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Warner Archive Announces December Releases
Posted November 11, 2026 08:43 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced its December batch of releases. They are: Decoy (1946), The Informer (1935), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), The Big Store (1941), Tea for Two (1950), Test Pilot (1938), Little Nellie Kelly (1940), The Abbott and Costello Cartoons: The Complete Collection (1967-1968), The Bounty Hunter (1954), and The Mask of Dimitrios (1944).
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Severin: Three New Russ Meyer Films Heading to 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2026 10:46 PM by Webmaster
Severin Films has revealed that it will release three newly restored Russ Meyer films on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray. They are: Common Law Cabin (1967), and Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1969), Blacksnake (1973). All three releases are scheduled to arrive on the market in late February 2027.
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The Devils 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 10, 2026 07:54 PM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Clockwork will release on a Collector's Edition combo pack of Ken Russell's The Devils (1971), starring Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, and Gemma Jones. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 20.
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Heart of the Beast 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 9, 2026 06:57 PM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack of David Ayer's Heart of the Beast (2026), starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Uber, Anna Lambe, and Justin Melnick. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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Blu-ray Sales: October 25-31: Masters of the Universe Not Frightened by Frankenstein
Posted November 9, 2026 03:22 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on October 31st, Alliance Entertainment's Masters of the Universe (2026) remained atop the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its second week, fending off the Criterion Collection's new release of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), which took second place. Third place on all charts went to The Frighteners, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video this week.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 9-15
Posted November 8, 2026 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 9th, the Criterion Collection will release Blue Heron on Blu-ray, as well as Shoot the Piano Player and Marie Antoinette (2006) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other new releases include The Apothecary Diaries: Season 2 from Crunchyroll, Call of the Night: Season 2 from Sentai Filmworks and Mad Bills to Pay from Oscilloscope Laboratories. Catalog titles include Blu-rays for Lock Up: Season 1, Volume 1 from ClassicFlix and Miranda from Cult Films, as well as 4K UHD releases for Planet of the Vampires from Radiance Films, Above the Law from Toy Robot Video, Four Rooms from Kino Lorber, Con Air from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Memoirs of a Geisha from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Lovely Bones from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Paddington from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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Video Business Magazine Shuts Down
Posted January 6, 2010 04:31 PM by Juan Calonge
Reed Business Information, owner of the home entertainment trade magazine Video Business, has announced that it is shutting down both the printed and online publication, as part of a larger, ongoing strategy to divest itself of most of its business-to-business publications in the US. The January 4 issue was the last for the magazine.
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Toshiba Announces Blu-ray Players, Including 3D Model
Posted January 6, 2010 03:00 PM by Juan Calonge
Toshiba America Consumer Products has introduced three new Blu-ray players, under model numbers BDX2500, BDX2700 and BDX3000. All feature multichannel analog audio outputs, online connectivity, and support access to Netflix, Cinema Now, Pandora and VUDU. Additionally, the BDX3000 will add 3-D playback.
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Four-week Delay for Warner Blu-ray Titles at Netflix
Posted January 6, 2010 02:42 PM by Juan Calonge
Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today they have reached a new agreement, according to which new DVD and Blu-ray titles from WB will be available for rental 28 days after their release. At the time, it is unclear whether catalog titles newly released to Blu-ray will be affected as well. Similar agreements are expected between Netflix and other major movie studios later this year.
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LG Announces 2010 Blu-ray Lineup
Posted January 6, 2010 02:04 PM by Juan Calonge
LG Electronics today introduced its 2010 lineup, with three new Blu-ray players, labeled BD550, BD570 and BD590 (the first BD player in the US to feature an integrated 250-GB hard drive), and three BD home theater systems, with model numbers LHB335, LHB535 and LHB975. Pricing and availability are still pending.
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Universal Launches Blu-ray Giveaway on Facebook
Posted January 6, 2010 09:58 AM by Juan Calonge
Universal Studios is having a huge Blu-ray giveaway, under the tag line "We're giving away 2,010 Blu-rays to kick off 2010!" Every week day through January 29, the studio will give away 25 four-movie packages among those who enter the giveaway through Universal's Facebook app. This sweepstakes is open to people at least 18 years old that reside in United States.
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Krell Announces Reference Blu-ray Player
Posted January 6, 2010 09:44 AM by Juan Calonge
High-end AV brand Krell has announced the introduction of the company's first Blu-ray player, the Evolution 555, which purports to "set the reference standard for performance in the Blu-ray player category". It is BD-Live compliant and its dual HDMI output is upgradeable to HDMI 1.4. It will carry a price tag of $15,000 and will ship in the late second quarter of the year.
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Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray in March
Posted January 6, 2010 06:12 AM by Juan Calonge
Palisades Tartan has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Park Chan-Wook's 'Vengeance Trilogy', comprised of 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance', 'Oldboy' (previously released separately by the defunct Tartan Video) and 'Lady Vengeance'. The release date for this eight-disc set has been set on March 16. No separate editions have been announced.
