebrity Pamela Anderson and Eva Mendes who confess Lieber naked than in fur. Now it is the animal welfare organization with a virtual battle in the RPG "World of Warcraft."

Hunt for the hunters: With pictures of sweet baby seals with large, sad eyes Peta calls on the online protest in "World of Warcraft" on

In her blog
The Peta Files called the organization this week for a game of the popular online game. The Peta supporters should be on Easter Saturday in the cyber world a horde of virtual seal-killer and thus a sign of the actual slaughter of the animals off the coast of Canada set.

Not that the game actually hunt for baby seals would be made. But the animal rights seem in the complex virtual reality of "World of Warcradft" a new channel for their provocative protest to be seen. "Who for the fun of killing baby seals, only the evil Lich King obey," says the blog. Whoever these lights may be - the Peta supporters in any case draw on Saturday evening, in Howling Fjord against his subjects in the battle.

Again and again, the animal rights actions with high visibility for itself: they demonstrate naked, locked up in cages or paint with color so that they look like blutbeschmiert. A campaign in which the housing conditions of chickens compared with the Holocaust, caused the world to protest - and injunctions.

Also, the current action criticize some as nothing more than a media staging. In the
Facebook group, with videos and pictures of sweet baby seals with big sad eyes, the battle for recruits, is criticized: "Peta is used all the time and money on publicity campaigns for the making, but does absolutely nothing to actually to save animals. " Another user on the board warned earlier that because of technical limitations for the game, most probably just witnessed the great seal slaughter will be without something to do.

The serious background can be the Peta campaign did not dispute it: In Canada, each year hundreds of thousands of seals are killed with permission. The hunting season has begun at the end of March, and
just has the Canadian government announced that the quota this year was even increased.

Technical highlights of the week.

Electronics is getting smarter: mobile e-mails to sort by importance, drag suitcases through airports and musical instruments accompany himself blogs ONLINE has the remarkable technology news of the week together.

 

In Las Vegas last week met cellphone manufacturers and mobile network companies to show CTIA Wireless 2009, wireless phones were similar before and headphones. In Frankfurt Music Fair began, one of the most important events of the year for all the music not only listening, but also make, produce or market.

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Miniature replica of a guitar at the Music Fair in Frankfurt: mobile phones and music dominated the technology news of the week

Among the innovations were of course quite a few mobile phones. Those who intelligently with e-mails can handle for example. Or, try the great role models to imitate. And there were musical instruments, which, though winzigklein, much more than you would trust them.

But even apart from the large landmark events was presented.

On the following pages you will find the fastest graphics card and the smallest camcorder in the world, a chip, the servers will teach savings and much more.

The suck Superzoom Compact Snap.

Next, closer, better - praise the camera manufacturer lenses offbeat new compact cameras. The race around and wide Superzoom solves the megapixel madness from. blogs ONLINE has two Compact with extreme optics tested.

 

The compact camera is about as small as a Coladose, but the fixed lens zooms closer than many reflex lens: Nikon has the new P90 compact camera with a zoom lens 24-fold magnification built.

Superzoom, Megazoom, wide-angle - the producer just outdo itself with extreme optics in compact cameras. The advantage: The larger the focal length range, the more leeway amateur photographers in the picture composition. The higher the focal length is, the closer the object depicted zoomed (the Nikon P90 has a small-equivalent focal length range from 26 to 624 millimeters).

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Other hand, changes with the focal length and angle of image recording. The smaller the focal length, the greater the angle. Say: The more motif matches a recording (useful for facades or large groups of people from not too far up). Thus, the small camera Samsung WB500 for her cigarette packet format an astonishingly large focal length range from wide-angle optics to 10-fold zoom (24 to 240 millimeters).

Small cameras, great lenses - blogs ONLINE has the Nikon P90 and the Samsung WB500 tried and shows what can the new compact.

What the new generation of Netbook really can.

Recipe for Success with fresh ingredients: HP, Sony, Asus and other manufacturers to invent the new Netbook - some built DVD burner, or cell phone chips in the mini-computer, others are experimenting with Linux and Android. ONLINE blogs gives the overview.

 

Netbook is the favorite. Financial crisis, poor morale and insecurity among the consumers in spite of the merchants, they are formally out of the hands torn. The market research firm Display Search expects the Netbook-paragraph 2009 by 65 percent over the previous year growth will be. Traditional notebooks nearly stagnates, however, have to deal with merely three percent growth. But what actually is a Netbook? What is different than in a notebook? And most importantly: Why are all so similar?

