Category Archives: DVD

Walmart’s DVD-to-digital service will sell you a copy of your own movie for $2

By doris | Published: March 13, 2012

Full Story at arstechnica.com Walmart is starting a service to let customers create digital versions of DVD movies they own for a small fee, the company announced Tuesday. A new collaboration with Vudu will allow people to bring their discs into Walmart, pay $2 or more to get a Vudu-facilitated digital copy of the movie [...]

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Netflix gives new customers DVD-only option again

By doris | Published: February 22, 2012

Full Story at Technolog.msnbc.msn.com Despite its commitment to streaming movies and TV, Netflix is offering its DVD-only service option to new customers again, but will it tempt those who have converted to Redbox? When Netflix implemented in September its highly unpopular plan to separate its DVD and streaming plans and 60 percent price hike (which [...]

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Warner Bros. to impose 56-day delay on DVD rentals

By doris | Published: January 8, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prepare to have your patience tested if you prefer to rent DVDs rather than buy them. In a precedent other major movie studios are likely to follow, Warner Bros. is poised to announce that its latest DVD releases won’t be made available to rental outlets until nearly [...]

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