CTA: U.S. Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Shipments Grew 1% To 963K Units
Shipments of dedicated Ultra HD Blu-ray players in the United States grew 1% in 2021 to 963,000 units over the 12 month period, according the CTA’s latest 2022 Sales & Forecasts Data. The results showed a slight return to growth for the category, following 2020’s…
Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection Comes To UHD Blu-ray June 8th
Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm announced this week plans to release on June 8th a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 4-Movie Collection of the Indiana Jones series. The set will also include digital copies of all four films: 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984’s Indiana…
Sony Pictures To Release Columbia Classics 4K UHD Blu-ray Set
Those disappointed with down-rezed picture quality coming from streaming video services faced with the crush of viewership during COVID-19 crisis, might appreciate the June launch of an expansive collection of films in 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray pulled by Sony Pictures from its Columbia Classics library….
CTA Forecasts Show Ultra HD Blu-ray Players In Decline
More signs of the decline of the physical disc player market surfaced with the recent release of the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA’s) 2020 January Sales & Forecasts Report, which now shows that shipments of Ultra HD Blu-ray players to the United States declined in both…
4K Disc Players Conspicuous By Their Absence From CES
Whither the Ultra HD Blu-ray player category in 2020? CES gave us disturbingly little in the way of new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray hardware or software announcements for the year ahead. The show traditionally has been the launching pad for the new year’s player models,…
`Wizard Of Oz’ Comes To Life On Ultra HD Blu-ray
Holiday shoppers looking for a gift to delight a 4K Ultra HDTV enthusiast might want to consider picking up the new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version of the MGM Classic The Wizard of Oz. It might be hard for some to believe that a movie…
Universal Enhances Bonus Content On Physical Discs
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is making its bid to preserve the attraction of physical media and home media ownership by adding new bonus feature enhancements to its Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles. Beginning with the release of horror film Us on June…
New Fox Disc To Support Dolby Vision And HDR10+
Now under control of Disney, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment this week played Switzerland in its handling of the dynamic metadata HDR profile competition by announcing the upcoming release of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Fox’s CGI animated sci-fi title Alita: Battle Angel….
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