Are we ready for [independent] film distribution via USB drives? Video StoreAge thinks so. I have my doubts. The cost per unit is way higher than (UHD) BD, with no discernible advantage. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

‘Zootopia 2’ debuts atop US disc sales charts: overall, DVD and BD; ranks #4 on 4K chart, selling 44% on DVD, 52% on BD and 4% on UHD BD. ‘Running Man’ was the top-selling 4K disc, ranking #2 overall, selling 62% on DVD and 38% on UHD/BD (no stand-alone BD SKU) www.mediaplaynews.com/zootopia-2-d...

Ultra HD Blu-ray US market share in units for the week ended March 7th: 15.5% 7 new titles in the top 20, 4 with a 4K release: 💿 #1, Zootopia 2, sold a dismal 4% on UHD BD* 💿 #2, The Running Man (2025), did 38% 💿 #5, Star Trek SNW S3: 28% 💿 #7, Hamnet: 47%

Japan gets a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Zootopia 2: ズートピア 2 🔉 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 💬 🇯🇵 www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E3%80%...

Shocking statistic: 51% of movies that left Netflix in the past 5 years never appeared on another SVOD or AVOD streaming service. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Cancelled Blu-Ray Disc recorder production leads to flood of orders for Panasonic after rivals exit market — last supplier standing apologizes for delays as firm inundated with orders: www.tomshardware.com/pc-component... via @tomshardware.com

‘Predator: Badlands’ tops February disc sales, ‘Wicked: for Good’ remains #1 for 2026: www.mediaplaynews.com/predator-bad...

‘Predator: Badlands’ tops US disc sales chart for 2nd week; sells 44% on DVD, 34% on BD, 22% on UHD BD. 'Excalibur' ranks #3 overall, #2 on BD, and #1 on UHD BD, selling 84% in 4K, 15.8% in HD and 0.2% in SD. More details here: www.mediaplaynews.com/predator-bad...

Best-selling Ultra HD Blu-ray the past week was Excalibur. 'Predator: Badlands', #1 on DVD, BD and overall, ranked #2 in the 4K chart. Also charting: Westworld, Constantine, Network. Full top 20 here: www.mediaplaynews.com/research/top...

Ultra HD Blu-ray US market share in units for the week ended February 28th: 21.4% 2 new titles in the top 20, both reissues with a 4K release: 💿 #3, Excalibaur, sold 84% on UHD BD 💿 #11, Westworld, did 88% More details and full top 20 here: mediaplaynews.com/research/top...

Two articles looking back at the starting days of 12cm discs, on the same day! 1️⃣ A look back at the first CD players, including the Philips CD100, by @kashfiakabir.bsky.social, @whathifi.com.web.brid.gy www.whathifi.com/hi-fi/cd-pla... 2️⃣ A piece about Sony's launch CD player, the CDP101 >

A lot of you may have seen this video. It contains a lot of interesting facts about movie production, but it gets a number of things wrong. There’s a lot to unpack here. 🧵 1/16 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0H...

Bits #4K Review – @timsalmons.bsky.social delves into SAGA EROTICA: THE EMMANUELLE COLLECTION, an 11-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray boxed set release containing four films and a mountain of extras from @severinfilms.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social revisits John Woo's 1991 #action #comedy ONCE A THIEF, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @shoutstudios.bsky.social as part of the Hong Kong Cinema Classics line. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Bits #4K Review – @timsalmons.bsky.social takes in the 1935 Michael Curtiz-directed swashbuckling classic CAPTAIN BLOOD starring Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray set from @criterion.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social also revisits Dario Argento's 2001 #giallo SLEEPLESS, available in a 2-Disc #4K #UltraHD #Bluray release from @vinsyn.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Today on @thedigitalbits.bsky.social website – Arrow’s May has Blue Thunder 4K & more, plus new Shout, a Zootopia 2 4K update & the latest on Paramount’s Warner takeover win vs Netflix thedigitalbits.com/columns/bill...

Holy shit—BLUE THUNDER in 4K from Arrow! And ever thus to scalpers with that DOLLARS TRILOGY 4K reissue. Glad to see it back in print! @thedigitalbits.bsky.social

Bits #4K Review – @billhuntbits.bsky.social spins Dan Trachtenberg’s audacious and surprising PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025) in #UltraHD from @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social via Sony! @thedigitalbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

Today on @thedigitalbits.bsky.social website – Arrow teases Nightbreed #4K for May, Capelight delays West Wide Story, plus Sleepers, Duplicity & more thedigitalbits.com/columns/bill...