For Intel, and Microsoft is clearly defined: A Netbook has a screen of up to ten inches in the diagonal, a hard disk with no greater than 160 gigabytes of storage space and a gigabyte of RAM. In addition, Intel's Atom processor inside, it runs Windows XP on it and an optical drive does not exist. Manufacturers who fail to meet these limits, may have the necessary extras for microchips pay or receive from any Microsoft Windows licenses delivered.

No wonder then that the latest models from all manufacturers amazingly similar, often only by the battery differ. The more the cells has, the longer it holds such an outlet through without Netbook. Otherwise it remains the only producer, unusual design is a little individuality other sources. HP has it with bright red Netbook look in the Asia-tries, with the flat Asus EEEPC S101 and Sony with the most slender Vaio P.

Dear Linux or Windows again?

One possibility, the hardware compared to the standard to improve, it would be to use Linux. The first EeePCs advantage of such a system, a surface übergestülpt was. It looked good and functioned perfectly. In addition, this Linux cheaper than Windows and fit fine on the original Netbook concept. The Netbook were as cheap mini-notebooks for students advertised.

But this idea has long been obsolete. Netbook buys today everyone, be it as a second device as a mobile toy or even a company laptop. And since many users want to just have Windows on it. So they get the same, even if it is the choice of hardware or restricts the price pushes upward.

Some want the atomic-exit

In the meantime, there are Linux versions that are specifically adapted to Netbook. The
Ubuntu Netbook Remix For example, a Linux based, with four gigabytes of storage space and still merely a complete software package including Office applications, multimedia players, and Internet applications bring - all of this software is completely free.

Also, alternatives to Intel's Atom chip, which is currently almost all Netbook drives, there is no shortage. A favorable variant, for example, the
Chip manufacturers with the Via Nano processor available. Even Samsung has already tried such a device, the NC20 Netbook with Via chips. Its clearly visible distinguishing feature compared to standard devices: It has a 12.1 inch WXGA wide-screen, which is no nuclear-powered device would find.

After Burner graphics for Intel CPU

Another option would be to replace the otherwise used in Netbook and their lame verschrienen Intel Graphics Chipset NVIDIA's new Ion technology to use. Ion Netbook still need an Atom processor from Intel, are but with a relatively fixed graphics equipped.

The makes a Netbook not only for HD-video player, but in moderation spieltauglich. Above all, however, could be on Ion Netbook Windows Vista install. But yet there is no single example of such a device. And even as the price obtained for such a device would be called, there is still great guesswork.

What makes is a Netbook from? Are they really the three things you usually andichtet the devices - so that they are small, economical and cheap to be? Or, are now also other devices on the Netbook?

Read the following pages, as PC manufacturers the next generation of mobile cheap mini-calculator imagine:

Lonely hearts and great Danes.

Milla Jovovich, Benicio del Toro, Salma Hayek: The offer of Filmbeileger in April enormously diverse. Film Noir, Action, oblique satires - ONLINE blogs are the full overview and to check what bargains deals are really worth seeing.

 

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"City of Ghosts", USA 2002. Director: Matt Dillon. Cast: Matt Dillon, James Caan. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 Jahre.und
"Toy Land", D 2007, Regie: Jochen A. Frey thanks. Cast Julia Hunter, Cedric Eich. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: o.A.Heftpreis: 3.90 Euro

Even men can purchase insurance right adventure, as Matt Dillon ( "Rumble Fish") as director and actor in his own movie so far only shows. In the role of Jimmy Cremming yuppies looking in Cambodia after his accomplices Marvin (James Caan), to share his loot to a gigantic fraud protection. Although he quickly mitbekommt that Marvin new partners balk at nothing, he goes on a surreal odyssey through the mysterious land.

With the help of a crew selected fine Matt Dillon managed to create a highly atmospheric exciting debut lie down, unfortunately at the box office failed catastrophically. It was an honest effort to Dillon, set by its reliance on local actors, "real" backpackers and magical places such as Rotary or Oudong Phnom Chisor to act authentically. Whether the use of an original 1973 Mercedes Benz vehicles from the pole plots are a good idea, but it remains questionable.

The second film on the disc is a really nice surprise, it is still only in February the Oscar-winning German film "Toy Land" in which a young mother during the Second World War through the friendship of their son with a Jewish neighbor boy a life-saving decision is brought. Absolutely worth seeing.

Published on 1 April in the trade

ON soundtrack / LANGUAGE VERSIONS ...

