Blu-ray Evolution in SA

BFI Announces Bill Douglas Films for Blu-ray

The British Film Institute has announced the Blu-ray release of several films by Scottish director Bill Douglas for July 27: the ‘Bill Douglas Trilogy’ (including iMy Childhood, My Ain Folk/i and iMy Way Home/i) and ‘Comrades’. The Blu-ray for ‘Bill Douglas Trilogy’ contains the three films on one region-free BD50, with the extras on a [...]

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Blu-ray.com Poll: Subtitle Placement

After the success of its recent poll on lossless audio, Blu-ray.com has a new one to gauge members’ opinion on a more obscure topic: subtitle placement. If you regularly watch subtitled movies, this concerns you. Please read the brief background information below before voting….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3004″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [1.0.9_379]please wait...Rating: [...]

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Bolt is Again Top BD in the UK

In its second week, Disney’s ‘Bolt’ remained the top-selling Blu-ray on the UK charts for the week of June 22-June 29. The best-selling new release was Universal’s ‘The Unborn’, which opened at second place. Sony’s ‘Ghostbusters’ continued to sell well, dropping only to number 4 from last week’s number 2….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3003″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read [...]

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Ritek, CMC to Expand Writeable BD Capacity

Taiwan-based manufacturers of blank optical discs Ritek and CMC are going to expand its production capacity of writeable Blu-ray Discs dramatically in the second half of the year. Ritek will double its capacity to 2 million discs per month, whereas CMC will add two production lines to bring its total to three….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3002″Read full article [...]

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Tyson Blu-ray Gets Detailed

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray release of the documentary ‘Tyson’, which will hit store shelves on August 18, day-and-date with the DVD. Video will be 1.85:1 AVC accompanied by a lossless 5.1 English audio track, and English and French subtitles….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3001″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the original article here VN:F [...]

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John Landis: American Werewolf "Comes out on Blu-ray This Summer"

‘An American Werewolf in London’ is being released on Blu-ray this summer. This is what John Landis told horror film site Bloody-Disgusting when they contacted Landis for his reaction on the upcoming remake of the famous 1980s horror movie. In Landis’s own words, the negative has been digitally cleaned up and it looks “amazing.”…brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=3000″Read [...]

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Grace Announced for Blu-ray

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the horror film ‘Grace’ to Blu-ray on September 15th, day-and-date with the DVD release. According to reports, two viewers fainted at the film’s premier, so take heed! Video will be presented in 2.35:1 1080p AVC accompanied by a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2999″Read full article [...]

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Lionsgate Announces Battle for Terra Blu-ray

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the animated film ‘Battle for Terra’ on Blu-ray on September 22nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. Featuring the voices of Luke Wilson, Evan Rachel Wood, Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover and James Garner, this sci-fi film will be presented in 1080p AVC accompanied by a DTS-HD Master [...]

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Michael Jackson’s Final Rehearsal Rumored for Blu-ray

When Michael Jackson died last week, he was rehearsing for a final series of live concerts in London. Those gigs will obviously never happen, but Jackson’s last rehearsal, recorded in multi-camera, high-definition video, could be released on Blu-ray, according to concert promoters cited by the British newspaper iThe Independent/i….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2997″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read the [...]

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Santa Buddies Gets Detailed

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and a name change for the upcoming Blu-ray release of ‘Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws’, which is due to hit store shelves on November 24th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Coming in Disney’s Blu-ray Combo Pack form with accompanying DVD, video will be [...]

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