• G-Force (Walt Disney)
• The Hangover (Warner)
• 2009 World Series Highlights (Shout! Factory)
• Basilisk: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• HD Moods: Blu Ocean (Topics)
• Inglourious Basterds (Universal)
• La Boheme (Kultur)
• The Mel Brooks Collection (Fox)
• The Other Man (Image)
• Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series (Funimation)
• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 (Paramount)
• Taking Woodstock (Universal)

You know 3D has a long way to go when even Jerry Jones can't manage to sell it for longer than seven minutes: the vaunted real-time 3D scoreboard display experiment at last night's Cowboys game was turned off to loud cheers after just six minutes and fifty seconds of being active. The problem, as usual, was glasses: most of the 80,000 people in attendance didn't bother to put on the headgear required to see the 3D effect, and instead saw a blurry anaglyph image -- which they then booed. What's more, some who wore the glasses complained that the 3D effect caused nausea, although probably not as badly as the Cowboys' 17-20 loss to the Chargers. HDlogix actually has the tech to do glasses-free 3D, but it simply doesn't work when scaled up for the world's largest HD monitor -- a problem they'll have plenty of time to solve when the Cowboys fail to make the playoffs with another couple December losses.

JVC's never been much on using wires to hook up its home theater systems, and for those not looking for mind-blowing 7.1 surround, these soon-available wireless soundbar setups might just satisfy your aural cravings without forcing you to run ungodly lengths of cabling around your den. The TS-BA3 ($549.95) is a dual wireless soundbar system that consists of a 280-watt amplifier, 5.1-channel surround rig (including a soundbar, wireless subwoofer and wireless rear speaker kit) and built-in surround decoding. You'll also find a single analog input, two optical digital inputs and support for Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby ProLogic II surround signals. The TH-BS7 ($599.95) is engineered to mount alongside flat-panel HDTVs, with a 1.4-inch tall, ultrathin soundbar, an even slimmer wall-mountable amplifier / control unit and a wireless subwoofer. This one's packing 180-watts of teeth-rattling oomph and promises 4.1 sound with minimal consumption of floor space. Hop on past the break for the full release and detailed specifications.

It's not every day we get to cite an official US Department of Justice news release, so it's with a certain glee that we can announce the US taxpayer was last week enriched by another $220 million courtesy of the not-so-fine folks who swindled him out of that money in the first place. Joining the ignominious ranks of LG, Sharp, Hitachi and Chungwa Picture Tube, Taiwanese manufacturer Chi Mei is refunding the US state for the pecuniary impact of its collusive practices, which were primarily related to keeping prices artificially high and profits proportionately inflated. US companies directly affected by these ignoble activities include HP, Dell and Apple, but don't you worry, AT&T has already started the inter-corporation scuffle, with Nokia piling on for good measure. Man, it almost seems like crime doesn't pay.

What we're watching tonight:

• Fox (720p) has Brothers at 7 p.m., The Simpsons at 8 p.m. and The Cleveland Show at 8:30 p.m.
• NBC (1080i) brings Sunday Night Football with Eagles/Giants at 8:15 p.m.
• Showtime (1080i) has the season finales of Dexter at 8 p.m. and Californication at 9 p.m.
• Discovery (1080i) presents Clash of the Dinosaurs at 8 & 9 p.m.
• ABC Family (720p) presents Santa Baby 2 at 8 p.m.
• CBS (1080i) has Cold Case at 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) airs 6 Going on 60 at 9 p.m. and Born Without Arms at 10 p.m.
• ABC (720p) as Christmas at the White House at 10 p.m.
• A&E (720p) has the series premiere of The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty at 9 & 10 p.m.
• Travel (1080i) has Meet the Natives USA at 10 p.m.
• NBA (TV 1080i) has Spurs/Clippers at 9:30 p.m.

Here at Engadget HD, we'd prefer not to just focus on high-def happenings in the US of A. Thus, we round up the best of the best from the international front each week and present it here, bundled together in a single, easy to digest list. If something went down in your corner of the globe over the past seven days (or few weeks,) let the rest of the world know it in comments. 'Til next week, Totsiens!

