Archive for August 8th, 2008

A Director’s Cut double dip due. August 8, 2008 - On September 30, 2008, Fox Home Entertainment will release Daredevil (Director’s Cut) on Blu-ray.

Pricewatch – HD DVD players are gone for almost half a year and the victorious Blu-ray format is plugging along, but there seems to be few convincing incentives for consumers to actually make the jump to the high-def format. Average retail prices are falling and have broken through the $400 barrier. The next barrier is $300 and it seems that most companies believe that a price of or around $300 …

Blu-ray players stuck above $300
TG Daily - 26 minutes ago
By Wolfgang Gruener Pricewatch – HD DVD players are gone for almost half a year and the victorious Blu-ray format is plugging along, but there seems to be

Now that the Blu-ray/HD DVD war is long over, customers have been waiting eagerly for Apple to replace the aging DVD optical drives in new Macs with the modern Blu-ray drive. At first, cost seemed a show-stopper. However, in time it has become clear that Apple just doesn’t want to go there. If…

Can Blu-Ray Save Blockbuster? - Wired News

Can Blu-Ray Save Blockbuster?
Wired News - 15 hours ago
Until then, Blockbuster thinks (or hopes) Blu-ray is breathing some life into the movie disc.The ailing rental chain says it saw "consistent growth" in

Can Blu-Ray Save Blockbuster? - Wired News

Can Blu-Ray Save Blockbuster?
Wired News - 56 minutes ago
Until then, Blockbuster thinks (or hopes) Blu-ray is breathing some life into the movie disc.The ailing rental chain says it saw "consistent growth" in

Why Apple is Steering Clear of Blu-ray
The Mac Observer - 1 hour ago
by John Martellaro , 3:35 PM EDT, August 8th, 2008 Now that the Blu-ray/HD DVD war is long over, customers have been waiting eagerly for Apple to replace


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The Shining (1980) on Blu-ray
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour ago
The Blu-ray edition is exquisite. The opening sequence, with its high overhead shots of winding mountain roads and its spooky soundtrack by Wendy Carlos,

A new survey found that more than half of 1,000 consumers polled have no plans to buy a Blu-ray player. About one in four claimed they’ll probably buy one in 2009, but you know how that goes. It’s… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One of the greatest westerns of all time, “Lonesome Dove” (Genius, 1989, $39.82), arrives Tuesday in the DVD Blu-ray format. Although the four-part miniseries was made for television, it ranks right up there with the best westerns that were originally produced for theatrical release. The cast is superb and does a first-rate job of bringing to life the characters of Larry McMurtry’s …