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Drive was the best selling Blu-ray title for the week ending 4th February 2012

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 4th February 2012

Posted by: Sean F, 18:10 EST, Tue February 14, 2012

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Real Steel was the best selling Blu-ray title of the week, despite Paranormal Activity being a Blu-ray exclusive, for the week ending 28th January 2012

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 28th January 2012

Posted by: Sean F, 19:39 EST, Wed February 8, 2012

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The Ides of March was the best selling Blu-ray title of week, but Courageous was actually the best seller on DVD, for the week ending 21st January 2012

Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 21st January 2012

Posted by: Sean F, 19:34 EST, Wed February 8, 2012

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 14th January 2012

posted by: Sean F, 18:20 EST, Tue January 31, 2012

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 7th January 2012

posted by: Sean F, 18:12 EST, Tue January 31, 2012

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News Icon Digital Streaming Up, While Packaged Media Revenue Declines

posted by: Anne N, 18:12 EST, Wed January 11, 2012

Spending on Blu-ray, digital media up in 2011, as overall consumer spending dipped slightly, The Digital Entertainment Group reveals

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 31st December 2011

posted by: Sean F, 21:31 EST, Tue January 10, 2012

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 24th December 2011

posted by: Sean F, 19:44 EST, Tue January 10, 2012

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 17th December 2011

posted by: Sean F, 19:13 EST, Tue January 10, 2012

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 10th December 2011

posted by: Sean F, 19:06 EST, Thu December 22, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 3rd December 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:11 EST, Wed December 14, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for Black Friday 2011 (the week ending 26th November 2011)

posted by: Sean F, 18:27 EST, Wed December 7, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th November 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:40 EST, Tue November 29, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th November 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:37 EST, Tue November 29, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th November 2011

News Icon Amazon US/UK Black Friday Blu-ray Sales Roundup

posted by: Sean F, 14:07 EST, Mon November 21, 2011

It's that time of the year, and apparently the UK is also celebrating Thanksgiving this year with their own Black Friday sales, this post highlights the best Blu-ray deals for bargain hunters

News Icon Warner Bros. Admit UltraViolet Failures, Gives Users iTunes Vouchers As Compensation

posted by: Sean F, 14:43 EST, Sat November 19, 2011

Facing angry users frustrated at Warner Bros' implementation of UltraViolet, iTunes vouchers are being handed out to users so they can actually have a working digital copy

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 5th November 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:58 EST, Tue November 15, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 29th October 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:32 EST, Thu November 10, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 22nd October 2011

posted by: Sean F, 23:37 EST, Tue November 1, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 15th October 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:38 EST, Tue October 25, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 8th October 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:01 EST, Wed October 19, 2011

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News Icon UltraViolet Launched With Little Or No Fanfare

posted by: Anne N, 14:15 EST, Thu October 13, 2011

UltraViolet is now available via WB's 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Green Lantern', but the cloud based digital copy system will do more once studios makes it easier to consumer to access their UltraViolet movie collection

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 1st October 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:28 EST, Wed October 12, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 24th September 2011

posted by: Sean F, 14:19 EST, Wed October 12, 2011

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News Icon DVD Player, Recorder On The Way Out - Gone By 2015, New Report

posted by: Anne N, 13:54 EST, Fri September 30, 2011

A new report suggests that DVD recorders (and players) may be on the way out, but this does not spell the end for the DVD disc itself

News Icon Star Wars: Blu-ray Sales Stats for the Week Ending 17th September 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:55 EST, Wed September 28, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 10th September 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:32 EST, Sat September 24, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 3rd September 2011

posted by: Sean F, 19:32 EST, Wed September 14, 2011

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News Icon Not Again! Xbox 360 Blu-ray Rumours Surface, Via Xbox 360 Italy Magazine

posted by: Andrew K, 23:53 EST, Thu September 8, 2011

Yep, yet another rumour suggesting the Xbox 360 is about to get a Blu-ray drive add-on. Where do all these rumours come from?

