Much of the content consuming community has generally looked at 3D displays as nothing more than a gimmick that will soon go the way of the Betamax or HD DVD mediums. However, thankt to hard hitting 3D movies such as James Cameron’s Avatar, more and more consumers are making the swtich to a 3DTV in [...]
At least at some stores, anyway…. Seems Blockbuster Video has had the grand plan to convert six of their stores, one of which is in Omaha, Nebraska, from a store that offers video rentals and some used product sales, to a store that no longer rents movies but exclusively sells them. The move is designed [...]
The traditional barometer of movie industry success isn’t the box office–it’s home video sales. And those were facing a catastrophic meltdown of epic proportions. So why aren’t movie execs all over whimpering on their floors in a fetal position? One very simple reason–rentals seem to have taken over. The horrendous economy has driven what appears [...]
To anyone who has doubts of Blu-ray’s success, you can now lay them to rest — The Digital Entertainment Group is proud to announce that Blu-ray sales have increased 91% in the first half of 2009 over that of 2008. Numberwise this means there has been a $407 million increase in Blu-ray sales during the [...]
Retailers and analysts are expecting smaller DTVs to sell better in the aftermath of the DTV transition. Up til now, the transition-related action has been in sales of converter boxes and new subscribers for satellite and cable services. With many secondary sets in bedrooms and home offices that need replacing, consumers may not want to [...]
