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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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Top Rated Blu-ray Titles Now Available
Posted March 3, 2008 11:14 AM by Josh Dreuth
The first question many new Blu-ray owners ask after buying their Blu-ray players is, "What are some of the best titles on Blu-ray?" There can never be a simple answer to that question, as viewers' opinions can differ from one film to another, but we have come up with a solution. Tapping into own extensive database of staff and user reviews, you can now sort titles by movie, video, audio, extras, and overall ratings.
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Panasonic BD30E Blu-ray Player Gets DivX Certified
Posted March 3, 2008 08:57 AM by Josh Dreuth
DivX has revealed that the upcoming Panasonic DMP-BD30E is expected to be the first DivX certified Blu-ray player released for Europe and Russia. The player, which is expected to be a clone of current Panasonic DMP-BD30 with added DivX functionality, has not been priced, but is expected to be released this month in both Europe and Russia.
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Broadcom Acquires Sunext Design for Blu-ray Solutions
Posted March 3, 2008 08:48 AM by Josh Dreuth
Broadcom has announced that they have acquired optical disc technology specialist Sunext Design in order to provide future single chip Blu-ray player and recorder solutions. In the past, Broadcom has specialized in providing back-end solutions to manufacturers. With this acquisition, they will have rights to advanced front-end solutions, allowing them to provide a total Blu-ray package to electronics manufacturers.
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BD-ROM to Get Industry Push
Posted March 3, 2008 08:37 AM by Josh Dreuth
Leading Taiwan-based optical disc drive manufacturers are expected to shift focus from producing Blu-ray drives with read/write capabilities to BD-ROM drives which provide only read capability. The drives, which can be made cheaper, more efficiently, and for less money than their read/write counterparts, are expected to become the main focus of manufacturers such as Pioneer, HP, Acer and Asustek in the second quarter of this year.
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Nine Inch Nails to Offer Blu-ray Music Release
Posted March 3, 2008 08:28 AM by Josh Dreuth
Trent Reznor has revealed, via his website, that the latest Nine Inch Nails album "Ghosts I-IV" will receive deluxe edition packaging that will include a Blu-ray release of all 36 tracks in stunning 96kHz/24-bit quality. When the disc is played in your Blu-ray player, it will display a slide show to accompany the music. Trent Reznor has been a pioneer in providing high definition content to fans, to include the Blu-ray release of the Nine Inch Nails concert 'Beside You In Time'.
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Blue Underground, Now With More Blu
Posted March 3, 2008 08:18 AM by Josh Dreuth
Blue Underground, an independent cult film content provider, has revealed that they have numerous titles from their library in various stages of pre-production for Blu-ray release. While no specific titles or release dates were announced at this time, you can expect a wide variety of cult classics to make their way to Blu-ray in the coming months.
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Check Disc and BluFocus Align For Blu-ray Testing
Posted March 3, 2008 08:14 AM by Josh Dreuth
Check Disc Labs has announced a strategic alliance with BluFocus, Inc. in order to produce an advanced Blu-ray testing and management services company which will redefine the current testing process. Check Disc, who has been a leader in DVD quality control pre-production testing since 2002, will benefit from BluFocus' highly specialized quality control processes, first implemented last year when the company was formed.
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MediaInVision Offers Blu-ray Music Production
Posted March 3, 2008 08:04 AM by Josh Dreuth
MediaInVision Creative Group has revealed that they now offer professional audio encoding and mastering for Blu-ray music production to independent recording artists. The Blu-ray Disc spec allows for storage of high resolution audio storage at 96kHz/24-bit for eight channels of audio, which provides ultra-realistic sound reproduction. MediaInVision is making use of this spec in order to produce music titles on the Blu-ray format.
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New Line Announces The Orphanage for Blu-ray
Posted February 29, 2008 01:49 PM by Josh Dreuth
New Line Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Guillermo Del Toro produced film 'The Orphanage' to Blu-ray on April 22nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. No specs have been announced for the title, but it will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles (similar to how 'Pan's Labyrinth', a film directed by Del Toro, was released). The only extras announced thus far will be behind the scenes featurettes.
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First Sunday Announced for Blu-ray
Posted February 29, 2008 01:32 PM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan comedy 'First Sunday' to Blu-ray on May 6th, day-and-date with the DVD release. No specs have been announced at this time, but expect 1080p AVC video accompanied by TrueHD audio. Extras include deleted scenes, outtakes, featurettes, and exclusive to the Blu-ray, a fact track.
