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Wall-E on Blu-Ray Arrives November 18th

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EDT

WALL-E is set to land on Blu-Ray (and DVD) on November 18th, and will probably become the go-to showoff movie for high-end entertainment systems. The newest Pixar movie is a big favorite here at Gizmodo, and the 3-disc set looks like a must-have for Blu-Ray owners, with all kinds of great extras. More details after the jump.

It'll be available in a two- or three-disc set on Blu-Ray, and feature a new short film called BURN-E, as well as Presto, the short that ran alongside the film in theaters. The sets also have a documentary on the studio called The Pixar Story, a "retro suite of video games," and of course the standards like commentary and a behind-the-scenes look. The double and triple-disc sets will run for $36 and $41, respectively, and there will be single, double, and triple-disk DVD sets as well. [Official Site]

Pizza for Dummies: Presto Pizzaz Doesn't Defy the Laws of Physics

Charlie White — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:45:00 EDT

Unless the laws of physics have changed since the last time we checked, the Presto Pizzaz Electric Pizza Oven has got to be the dumbest idea for a kitchen appliance we've seen in a long, long time. This $35 goof rotates a pizza underneath its heating element, and then there's a heating element in the base as well. It's just stupid.

Since heat rises, that heating element underneath the pizza cooker's top section will lose a lot of its heat, and most of the heat coming from the bottom heating element will also be dissipated to the surrounding air. With summer coming up, this is a really dumb way to heat up your kitchen and make everyone miserable. Plus, that pizza sitting on there in the graphic above looks like somebody threw up on it.

Have an oven? You could just use that. Certainly this is a gadget for fools; might as well just set fire to a pile of U.S. currency. – Charlie White

Check out how the company has gamed the Amazon ratings system! [Amazon, via Ubergizmo]

Presto Pizazz Sucks: 10 to 3 Agree [KLTV 7]

Presto Printer, Delivering E-mail to Geezers Everywhere

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:33:33 EDT

E-mailing our Luddite family members has never been as easy as it should be, especially when grandma still insists the Internet is a series of tubes. Enter the HP Presto. This sucker instantly prints incoming e-mails so grandma-ma can focus on drinking her prune juice instead of having to remember her screenname and password. The printer debuts next month for $150 bucks (service is $10/month or $100/year). Kinda pricey if you ask us. Sorry, grandma. We don't love you that much. – Louis Ramirez

HP Presto [via Uncrate]