Archive for April, 2010

Redbox deal with Fox puts a 4 week hold on new releases, starting with Avatar

Consider that Redbox / Fox lawsuit cancelled — as well any plans you had to watch Avatar this weekend for a buck a day. Under their new distribution agreement (starting with this week's blockbuster flick) the movie maker will directly supply Redbox but only 28 days after a movie is released and……

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Samsung's 3DTVs now on sale in the U.K.

Say hello to Matt Rajah, the first owner of one of Samsung's new 3DTVs in the U.K. We hope he enjoys watching Monsters vs. Aliens over, and over, and over — at least until that Sky 3D channel launches at home. Just in case you're wondering what would inspire someone to lay down £1,79……

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Avatar smashes Blu-ray sales records, has some owners ready to smash incompatible players

Well, well. Our friend Jimmy C.'s (who cancelled on our planned interview last week, but it's cool) little indie project has taken the all-time Blu-ray sales crown for North America in just four days. That's how long it took for Avatar to move 2.7 million Blu-ray discs, ahead of The Dar……

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Alice in Wonderland to hit Blu-ray on June 1st, but not in 3D

Okay now, this is just getting ridiculous — we just can't figure out what the studios are doing, and if they do have a plan it is about time they share it, but just like when Blu-ray first came out, the latest new format isn't getting releases day and date with other formats. But as it stan……

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Blu-ray and Digital delivery up, but overall home media is down

For most 2009 was a bad year for business, but the first quarter of 2010 was still worse for the home media market by 8 percent according to the Digital Entertainment Group. Obviously the home media market is highly dependent on the movies released in the theater a few months before, but the studios……

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Blu-ray releases on April 20th 2010

Avatar comes out on Thursday and honestly we could end this post like that. Sure it isn't the most refreshing plot line, but 221k people voted on IMDB, and despite the new movie prejudice, it is ranked number 72 of all time — which isn't easy to do. Although the 2D presentation of the movie……

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Sounds & Vision reviews that DVP-CX777ES 400 Disc Blu-ray changer

Man would we love to even own 400 discs to load up into this changer, which would be worth many more pesos than the $1800 the Sony DVP-CX777ES will run ya — S&V evidently does have more CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs than we do and found the Grace Note service did a decent job of delivering cove……

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Comcast only wants to share 3D feed of The Masters with cable

Verizon and DirecTV aren't too happy with Comcast today — the first national 3D broadcast is upon us and it isn't on satellite and it isn't on fiber. Some might call this competition, but regardless it is no coincidence that cable operators around the country are the only ones deliveri……

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CD-writer.com slashes price on a range of best sellers

CD-writer.com is currently running a massive sale across the most popular items. We know sometimes it’s hard to appreciate the value and the saving when you are just looking at a price so we have taken a moment to put together this post in order to help quickly explain some of the products.

Fantastic Deal 01

LightScribe Duplicator, StorDigital PrintTower 3 Drive DVD CD Copier
StorDigital PrintTower: The tower duplicator that copies and prints.

3 Target LightScribe enabled DVD and CD Duplicator that copies and prints. In a nutshell this is one of the best deals on our site. We’re shipping fully LightScribe enabled units without any extra charge. So for a limited time any customer looking to purchase one of our premium range duplicators is advised to take a look at the LightScribe version. After all the Print function is shipping for FREE!!!

Fantastic Deal 02

CD DVD Duplicator with 7 drives, HD and USB
Drag and drop files from PC to your duplicator

Acard DVD CD Duplicator with 160GB Hard Drive and PC control via USB. Basically we are running this stock down at a clearance price. It’s a top spec duplicator at an economy price. The ACARD controller means you get good all round reliability. The units are populated with the latest Sony Burners. The on-board hard drive means the duplicator is more stable and will copy faster than a device without a hard drive. The special USB PC connection means you can drag and drop disc data without first having to create a master. A great duplicator with top specs at a stupidly low price.

