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by Alex Billington April 26, 2009

One of my own favorite rock songs of 2007 was actually Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done”, which was the theme song for Transformers. It went over well for everyone involved, so Michael Bay has of course turned to Linkin Park again to write another song for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but is that all they’re doing? A news break on singer Mike Shinoda’s official blog announces that Linkin Park has not only been working on a song, but that song is being used as one of the themes, which is going to be part of the score for the film. Additionally, he mentions that he’s been working with none other than Hans Zimmer.

Here’s the odd thing… Over on IMDb, they still list Steve Jablonsky as the composer. Jablonsky composed the entire score (which I actually quite liked) for the first Transformers, and it would make sense that he’s back for the sequel. however, Shinoda specifically says on his blog that they’re “working with award-winning film composer (and resident ass-kicker) Hans Zimmer. We met with Hans last week, and heard some of the incredible things he and his guys have done with our new song. in the next few days, we’ll be doing some work with Hans’ amazing writing and recording crew.” could we be reading into this too much?

Shinoda also adds: “The song we wrote is being used as one of the themes, and we will be writing various interpolations on that theme, and trying out some other thematic ideas as part of the (very large) team scoring the film.” The official soundtrack for the first Transformers featured some 12 different bands, and a separate album featured Jablonsky’s score. obviously they’ve probably got a whole lot musical talent coming together for Transformers 2, and I sadly don’t really think Zimmer is doing much besides working on Linkin Park’s song and subsequent theme. I’ve sent an email to Zimmer’s publicist to find out more, so stay tuned!

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Like last years BD-P4600, Samsung is introducing another uniquely designed Blu-ray Player, the BD-C7500. While most players have a black glossy finish, this player has a nature-wood inspired exterior finish. Add to that, Samsung is pronouncing the player as the World’s Thinnest at just 1.1 inches thick, which can also be mounted to your wall. The BD-C7500 design succeeds in setting itself apart from all the other Blu-ray Players.

Besides wall mounting the player, you can have it standing at a 25 degree angle or simply laying down flat. The disc loading tray is located on the right side of the Blu-ray Player. It is truly a stunning and innovative design that will appeal to many. Also, appealing is its easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI). Samsung has gone with a more image menu making it easier and faster to select features and functions.

The Samsung’s BD-C7500 does has built-in Wi-Fi and 1GB of internal storage memory, so you can conveniently take advantage of BD-Live content. Or you can access Internet/Tv and Samsung’s Apps; which will gives you online access to streaming movies, TV shows, music, videos and other online content. Services such as Blockbuster, Fashion TV, Netflix, Picasa, Pandora, Rovi, Accedo Broadband, AccuWeather.com, The Associated Press, Travel Channel, Twitter, USA TODAY, and Vudu are all available. Giving you a tremendous amount of material to choose from and enjoy.

Image quality will be at 1080p/24 fps playback with Blu-ray Discs, without any need for up converting. DVD up conversion is available up to 1080p. There is internal audio decoding for Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD and Dolby Digital Plus. And with improved disc loading times and operation speed, you can begin to enjoy these features faster than before.

THE PROS: This sleek new design by Samsung, the BD-C7500, is being call the worlds smallest Blu-ray Player. It has Built-in Wi-Fi and 1GB of internal memory. You can get access to Samsung’s Internet/TV to download and stream internet movies and TV shows, etc. Has internal audio decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

THE CONS: Price is still unknown for the BD-C7500. There are no 3D features. BD-C6500 seems to have the same features available.

THE FINAL WORD: With a sleek, small, natural-wood design, this just maybe the best looking Blu-ray Player ever. It is wall mountable and does have Built-in Wi-Fi and 1 GB of internal memory storage, so you can easily take advantage of streaming online features and BD-Live features. If you want a more standard looking Blu-ray Player, the “normal looking” BD-C6500 seems to have all the features of the BD-C7500.– No launch date or pricing announced–

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