Category: Blu-Ray

  • Underworld Trilogy on Blu-ray on sale for $26.99 at Amazon

    I just thought I would pass along this amazing deal I came across.  Amazon is selling the Underworld Trilogy on Blu-ray for $26.99.  That is 55% off!  Unfortunately, I already have all three movies on Blu-ray (Black Friday sales), but for those that don’t, this is a fantastic deal for some amazing movies.  Underworld, Underworld:…

  • Netflix raises DVD prices and announces streaming only plan

    We have good news and we have bad news.  Lets start with the good news.  After months of anticipation, Netflix has finally announced an all streaming plan for $8/mo.  Considering what you can stream on Netflix and the devices you can stream it on compared to Hulu, it makes paying $8/mo for Hulu plus seem…

  • Netflix drives customers to piracy by delaying new releases

    Greetings Readers! With the exception of when they raise prices, everybody seems to have a  major love of Netflix, myself included.  Unfortunately, I think that love affair is about to come to an end.  It was announced today that Netflix has decided to let the greedy people over at Warner Bros. keep Netflix from renting…

  • Amazon’s VOD success depends on distribution deals

    Greetings Readers! The streaming video market has become rather crowded in the last couple of years with services like Hulu and YouTube, but the video service with the most potential is Amazon’s VOD service. Amazon’s VOD (Video On Demand) service has been around for a while and has a huge library of tv shows and…

  • Blu-ray sales up 91% this year

    Good news coming from the Blu-ray camp, sales of Blu-ray disks are up 91%.  If that wasn’t good enough news, standalone player sales are up 25%, bringing the total number of blu-ray playing devices in the US (Including the PS3) to almost 11 million.  The sad thing is that half of that number is PS3…

  • Sony Announces Blu-spec CD, Another Format for a Dying Medium

    Greetings Readers! Yesterday, I wrote a post about how CD sales are down and Walmart is reducing the floor space it gives the CD.  Clearly, the fools at Sony don’t agree with my assessment of the CD and its impending death.  Sony has now announced a new CD format, Blu-spec CD.  This format is going…