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French Thriller 36 on Blu-ray from Palisades Tartan
Posted January 6, 2010 05:42 AM by Juan Calonge
Palisades Tartan has officially announced that it will release the French crime thriller '36' (36 quai des orfèvres, also known as 'Department 36') on Blu-ray in the US on February 9. No technical details were disclosed, but they are likely to mirror those of the UK edition, released in November 2009, which was encoded in AVC and 5.1 DTS HD-Master Audio.
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Richard Kelly's The Box Announced on Blu-ray
Posted January 6, 2010 04:14 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has announced that it will release 'The Box' on Blu-ray on February 23, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo edition. 'The Box' is a science-fiction thriller, written and directed by Richard Kelly, based upon a short story written by Richard Matheson. Audio on this single-layer Blu-ray will be DTS-HD Master Audio.
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Back to the Future Blu-ray Spanish Prank News Uncovers Actual News
Posted January 5, 2010 11:49 AM by Juan Calonge
Last December 28, Spanish home entertainment site ZonaDVD published a news post announcing a Blu-ray release of the 'Back to the Future Trilogy' for July 2010, backing up that claim with a very professionally-produced trade ad. Several international sites have run with the story, forcing ZonaDVD to issue a note explicitly admitting that it was the local equivalent of an April Fools' joke. However, now Universal sources are allegedly confirming that the title will indeed come out this year.
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Today on Blu-ray - January 5th
Posted January 5, 2010 11:10 AM by Josh Dreuth
Some of the best childhood memories often involve sitting down with family or friends to read books filled with fantasy and general nonsense. Hollywood, ever exploring ways to draw in new audiences, has adapted many of these childhood favorites to film, including today's Blu-ray release of 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' from Sony Pictures Animation.
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CyberLink to Demo 3D Blu-ray, 2-D Upconverting, Managed Copy on PowerDVD
Posted January 5, 2010 10:01 AM by Juan Calonge
This week in Las Vegas, CyberLink Corp will showcase the next generation of multimedia technologies from January 7 to January 10. They include an "astounding" demonstration of PowerDVD to watch 3-D movie titles as well as a feature for "turning any 2-D DVDs into a 3-D experience" on desktop and notebook PCs. CyberLink will also showcase BD Managed Copy for enabling Blu-ray movie jukebox at home.
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Trailer Park Ready for Blu-ray Production in 3-D
Posted January 5, 2010 09:31 AM by Juan Calonge
Hollywood-based entertainment marketing agency Trailer Park announced that its recently formed Advanced Content Group (TPAC) now has the ability to develop 3-D interactive menus, immersive environment walkthroughs, bonus features, and games for Blu-ray in anaglyph or stereoscopic models. Curt Doty, TPAC Executive Vice President and his team have been collaborating with Panasonic Hollywood Labs in developing production guidelines for the 3D Blu-ray spec, which was recently finalised by the Blu-ray Disc Association.
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Mitsubishi to Display 3-D Blu-ray Players and TV Adapter at CES
Posted January 5, 2010 09:13 AM by Juan Calonge
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. will showcase its 3-D-ready TV products by displaying 3-D content delivered by Blu-Ray players and other video sources at CES 2010 in the "Experience 3D Tech Zone". Mitsubishi also announced the 3DC-1000, a new 3-D adapter which will provide Mitsubishi 3-D-ready Home Theater TV owners with an "easy and affordable solution" to display 3-D from a 3-D Blu-Ray player. This adapter will be available in late spring of 2010.
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Blu-ray Raked in $1.1 Billion in 2009
Posted January 5, 2010 07:04 AM by Juan Calonge
According to preliminary data from Adams Media Research, Blu-ray movie sales in 2009 generated revenues of $1.1 billion, up nearly 100% from the previous year. 12.6% of the money from disc sales in 2009 came from Blu-ray. The number of homes with Blu-ray players grew from 3 million to 8 million.
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Warner Blu-ray Double Features Detailed
Posted January 5, 2010 06:00 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has revealed the details for the first wave of Blu-ray double features recently announced by the studio for February 23: 'Dirty Harry/ Magnum Force', 'Analyze This/Analyze That', 'Presumed Innocent/Frantic', 'Miss Congeniality/Miss Congeniality 2' and 'Grumpy Old Men/ Grumpier Old Men'. 'Dirty Harry/Magnum Force' will be a two-disc set and feature Dolby TrueHD audio, while the other four will reportedly be single-disc sets with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks.
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Blu-ray Announced for Lord of the Rings Animated Movie
Posted January 5, 2010 04:50 AM by Juan Calonge
Warner Home Video has officially announced the release on Blu-ray of Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated movie 'The Lord of the Rings', which will hit store shelves on April 6, tying in with Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy'. It will include a new featurette, titled "Forging through the Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for The Lord of the Rings," and a digital copy.
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Over 15 Million Blu-ray Movies Sold in Q4 2009
Posted January 4, 2010 12:00 PM by Juan Calonge
According to estimations by the research department of Home Media Magazine, Blu-ray software sales in the fourth quarter of 2009 through December 20 was just 23,000 copies short of 15 million – a milestone certain to be passed when the sales for the week ended December 27 are added. The year's top-selling title was 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen', closely followed by 'Star Trek'.