Most of the DVDs that are free magazines, which will have only about a German soundtrack. In addition, the publishers of information about the equipment of the DVDs very patchy.
Therefore: Where not otherwise stated, the DVD only has a German soundtrack.

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"Lonely Hearts Killers", USA 2006. Director: Todd Robinson. Cast: John Travolta, Salma Hayek. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 5,99 euros.

Drama ends the life of the marriage swindler Raymond (Jared Leto), the one day to the unscrupulous Martha (Salma Hayek) device. Were both alone has hardly noticed, bring their passion to each other soon the first bloody victims. To lure them to the police inadvertently Elmer Robinson (John Travolta) on their track.

The beautifully appointed detective characterized the fate of a historic pair of killers after the 1947 to 1949 in the U.S. drove his mischief and in 1951 was executed. Together accounted for the "Lonely Hearts Killers" of wealthy, single women to identify their assets to ergaunern and then kill them. Director Todd Robinson, who also wrote the screenplay, which was twice filmed story particularly dear, because the policeman Elmer Robinson was his grandfather. Fortunately he overlooked all the cliffs biographical sentimentalism and instead staged a properly cool "Film Noir", which not only thanks to its prominent crew until the end fesselt.

Until June in the trade

Computer Bild

"The Cartel", USA 1994. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe. FSK: 12 years. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). Issue price: 3,70 Euro

Without ever from the path of virtue to be soft, pulls the CIA deputy director Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) his investigation on a politically sensitive murder of a friend of U.S. President by and pushes on entanglements with a Colombian drug cartel. But while he was still valiantly trying to clean kind of light into the darkness to make runs behind his back long been a dirty war against the government of his alleged murderers.

The moral of the story is known: At the end wins the American legal system with the help of his steadfast servant on supposedly more effective, but also corrupt and ruthless political strategist. That is always to look cute, but rarely as exciting and dynamic over, as in this adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel "The Shadow War". This was also the American audience and introduced the film 1994 at the box office to become one of the most successful releases of the year, while in Germany, "only" about 950,000 viewers from the screen to attract them. Who was not there, and also the many TV broadcasts since missed, can now be safely accessed.

To 12 April in the trade

DVD Magazine

"The genius and madness", DN 2006th Director: Tomas Villum Jensen. Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3,99 euros.

Surely there is in Danish cinema also quite normal movies, but here we usually reach his works rather oblique. Something very similar also experienced the choleric, released on parole Tonny (Ulrich Thomsen) at the first joint dinner with his children. Coincidentally he is in as a "masterpiece" celebrated but unbearable avant-garde art film by director Claus Volter (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and again experienced a serious tantrum. In the search for redress, he finally landed a co-director on the set of Voltes new film, but also committed his revenge plans.

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The irony come along a lot of self-satire, penned by Anders Thomas Jensen ( "In China they eat dogs") gets pleasurably on the eternal conflict between art and commerce forth in Denmark, with its world famous director Lars von Trier ( "The Idiots") to forefront. In 2002 Jensen was the scriptwriter of the Dogma aesthetic projects - in which he himself was involved - in the long term
"boring to the eye." Here he shows with his namesake in the director and two colleagues experienced in the leading roles, where the conflict lines. Here, they provide no legs beater, but a subtle satire, which mainly genre connoisseurs will be a pleasure, but also as an entertaining comedy fun.

To 29 April in the trade

Super Illu

"Aladdin's magic lamp," SU 1966th Directed by: Boris Ryzarjew. Cast: Boris Bystrow, Dodo Tschogowadse. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK without restriction. Issue price: 2.99 euros

The poor Aladin (Boris Bystrow) is powerful in Princess Budhur (Dodo Tschogowadse) verschossen what the Sultan did not fit. Only for an unauthorized look at the beauty he is sentenced to death, but by a magician in the last minute saved. To let him thanks to an oil lamp bergen, but accidentally awakens the mighty spirit jinn lamp to him now to help its future.

In colorful Cinemascope sixties shines a lively Aladin as a hero of the working class in the very little known variations of interpretation of the famous Russian fairy tale of "Thousand and One Nights". Unfortunately this adaptation, in contrast to the past with the "Super Illu" distributed Russian film, the Fantastic furious, but the story is beautifully told and the effects of stress by their simplicity, still the charm of the over 40-year-old film footage.

From 7 to 13 April in the trade

SFT

"Dragon Tiger Gate", HK 2006. Director: Wilson Yip. Cast: Nicholas Tse, Donnie Yen. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 Jahre.und
"U-Boat", USA 2004. Director: Tony Giglio. Cast: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3.90 euros.