News Icon MPAA Piracy Stats Pulled Apart - Every Pirate Would Buy 100 DVDs

posted by: Sean F, 14:32 EST, Thu September 8, 2011

The MPAA says that every pirate that stops downloading would otherwise spend $1,000 per year buying legal stuff, and that 13% of all American adults are movie/TV pirates

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 27th August 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:48 EST, Wed September 7, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 20th August 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:52 EST, Thu September 1, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 13th August 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:27 EST, Wed August 24, 2011

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News Icon Is George Lucas Tinkering With 'Star Wars' Again on Blu-ray?

posted by: Anne N, 13:21 EST, Wed August 24, 2011

The release of Star Wars on Blu-ray is an opportunity for George Lucas to mess with the classic movies (and the prequel trilogy) - has he done it again?

News Icon Is DVD On The Way Out?

posted by: Anne N, 13:02 EST, Wed August 24, 2011

New study shows people are increasingly using tablets and smartphones to watch full length movies, instead of using portable DVD players

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 6th August 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:10 EST, Wed August 17, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th July 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:51 EST, Tue August 16, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th July 2011

News Icon UltraViolet Coming Via Warner's 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Green Lantern', HBO Go News

posted by: Sean F, 23:01 EST, Sat August 6, 2011

UltraViolet coming via Warner's 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Green Latern', and access to the UV cloud will be done through Flixster. Also, HBO Go is coming to game consoles and other Internet connected devices

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd July 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:10 EST, Wed August 3, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd July 2011

News Icon Windows 7 Blu-ray Bug Means An Expensive Waste

posted by: Sean F, 17:52 EST, Fri July 29, 2011

A bug in the Windows 7 built-in Blu-ray burning tool causes failures if users try to use up the full capacity of these discs

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th July 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:03 EST, Thu July 28, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th July 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:35 EST, Wed July 20, 2011

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News Icon Disney Delay "DVD-only" release of 'On Stranger Tides', To Promote Blu-ray, Combo

posted by: Anne N, 16:50 EST, Wed July 20, 2011

Disney is set to delay the release of the "DVD only" edition of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides', and completely ditches the "Blu-ray only" edition

News Icon New PS3 Force Users To Use HDMI for HD Blu-ray

posted by: Sean F, 21:35 EST, Thu July 14, 2011

Panic over Sony removing ability to play HD games over component cable is unfounded, but owners of new PS3s may find HD Blu-ray won't work over component anymore

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd July 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:59 EST, Thu July 14, 2011

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News Icon 3.5 Million Blu-ray 3D Discs Sold In the U.S.

posted by: Anne N, 18:22 EST, Thu July 14, 2011

Blu-ray 3D discs sales have topped 3.5 million in the U.S., but half of the discs were "given away" with hardware

News Icon DECE Begins Licensing UltraViolet

posted by: Anne N, 18:03 EST, Thu July 14, 2011

UltraViolet licensing has begun, as the new format that aims to tie together the physical and digital is set to take off later this year

News Icon Blu-ray Will Beat DVD in 2014, New Report

posted by: Anne N, 16:39 EST, Mon July 11, 2011

Blu-ray will beat DVD by 2014, but digital is the future, says consulting firm Futuresource

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 25th June 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:40 EST, Thu July 7, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 18th June 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:40 EST, Fri July 1, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 11th June 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:51 EST, Wed June 22, 2011

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News Icon Nintendo Wii U Can't Play DVD and Blu-ray Movies

posted by: Anne N, 15:07 EST, Fri June 17, 2011

You won't be able to play any disc based movies on the Wii U due to cost reasons, says Nintendo boss

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 4th June 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:34 EST, Tue June 14, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray Penetration Reaches 15% In US

posted by: Sean F, 16:00 EST, Sat June 11, 2011

Blu-ray penetration in the US has reached 15%, a new NPD report concludes, and Blu-ray is both helping disc formats to remain viable for a longer period, and at the same time, helping digital distribution take off

