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Your old DVDs are suffering disc rot — Warner Bros. will replace them: 'They curdle like milk'
Your DVDs are dying — and it's got nothing to do with streaming apps.
Owner of UK's only surviving DVD rental store claims business is booming 40 years later -- here's the top-rented movies
Colin said: "I thought the business would be a five year thing. Then I thought we would transition. But that obviously didn't happen."
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...
Nearly 1 million still use Netflix DVD mailing service -- but final red envelope will be sent this week
Netflix will mail its last DVDs this week in the company's signature red envelopes -- finally putting an end to the original business that jumpstarted the streaming behemoth 25 years...
Netflix to offer disc-by-mail deal before axing original rental service
One more chance to find a red envelope in your mailbox.
Netflix ending DVDs-by-mail service — remember those?
Shortly before Netflix broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers.
'Jeopardy!' contestant stuns fans with cringey hobby: 'I know I'm old'
"I'm really excited about it, but I miss my childhood a little bit I guess," contestant Audrey Satchivi explained.
DVD rental chain Family Video makes last stand against COVID-19
Screen fades to black. Roll credits. Or is there another act for Family Video, brought to the brink by the coronavirus? The brick-and-mortar DVD rental chain insists it's not ready...
NYU sophomore pushes back after school slams low-income classmates
NYU sophomore Ron Hall was half-way through the course outline for his American Sign Language class when he came across a sentence that left a bad taste in his mouth: “If...
Redbox wins round against Disney in copyright battle
Redbox can continue to unbundle Disney’s combo packs and rent or sell the movie discs separately, a federal judge has ruled. Los Angeles Judge Dean Pregerson ruled that a combo...
Redbox pushes back in movie multi-pack battle with Disney
Redbox is pushing back at Disney’s attempt to stop it from renting multi-packs of movies individually. The movie rental kiosk company told a California judge it has every right to...
Video streaming services saw giant leap in 2016
Thank Captain Phasma from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” for giving a blast to 2016 streaming revenue. Americans spent 22.6 percent more on subscription video streaming services like Netflix in...
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...
Last VCR manufacturer hits the stop button on production
It’s RIP for the VCR. The video and tape machine — which revolutionized home entertainment four decades ago by making it possible to play home movies on a television screen...
Why ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ isn’t the greatest MGM musical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQxXUmB7AEI Sorry, the beloved “Singin’ in the Rain” isn’t the finest of the legendary MGM musicals. For my money, it’s a close second to “The Band Wagon,’’ which has better...
Claudette Colbert chases millionaires in screwball masterpiece ‘The Palm Beach Story’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upNFW9NPpJo The year in classic film on video gets off to a laugh-filled start with Criterion’s Blu-ray debut of Preston Sturges’ screwball classic “The Palm Beach Story’’ (1942) in a...
Online video sales surpass DVDs as homes make digital a habit
The US officially became a digital entertainment nation last year with consumers spending more for online video sales and rentals than on physical DVDs for the first time, a report...
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,...