Sony to Bow New Blu-ray Mega Changers

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 26 May 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Sony Corp. reportedly will unveil two new Blu-ray mega disc changers capable of storing 200 discs and 400 discs, respectively. Read More »

Illegal downloads soar as hard times bite

Hundreds of thousands more Australians have turned to illegal download sites in the past year to save money on movies, music, software and TV shows during the economic downturn, new figures show.

Total visits by Australians to BitTorrent websites including Mininova, The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, TorrentReactor and Torrentz grew from 785,000 in April last year to 1,049,000 in April this year, Nielsen says. This is a year-on-year increase of 33.6 per cent. Read More »

The Dream of Streaming

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 21 May 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Movies and television programming delivered via the Web on an HDTV in 1080p resolution is considered by many the new Holy Grail in home entertainment.

The proliferation of digital video players from Roku and Vudu, Internet-enabled Blu-ray Disc players and stalwarts such as YouTube, Apple TV, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and TiVo portend a burgeoning consumer base eager to ditch disc for digital content. Read More »

DVD and Blu-ray Disc Still Heavy Favorites With Consumers

By Thomas K. Arnold | Posted: 12 May 2009
tarnold@questex.com

New research from The NPD Group finds that a whopping 88% of consumer home entertainment dollars go toward DVD and Blu-ray Disc purchases and rentals. Read More »

Netflix CFO: Streaming Offers Greater Opportunity than DVD-by-Mail

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 18 May 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Netflix’s streaming service could help the online DVD rental pioneer double its 10 million subscribers to about 50% of the combined subs of HBO, Showtime and Cinemax, said CFO Barry McCarthy. Read More »