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Closing the Window on Disc Release

February 23, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

Why do VOD providers get to close the window on disc while the disc doesn’t get to do the same to the theatrical window?

Digital Copy Gives Instant Gratification

February 19, 2009
By : Thomas K. Arnold
From the Editors

The swift move among studios to include a digital copy of the film with virtually every DVD or Blu-ray Disc they release, a practice most recently given a vote of confidence by none other than Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, is certainly a smart one.

Disney’s Troubles More About Titles and the Economy Than Blu-ray or DVD

February 11, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

Comments about the demise of disc have to be taken with a grain of salt.

Feelin’ Blu Over Disc Issues

February 10, 2009
By : Thomas K. Arnold
From the Editors

Blu-ray Disc was soaring in popularity in the Arnold household, with the three boys telling me as recently as December that they no longer want to watch DVD.

3-D Gives Me a Headache, But Maybe I’m Just Old

February 09, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

I’ve long said the glasses are the biggest impediment to 3-D viewing, but another is the headache that ensues from watching an entire feature with glasses.

Relax, You Chicken Littles

February 09, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

While the country is going through economic turmoil, the movie business celebrated a record more than $1 billion box office month in January.

Get Real — People Are Still Buying Discs

February 06, 2009
By : Stephanie Prange
From the Editors

Whenever I hear analysts or techno-nerds dump on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, I like to take a trip to Target. Plenty of people are doing just that, with several titles out of stock.