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Warner Bros Looking To Delay DVD Rentals To 56 Days

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9:00AM January 9, 2012 | Nick Broughall

If you’re a chronic DVD (or Blu-ray) renter, you’ll be less than impressed by today’s news that Warner Bros is looking to extend the delay between DVD sales and rentals from 28 days to 56. This could be the end of DVD rentals as we know it. More »

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X-Men: First Class Blu-Ray Extras: Exclusive Sneak Peek

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2:00PM October 18, 2011 | Elly Hart

We gave you an exclusive sneak peek into Thor‘s Blu-ray special features earlier this month, and from tomorrow you can pick up X-Men: First Class on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy. Video after the jump! More »

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Thor’s Blu-ray Extras: Exclusive Video Sneak Peek

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2:50PM October 7, 2011 | Elly Hart

Movies based on comic book superheroes don’t always turn out well — ahem, like a certain movie involving a ring and a lantern — but Thor turned out to be pretty amazing by all standards, raking in nearly $450 million at the box office. It’s out now in a three-disc superset, and we’ve got exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. More »

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A DVD Store That Has Nothing But Terrorist Videos

4:17AM September 30, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The only group that surpasses terrorists in amateur video uploads is probably Bieber lip-syncers. But getting to these videos of vague threats, IED training and attack footage can be tough. So why not collect them all and sell ‘em? More »

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New M-Disc CD Can Be Dipped In Liquid Nitrogen And Still Work

11:25PM August 8, 2011 | Casey Chan

Millenniata and LG have teamed up to save the CD. OK, maybe not exactly. They want to save your data by making a new disc that’s super tough but also readable with any current DVD or Blu-ray drive. More »

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Britain To Let Its Residents Legally Copy A CD Or DVD

12:03PM August 3, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

You go, Britain. Sources claim the country will legalise the copying of CDs and DVDs for personal use. It could also make it legal for people to use copyrighted works in a parody without permission. More »

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Lunchtime Deal: IT Crowd Complete Box Set… $24

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12:30PM July 22, 2011 | Danny Allen

“I don’t know what IT means…I’m too busy managing one man whose idea of an adult night out is Lazer Quest followed by pornography and another who collects wires.” If you haven’t watched the IT crowd, then you’re missing out. And if you have, today’s deal might make you snort your smarties and milk. Three region 2 DVDs shipped free from the UK, so make sure your player is multi-region. [Zavvi.com via OzBargain]

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Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault Is A $US6000 Media Jukebox

12:06PM July 20, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

DVDs, CDs and Blu-ray discs are a royal pain. They take up space, are difficult to organise and time consuming to rip. This why we need the Kaleidescape M700 Disc Vault, a 320-disc monster that organises your collection for you. More »

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The Philippines Attacks Piracy By Digging Through A Pile Of It

12:00PM July 6, 2011 | Sam Biddle

In the US, we hit our copyright infringers with mammoth, disproportionate lawsuits to terrify their peers into going offline. In the Philippines, copyright enforcement requires this guy getting his hands dirty in a humungous pile of pirated media. More »

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Are Blu-ray Region Codes Just ‘Defensive Posturing’ From Movie Studios?

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9:15AM May 31, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Despite the fact we live in a world where you can download a film in a matter of minutes depending on your internet connection, the movie studios still insist on having region codes as part of the specification for DVD and Blu-ray discs. But why? More »