Read - City's ITV studio saved in revamp (UK)
Read - The Movie Network launches two more high-definition channels (Canada)
Read - CTV British Columbia goes high definition
Read - Bell TV dropping standard definition satellite receivers
Read - Sky Deutschland focuses on HD
Read - Behind the scenes with Sky 3D TV
Read - Foxtel remote record from your iPhone
Read - Astro to go HD (Malaysia)
Read - Freesat: Canvas could bring us HD VOD
Read - SA sports fans to get dedicated HD channel this month
Read - Verismo Networks and Net2Vu Team Up to Bring Internet TV to the Caribbean
Read - NHK, Nat Geo Collaborate on HD Series
Read - Rogers widens its lead in bringing Canadians the most HD choices and more HD channels
Read - Freesat reveals high def highlights for Christmas (UK)
Read - Viewers must wait for HD Freeview boxes (UK)
Read - ORF LAUNCHES SECOND HD CHANNEL ON ASTRA (Germany)
Read - Humax Freeview HD 2010 line unveiled! (UK)
Read - E4 HD to launch on Sky (UK)
Read - Penthouse HD launched on KabelBW
Read - AP puts HD news production on the backburner
Read - Enhanced 'HD' sports coverage on DirecTV (Trinidad & Tobago)

Unorthodox media center PCs aren't anything new; if you can dream it up, there's most likely an option out there with your name on it. Piixl's newest entry, however, has a fairly decent shot at appealing to more than just the home theater junkies, but only time will tell if the London-based startup can convince consumers that they really need another slab of machinery behind their flat-panel. The EdgeCenter 3770 is essentially an ultraslim HTPC with an enclosure that's engineered to mount directly behind flat-panel HDTVs through their VESA mounting interface. The whole thing is just 30mm deep and can fit screens ranging from 37- to 70-inches, and if you're worried about it being underpowered, don't be. The base configuration is equipped with a 3Ghz Core 2 Duo chip, while Core i5 and Core i7 options (not to mention discrete GPUs) are available for those with the spare poundage. Interested parties can order theirs now starting at £2,490 ($4,043), though it's frighteningly easy to push that well into five figure territory.

What we're watching tonight:

• Spike TV (1080i) presents the Video Game Awards 2009 at 8 p.m.
• Fox (720p) has Cops at 8 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has the 2009 Heisman Trophy Presentation at 8 p.m. and 30 for 30: The U at 9 p.m.
• Syfy (1080i) presents Annihilation Earth at 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) brings the season premiere of Ghost Intervention at 9 & 9:30 p.m.
• NBA TV (1080i) has Celtics/Bulls basketball at 8 p.m.
• ESPN2 (720p) has Purdue/Alabama college basketball at 9 p.m. and National Finals Rodeo at 11 p.m.

Thought Mitsubishi's LaserVue set was pricey? Hah. HDI, the California startup with dreams of producing a 100-inch 3D HDTV that's driven by lasers, has just released the first hint of a price range, and as predicted, it ain't cheap. The set -- which has already been deemed a favorite by The Woz -- has reportedly had its first batch manufactured over in China, and we're told that a smattering of 'em should be available by May. If all goes well, the HDTV should be in full-scale production mode by Christmas of next year, and we've learned that the whole thing will measure around 10-inches thick. Amazingly, it'll also go relatively easy on the power meter, but the $10,000 to $15,000 price estimate is bound to shock some. Of course, Panasonic's own 103-inch 3D HDTV is currently pegged at around $75,000, so when you think of it from that perspective, HDI's offering is a bona fide bargain. And totally worth liquidating your future kid's college fund for.

First Warner, now Disney, we're wondering if any of you are actually interested in any of these DVD trade in programs? Besides the issues of availability & selection there's whether or not you get to keep your old discs, and the simple hassle of participating. Still, clearly the studios think there's a market for these programs to get people jumping into Blu-ray discs and players, so let us know, are you biting?

Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say!

Read - Charter Communications switches channels, expands high-definition cable TV in West Michigan
Read - WealthTV to Enrich Channel Line-Up on Cincinnati Bell
Read - Comcast adds to HD lineup in Baltimore County
Read - Oceanic Time Warner Cable releases 8 new HD channels
Read - MASN finally makes it perfectly clear
Read - Mediacom to Launch Big Ten Network
Read - Cox renumbers lineup, adds 12 new HD channels (Fayetteville)
Read - More HDTV choices are on the way (Milwaukee)
Read - TIME WARNER ADDS TO CHANNEL LINEUP (Chillicothe)
Read - NBA At-Home Viewing Just Got Better With Verizon FiOS TV's NBA LEAGUE PASS Widget
Read - Cox makes changes to channel lineup (Louisiana)
Read - New HD channels coming to Yuma area (Arizona)
Read - Time Warner Cable adds five HD channels (Akron)

What we're watching tonight:

• Fox (720p) has Dollhouse at 8 p.m.
• MyNetworkTV (720p) has WWE: Smackdown at 9 p.m.
• ABC (720p) has Ugly Betty at 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) has Say Yes to the Dress at 9 p.m. and Four Weddings at 10 p.m.
• Starz (1080i) airs Crash at 10 p.m.
• Syfy (1080i) has Sanctuary at 10 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has an NBA doubleheader with Blazers/Cavaliers at 8 p.m. and Magic/Suns at 11 p.m.
• ESPN2 (720p) has William & Mary/Villanova college football at 8 p.m.