Fantastic Deal 03

CD DVD Duplicator, StorDigital Premium CopyTower 15 Drive 20X DVD 40X CD Copier
High volume DVD and CD Disc production station

Our 15 target premium duplicator is a disc producing power house. Built into our high quality matt black premium cases, the SD15 features the latest high speed pioneer DVD CD burners. Customers can also choose from 160GB or 250GB Hard Drive. This price has been slashed for April, and what’s more it ships with a FREE external DVD burner on USB. No other duplicator in the market offers a faster throughput or a more stable duplicating environment. The StorDigital SD15 is built for users who want to produce a great many discs in the fastest possible time.

Fantastic Deal 04

Robotic Disc Duplicators from StorDigital
Making large volumes of discs is made easy with StorDigital

Once again the April price cut frenzy has taken hold and we have reduced the buy prices of our most popular automated disc copying solutions. With capacities from 30 to 1000 discs our range of high quality leading technology automated duplicating solutions are unbeatable in terms of quality and price, and represent the best value in the market place. No other company in the UK has better products or lower prices on such a wide range of products. This is a one time opportunity to save on the latest disc production equipment.

Fantastic Deal 05

ADL-MAX Robotic Loader Expansion for DP-II and DP PRO
Boost the unattended output of your Primera Bravo

Only of interest to previous Primera customers is the ADL-MAX. This is an aftermarket attachment that will allow Primera Bravo 2 and Bravo Pro users to convert their publisher to a 300 disc load capacity. ADL-MAX has never been a huge seller but in our opinion it’s the perfect add-on to the Primera base unit. We have one left and the product is half price. Do yourself a favour and don’t think for too long about buying this item since it will likely sell quickly.

Fantastic Deal 06

StorDigital SafeTower 11 Drive DVD CD Copier with DVD Video Copy Protection
Thanks to StorDigital, DVD video Pirates are a dying breed.

We recently introduced a tower duplicator that enables discs with DVD Video copy protection. The StorDigital SafeTower comes with hard drive, copy connect and copy protect features that require a PC for operation. Using a combination of hardware and software the SafeTower effectively protects DVD Video discs from unlawful duplication and ripping. It’s a very neat feature that will appeal to original content producers who wish to protect their assets. Make More from your Media with CD-writer.com.

Fantastic Deal 07

Primera Bravo Pro AutoPrinter
Last of the USA Bravo Pro stock … Shame, great product, fantastic price!

In the past CD-writer.com was well known for selling Primera product sourced from the US of A. In fact over the years we have sold 100′s of Bravo product sourced via the USA channel. Since sterling is no longer so strong against the dollar we can no longer afford to bring you great savings on USA product. However, one lucky person will get our last ever Bravo Pro unit at a hugely discounted price. The unit has a full manufacturer warranty supported by a 1 years warranty from CD-writer.com Ltd. The price of this product speaks for itself. One unit ONLY so don’t delay.

Fantastic Deal 08

Scribe 9600 Print Station with PicoJet 300 Disc
These printers are fantastic and we use the daily in our offices.

Here we have 2 units of the best automated inkjet printer on the market. This device is not only a printer but also a PC running XP. What’s more the unit features hot swappable printers so it can be used for printing via inkjet, monochrome thermal or full colour thermal depending on which printer you have installed. The units we have on offer here feature inkjet printers from HP and use the lowest cost inks on the market. We use these very same models internally at CD-writer.com to produce jobs for our customer. The build quality is so high and the software so powerful that no other printer in the market place can compete. So to summarise, here’s a chance to buy a professional industry leading automated inkjet disc printer, with an embedded PC and network ready, using and HP print engine with 300 disc capacity. The MF Digital prinstation has the power to revolutionise your disc production facility. We only have 2 units and they have a massive discount from list price.

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Survey says cable's VOD is the big winner in digital distribution

You have a hard time finding someone who believes that packaged media won't die some day, but there are plenty of theories as to what will replace it. Some believe it'll be some sort of internet delivery that'll free us from discs, but a recent survey from Centris tells a different st……

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