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DVD to pass 90,000 titles
According to the DVD Release Report, the total number of DVDs available by the end of 2008 will pass the 90k mark. From now until the end of the year, a total of 90,440 titles are scheduled to be released. As far as Blu-ray goes, a total of 684 hi-def titles have been released, with another 191 coming in the end of the year. This includes high profile
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Samsung: “Blu-ray has 5 years left”
Samsung has said that it sees the Blu-ray format only lasting a further 5 years before it is replaced by another format or technology. “I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn’t give it 10″, Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK told Pocket-lint
Sony Sets ‘Hancock’ Blu-ray for November
After weeks of speculation, Sony Pictures has confirmed a late-November Blu-ray touchdown for the Will Smith blockbuster ‘Hancock.’ Originally rumored for an early-December release, fans will get the $200 million-plus-grossing superhero spoof earlier than expected when Sony debuts the Blu-ray
MTV launches global HD service
MTV’s new global high-definition service, MTV Networks HD, will bow Sept. 15 with six European countries taking the web. The 24-hour channel, which includes a Nickelodeon-branded block, is to launch in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Owners Viacom plans to roll out the English-language
Disney Classics Coming to Blu-ray! Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia and Beauty & the Beast!
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly unveils five additions to the celebrated Platinum Collection of animated features to be released on DVD and for the first time ever on Disney Blu-ray Hi-Def. These include some of Disney’s most beloved classics Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy 6-Disc Blu-ray Announced!
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment presents the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy: 6-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def collection, available on September 16, 2008. Filled with spectacular action, irreverent humor, seafaring myth and magic, all three blockbuster films from producer Jerry Bruckheimer will be available
Universal plans Hulk Blu-ray push
Universal will release comicbook actioner “The Incredible Hulk” on Blu-ray day-and-date internationally on Oct. 13. “Hulk” release, which is ahead of the Oct. 21 U.S. simultaneous homevid release, marks the first time a Universal Blu-ray new release feature has hit the shelves day-and-date internationally. Move
WALL-E coming to Blu-ray
On November 18, Disney and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release Wall-E on Blu-ray Disc, day-and-date with DVD. Wall-E will be configured similarly to Disney’s Prince Caspian in two and three-disc packages.
Smart People Blu-ray Review (Miramax)
Directed by Noam Murro. Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page. Short bites: Smart People could best be described as Royal Tenenbaum Meets WonderBoys-Lite. The film features a wonderful cast that doesn’t really play to their strengths. The script doesn’t feel fully fleshed
New Blu-ray releases for August 26, 2008
* Action Starter Pack (Universal) * The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) (Warner) * Afro Samurai: Season One (FUNimation) * Blue Man Group: How to Be a Megastar Live! (Rhino) * Dude, Where’s My Car? (MGM) * End of Days (Universal) * Heroes: Season One (Universal)
Cinemax goes 100% HD beginning September 1
Home Box Office announced that beginning September 1, 2008, the Cinemax main channel will become the first and only 24 hour, seven day a week True HD (1080i) premium channel. In addition to Cinemax’s extensive library of hit movies and award-winning documentaries, 100% of the service’s on-air promos
Blu-ray’s Four-Year Surge Starts Now
Blu-ray discs will outsell standard DVDs in the U.S. by a 3-to-2 margin by 2012 as Blu-ray player prices fall, retailers clear more space for the format and more people use videogame consoles and other devices to watch the high-definition discs, according to a report released this week. Blu-ray will
DVD fans reprise “Island” getaway
DVD buyers and renters had island fever for the second consecutive week. With no big new theatrical features hitting stores, “Nim’s Island” remained on top of the national video sales and rental charts during its sophomore week in stores. The family adventure from 20th Century Fox Home
‘Nim’s Island’ tops sales, rentals
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “Nim’s Island” captured the top spot on both the national home video sales and rental charts the week ending Aug. 10, proving that there’s no time like the summer to release a family film. “Nim’s Island” came to DVD
Forgetting Sarah Marshall goes Blu-ray
From the producers of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” comes a comical look at one guy’s determination to get over his first meaningful break-up — if he can only make himself start “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” For anyone who has ever been in a
Bond, James Bond. Ray, Blu-ray. Edition, Collector’s Edition.
Hmm, is this the first Blu-ray double-dip? I think it is! Casino Royale is being re-released on Blu-ray, finally using BD-Live — like “Taking full advantage of the interactive capabilities offered
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Blu-ray!
On October 14th, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment will release the worldwide box office blockbuster INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL on DVD and Blu-ray! One of cinema’s
Details on Heroes: Season 2 on Blu-ray, Coming August 26th
Rejoin the epic phenomenon as Heroes: Season 2 arrives on DVD! Watch the Emmy® nominated show and experience all the new and exciting twists of the astonishing series in this 4-disc set that includes every gripping Season Two episode. Plus, see what could have been with exclusive bonus features that
Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure coming to Blu-ray
Academy Award® winning director Errol Morris (2004, Best Documentary Feature, The Fog of War; A Thin Blue Line) documents the real story behind the shocking Abu Ghraib prison photos in his latest documentary, Standard Operating Procedure. This Sony Pictures Classics film, which won the Silver Bear
Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution Blu-ray Set Details
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has finally formally announced the Planet of the Apes: 40-Year Evolution Blu-ray Disc set is a lock for a November 4 release. Each Apes film will be authored in Java on BD-50 Discs and presented in widescreen 2.35:1 1080p video and newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD
Iron Man Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray news from Paramount, kinda
So when we talked to Jon Favreau way back in 2006(?!), who would’ve thought that Paramount’s Iron Man would’ve been such a big hit? Well, we did, because we think
Blu-Ray is Risky Business
On September 16, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Risky Business, Tom Cruise again grabs his air guitar, cranks up Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” and dances his way back into the hearts of millions in the film that launched him into superstardom. Warner Home Video will be releasing
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Coming to Blu-Ray
Finally released from the Disney vault, Academy Award® nominated writer and producer Tim Burton’s (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride) The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition returns in a deeper, darker and more brilliant digitally-restored masterpiece — as Tim Burton
Can’t Hardly Wait coming to Blu-ray
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment invites you to the raucous reunion of the year as the cast and crew of a new teen classic reunite to bring you CAN’T HARDLY WAIT: 10 YEAR REUNION EDITION, on DVD and Blu-ray High Def this September 30. Relive the laughter, romance and fun of the ultimate party movie