Huge Blu-ray Revenue Increases, Record Market Share for the Week Ending October 5th

October 11, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 3 Comments

The Blu-ray weekly revenue and market share versus DVD as reported by Home Media Magazine both hit a new high for the week ending October 5th. Read more

Filed Under: Blu-ray, Disney, Format War, Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount, Software, Sony, Studios, Universal, Warner
Tagged: Blu-ray, blu-ray sales numbers, Format War, Iron Man, Iron Man Blu-ray, Market Share, Nielsen, nielsen videoscan, nielsen videoscan blu-ray, VideoScan

The Dark Knight Blu-ray is the Second Hottest Selling DVD On Amazon

October 10, 2008 by Tyler Pruitt · 1 Comment

After being up for preorder for less than a day, The Dark Knight Blu-ray has rocketed to the #2 spot on Amazon’s top selling DVD rankings Read more

Filed Under: Amazon, Blu-ray, Format War, Software, Warner
Tagged: amazon blu-ray, batman blu-ray, Blu-ray, Format War, The Dark Knight Blu-ray

Disney Goes EULA Crazy On Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray

October 8, 2008 by Tyler Pruitt · 11 Comments

We couldn’t wait to check out Sleeping Beauty, it being the first Blu-ray release from Disney’s animation vault. Our excitement turned to annoyance when we were greeted with a BD-Live update Read more

Filed Under: Authoring, Blu-ray, Disney, Format War, Interactivity, Software
Tagged: Blu-ray, Disney, disney blu-ray, Disney Blu-ray EULA, Format War, sleeping beauty Blu-ray

Blu-ray New Releases for October 7th 2008

October 7, 2008 by Dave Cowl · Leave a Comment

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday October 7th 2008.

Filed Under: Blu-ray, Format War, Software, Studios
Tagged: 101 Distribution, Anchor Bay, Disney, Format War, Fox, Gorgon, Mantra, MGM, Sony, Starz, warner

Iron Man Shatters Blu-ray Sales Records

October 3, 2008 by Tyler Pruitt · 4 Comments

During a phone interview, Iron Man director Jon Favreau told Howard Stern that the Blu-ray version of Iron Man had Read more

Filed Under: Blu-ray, Format War, Paramount, Software
Tagged: Blu-ray, blu-ray sales records, Format War, Howard Stern, Iron Man, iron man 2, Iron Man Blu-ray, john favreau, marvel, VideoScan

Blu-Con 1.0 Announced and Dated

October 2, 2008 by Mehar Gill · Leave a Comment

You might be wondering, what the hell is Blu-Con!?!?! Blu-Con is a day long event held by the BDA to talk about, and promote Blu-ray.

Filed Under: AACS, Authoring, Blu-ray, Format War, Hardware, Interactivity, Replication, Software, Studios
Tagged: BDA, Blu Con, Blu-ray, Format War, HD DVD, Sony

HD DVD Software Sales Still Going Strong

September 30, 2008 by Mehar Gill · 11 Comments

Despite losing the format war months ago, HD DVD sales are still going strong

Filed Under: Format War, HD DVD, Retailers, Studios, Xbox 360
Tagged: Blu-ray, Format War, HD DVD, movie sales

Blu-ray New Releases for September 30th 2008

September 30, 2008 by Dave Cowl · Leave a Comment

The following are the Blu-ray new releases for Tuesday September 30th 2008.

Filed Under: Blu-ray, Format War, Software, Studios
Tagged: Anchor Bay, Arthaus Musik, BBC, Blu-ray, Disney, Eagle Rock, echo bridge, Fox, Image, Iron Man Blu-ray, MSI, Paramount, Sony, Starz, warner, Weekly

Iron Man Blu-ray Top DVD Seller at Amazon

September 29, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 2 Comments

Iron Man on Blu-ray is doing very well just hours before its official release time.

At Amazon today, the 2 disc release of the movie on Blu-ray is the number one seller in the DVD classification, possibly due to the additional $2 discount, making it roughly 35% off the retail price at $25.95.