Looks like EpixHD may have a second distribution partner soon, Bloomberg is reporting rumors that it is close to a deal with Cox to bring the premium movie network / online streaming service to its network in 2010. Analys reports peg as many as 1,000 FiOS subscribers per day signing up for the channel in its first month there, but that investors are currently focused on the slow progress in expanding to other carriers for Epix. more than a third of them take advantage of the online streaming, we'll see if capped & throttled cable customers have the same response.

Take that AT&T. The only thing better than a success story is a comeback, and after being stuck in a tailspin shedding over 100k customers in Q4 of 2008, Dish Network has announced it added more customers than anyone else in the third quarter. Over 150,000 shining new faces... and paying customers helped it tick over the 14 million mark for the first time. Now, on to resolving the TiVo issue and getting that new SlingLoaded DVR out the door.

Likely as much of a triumph for the cost effectiveness of shooting in high-definition as proof of its mainstream acceptance, the fourteenth season of ABC's The Bachelor will be the first to air in HDTV. As viewers tune in for this weeks episode of stupid human tricks and absolute degradation, they can take comfort in knowing every tear, argument and rose ceremony on the way to wedded bliss will be captured in 720p. Hey, with Jon & Kate off the air we needed this one, don't judge us.

Mandated by the FCC, Firewire ports have been commonplace, and sadly mostly unused, on our HD DVRs for some time, but recent requests by Intel and TiVo to forego their inclusion have brought the situation to a head. Multichannel News reports the 1394 Trade Association is calling Intel's waiver request "too broad" and cited its wide deployment as reasons it should still be included. Beyond some driver hacks to enable transfers of DVR'd programming, it seems like Ethernet and USB are getting the lion's share of use on boxes, wile emerging DLNA and MoCa tech makes moving content around even easier, is anyone actually getting a benefit from the extra port on their boxes as we go into 2010?

What we're watching tonight:

• CBS (1080i) airs Survivor at 8 p.m., CSI at 9 p.m. and The Mentalist at 10 p.m.
• NBC (1080i) has Community at 8 p.m., Parks & Recreation at 8:30 p.m., The Office at 9 p.m. and 30 Rock at 9:30 p.m.
• Fox (720p) has Bones at 8 p.m. and Fringe at 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) has American Chopper at 9 p.m. and BBQ Pit Masters at 10 p.m.
• FX (720p) has the season finales of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10 p.m. and The League at 10:30 p.m.
• History (720p) has Gangland at 9 p.m.
• Spike (1080i) has TNA! Impact at 9 p.m.
• WGN (1080i) has WWE Superstars at 8 p.m.
• TNT (1080i) brings an NBA doubleheader with Celtics/Wizards at 8 p.m. and Magic/Jazz at 10:30 p.m.
• NFL Network (1080i) has Steelers/Browns football at 8 p.m.
• ESPN (720p) has Syracuse/Florida college basketball at 9 p.m.
• ESPN2 (720p) has a college basketball doubleheader with DePaul/Mississippi St at 6:30 p.m. and Miami (OH)/Cincinnati at 8:30 p.m.

The DVD rental kiosk war continues to heat up, with NCR acquiring competitor DVDPlay to add around 1,300 kiosks under its Blockbuster Express umbrella, while Coinstar joyfully announced its surpassed expectations with the rollout of Redbox, now numbering 22,210 installations. For the last six months its maintained a pace of more than one kiosk every hour, 24/7. Is there anywhere you'd like to see one of these automated dispensaries that doesn't have one yet? Odds are there will be three new ones by the time you finish reading this post.

We know most of you steered clear of retail zones that weekend but Black Friday was still big for HD, with NPD sales data revealing sales increases of 15 percent for HDTVs and 53 percent for Blu-ray players. No word on the average prices of Blu-ray players sold, but television prices have dropped so sharply (to an average price of $535) that revenues actually dropped 9 percent from last year. Regretting missing out on a particularly hot Black Friday deal? Your pain runs deep, share it with us.

After hitting CES with a bang, it's been a quiet year for the TV widgets movement, but Rallycast isn't giving up, going from app developer to announcing its own TV App Store for 2010. The company's CEO Jeff Allen calls its plans to allows multiple programs running at once similar to tabbed browsing on the PC. Not having to pick and choose what's running is great, but while we love our Firefox, its never ending performance issues and the already poor reputation of speed on widget televisions could be a slow, scary mix. Hopefully a year of development (and maybe some newer HDTVs at CES?) can improve performance, because the last thing we want is lag when it comes to updating fantasy football rosters, deleting that note Mom left on our Facebook page, or both. Samsung's LED TVs will support the new store, as well as "several other models" check the full PR after the break.