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 28th May 2011

posted by: Sean F, 22:30 EST, Wed June 8, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 21st May 2011

posted by: Sean F, 22:53 EST, Thu June 2, 2011

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News Icon VidCoder Tutorial Added

posted by: Sean F, 00:03 EST, Sun May 29, 2011

I've just added a new tutorial/guide for VidCoder, a tool that allows you to convert video files, DVDs and even Blu-ray movies to MKV or MP4

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 14th May 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:39 EST, Thu May 26, 2011

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News Icon 3D Movies Losing Steam, Analyst Blames Pricing And Eye Fatigue

posted by: Anne N, 15:50 EST, Tue May 24, 2011

Analysts can't agree on whether 3D is hurting the film industry due to high prices and eye fatigue, or if it's helping thanks to the 40+ movies available in 3D in the coming months

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 7th May 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:48 EST, Wed May 18, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th April 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:51 EST, Wed May 11, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th April 2011

News Icon PowerDVD 11 Review Up

posted by: Sean F, 21:31 EST, Tue May 10, 2011

The review for PowerDVD 11 has just been posted

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd April 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:57 EST, Sat May 7, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd April 2011

News Icon Star Wars "May The 4th" Blu-ray Event, What's It All About?

posted by: Anne N, 00:58 EST, Thu May 5, 2011

All is revealed today as the counter on maythe4th.starwars.com reaches zero, or not, because fans now have to do the hard work on social media to unlock the good stuff, whatever it is

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th April 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:56 EST, Tue May 3, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th April 2011

News Icon Spending on Discs Drop 10% In Q1, Low Box Office of Releases Blamed

posted by: Anne N, 15:53 EST, Tue May 3, 2011

People are buying less discs, but it's probably because the new releases haven't been as good, the DEG reports

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th April 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:04 EST, Tue April 26, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th April 2011

News Icon Harry Potter and the Missing DVDs

posted by: Anne N, 13:52 EST, Thu April 21, 2011

Buying Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on DVD has never been more confusing, in the US at least

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd April 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:03 EST, Tue April 19, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd April 2011

News Icon Glasses and Price Turning People Off 3D TVs, NPD

posted by: Sean F, 17:41 EST, Tue April 12, 2011

A new NPD study has shown that people are still hesitant about embracing 3D mainly due to the need to wear glasses, while there have been dramatic price reductions for 3DTVs in the last year

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th March 2011

posted by: Sean F, 00:53 EST, Fri April 8, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th March 2011

News Icon New Study Shows 3D Blu-ray More Stimulating, and Blu-ray "better" than DVD

posted by: Sean F, 16:52 EST, Wed April 6, 2011

New study shows that 3D Blu-ray is 7% "better" than normal Blu-ray, and normal Blu-ray is 12% "better" than DVD

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th March 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:12 EST, Fri April 1, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th March 2011

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th March 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:41 EST, Fri March 25, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th March 2011

News Icon Lord of the Rings Extended Blu-ray Edition Detailed

posted by: Sean F, 14:01 EST, Thu March 17, 2011

The extended versions of the Lord of the Rings movies comes to Blu-ray

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 5th March 2011

posted by: Sean F, 17:06 EST, Wed March 16, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 5th March 2011

News Icon Japan Quake Affects Blu-ray Production, But 3DS Launch Unaffected

posted by: Sean F, 16:45 EST, Tue March 15, 2011

Blu-ray disc production factories has been shut down and personnel evacuated following the Japanese earthquake and flooding from the subsequent tsunami

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th February 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:37 EST, Thu March 10, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th February 2011

News Icon H.264 vs WebM War: DoJ Launches Investigation of MPEG LA

posted by: Sean F, 15:05 EST, Sat March 5, 2011

The US DoJ is launching an investigation into whether the MPEG LA is trying to stifle Google's VP8/WebM and being anti-competitive

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th February 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:49 EST, Fri March 4, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 19th February 2011

