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Criteirion Announces February Releases
Posted November 13, 2026 07:13 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has announced its February batch of releases. They are: The Irishman (2019), Jay Kelly: (2025), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Romería (2025), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Victor Sjöström's Hollywood Masterworks (1924-1928), and Mala Noche (1986).
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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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New Blu-ray Players in the Near Future
Posted June 8, 2007 07:57 AM by Josh Dreuth
News reports from all over the world have hinted at new Blu-ray players and drives coming from some well respected manufacturers in the coming months. Computer giant Asus has revealed their BC-1205PT Blu-ray computer drive. Priced at an entry level $270, this drive will read Blu-ray, DVD, and CD discs. Also hinted, was that we will soon see a Blu-ray player from JVC and possibly new players from LG and Philips.
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Samsung Has Two Players for the Holidays
Posted June 8, 2007 07:35 AM by Josh Dreuth
Insiders have revealed that Samsung is hard at work on two players set to debut right before the holiday season. The first, the BD-P1400, will be an upgrade to the current 1200 model, and most likely priced around $500. The second will the BD-UP5000, a combo player capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. This player is expected to retail for around $1000.
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WinDVD Adds Dolby TrueHD Support
Posted June 7, 2007 07:41 AM by Josh Dreuth
Corel has announced that their popular line of PC based Blu-ray playback software - InterVideo WinDVD 8 - has now been approved by Dolby Labs for the playback of Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) and Dolby TrueHD audio streams. This is excellent news for HTPC users who use their machines as the main playback device of Blu-ray movies.
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Planet Earth Generates $3.2M in HD Sales
Posted June 6, 2007 06:57 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has revealed 'Planet Earth' has become the biggest high definition moneymaker ever. Since the title was released April 24th on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, it has generated $3.2M in sales from about 42,000 units sold. 'The Departed', the former sales leader, has generated $2.8M in sales from about 102,000 units sold.
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Perfect Stranger to Blu-ray
Posted June 6, 2007 08:09 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will be bringing the Bruce Willis and Halle Berry thriller 'Perfect Stranger' to Blu-ray on August 21st, day-and-date with its DVD release. No specifications for the release have been announced at this time, but expect the normal 1080p transfer and PCM audio from this Sony release.
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Purple Rain, TMNT Get TrueHD
Posted June 5, 2007 08:13 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has updated the specs for the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'Purple Rain' to include a Dolby TrueHD lossless audio track. Scheduled to be released July 24th, this Prince classic film marks the second time Warner has put TrueHD on a Blu-ray title, the first being 'Letters From Iwo Jima' released last month. No other specs have been updated at this time.
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Blu-ray MacBook Pro Announcement Next Week?
Posted June 5, 2007 11:13 AM by Josh Dreuth
Today, Apple announced updates to their MacBook Pro line of laptops. The updates include an HDCP compliant (required for Blu-ray playback) nVidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics card and an optional 1080p display for the 17" model. Both of these additions to the product line strongly hint that a Blu-ray drive announcement is forthcoming, possibly as early as next week during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
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Primera Announces Bravo XRP-Blu Disc Publisher
Posted June 4, 2007 03:18 PM by Webmaster
Primera Technology today added to its Blu-ray Disc duplication offerings with its Bravo XRP-Blu Disc Publisher. Bravo XRP-Blu records and prints CD-R, DVD±R and BD-R formats with two drives and 100-disc capacity. The integrated Panasonic SW-5582 drives record CD-R, DVD±R in both single and dual-layer DVDs and Blu-ray Disc single and dual-layer with up to 50GB capacity per disc.
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Pioneer BDP-94HD with Exclusive Superman Reissue
Posted June 4, 2007 01:10 PM by Josh Dreuth
As we reported about a month ago, the new Pioneer BDP-94HD Blu-ray player will come with two packed in Blu-ray movies which feature Dolby TrueHD audio tracks (so that owners can demo this new feature of the Elite line). We have now learned that the two titles included will be 'Ghost Rider: Extended Cut' and an exclusive version of 'Superman Returns' with Dolby TrueHD and PCM tracks (the previous version only had a Dolby Digital track).
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Sony BDP-S1 TrueHD Upgrade Coming
Posted June 4, 2007 11:02 AM by Josh Dreuth
In the same press release that Sony announced the price reduction to the BDP-S300, they also announced that they would be releasing a firmware upgrade next week for the BDP-S1 in order to give the machine Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) and Dolby TrueHD support. Most significant is the TrueHD support which will allow the player to decode the popular lossless audio codec used in some recent and future releases from Sony and Warner Brothers.
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Fox Announces Titles for Japan
Posted June 4, 2007 09:09 AM by Josh Dreuth
Normally, we would not report on titles announced in Japan unless they were unique to that region, but with the current drought of Blu-ray titles from Fox, any announcement from them is huge. It appears that all BD+ issues have been worked out, and Fox will release 'The Sentinel' on July 6th followed by 'Night at the Museum' and 'Species' on August 3rd in Japan. Hopefully, new titles for the US will be announced soon as well.
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Sony Confirms Price Drop
Posted June 4, 2007 08:35 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Electronics has confirmed what we reported this weekend: the new MSRP for the Sony BDP-S300 is $499. At only half the price of Sony's initial player offering, the BDP-S1, this marks one of the fastest price reductions in company history. The player will have all the features of the BDP-S1, but in a smaller form factor.
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Vacancy Announced for Blu-ray
Posted June 4, 2007 08:07 AM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will be bringing the Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale thriller 'Vacancy' to Blu-ray on August 14th. No specs have been announced, but expect the typical 1080p video and PCM audio that Sony continues to deliver on all their releases. SRP has been set at $38.95.
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Sony Lowers Player Prices?
Posted June 2, 2007 12:04 PM by Josh Dreuth
TV Predictions has been contacted by a local retailer who has indicated that Sony will set the MSRP of their new Blu-ray player, the BDP-S300, at $499 which is $100 less than originally announced. This will place the player at the same price at its closest HD DVD competition, the Toshiba HD-A20, which effectively negates the cost advantage the format once had.
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Panasonic's Lab Expands Blu-ray Support
Posted June 2, 2007 11:54 AM by Josh Dreuth
Panasonic's Hollywood Lab is now expanding their Blu-ray support to include Picture-in-Picture (PIP) and web enabled features for BD-Java. They are asking filmmakers to come to their lab in order to test out these new features for future titles. Currently, they are testing an unannounced title, due out early 2008, which will feature web enabled extras like additional soundtracks or subtitles.
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Lionsgate Says More on the Way
Posted June 1, 2007 11:58 AM by Josh Dreuth
During a fourth quarter earnings conference call, Lionsgate talked to the success they have seen in their Blu-ray distribution area. They currently hold 11% of the Blu-ray market compared to only 6% of the DVD market. This can be accounted for due to strong title support, which is expected to grow to 50 titles (currently, they have 28 released or dated for release) by the end of the year.
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DTS to Demonstrate Master Audio
Posted June 1, 2007 08:14 AM by Josh Dreuth
DTS will be demonstrating their lossless audio solution, DTS-HD Master Audio (MA), for the first time at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. They will make use of a high-end desktop PC and Blu-ray drive to show off their accomplishment. DTS-HD MA is a competing lossless audio track approved for use on Blu-ray. No playback devices has yet been put on the market which can handle this audio codec, so hopefully this demonstration will be followed by the announcement of such hardware.
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Purple Rain and Out for Justice Announced
Posted June 1, 2007 08:04 AM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing two catalog favorites for Blu-ray on July 24th, Prince's 'Purple Rain' and the Steven Seagal action flick 'Out for Justice'. Both will be presented in 1080p VC-1 video and feature a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. While 'Out for Justice' will only have an extra trailer, 'Purple Rain' will host a number of extras including featurettes and music videos.
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Fake Out: Disney Denies Lost/Santa Plans
Posted May 31, 2007 11:42 PM by Josh Dreuth
Disney has spoken, and apparently there is no current plan to release Lost: Season 3 or Badder Santa on Blu-ray as we earlier reported. Fear not, my friends, because this could be a typical Hollywood fake out where the studio denies its releasing a title, only to announce its existence a few weeks later at some special press event. Only time will tell. Keep watching this space for any updates.