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Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player Due in April
Posted February 29, 2008 09:02 AM by Josh Dreuth
The German AV website Area DVD has revealed that the upcoming Samsung BD-P1500 is expect to hit German stores sometime this April. The player, which was initially expected to be released this summer, will support BonusView (Profile v1.1) features and retail for around $400. A HDMI v1.3 connection will allow for the bit streaming of both Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. An Ethernet port will be provided for updating firmware.
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Paramount to Resume Blu-ray Releases Soon
Posted February 29, 2008 08:03 AM by Josh Dreuth
Paramount Home Entertainment has revealed that March 4th will mark the last titles the studio releases on the HD DVD format. All titles announced with release dates after March 4th have been canceled for their HD DVD releases (the DVD releases will stay on schedule). This includes the March 11th release of Dreamworks' 'Bee Movie' and the April 1st release of 'Sweeney Todd'.
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Warner Offers Ocean's 11 & 12 Separately
Posted February 29, 2008 07:51 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they will offer both 'Ocean's 11' and 'Ocean's 12' as separate Blu-ray releases on April 29th. Until now, the first two Ocean's movies were only available as part of a trilogy gift set released last November. Warner will now gives fans the opportunity to purchase the films separately, if they prefer to not own all three films together.
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Panasonic Showcases Blu-ray for NASCAR Fans
Posted February 28, 2008 03:59 PM by Josh Dreuth
This past weekend at Auto Club Speedway in California, Panasonic and United Artists showcased their year-long partnership as both companies celebrate their 90th Anniversaries. Panasonic VP of Corporate Development Eisuke Tsuyuzaki was at the event to tell NASCAR patrons visiting the "Fan Zone" about Panasonic and Blu-ray. Scott Hettrick was there filming the event, and he has posted his footage on Hollywood in Hi-Def.
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Verbatim Increase Blu-ray Production
Posted February 28, 2008 08:22 AM by Josh Dreuth
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, more universally known as Verbatim, has announced the addition of a BD-R line to their Singapore processing plant in the July/August timeframe. They currently output 200,000 discs per month at their Mizsushima factory, and with the addition of their new line, that output will increase to 700,000 per month.
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Netflix Beefs Up Blu-ray Offerings
Posted February 28, 2008 08:16 AM by Josh Dreuth
In a statement given by the online movie rental company increasing projected subscribers, Netflix mentioned that they will increase their Blu-ray catalog by as many as 1,500 titles. Currently, Netflix maintains about 400 Blu-ray titles in their rental database. The plus-up in available titles is due to increased demand for high definition movies and the culmination of the format war.
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NetBlender Adds Blu-ray Support
Posted February 28, 2008 08:01 AM by Josh Dreuth
NetBlender has announced that they will add Blu-ray support to their DoStudio line of authoring software. DoStudio Authoring Edition (DSA), which in expected to be released this May, will feature an easy-to-learn GUI interface and support for Adobe Photoshop importing. BonusView support will be added to the package in the Fall, followed by BD-Live support which is expected to be released early next year.
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Dragon Tiger Gate Coming to Blu-ray
Posted February 27, 2008 04:54 PM by Josh Dreuth
Tai Seng Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Hong Kong martial arts film 'Dragon Tiger Gate' to Blu-ray on May 27th. Specs include a 7.1 Cantonese track, as well as 5.1 Mandarin and English tracks. Extras include an audio commentary, multiple featurettes, deleted scenes, interviews, photo gallery, and premiere highlights.
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27 Dresses, Short Circuit Coming to Blu-ray
Posted February 27, 2008 04:13 PM by Josh Dreuth
Over at TVGuide.com, Dave Lambert of TVShowsonDVD.com fame posted some information about upcoming Blu-ray releases. The Katherine Heigl film '27 Dresses' will be released for Blu-ray by Fox on April 29th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Also revealed, is that the 80's cult classic 'Short Circuit' will be released for Blu-ray by Image Entertainment on May 20th.
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Warner Announces One Missed Call
Posted February 26, 2008 04:09 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring the horror film 'One Missed Call' to Blu-ray on April 22nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. No video or audio specs have been announced at this time, but expect this BD-25 to have 1080p VC-1 video with a Dolby Digital surround sound track. No special features have been announced at this time.
