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Sintel

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For those that don’t follow us on Twitter or Facebook… you’re really missing out! Besides frequent news updates and trailer recommendations, we also post tons of neat HD videos that are shared with us.

Anyway, I decided that this new video was worth blogging about and sharing with all you folks out there:

Sintel

“Sintel” is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world.

www.sintel.org

You can find the download links on their website: Sintel – Open Movie Project, which includes DivX, MP4 Surround 5.1, MP4 Stereo, and OGV Stereo.

They even provided subtitles in 8 different languages.

Enjoy!

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Teaser)

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Update: HD teaser trailer is now available!

A lot of people are claiming to have the HD trailer/teaser for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but I have yet to find any copy that’s 480p or better. Cianan sent in this link which provides the trailer in 360p (9.33MB). I’ve also uploaded it to mirror sites just in case: RapidShare and Hotfile.

Given that this isn’t HD, I’m not going to file it under movies, but news instead. Enjoy!

AOL Launches Top HD Trailers

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Moviefone - Top HD Trailers

I just noticed AOL/Moviefone has launched a new page: Top HD Trailers. It’s very similar to MySpace’s Trailer Park. However, they offer no download option and everything goes through Flash. The resolution it plays at is 480p and the quality is rather decent. Too bad they don’t offer 720p or 1080p options nor a way to go full screen.

Update: I realize I calculated the resolution incorrectly. It’s really only playing at 480p and not 720p as noted earlier.

A Short Love Story in Stop Motion

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Saw this on Digg and thought it was beautiful:

[Please visit blog post to view streaming video]

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girl´s drawing, leading us through the life she dreams of. you can find more about the making of at this link in my page. (Source)

They have a 720p version available, but you have to register/log in before it’s available for you to download. Amazingly beautiful, you should definitely check it out.

Hulu has gone HD!

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Hulu now has a set of HD videos: Hulu – High Definition Videos Gallery

It’s rather impressive. It supports 1280×720 (720p) and although it’s streaming, it starts playing pretty much immediately. There’s probably a lot of compression going on and it’s probably buffering during the initial 5 second ad. I have to say, I’m impressed by the quality and steaming capability.

The current gallery is includes:

The set is quite limited, but it looks like they’re test driving to see demand and if they can handle it. I look forward to future HD releases.

Apple Red Band Trailers Uploaded

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I hope everyone’s having a wonderful 4th of July!

I finally got around to uploading Apple’s Red Band trailers.

First I played with Filefactory, but was disappointed with their speed as my download rate maxed out around 50KB/s, making a 150MB 1080p trailer download take almost an hour.

Then I tried MegaUpload and was much happier with their speed (was getting 300KB/s), though in addition to a Captcha, they make you wait 45 seconds per file, which gets a bit annoying.

Those were just 2 of the few file sharing sites which actually support files greater than 100MB. These Red Band trailers are all between 150MB and 200MB. Both file sharing sites have a limit of 1 simultaneous download, so I’ll be listing both file shares just in case you want to download 2 simultaneously.

** WARNING ** The following PREVIEWS have been approved for RESTRICTED AUDIENCES ONLY by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Deleted Apple Red Band Trailers (1080p):

I believe both file services delete the files from their servers after a 30 day period of inactivity. If for a certain file above, both links are broken, please leave a comment and I’ll reupload it. Enjoy!