Hot Walmart $10 DVD Pre-Order Deals Matched By Amazon, A Price War Is On

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In October Walmart started to offer hot pre-order books at $10 and got into little price war with Amazon leading to prices below $9. Now Walmart challenged Amazon to a new $10 online price war. This time Walmart offers 10 hot upcoming DVD movie releases including Star Trek Movie, Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for under $10.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer Review

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PCStats published a review of the LiteON iHAS424 Dual-Layer DVD Writer.

Quote from the review: "For a good example of the features a modern optical drive should have, look no further than the Lite-On iHAS424 DL-DVD burner. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Merry Madagascar DVD Exclusively on Sale At Walmart

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Today Walmart announced an exclusive deal to sell the Merry Madagascar DVD. Merry Madagascar is a 30-minute animated Christmas special that premieres on NBC on November 17th.
Walmart will carry the standard Merry Madagascar DVD movie for $5 and a deluxe DVD version with additional content for $8. These DVDs are very nice stocking stuffers.

Walmart stores will also offer new Merry Madagascar licensed pajamas, slippers, socks, throw blankets and other holiday gifts starting this week. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:32:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Michael Jackson: This Is It DVD Is The Gift For Jackson Fans

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The movie Michael Jackson: This Is It is currently still in theaters, but will soon only be available on DVD.
This Is It is not released yet, but is already #3 on the Amazon Movie bestseller list. You can pre-order Michael Jackson: This Is It on Amazon.com for $17.99 now. The shipping date is still open, but it is for sure before Christmas.
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Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:03:26 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Insignia NS-BRDVD3 And NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray Player Stream Netflix

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Best Buy and Netflix announced this week that the new Insignia Advanced Series Blu-ray Player NS-WBRDVD and the Insignia Connected Blu-ray Player NS-BRDVD3 (photo) are streaming Netflix movie rentals.
Both new Insignia Blu-ray players are Internet ready, giving Netflix members on an unlimited plan access to a growing library to watch instantly on their TV. The Insignia Advanced Series model uses built-in Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet while the Insignia Connected player uses an Ethernet connection.
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Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:54:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony DRX-S70U-W Portable DVD Drive Unveiled

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The new Sony DRX-S70U-W sports a slim design and supports up to 8X DVD±R recording speeds, delivering a full 4.7 GB disc of video, data, music or images on standard 8X DVD+R media.
In addition, the new Sony drive can record on 8.5GB DVD+R Double/Dual layer and 4.7GB DVD-RW discs at 6X speeds, DVD+RW at 8X, DVD-RAM at 5X and CD-R/RW at 24X.

The DRX-U70-W comes bundled with the Nero DVD/CD mastering software suite, and offers quick and easy connectivity with a high speed USB (USB 2.0) digital interface for simple setup and maximum flexibility. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iLuv i1166 9-inch iPod And DVD Player Ships In October

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iLuv announces the availability the iLuv i1166, 9-inch Portable Multimedia Player for iPod and DVDs.
The iLuv i1166 won CES Best of Innovation 2009 award in the Portable Multimedia Accessories product category.

The iLuv i1166 features an iPod-friendly user interface enabling you to play video content of your iPod on the 9-inch widescreen digital TFT LCD, get full control of your iPod with user friendly graphic interface, charge your iPod when docked (with AC adapter) and the i1166 is compatible with iPod touch 2nd generation, iPod nano 5th generation, iPod nano 4th generation, iPod touch, iPod nano 3rd generation, iPod classic and iPod with video. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New LaCie USB Portable DVD Burner Designed By Sam Hecht

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LaCie announced a new version of its Portable DVD±RW Drive, design by Sam Hecht. Now the LaCie drive features a sleek black finish.

Featuring two versions for easy setup and seamless compatibility, you can choose from the multimedia burning solution for Mac or PC. The Windows version comes with Creator Suite 10, while the combined Mac and Windows version comes with Toast 9 Basic, as well as Creator Suite 10.
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Posted on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:47:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top 25 DVD And Blu-ray Releases For The Holidays

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Hollywood is getting ready to launch the biggest blockbuster movies and TV series of the year on DVD and Blu-ray for the Fall and Holiday season.
The editors at Amazon did a great job picking the top 25 movie and TV releases that are coming up in the next month leading up to the Holiday shopping season (September 1st and November 30th).

Their top pick is the animated movie Up, which is going to be released November 10th. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Flex DVD is a Green Eco-Friendly DVD

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A new type of DVD disc has been unveiled that is flexible and eco-friendly called the Flex DVD. The lightweight and flexible DVD offers the same storage capacity as a standard DVD, but can be bent and flexed without causing damage to the disc.

The discs are aimed at content providers that mail discs to consumers because the thin size of the disc makes for less postage and the flexible disc can move through sorting machinery at the post office sort facilities. Read more

Posted on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Apple To Kill DVDs For SD Cards?

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Optical drives are so last century. Between flash drives and SD cards we've got all the removable, portable storage we could possibly need (at least for right now). At 1/10 the size a 32GB SD card holds about as much data as 8 DvDs. They're way more convenient to store or carry around and, while slightly more expensive per gigabyte, they're substantially more durable and way easier to store. SD cards are so superior to DvDs that it's really only a matter of time before optical drives are a thing of the past.