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Panasonic DMP-BD10 Firmware v2.1
Posted May 31, 2007 01:40 PM by Josh Dreuth
Panasonic has released a firmware upgrade for their DMP-BD10 and DMP-BD10a Blu-ray disc player. This update is to fix "playability and stability" issues, though owners are having a difficult time trying to figure out what those issues might have been. Regardless, if you are fortunate enough to own this rock-solid player, an update is now available on their website.
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Lost Season 3 Announced for Blu-ray
Posted May 31, 2007 07:46 AM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has revealed that they will release 'Lost: The Complete Third Season – The Unexplored Experience' for Blu-ray on December 11th. As one of the most anticipated TV releases on Blu-ray since being hinted at so many months ago, this is a welcome announcement from Disney. No official specs have been released at this time.
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Van Wilder: Unrated
Posted May 31, 2007 07:34 AM by Josh Dreuth
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing the unrated version of 'National Lampoon's Van Wilder' for Blu-ray on August 21st. Video will come as 1080p AVC and accompanied by the rare PCM 7.1 track. Extras include commentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, bloopers, and an interactive quiz.
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The Lookout Comes to Blu-ray
Posted May 31, 2007 07:26 AM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring Scott Frank's 'The Lookout' to Blu-ray on August 14th. No specs have been officially released as of yet, but we fully expect the typical 1080p transfer and PCM 5.1 audio that Disney releases have received. SRP has been set at $34.99.
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Scary Movie Announced for Blu-ray
Posted May 30, 2007 11:07 AM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced that the parody movie 'Scary Movie' will be released for Blu-ray on October 23rd. No specs have been released as of yet, but we expect a 1080p video transfer accompanied by a PCM audio track. 'Scary Movie 4' is already on Blu-ray in Japan and the UK (region free), so this marks the second release in the series on Blu-ray.
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Are We Done Yet for Blu-ray
Posted May 30, 2007 11:00 AM by Josh Dreuth
Following up on news from yesterday, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that the Ice Cube family comedy 'Are We Done Yet?' will be released for Blu-ray on August 7th. Video will come in the flavor of 1.85:1 1080p and PCM 5.1 audio. No additional specs have been announced at this time, but we expect most if not all of the DVD features to be ported over as well.
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Final Fantasy and Arlington Road for August
Posted May 29, 2007 08:07 PM by Josh Dreuth
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring two catalog titles onto Blu-ray for August 7th. 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' will be presented in 1.85:1 1080p video and PCM 5.1 audio, and will feature most of the extras from the DVD. 'Arlington Road' will be presented in 2.4:1 1080p video and PCM audio, with the only extra being a making of featurette. Both titles carry a SRP of $28.95.
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Bad Santa Now Badder and Bluer
Posted May 29, 2007 07:46 PM by Josh Dreuth
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced that the unrated version of the holiday comedy 'Bad Santa' will make its high definition debut on November 20th, only on Blu-ray. Dubbed 'Badder Santa', this film stars Billy Bob Thornton as a, well, bad Santa. No specs have been officially announced, though you can expect the normal 1080p video and PCM audio as seen on other Disney releases.
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Paramount Announces Blades of Glory; Zodiac Delay
Posted May 29, 2007 02:17 PM by Josh Dreuth
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing the Will Ferrell comedy hit 'Blades of Glory' for Blu-ray on August 28th, day-and-date with its DVD release. No specs have been officially released, but a 1080p AVC video encode with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is expected, similar to recent Paramount releases.
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TMNT Goes Blu
Posted May 28, 2007 01:23 PM by Josh Dreuth
Information is floating around that the recent 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' movie will make its way onto Blu-ray this August 7th. Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will be distributing the film, so we expect a 1080p VC-1 encode with Dolby Digital surround sound, though official specs have yet to be released.
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Sony BDP-S1 Firmware v1.6
Posted May 24, 2007 05:03 PM by Josh Dreuth
Sony has released the a new firmware version for their first generation BDP -S1 Blu-ray player. This firmware addresses issues with BD-Java features on certain discs. This is the first of two planned firmware releases which address compatibility issues with some movies. All owners are suggested to update their players to ensure smooth operation during movie playback.