Read more DVD stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2817/dvd.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:39:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68885/oscar-winners-giving-away-movie-for-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe makers of one Oscar-winning documentary is trying an unusual marketing tactic: they’re giving away the movie for free. Ads will appear in 125 major papers tomorrow urging readers to request their copy of Smile Pinki, winner of the Best Short Documentary prize at this year’s Oscars. What gives? The...http://www.newser.com/story/68885/oscar-winners-giving-away-movie-for-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 14:58:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67738/thirtysomething-hits-dvd-but-is-it-still-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThirtysomething is finally on DVD, much to the excitement of baby boomers everywhere—and Seth Stevenson, who, inexplicably, loved the show as a 14-year-old boy. “I wondered: Would I find it even more compelling now that I’d actually reached my 30s?” he writes for Slate. But, though the performances are...http://www.newser.com/story/67738/thirtysomething-hits-dvd-but-is-it-still-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 10:59:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66023/netflixs-speedy-secrets-revealed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDistributing DVDs out of 58 warehouses across the US, Netflix keeps its operations very quiet and extremely efficient; the unmarked building that houses Chicago-area operations was so nondescript he wouldn’t be able to find it again, Christopher Borrelli writes for the Tribune . Inside, workers, many apparently grandparents, whose shifts start...http://www.newser.com/story/66023/netflixs-speedy-secrets-revealed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 10:57:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65938/netflix-is-for-blobby-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike 10.6 million Americans, Time film critic Richard Corliss has a subscription to Netflix, which sends everything from Bollywood megamusicals to BBC miniseries to his mailbox. "No question," Corliss admits, "Netflix serves a need"—it's super cheap and stocked with titles. But the DVD delivery service has killed off...http://www.newser.com/story/65938/netflix-is-for-blobby-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 7:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62121/neil-youngs-latest-redefines-compilations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNeil Young leaves other retrospectives in the dust with a look back at his career that spans 10 Blu-ray discs or DVDs, or eight CDs, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neil Young Archives: Volume 1, 1963-1972 contains everything from high school band recordings through Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his...http://www.newser.com/story/62121/neil-youngs-latest-redefines-compilations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 14:53:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59874/this-summer-catch-up-on-neglected-tv-series.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the American Idol dust clears and you resign yourself to never understanding Lost, TV's fallow season looms, just begging you to catch up on some excellent viewing you might have missed. NPR blogger Linda Holmes has some suggestions: Mad Men : "Works very well when you can grab it on...http://www.newser.com/story/59874/this-summer-catch-up-on-neglected-tv-series.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 12:58:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57358/ge-launches-disc-that-stores-500gb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeneral Electric has announced a new DVD-sized disc that holds 500 gigabytes of data—the equivalent of 20 Blu-Ray discs or 100 DVDs. Aimed at archivists but likely headed for the consumer market, the micro-holographic disc saves more data by storing it in three dimensions rather than on the disc's...http://www.newser.com/story/57358/ge-launches-disc-that-stores-500gb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 18:07:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56426/best-buy-joining-digital-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBest Buy plans to join the digital movie market this summer to offset declining DVD sales, Variety reports. The retailer is in talks with film providers such as CinemaNow—also Blockbuster's supplier—and may market TVs or Blu-ray players with built-in access to the movie library. That would put Best...http://www.newser.com/story/56426/best-buy-joining-digital-movie-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 8:57:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48068/hollywood-reeling-from-dvd-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHollywood studios are faced with huge losses because of a 21% slump in DVD sales and the fallout from the crisis on Wall Street, reports the Financial Times . Studio heads have been forced to cut back on the number of new movies in production and are preparing to trim the...http://www.newser.com/story/48068/hollywood-reeling-from-dvd-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 6:40:50 CST