Seth Weintraub, of Computerworld, wrote today about his expectations that, within a generation or two, Apple will try to phase out optical drives on their MacBook line. He cited the overall superiority of SD cards as a storage platform, as well as the simple fact that removing optical drives from laptops frees up an enormous amount of space. Without a DvD player, Weintraub points out that the 15” MacBook Pro could become a 15” MacBook Air.

Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:20:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Universal Music and Gemalto Offer SIM Card DVD Music Hybrid

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Gemalto and Universal Music have announced the introduction of a new music delivery format called the Smart Video Card. The card is a DVD-compliant optical disc embedded into the body of a regular SIM card.

The Smart Video Card can hold 120MB of content, which can be played in a standard DVD player and can include both video and audio content. The format allows the music to be listened to on a PC, mobile phone, or MP3 player. Read more

Posted on Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:29:50 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony DVDirect VRD-MC6 unveiled

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Today Sony debuted its next-generation multi-function DVDirect DVD recorder VRD-MC6 , which can transfer both high-definition and standard-definition home videos and digital photos to DVD discs without using a computer.
It looks like the Sony DVDirect device has enough users out there that it makes sense for Sony to update the line with a new version.

The new VRD-MC6 model has a 2.7-inch color LCD screen for previewing video or up to six digital photos at a time, and its overall size is almost 60% smaller than its predecessor. Read more

Posted on Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:29:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HDTV Popular but Blu-ray Adoption Lukewarm, HD DVD Still Growing!?

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According to Harris Interactive, the Blu-ray format may have won the format war, but consumers are still very slow to adopt the format. According to the firm 11% of Americans own a HD DVD player and 7% own a Blu-ray player while 9% own the PS3 meaning 16% of Americans can play Blu-ray films.

The strange fact from Harris is that HD DVD player sales are UP 11% in 2009. Sales are up on a format that's been defunct since late 2007? Harris claims that the increase in HD DVD player sales is about the same as the increase in Blu-ray sales. Read more

Posted on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:09:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

GE Storage Breakthrough Puts 100 DVDs on a Single Disc

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GE has made a storage breakthrough reports the New York Times that allows a density on a single disc high enough to store 100 DVD movies. The disc itself is a standard CD or DVD size and is a success in the laboratory stage at this time. There is more work that needs to be done to get the technology into a form that can be mass produced affordably according to GE.

The breakthrough uses holographic storage processes that stores data in light patterns in a light-sensitive material. The tiny holograms made during the process act like microscopic mirrors according to the NYT to refract light patterns when a laser shines on them allowing the data on each hologram to be read. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Kanguru Unveils Fastest DVD Duplicator

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Kanguru has announced a new DVD duplicator that it claims to be the fastest in the industry. The new duplicator copies DVDs at 22x recording speeds and uses SATA drives for fast transfer from the hard drive to the duplication software.

The company says that the duplicator can copy a full 4.7GB single layer DVD in under 5 minutes. The duplicator is capable of duplicating CDs and DVDs and connects to a PC via USB. The internal hard drive has 250GB of storage for holding digital data to be copied. Read more

Posted on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Asus Eee 1004DN Netbook has DVD Drive

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Asus takes the netbook back to being an actual notebook with the new Eee PC 1004DN. The Asus Eee 1004DN has an integrated CD drive..
The Eee PC 1004DN is the first in the Eee PC range to feature a Super-Multi optical disc drive, enabling you to read and write optical discs for convenient data back-ups. The Super-Multi optical disc drive (ODD) reads and writes data to DVD or CD media.

An Express Card expansion slot provides compatibility with USB 2.0 and PCI Express, providing thinner, faster, and lighter modular expansion options to users. The 1004DN features the ASUS Data Security System (ADSM) which allows users to log-on using their fingerprints. Read more

Posted on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:16:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Designer DVD Player DV4S and DV4M unveiled

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LG unveiled two stylish DVD players showing that DVD players are still not dead. The new LG DVD Players, DV4S and DV4M are very slim and shiny.
The LG DV4S features an automatic sliding door, Touch Sensor Button and various installation options. On the technical side it offers DivX-HD Technology, Full HD Up-Scaling and USB port. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:30:58 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2009: iLuv unveils the i1166 9 inch portable DVD and iPod Player

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iLuv unveils the i1166 9 inch Portable Multimedia Player for iPod and DVDs at the CES 2009.
The iLuv i1166 is this year’s CES Best of Innovation 2009 award winner in the Portable Multimedia Accessories product category.

The iLuv i1166 is a very versatile mobile device that makes an ideal companion for traveling on airplanes or trains. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x USB Drive announced at Macworld 2009

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LaCie announced its new LaCie d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and/or FireWire disc burners at the Macworld 2009.
With the LightScribe labeling tools available from LaCie on the 22x rewritable DVD drive, users can customize their content easily and quickly for professional and personal use. And it works with the three major personal computer operating systems. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

First hybrid Blu-ray DVD Disc (BD-DVD) hits Japanese Market

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Japan gets the first hybrid Blu-ray DVD disc release in February with the Code Blue Box set. The three layer disc can be read by existing Blu-ray players and DVD players.
The Blu-ray player is using the blue laser with wave length of 405nm and the DVD player uses the 650nm red laser to read the disc without interference.
Currently the technology is limited to singly layer Blu-ray discs. Read more

Posted on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr