To prevent DVD players from becoming victims of their own popularity, manufacturers are starting to combine basic movie playback with more advanced features. Nearly 13 million DVD players were sold in ...

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.

Netflix officially said goodbye to its DVD rental service today. The multibillion-dollar streaming service announced it has shipped its final DVD on Friday, Sept. 29, marking the end of the company’s ...

The iconic red envelopes will be disappearing from mailboxes in September. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor It’s the end of an era for Netflix. Twenty-five years after the company was founded, Netflix ...

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Why VIP+ projects disc sales, rentals to hit a record low in 2024 How to interpret DEG’s 2024 home entertainment calculations 8 charts, with revenue streams for DVD sales/rentals, EST, VOD, SVOD, ...

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

Verity is Pocket-lint's former Reviews Editor. She has been a technology journalist for more than 15 years, first joining Pocket-lint in 2008 as a staff writer, before taking on staff roles at Stuff, ...

The software required for digital media playback on PCs isn’t free. In the United States and in many other countries, popular digital media standards, including MP3 music and H.264 streaming videos, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. DVD players first entered the scene in 1996 in Japan. The capacity of the original DVD (Digital Video Disc), single-sided, single-layer DVD-1, ...

DVDs are so analog. Sure, they’re digitally encoded versions of your favorite movies and TV shows, but they’re trapped on physical platters. If you want to watch something, you have to find the disc, ...

Windows 10 excludes a few key features, including support for playing DVDs. Microsoft has now released an app to handle the task, though it doesn't play Blu-ray discs. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...