UK Sales of iThe Hurt Locker/i have surged following the film’s victory at the 82nd Academy Awards. HMV -the UK Ireland’s leading DVD and Blu-ray retailer- reports that disc sales of the film at stores and online have more than tripled since Monday compared to the same period a week before. Of those purchases, [...]
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According to Spanish site Planeta HD, Warner Home Video will release the Alfred Hitchock movie iDial M for Murder/i on Blu-ray during this year. No reference is made of whether the 3D version of the movie will be included, but considering the stereoscopic feeding frenzy running rampant in Hollywood nowadays, that’s a distinct possibility….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4276″Read [...]
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The Roland Emmerich ultimate disaster movie i2012/i was the top-selling title on Blu-ray on the week ended March 7, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Sony’s blockbuster moved over three times as many copies as Warner’s iWhere the Wild Things Are/i. Coming in third was Disney’s Blu-ray release of the Studio Ghibli animated movie iPonyo/i….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4275″Read full [...]
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Warner Home Video has announced the release on Blu-ray of the BBC documentary series iLife/i, from the BBC’s award-winning Natural History Unit, the producers of iPlanet Earth/i, with a street date of June 1. This ten-part series presents “130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world.” Its premiere episode airs across six of [...]
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Amazon has an interesting BD-related “lightning deal” going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy iThe Hannibal Lecter Collection/i (Manhunter / The Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal) for only $27.99 (60% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PST, or when stock runs out….brbra href=”http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4273″Read full article at Blu-ray.com/a Read [...]
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The major consumer electronic manufacturers are unleashing 3D hardware upon the populace as we speak. Panasonic (in an exclusive alliance with Best Buy) and Samsung are first out of the gate, with displays and Blu-ray players available now. LG is launching in May, Sony in June (in Japan and then the US) and Vizio in [...]
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Disc authoring company Deluxe Digital Studios Inc. announced today that it is launching a full range of 3D services for the home entertainment market. Its enhanced capabilities are specifically tailored to the 3D Blu-ray standard. Beginning in April, the studio will launch 3D Blu-ray production services with capacity ramping to four projects per month [...]
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Popular audio/video cable retailer Monoprice has temporarily closed its website until March 15 while it performs “maintenance.” The website doesn’t go into further detail, but it allegedly shuttered after receiving several emails and phone calls from customers complaining about “odd” charges on the credit and debit cards they had used when purchasing from Monoprice. Customers [...]
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DreamWorks Animation announced yesterday the expansion of its strategic alliance with Samsung, to feature an exclusive offering of the iShrek/i film series in its entirety in 3D for the first time ever. This Blu-ray collection will be available during the second half of the year. The news was delivered at Samsung’s Full HD 3D LED [...]
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Amazon has an interesting BD-related “lightning deal” going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy iThe Die Hard Collection/i (Die Hard/ Die Hard 2: Die Harder/ Die Hard with a Vengeance/ Live Free or Die Hard) for only $37.99 (62% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 2 p.m. PST, or when stock runs [...]
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