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Amazon Sells Over 100,000 Blu-ray Players During Holiday Season
Posted January 4, 2010 09:38 AM by Josh Dreuth
Amazon has announced that they have sold enough Blu-ray players during the holiday season that, if lined up side-by-side, would measure over 27 miles in length. Quick math by Video Business (who estimates the average Blu-ray Disc player is 17 inches in width) shows that would equal about 100,600 players.
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Sony, Panasonic Propose Blu-ray Capacity Increase
Posted January 4, 2010 08:56 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony and Panasonic have announced that they have developed a new optical disc evaluation technology that will allow the layer capacity of Blu-ray media to increase from 25GB to 33.4GB using existing Blu-ray laser diodes. This would presumably allow existing Blu-ray hardware - including Blu-ray Disc players and burners - to play the proposed discs with a simple firmware upgrade.
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Breaking Bad Seasons 1 & 2 Announced on Blu-ray
Posted January 4, 2010 04:43 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially set a March 16 street date for the Blu-ray release of the first and second seasons of 'Breaking Bad', a television series about a chemistry teacher who learns he has terminal cancer and, to make sure his family is taken care of after he's gone, decides to use uses his training as a chemist to cook and sell crystal meth.
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2012 Blu-ray in March 2010 (Update)
Posted January 3, 2010 04:43 AM by Juan Calonge
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced '2012' for Blu-ray release on March 2. Roland Emmerich's hugely successful disaster movie will be available on BD in two editions: a single-disc release and a two-disc special edition (exclusive to Blu-ray) with "over 90 minutes of thrilling special features". Update: details for one and two-disc releases added.
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Avatar Blu-ray to Feature Deleted Na'vi Sex Scene
Posted January 2, 2010 10:34 AM by Juan Calonge
In a recent group interview, James Cameron has revealed that, when making 'Avatar', he shot a sex scene between two Na'vi characters. "We had it in and we cut it out," said Cameron, "so that will be something for the special edition DVD, if you want to see how they have sex." Note that the text below contains spoilers to the plot of the movie.
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Criterion New Year's Card Hints at Upcoming Blu-ray Titles
Posted January 1, 2010 07:45 PM by Juan Calonge
The Criterion Collection asked resident “wacky” artist, Jason Polan, to help them ring in the New Year. The result is a cryptic e-card that features numerous obscure references to upcoming titles. Members of the blu-ray.com forum and other boards have tried to decipher the clues and concluded that the studio will soon release such titles as Fritz Lang's 'M', Powell and Pressburger's 'The Red Shoes', and Visconti's 'The Leopard'.
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Wal-Mart to Broaden Focus on Blu-ray
Posted December 31, 2009 05:33 AM by Juan Calonge
Wal-Mart is committed to rolling out its ‘Blu-ray Experience Area' (which ties in high-definition hardware and software into a central merchandising space within Walmart's entertainment department) to more of its stores during 2010. The chain believes that as pricing has dropped for hardware and software, Wal-Mart's family customer base is now seriously willing to upgrade their home entertainment systems to Blu-ray.
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Blu-ray Sales, Dec. 21-27: District 9 Wins the Week
Posted December 31, 2009 05:03 AM by Juan Calonge
During the week ended December 27, 'District 9' was the top-selling title on Blu-ray, according to Nielsen VideoScan. The South African science-fiction movie with an allegorical subtext also had a substantial 41% of its unit sales coming from high definition. 'The Hangover' came in second, with nearly 90% as many sales as 'District 9'.
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Piranha Blu-ray Coming Soon
Posted December 31, 2009 04:57 AM by Juan Calonge
In April 2010, Shout Factory will commence a new series of home video releases under the banner, “Roger Corman's Cult Classics”, presenting classic titles from the New World Pictures film library. The first title to come out on Blu-ray will be Joe Dante's 'Piranha', which according to retailer information will be released on May 4, 2010.
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Gangs of New York Remastered Blu-ray in February
Posted December 30, 2009 07:56 PM by Juan Calonge
An early announcement to retailers indicates that on February 2, 2010, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release 'Gangs of New York (Remastered Edition)', as part of a new "Miramax Award-Winning Collection". This Martin Scorsese movie had already been released in May 2008, and that edition (whose picture was highly controversial among forum enthusiasts) is apparently now discontinued.
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Lightning Deal: Lost: Season 5 Dharma Initiation Kit Blu-ray for $65.99 (Expired)
Posted December 30, 2009 05:52 PM by Juan Calonge
Amazon has an interesting BD-related "lightning deal" going on now: for a very limited time, you can buy 'Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit' for only $65.99 (50% off MSRP). This offer expires today at 6 p.m. PST, or when stock runs out. Update: this offer is expired now.
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HBO Reveals Hung Season One Coming to Blu-ray
Posted December 30, 2009 01:25 PM by Josh Dreuth
In an early announcement to retailers, HBO Home Entertainment has revealed that they will bring 'Hung - Season One' to Blu-ray. According to our good friends at TV Shows on DVD, it will be a two-disc release featuring all 10 episodes from the first season. Technical specs and special features have not been announced at this time.