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Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

Technology / Business

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.


Bumpy road for satellite TV in cars

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The summer road tripping season is over, but with the holidays on the horizon, people soon will be piling into their cars for annual pilgrimages to family and friends.


Paramount in trial deal to supply DVDs to Redbox

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Movie studio Paramount Pictures is following the lead of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Sony Corp. by agreeing to supply films to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company Redbox.


China trade ruling helps US, but piracy a problem (AP)

China trade ruling helps US, but piracy a problem

Technology / Other

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- American companies counting on a favorable trade ruling against China to boost sales of CDs, DVDs, books and video games will need a crackdown on rampant piracy before they can reap big benefits.


Warner Bros. to impose delay on Redbox, others

Technology / Business

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc ...


Redbox sues 20th Century Fox in DVD dispute

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DVD rental kiosk company Redbox said Wednesday it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines.


Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted (AP)

Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted

Technology / Business

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving ...


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Toshiba launches Blu-ray after DVD setback: report

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.


Review: $500 Samsung netbook sports new processor (AP)

Review: $500 Samsung netbook sports new processor

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(AP) -- Intel Corp. has had a near lock on supplying processors for netbooks - the cheap, tiny laptops that are the biggest hit in the computer market these days. Now there's an alternative from a Taiwanese ...


Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVs

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to television screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new partnership with Samsung Electronics America ...


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HD camcorders shoot great video but it's not easy to watch

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

If you want to buy a high-definition camcorder, no problem -- you have a range of options.


Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will goose sales of a vital product in a downturn.