Announcements and highlights in Santiago Comic-con 2018 that may surprise you!

The exciting Santiago Comic-con (SDCC) 2018 is about to come to an end. There were so many great shows and exciting announcements and  interviews that deeply impressed us, especially for you guys who are so interested in TV series or movies. So here are some of the best announcements in SDCC that impressed me and that I would like to share with you.

The amazing Shazam! and Aquaman trailer.

Warner Bros. is apparently trying to seize the moment while Marvel's movie-verse essentially absent this year from SDCC's massive Hall H. And guess what, they did it. Warner Bros. successfully got everyone's attention with the brand new Shazam! and Aquaman movie trailer, especially the Shazam! trailer, which is considered a new groundbreaking work after the failure of Justice League. 

The Aquaman trailer on the other hand, is just as exciting. It seems like Warner Bros. is finally trying to walk out of its previous failure and start to build a decent DCEU, which is defiantly a good thing for fans. Just don't mess everything up this time.

The Green Lantern Relaunch by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp

Another announcement about DC. In an interview with acclaimed writer Grant Morrison (Batman, All-Star Superman) about DC's relaunch of the Green Lantern comic, the scribe explained how he's going to be focusing on Hal Jordan's life as a space cop. "Basically, it’s no more apocalypse-ending story lines," he said.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is coming back

Creator and producer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Dave Filoni announced that the series will return for a final season At the show's 10th anniversary. 

The show, which focuses on the years in between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, originally ran on Cartoon Network from 2008 through 2013, with a sixth season streaming on Netflix in 2014. For those still grieving the show’s cancellation, its return is cause for celebration. The new season will be 12 episodes long.

Little thoughts about Blu-ray 

Speaking of Star war, it just comes to me that like a lot of fans, I've got a lot of Star War Blu-ray discs in my storage, and they really take a lot of space and sometimes could make quite a mess. I always wanted a way to rip Blu-ray to mp4 to make some room for all the new coming exciting Blu-ray  collections. And recently, I've found a way.

After doing some research, I've got to know that Handbrake and Leawo Blu-ray Ripper are the best programs to rip Blu-ray to mp4, and I decided that I'll go with Leawo Blu-ray Ripper because it looks more neat and I've used another program called Leawo Blu-ray Creator to burn Blu-ray to disc and it worked very well, so I decided to give it a try.

How does it perform? Well, I haven't got time to get down to it so I'll maybe do a brief review next time. But based on my experience on Leawo Blu-ray Creator, I believe the ripper should be performing just fine.

Final words

There are still tons of exciting news and announcements on SDCC, and maybe I'll bring you more of them next time, so stay tuned! and thanks for reading!

List of 2018 Emmy nominations. Best shows and performances are all here! Or are they?

The Television Academy announced the nominations for 70th annual Emmy Awards on July 12. Game of Thrones, Saturday Night Live, and Westworld led the total number of nominations per show with 22, 21, and 21 apiece, while Netflix overtook perennial leader HBO in the total tally with 112 nominations to HBO’s 108.

To day I'm gonna give the full list of 2018 Emmy nominations. I bet your favorite show or actor/actress can be found in the list, so let's get started!

List of 2018 Emmy nominations

Outstanding Drama Series
Game of Thrones
The Handmaids Tale
This Is Us
Westworld
The Americans
The Crown
Stranger Things

Outstanding Comedy
Atlanta
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Black-ish
Silicon Valley
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Barry

Outstanding Limited Series
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Outstanding Television Movie
Fahrenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale
USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Outstanding Comedy Actress
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Issa Rae (Insecure)

Outstanding Comedy Actor
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Ted Danson (The Good Place)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Outstanding Drama Actress
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)

Outstanding Drama Actor
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Ed Harris (Westworld)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower)
Jesse Plemons (USS Callister (Black Mirror))

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult)
Edie Falco (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders)
Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Laura Dern (The Tale)
Michelle Dockery (Godless)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy 
Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta)
Louis Anderson (Baskets)
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Lvie)
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Matt Smith (The Crown)
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy
Katt Williams (Atlanta)
Bryan Cranston (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Donald Glover (Saturday Night Live)
Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live)
Sterling K. Brown (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy 
Wanda Sykes (Black-ish)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
Tiffany Haddish (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Lynch (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Molly Shannon (Will & Grace)
Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama
F. Murray Abraham (Homeland)
Cameron Britton (Mindhunter)
Matthew Goode (The Crown)
Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Jimmi Simpson (Westworld)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama
Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones)
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Viola Davis (Scandal)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Kelly Jenrette (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
Ricky Martin (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Edgar Ramírez (The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)⁾
Finn Wittrock (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Michael Stuhlbarg (The Looming Tower)
John Leguizamo (Waco)
Jeff Daniels (Godless)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Adina Porter (American Horror Story: Cult)
Letitia Wright (Black Museum (Black Mirror)
Merritt Wever (Godless)
Sara Bareilles (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert)
Penélope Cruz (The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
Judith Light (The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)

Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko)
Megan Amram (An Emmy For Megan)
Christina Pickles (Break A Hip)
Lee Garlington (Broken)
Naomi Grossman (Ctrl Alt Delete)
Kelli O’Hara (The Accidental Wolf)

Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama
DeStorm Power (Caught The Series)
James Corden (James Corden’s Next James Corden)
Melvin Jackson Jr.(This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours)
Alexis Denisof (I Love Bekka & Lucy)
Miles Tagtmeyer (Broken)

Outstanding Animated Series
Baymax Returns (Big Hero 6: The Series)
Bob’s Burgers “V For Valentine-detta)
Rick and Morty “Pickle Rick”
South Park “Put It Down”
The Simpsons “Gone Boy”

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Adventure Time “Ring of Fire”
Robot Chicken “Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition”
Steven Universe “Jungle Moon”
Teen Titans Go! “The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode Spectacular! Pt. 1 and Pt. 2”
We Bare Bears “Hurricane Hal”

Outstanding Children’s Program
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Alexa & Katie
Fuller House
Star Wars Rebels
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special

Outstanding Choreography
Mandy Moore, So You Think You Can Dance
Christopher Scott, So You Think You Can Dance
Travis Wall, So You Think You Can Dance
Al Blackstone, So You Think You Can Dance
Chloe Arnold, The Late Late Show with James Corden

Outstanding Cinematography in a Limited Series or Movie
Kramer Morgenthau, ASC Fahrenheit 451
Mathias Herndl, Genius: Picasso “Chapter One”
Steven Meizler, Godless “An Incident At Creede”
PJ Dillon, ISC, The Alienist “The Boy On The Bridge”
Twin Peaks
USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Game of Thrones “The Dragon And The Wolf”
Killing Eve “Nice Face”
Stranger Things “Chapter Nine: The Gate”
The Americans “Start”
The Crown “Mystery Man”
The Handmaid’s Tale “June”

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Atlanta “Barbershop”
Atlanta “Alligator Man”
Barry “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”
Barry “Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going”
Silicon Valley “Fifty-One Percent”
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “Pilot”

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Night With Seth Meyers
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous At Radio City
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Born This Way
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Naked And Afraid
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell

Outstanding Structured Reality Program 
Antiques Roadshow
Fixer Upper
Lip Sync Battle
Queer Eye
Shark Tank
Who Do You Think You Are?

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef 
The Voice

Outstanding Original Interactive Program
Back To The Moon (Google Spotlight Stories App)
Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab (Oculus)
Coco VR (Oculus)
NASA JPL: Cassini’s Grand Finale (YouTube)
Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience (PlayStation VR App)

Outstanding Interactive Program
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2018
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
yepnk History “Heroines”
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver “Border Patrol (segment)”
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver “Wax President Harding (segment)”

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story “Alone”
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story “House By The Lake”
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story“Manhunt”
Twin Peaks “Part 8”
USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Outstanding Casting For A Reality Program
Born This Way
Project Runway
Queer Eye
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Voice

Another way to enjoy the shows

I love so many shows on the list. Something else I wanna talk about today is my other way to enjoy my favorite shows. Yes, I watch these shows mostly on Hulu or Netflix but there is just something wrong with watching all the good stuff online with a small screen of my computer or tablet. So I came up with an idea, I wanted to burn my favorite shows on a DVD disc and play on my DVD player.

Well that sounds crazy but I actually did it. I downloaded the show, and burned mp4 to DVD with Leawo DVD Creator, which is an amazing program to burn a DVD by the way, and I successfully played it on my DVD player. It felt so different to watch the shows on a bigger screen and with a better audio effect.

I know a lot of people have burned DVD disc that they can't play due to the video format problem. But this Leawo DVD Creator supports any video format that you drop in and is able to convert it to a playable DVD disc.  So whatever the format is, it can be turned to a playable DVD disc by this program.

Well, that's just some of my thoughts, Thought it might help you.

What's next?

Okay, back to the topic. Game of Throne, Westworld, everything is good and awesome on the list. But there are still some nice and cool shows and probably masterpieces that are not eligible for the awards because they are not on air yet. In the up coming month, There are some awesome shows that fans are so excited about like Better Call Saul, Castle Rock and Mr.Mercedes going on air. And I believe these shows, especially these three mentioned above, will be just as excellent as most of the Emmy nominees. 

So, I guess we will just wait and see!   

A new era has come. Best 4K UHD Blu-ray player you can buy in 2018

Technology is developing in an astonishing speed, this is one fact that nobody can deny. Just when we feel like VHS cassette was yesterday, Blu-ray has already replaced DVD in a large scale, leaving VHS a historical technology 3 generations ago. And now, even Blu-ray itself can't keep the crown for long. 4K UHD Blu-ray is on its way to change our lives, and ready to start another revolution in media industry.

Do you think that 4K UHD Blu-ray is just another version of Blu-ray with a little bit higher resolution? Wrong. 4K UHD Blu-ray is a revolutionary digital optical disc data storage format that supersedes Blu-ray. It has better picture quality, better sound effect, and WAY better resolution that could bring you totally different movie watching experience. Can't wait to get a 4K UHD disc and have a try? Well, easy for now because you might not be able to watch it with your current Blu-ray player.

That's right, just like all Blu-ray discs are not compatible with DVD players, 4K UHD Blu-ray discs are not compatible with regular Blu-ray players. So in order to watch a 4K UHD disc, you are going to need to buy a 4K UHD player. But worry not, We are here to introduce you some of the best 4K UHD Players that you can buy in 2018 so that your dream of 4K UHD can come true.

1. Oppo UDP-203 ($1086 Amazon)

People say that Oppo makes the best Blu-ray players in the world for a reason. Oppo UDP-203 supports a full suite of both video and audio formats and features 3 HDMI ports for video and audio signals. But what may surprise you is that It even supports the premium Dolby Vision HDR standard, which is not supported by most other players.

Oppo UDP-203 is the most expensive Blu-ray player on this list, but if you want the best 4k UHD experience and can afford the price, perhaps you should get one.

Unfortunately Oppo UDP-203 doesn't support streaming services like Netflix. But it does't change the fact that this is one of the greatest 4K UHD Blu-ray players.

2. Panasonic DMP-UB900 ($735.66 Amazon)

Brilliant color fidelity, deep contrast and almost 3D clarity, Panasonic DMP-UB900 will restore you faith in physical media. You buy this one, you bring the experience of 4K digital cinema to the home. Plus this one is way cheaper than Oppo, so it could be your better choice is you can't afford a player over 1000 dollars.

3. Xbox One X ($499 Amazon)

The greatest gaming console with 4K UHD support. 12GB of GDDR5 RAM, eight-core CPU clocked at 2.3GHz, this one is easily the most powerful device in the list. With a resolution of 3840 x 2160, What could be better when you want to have ultimate gaming and movie entertainment experience in one device? But calm down, remember that Xbox One X is a gaming console device after all, so you probably won't be impressed by the the picture it produces. But, for those who need a gaming console and a UHD player, this one is definitely the best choice, no doubt.

 

Is there any other choice?

 Of course. If none of the above grows in you, there is another choice for which you don't have to spend a penny to watch a UHD movie. Install a player software that support 4K UHD playback on your computer and enjoy.

There are some 4K video player software on the market, and Leawo Blu-ray Player is my personal favorite. Leawo Blu-ray player is a 100% free media player that can not only play Blu-ray, DVD disc and ISO, but also all the popular digital video and audio file formats. If you have 4K UHD file and don't have a UHD player to play it, Leawo Blu-ray Player can help you do that.

But what if you don't want to watch your movie on your PC? Well, you can always burn your 4K movie file to a Blu-ray disc with blu ray burning software mac free or Windows free with Leawo Blu-ray Creator, which can remain the original quality in the whole process, and then play the movie on your regular Blu-ray player. 

Are you ready?

The new era is around the corner. But it could take a while for us to actually embrace the time for 4K UHD Blu-ray. Unless you use the player software, the cost for aUJD player is a little bit too much. So, 4K UHD is good, but the question is, are you really ready? 

   

A decent video converter program is finally on special sale for a limited time

Have you had the same struggle with me? Sometimes you just need to convert a video from one format to another and there's not a nice decent video converter on the internet to download? Well, now I don't worry about it anymore because the one decent video converter is now on a special sale and it's defiantly a  bargain for whoever needs to convert videos. 

So a 2018 Summer Giveaway & Specials Campaign was launched by Leawo Software, a Chinese professional multimedia solution provider, on 20th, May. During the special event, most of the company's best sellers are having discounts or being given away, as the popular product Leawo Video Converter can be acquired with a 30% off site wide coupon.

Video converter software is never anything strange to either computer amateurs or multimedia specialists, and Leawo Video Converter has been considered one of the strongest competitors on the market for long. With the support of more than 180 kinds of digital format and the advanced special effect technology, Leawo Video Converter can fulfill the needs from converting video to iPhone compatible formats, to converting 2D to 3D videos in simple steps. It's the strong capability and high stability that wins a superior reputation for the product.


Comparing to its counterparts, Leawo Video Converter is more inclusive in functionality. Apart from converting videos and audios in multiple formats, the product also supports various video and audio editing operations, and has noise reduce technology support to improve video converting and editing quality. 

The discount Leawo Software offers for Leawo Video Converter this time on the summer sale is one of the highest discounts for the product in history. With the 30% off site wide coupon, customers now can purchase Leawo Video Converter at a price of $20.96 for a one year license or $27.96 for a lifetime permission, instead of the original $29.95 and $39.95 respectively.


Another nice program that I'm so into is the DVD Creator. This one can burn almost every kind of video to a DVD disc with the original quality reserved. What's more, it also supports menu creating! What a nice product! The first time I herd of the product was from one of my friend. She once converted her VHS cassette to a DVD disc following a VHS to DVD tutorial, and the program she used, was this DVD Creator.

Oh and um, Same coupon can also be used to acquire Leawo Blu-ray Copy, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, Leawo Music Recorder and all the other products on Leawo online shop. The expiry date for all promotions is July 20th.