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Blue Man Group Blu-ray Coming Soon
Posted February 26, 2008 04:03 PM by Josh Dreuth
In press release announcing their upcoming DVD/CD release of the Blue Man Group's 'How to be a Megastar Live!' concert, Rhino Records has revealed that they will also be bringing the concert to Blu-ray. No specs or track list has been announced for that upcoming release, but with the DVD featuring 22 songs, the Blu-ray has the potential to be something special.
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New Blu-ray Players Section Online
Posted February 26, 2008 11:34 AM by Webmaster
We are finally ready to put the first version of the new and improved Blu-ray players section online. In the players section you can now find detailed information about released players as well as upcoming players. You can also do advanced comparisons between different players and search for specific features that you are interested in. You can view product images, photos, specifications, read user reviews and post your own reviews.
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There Will Be Blood Coming to Blu-ray
Posted February 26, 2008 10:59 AM by Josh Dreuth
A trailer for the Oscar Award-winning film 'There Will Be Blood' has shown up on the HiHD website. The film, which is distributed by Paramount, may be the first film to see Blu-ray release since the studio announced they would once again release their films on the high definition format. Nothing official has come from the studio, but being that Sony, Disney, and Fox operate HiHD, a press release should be forthcoming.
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Shall We Dance Announced for Blu-ray
Posted February 26, 2008 10:14 AM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Shall We Dance' to Blu-ray on May 6th. Pressed on a BD-50, video will be presented as 1.85:1 1080p AVC accompanied by 5.1 PCM audio. Extras include audio commentary with director Peter Chelsom, deleted scenes, Pussycat Dolls "Sway" music video, and the featurettes "Behind the Scenes of Shall We Dance", "Beginner's Ballroom", and "The Music of Shall We Dance".
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Sony Announces Two New Blu-ray Players
Posted February 26, 2008 07:38 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Electronics has announced two new players to their Blu-ray line, the BDP-S350 and the BDP-S550. When released, both will not only be BonusView (Profile v1.1) players, but will also be BD-Live (Profile v2.0) ready, meaning they can be updated via firmware to full BD-Live compatibility. The BDP-S350 will ship sometime in the Summer for $400, followed in the Fall by the BDP-S550 for $500.
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Goldmund Announces Ultra High-End Blu-ray Player
Posted February 26, 2008 06:54 AM by Josh Dreuth
Goldmund, a Swiss A/V manufacturer, has announced the Eidos 20 BD, an ultra high-end Blu-ray Disc player. The player will feature many Goldmund proprietary technologies, including "AC Curator", a power supply circuit which dramatically improves picture and sound stability, "Mechanical Grounding" construction, which removes from the player mechanism spurious vibrations that cause blurring of the video signal, and "Magnetic Damper", a device used to lower reading errors.
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Batman: Gotham Knight Revealed
Posted February 25, 2008 01:46 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring 'Batman: Gotham Knight' to Blu-ray on July 8th, day-and-date with the DVD release. The direct-to-video animated release will feature numerous animated segments which have been written a directed by different production teams, including those behind the film releases of 'Batman Begins' and 'The Dark Knight' as well as the award winning 'Batman: The Animated Series'.
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PLDS Announce Portable Blu-ray Drive
Posted February 25, 2008 11:40 AM by Josh Dreuth
PLDS (Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions) has announced that they will release a portable Blu-ray drive, the DX-401S. This BD-ROM drive will connect to any PC via a USB 2.0 cable enabling users to watch any Blu-ray movie on their computer without installing a Blu-ray drive. No price has been given at this time for the device, which is expected to be released sometime in April.
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Shawshank Redemption Announced Again
Posted February 25, 2008 10:23 AM by Josh Dreuth
In an extremely early announcement, Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring 'Shawshank Redemption' to Blu-ray on November 4th. The film, which is currently rated the #2 movie of all time on IMDB.com, has been announced before, only to be removed from the release slate. This time, a date has been assigned, but given how far off the release is slated, expect details to change.
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Disney Announces National Treasure Films for Blu-ray
Posted February 25, 2008 10:07 AM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced that they will release 'National Treasure' and its sequel 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' for Blu-ray on May 20th. Both blockbuster films will get special two-disc treatment and features exclusive Blu-ray extras not available on the DVD releases. Video will be presented in 2.35:1 1080p AVC accompanied by 5.1 PCM audio.