News Icon Panasonic Extends Avatar 3D Blu-ray Promotion

posted by: Sean F, 14:22 EST, Fri March 4, 2011

It looks like 3D TV owners will have to wait until February 2012 before they will be able to buy the 3D Blu-ray version of Avatar

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th February 2011

posted by: Sean F, 15:57 EST, Fri February 25, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 12th February 2011

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 5th February 2011

posted by: Sean F, 00:18 EST, Thu February 17, 2011

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News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 29th January 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:36 EST, Wed February 9, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 29th January

News Icon LG Says PS3s Should Be Banned From Sale, Due To Patent Dispute

posted by: Sean F, 14:08 EST, Wed February 9, 2011

A legal battle between Sony and LG has escalated to the point where LG is demanding Sony Bravia TVs and PS3s be banned from import into the United States

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 22nd January 2011

posted by: Sean F, 16:42 EST, Thu February 3, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 22nd January

News Icon $39 Blu-ray Players? $99 Wii?

posted by: Sean F, 14:53 EST, Thu January 27, 2011

Prices for Blu-ray players are predicted to go south, way south, in 2011, along with the Wii, Kindle amongst 12 other products

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 15th January 2011

posted by: Sean F, 19:17 EST, Wed January 26, 2011

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 15th January, the week that The Social Network was released

News Icon ImgBurn 2.5.5.0 Released

posted by: Sean F, 11:44 EST, Fri January 14, 2011

A new version of the popular disc burning tool, ImgBurn, has just been released

News Icon New Technology Makes Blu-ray Even More High Def

posted by: Sean F, 12:55 EST, Thu January 13, 2011

A new technology was unveiled at the CES that claims to dramatically improve details of even 1080p Blu-ray movies

News Icon Blu-ray Analog HD Output To Be Restricted

posted by: Sean F, 12:55 EST, Wed January 12, 2011

Analog HD output on new Blu-ray players will now be restricted to only SD

News Icon Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 1st January 2011

posted by: Sean F, 18:24 EST, Tue January 11, 2011

Read our weekly analysis for US Blu-ray sales revenue and market share for the week ending 1st January 2011

News Icon First Wireless HDMI Blu-ray player launched by Philips, new HDTV aspect ratio

posted by: Sean F, 14:38 EST, Sun January 9, 2011

The world's first wireless HDMI blu-ray player has been launched by Philips at CES 2011, and also news on more 21:9 HDTVs

News Icon Star Wars Coming To Blu-ray: September 2011

posted by: Sean F, 13:33 EST, Fri January 7, 2011

George Lucas has officially announced the release date for Star Wars on Blu-ray, to be available before the end of September 2011

News Icon DVD Sales Down 16% In 2010, But Blu-ray, Digital, Rentals Up

posted by: Sean F, 12:40 EST, Fri January 7, 2011

Blu-ray, digital downloads/streaming and rentals are helping to offset the decline in DVD sales

News Icon Intel To Offer New Movie Streaming Service, WiDi, and Anti-Piracy Chip

posted by: Sean F, 13:37 EST, Tue January 4, 2011

Intel Insider is a new Video-On-Demand service, but users will have to put up with a new hardware based DRM

News Icon 100 Disc Blu-ray Server

posted by: Jonathan M, 13:06 EST, Tue December 14, 2010

Kaleidescape has made good on its promise of launching the first Blu-ray server by releasing its new 100-disc Blu-ray disc vault

News Icon VGA Will Die in 2015

posted by: Jonathan M, 11:50 EST, Fri December 10, 2010

The VGA port, the connection that's bridged computers to their monitors almost from the birth of the PC industry, will die in 2015

News Icon ImgBurn Updates to Version 2.5.4.0

posted by: Jonathan M, 12:56 EST, Wed December 8, 2010

ImgBurn can write most types of CD / DVD images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones

News Icon Cyberlink PowerDVD Updates to Version 10.0.2325

posted by: Jonathan M, 03:08 EST, Mon December 6, 2010

3D technology is the next big thing and Cyberlink held nothing back with the release of their updated PowerDVD

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