blu-ray
Physical media isn’t dead: get a new Blu-ray player for less than $90 on Amazon
Contrary to popular belief, the medium isn't dying — it's more alive than ever.
Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-rays after the 2023 holiday season
Best Buy customers looking to purchase DVDs or Blu-ray discs will have to find another retailer after the 2023 holiday season. Starting in 2024, sales of hard copies of movies...
VHS is the only place I can find the terrible movies I love
For most Americans, videotapes became garage dust collectors, table leg lifters, or prime yard sale bargain bin fillers as soon as DVDs were affordable and common at the turn of...
How ‘My Fair Lady’ was saved from oblivion — twice
Robert A. Harris, who led a team that famously restored the Oscar-winning 1964 film version of “My Fair Lady” for its 30th anniversary, wasn’t thrilled when he took a look...
How his best friend’s death turned George Burns into an Oscar winner
Iconic TV comedians George Burns and Jack Benny were best friends for a half-century, going back to their days in vaudeville. But Burns’ long career got a remarkable second act...
Redbox jacks up prices by 25 percent
It’s not often that the market cheers when a retailer sticks it to consumers. But in the case of Redbox, which on Monday increased DVD rental prices by 25 percent,...
Beloved ‘60s ‘Batman’ TV show finally drops on video
“Batman is always going to be the first actor you saw in the role,’’ filmmaker/comic book writer Kevin Smith says in one of the many hours of featurettes included in...
'Funny Face' dazzles the eye, ear on Blu-ray
In one of my favorite restorations in recent years, Stanley Donen's "Funny Face" fairly leaps off the small screen in practically psychedelic primary colors — perhaps the sharpest and brightest representation...
'Double Indemnity' heads lineup of new-to-blu noirs
Universal has delivered a stunning new black-and-white transfer for the Blu-ray debut of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity" (1944), a rare Best Picture Oscar nominee that later earned the designation of...
Sony, Panasonic to take video games to the 'next generation'
As if Titanfall wasn’t realistic enough, now the graphics in our video games are going to get a whole lot better. Sony and Panasonic are jointly developing new disc technology...