Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – June 1st, 2021

Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – June 1st, 2021

Hi everyone, Today is the first Tuesday of June 2021. This week, we got 5 movies on DVD. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Boogie Endangered Species The Courier (2021) The Wacky Hen Trigger Point Also, on Friday, we got American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally on DVD. Movies that can no longer be reserved DVD A Reckoning Adrift (2018) Hereditary I Kill Giants Ideal Home Luis and the Aliens Moana UFO (2018) Won’t You Be My Neighbor…

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Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the Optiarc AD-7561A

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the Optiarc AD-7561A

Hi everyone, Today, we’ll take a look at how the PlexDisc DVD+R discs burns in the Optiarc AD-7561A drive. We will be using ImgBurn again to perform the writing and verification. It reports the media code to be OPTODISC-R16-00 and supports writing at up to 8x here. The drive burned the disc using a Z-CLV strategy, starting at 2.4x, and jumping to 4x, 6x, and 8x: The disc appeared to have burnt fine, but the quality results seem to point…

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Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the Optiarc AD-7740H

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the Optiarc AD-7740H

Hi everyone, Today, we’ll see how well the PlexDisc DVD+R discs that I showed you yesterday burns in the Optiarc AD-7740H. This is a drive I took out from a Lenovo laptop that’s now part of my optical drive collection. I already have an Optiarc AD-7561A from a very old HP laptop, so this is actually my 2nd Optiarc drive. We will be using ImgBurn to perform the writing and verification. It reports the media code to be OPTODISC-R16-00 and…

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The PlexDisc DVD+R 100pk spindle

The PlexDisc DVD+R 100pk spindle

Hi everyone, Today, we will be looking at the PlexDisc DVD+R 100pk spindle I got on December 2020. These discs are manufactured by Optodisc Taiwan. These discs can be burned at up to 16x but some recorders may offer speeds higher than this. This spindle contains 100 discs: They are logo top branded. The bottom side has a purple color, as expected on Recordable DVD media: In the inner ring, they have an Optodisc identifier: In my next post, we’ll…

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Introducing HEIC To JPG Converter

Introducing HEIC To JPG Converter

Hi everyone, Today, I’m pleased to announce the first version of my HEIC To JPG Converter tool. This is a simple tool that will convert your HEIC images and photos to the more common and supported JPEG format. In today’s world, newer phones can take advantage of the HEIC image codec that will save you space, theatrically, but it’s also true that JPEG is still the dominant format whereas HEIC still have limited support. This is why I wrote this…

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Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 25th, 2021

Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 25th, 2021

Hi everyone, Today is the last Tuesday of May 2021. This week, we got 4 movies on DVD and 1 on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD American Fighter Chaos Walking Hunted (2021) The Rookies Blu-Ray Chaos Walking 4K UHD Chaos Walking Also, on Friday, we got Raya and the Last Dragon on DVD and Blu-Ray. Movies that can no longer be reserved DVD American Animals Book Club (2018) Damascus Cover Deadpool 2 Freedom Fighters:…

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Unboxing Project Highrise: Architect’s Edition for Nintendo Switch

Unboxing Project Highrise: Architect’s Edition for Nintendo Switch

Hi everyone, Today, we will be looking at Project Highrise: Architect’s Edition for the Nintendo Switch. I got this game because I loved playing The Tower SP back on the days of the Gameboy Advance: Then came the Nintendo DS and it got The Tower DS, but only in Japan. Coming forward to the present day, we got Project Highrise, which was released for several platforms. Project Highrise is basically an adaption of the original SimTower game, of which both…

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Unboxing Miitopia for the Nintendo Switch

Unboxing Miitopia for the Nintendo Switch

Hi everyone, On Friday, May 21, 2021, Nintendo released Miitopia for the Nintendo Switch. This is a remaster of the original Miitopia for the Nintendo 3DS released back in 2017. Honestly, I never played Miitopia on the 3DS, so I hope to play this game and experience it myself. This is why I pre-ordered it some time ago and finally got it on Friday. The box presents us with different Mii characters in different situations. The back of the box…

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Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 18th, 2021

Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 18th, 2021

Hi everyone, Today is the third Tuesday of May 2021. This week, we got 5 movies on DVD and 1 on Blu-Ray. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Above Suspicion Minari Son (2021) The Father Tom & Jerry Blu-Ray Tom & Jerry Movies that can no longer be reserved DVD Action Point Blackwater Bleeding Steel Demons First Reformed Fogg: Diary of a Sociopath Gehenna: Where Death Lives God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness Jason Bourne Show Dogs Storks…

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Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 11th, 2021

Movies added, removed, and coming soon at Redbox – May 11th, 2021

Hi everyone, Today is the second Tuesday of May 2021. This week, we got 6 movies on DVD and 1 on Blu-Ray. Let’s see them below: Movies added DVD Equal Standard Land Send It! The Marksman The Mauritanian The Vault Blu-Ray The Marksman Back Again DVD A Quiet Place Life of the Party Blu-Ray A Quiet Place Life of the Party 4K UHD A Quiet Place Movies that can no longer be reserved DVD 2036 Origin Unknown Avengers: Infinity War…

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