Posts about DVD

A glimpse at upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release dates until October 2020 – here’s what’s arriving and when

It’s the 14th biggest-selling DVD of all time, but The Matrix is arguably one of the most important discs ever to hit the format – here’s the story

Low quality streaming, unavailable films, movie edits by stealth: why physical media matters more than ever in the streaming age

Figures from America suggest that lots of people are turning back to physical DVDs and Blu-rays during the lockdown

The early 2000s saw etailers such as DVD Street, Play, Blackstar and Movietyme become top choices for movie lovers – and we’ve been digging into their stories

The DVD boom was in full flow when plans were made to do the first special edition of Total Recall – and then Arnold Schwarzenegger’s agent got involved

From widescreen issues to turning the disc over, 9 problems that early adopters of DVD did battle with

The announcement that Warner Bros and Universal are joining forces for their disc distribution may just have more pros than cons, argues Simon Brew

The sales of DVDs have fallen off a cliff in just over a decade, as people spend on streaming services instead

With the trend being for more films to skip a Blu-ray in favour of DVD-only, a bit of light on why that may be the case