Entries in 'dvd' (16)
Tesco launches Virtual DVD
NEWSTesco has launched a software-based Virtual DVD player that can play downloaded movies through the users PC or Mac.
Blu-ray and DVD sales down
NEWSThe global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy ...
JAPAN: Blu-ray hardware outsells DVD for the first time
NEWS Stats from Gfk Retail and Technology Japan have revealed that in the first week of November Blu-ray disc recording hardware outsold DVD recorders for the first time.
Toshiba backs standard DVD
NEWS Toshiba is driving demand of the standard DVD with the launch of a new advanced player, after abandoning its efforts to beat Blu-ray with the now defunct HD-DVD format.
Blu-ray to reign by 2011
NEWS Following the demise of HD-DVD, Sony is predicting that Blu-ray sales could surpass that of standard DVDs as early as 2011.
JAPAN: Blu-ray outselling DVD
NEWS Sales data from the Japanese arm of internet colossus Amazon suggests that sales of hi-def disc format Blu-ray are creeping ahead of standard DVD for the first time… in Japan, ...
Toshiba readies fresh HD disc assault
NEWS Having now had time to recover from the crippling defeat of its HD-DVD format at the hands of Sony’s hi-def Blu-Ray disc standard, Toshiba is planning a fresh charge into ...
On demand will change UK retail
NEWS On demand retail is set to explode in the UK over the next year according to a report by Screen Digest. It suggests that the DVD side of the industry ...
Camcorder sales to pass 16m in 2008
NEWS JVC's sales director has said that he expects camcorder sales to pass the 16 million mark during 2008, with sales being driven largely by HDD models.
The fight goes on for Blu-Ray
NEWS Analyst firm Strategy Analytics has stated that although the battle has been won, the war is far from over for Sony’s hi-def disc format Blu-Ray.
Still demand for HD DVD
NEWS Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for HMV, told PC Retail this morning that although most of Hollywood is supporting Blu-ray consumer support is not so obvious.“Blu-ray is performing better than ...
Apple introduces world?s thinnest notebook
NEWS Apple has today announced its ultra-thin, ultra-portable notebook – the MacBook Air.
War is over?
NEWS Financial Times reported this morning that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD contract, which will allow the film studio to switch sides in the event of Warner Brothers backing ...
Death of the CD?
NEWS Recent price shifts in the cost of bulk orders of blank DVD discs have seen CD-R production hit a new low in Taiwan forcing questions to be asked about the ...
Die Hard DVD will include electronic copy
NEWS 20th Century Fox is rumoured to announce today that it will include an electronic copy of the latest Die Hard release with special edition DVDs. The file will be compatible ...