With an action-packed manga adaptation will start the "SFT" their film biplane. They will meet over the years the two brothers grew up separately Tiger (Nicholas Tse) and Dragon (Donnie Yen) in a fight one another. While Tiger is still in the fight of his father's school lives, Dragon is in a big gangster boss has become. It quickly becomes clear that the fate not in vain once again brought together, because it is above the common Fiesling Shibumi to stretch to get behind all the inconvenience is.

Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen in 2005 a huge success with the martial arts spectacle "Kill Zone SPL" and attempt to implement Tony Wong's comic book template complex "Oriental Heroes" (1970) to tie, unfortunately, only in China known enough in their allusions to be understood. If you have waived and also his brain largely on standby switches, a distance of almost breathtaking spectacle of the fight against the evil to be computer-finals with some opulent visual and choreographic ideas scores.

In a similar context-level moves in this country, the only released on DVD war drama in which the German submarine U-429 his American opponent sunk, but contrary to all commands a handful of survivors begins. During the disillusioned captain Jonas Herdt (Til Schweiger) in captivity, the Americans will want to break aboard a disease that will soon be only one way leaves open the common escape to the U.S. coast. But so are simply no friends from enemies. What sounds like a good idea to listen to silts, unfortunately at times because of the screenplay.

The cast is certainly not located, especially since William Macy ( "Fargo") in the role of the U.S. Army establishes itself neatly into the stuff. Submariner lovers bang effects come at their expense, these scenes but perhaps from films such as "U-571" or "Duel in the Atlantic to" recognize that they cut material has been taken - after all, only 2.4 million U.S. dollars budget available. Conclusion: Technically, cleanly produced war drama whose plot in the original bilingual better come over.

To 24 March in the trade

Digital TV

"Traffic - the power of the cartel", D / USA 2000. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 1.60 euros

At its current issue advertises the TV magazine "TV Digital", with the Supplement to the already published as Filmbeileger
Drug drama "Traffic." Who is the legally effective only because of the issue wants to buy movie, however, should look closely, because the supposed bargain works only after you have a (free) telephone hotline an unlock code has to inquire. How long the certificate remains valid, is unfortunately unclear. In itself, in such marketing campaigns, no complaints, but there is not even on the cover on the DVD or book a clear indication. Movie Collector will discuss later, perhaps angry, who, however, the Oscar-winning film a look anyway and need a program, does nothing wrong.

To 2 April in the trade

TV Movie

"Resident Evil", D / F / GB 2002. Director: Paul W. S. Anderson. Cast: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3.50 Euro

With the first film adaptation of the eponymous video game sticks to the "TV Movie" a popular and well valued differently at their film magazine cover. Like in the game is about a hidden research lab after release of a virus re-used. They attempted a rescue team with the help of security expert Alice (Milla Jovovich) in the laboratory closed ahead. Shortly after turning off the lock mechanisms of the primary computer, they, however, that all laboratory staff through to the virus mutated zombies, and a bloody race of life and death begins.

A huge success commercially and critically largely slating the film claims to present to the program schedules of TV stations and video stores. His driving force is in addition to the visibility of the game certainly Milla Jovovich ( "The Fifth Element"), also in the two sequels roll over the skin and thus - like Sigourney Weaver with "Alien" - probably their role in life is found. It offers the film in addition to a superior equipment, uncompromising action and a groovy little charms score, but maybe just like his many fans.

To 2 April in the trade

Widescreen Vision

"$ Windle - Concealed game, USA 2002. Directed by: K. C. Bascombe. Cast: Tom Sizemore, Sherilyn Fenn. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 5.90 Euro

When the cop Seth George (Tom Sizemore) in the gang of cunning Sophie Zen (Sherilyn Fenn) creeps, guess it does not, on what he is given into. At first he is in a meticulously planned bank robbery involved, but the whole thing serves only as a distraction from a much thicker fish, in which Sophie pressure data for the euro banknotes will steal.

Once again, grabs the "widescreen" a pure DVD titles on their Filmbeileger, a solid Actiones repeatedly on television's entertainment value was demonstrated. With Tom Sizemore ( "Black Hawk Down") and Sherilyn Fenn ( "Twin Peaks") beharken two experienced professionals in the leading roles and give the somewhat predictable story that needed seasoning. Conclusion: Not a huge success, but also no disappointments.

Published on 1 April in the trade