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Redbox rental kiosks are finally going to start seeing Blu. Redbox president Mitch Lowe announced that he plans to see Blu-ray Discs in Redbox kiosks within the next few months, to the tune of $1.50 each. The $0.50 Blu-ray premium isn't...

There's a bit of a hitch in the previously reported rumor that a new Apple TV is coming. It turns out that Steve Jobs himself isn't very big on set-top boxes, and doesn't see much of a future in them because of the prevalence of digital cable and...

Vampires, drug trips, and Romans, oh my! This week sees the release of Alice in Wonderland on Blu-ray Disc, along with the 50th anniversary edition of Spartacus. For fans of the excellent HBO series True Blood, which will soon be returning to...

I think we can pull back on the 3D at this point. This weekend, I went to see Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and at the theater I saw a very curious movie poster. It said Step Up 3D, and depicted two people dancing while a red guy wearing...

Comes the spring and a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of…3D?

Now that the Federal Communications Commission has granted limited use of selectable output control to the entertainment industry, the "window" structure of video releases may be in for radical change. Video providers are more likely to offer hot movie titles via video on demand before disc release. But two clouds lurk on the horizon. The VOD will be very expensive to consumers. And it may antagonize theater owners.

Canon's effort to establish a new video display technology called SED has finally hit a wall. SED is dead, at least as a consumer product.