Ultra HD Blu-ray sales are on the rise, but one key ingredient is missing for a vinyl-level revival... www.whathifi.com/tv-home-cine... via @whathifi.com.web.brid.gy

Streaming remains on top, but Ultra HD Blu-ray is making a comeback: www.whathifi.com/streaming-en... via @whathifi.com.web.brid.gy

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man 4K UltraHD Blu-Ray Limited Edition Steelbook Unboxing youtu.be/bKSJAmUv9SI @ultrahdbluray.bsky.social @paramountpictures.bsky.social @edgarwright.bsky.social #TheRunningMan #steelbook #4k #uhd #UltraHD #DolbyVision #DolbyAtmos #PhysicalMedia

More perspective: Sobering picture from Germany 🇩🇪 The 1 and 2 for cinema and physical video media respectively aren't 1% and 2%. No, time spent is 1 and 2 minutes per day on average. On 10h53' that amounts to 0.15% and 0.3% of daily media use. Source: @vaunet.bsky.social

🇬🇧 UK video market share by media type: Ultra HD Blu-ray presumably is included in 'Blu-ray', so it'll be about 1% UHD, 1% BD, 1% DVD, while DTO (EST) is 4%, TVOD 3% and SVOD a whopping 90% | via ERA, the Digital Entertainment & Retail Association

Kino International, the GDR's flagship cinema in East Berlin, has been extensively renovated and is now equipped with a @christiedigital.bsky.social 4K HFR projector. www.timeout.com/news/one-of-...

'IT: Welcome to Derry' S1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #Steelbook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

'Anaconda' (2025) 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #Steelbook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

'Predator: Badlands' 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #SteelBook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

'Fallout: Season 2' 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #SteelBook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #SteelBook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

#Scream7 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray #Steelbook at Zavvi: www.awin1.com/cread.php?aw...

‘Predator: Badlands’ debuts at #1 on US disc sales charts (overall, UHD, BD and DVD); sold 33% in SD, 29% in HD and 38% in 4K. More stats (e.g. on FNAF2, Sisu 2 and NYSMNYD) here: www.mediaplaynews.com/predator-bad...

The 4K top 20 for the week ended Feb 21st includes 14 new titles. The #1 is the same as in the overall top 20 while positions 2-5 contain the same titles but in a different order. Full UHD BD chart here: www.mediaplaynews.com/research/top...

Ultra HD Blu-ray US market share in units for the week ended February 21st: 28.8% A whopping 15 new titles in the top 20, of which 10 with a 4K release. Highlights: 💿 #1, Predator: Badlands, sold 38% on UHD BD 💿 #5, Ben Hur, did 99.3% www.mediaplaynews.com

Predator Badlands 4K UltraHD Blu-Ray Limited Edition Steelbook Unboxing youtu.be/azMX1ry7i_Q A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary. @ultrahdbluray.bsky.social @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social #Predator #4k #PhysicalMedia

'We Bury the Dead' gets a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release in Germany: 🔉 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 DTS-HD MA 5.1 💬 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/-/en/We-Bury...

'Arlington Road' gets a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release in Germany: 🔉 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 DTS-HD MA 5.1 💬 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/Arlington-Ro...

'The Mothman Prophecies' gets a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release in Germany: "Die Mothman-Prophezeiungen - Tödliche Visionen" 🔉 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 DTS-HD MA 5.1 💬 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/Die-Mothman-...

'Leaving Las Vegas' 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/Leaving-Vega... 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/Leaving-Las-... 🇫🇷 www.amazon.fr/Leaving-Vega... 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/Leaving-Las-...

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' [1956] gets a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release is Germany: "Die Dämonischen" 🔉 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono 💬 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/-/en/Die-D%C...

My first Radiance Films 4K UltraHD + my first from their Transmission Video Distribution range. The Stunt Man 4K UltraHD Blu-Ray Radiance Films Limited Edition Unboxing youtu.be/fOShu2cLKQ8 #RadianceFilms #4k #UltraHD #BluRay #LimitedEdition @ultrahdbluray.bsky.social @filmsradiance.bsky.social

The airline industry just declared pre-Covid demand benchmarks “ancient history.” They moved on, found new metrics, and stopped apologising. The cinema business would do well to adopt a similar posture. patrickvonsychowski.substack.com/p/the-2019-b... by @patrickvons.bsky.social

Ultra HD Blu-ray US market share in units for the week ended February 14th: 14.1% Two new titles in the overall top 20, - one with 0% 4K sales (because no UHD BD edition): Nuremberg; - one with near 100% 4K sales: Lawrence of Arabia, with 98% UHD BD, 1% BD and 1% DVD.

'Wicked: For Good' stayed at #1 in its 3rd and 4th week of release, selling 46-49% on DVD, 33-34% on BD and 18-20% on UHD BD. Week ended Feb 7th: www.mediaplaynews.com/wicked-for-g... Week ended Feb 14th: www.mediaplaynews.com/wicked-for-g... .

Japanese firm stops production of Blu-ray Disc drives: Buffalo says there will be no successors to its current range of portable [UHD] BD-ROM drives. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component... via @tomshardware.com

Ultra HD Blu-ray US market share in units for the week ended February 7th: 20.6% One new title, with a 4K release. Highlights: 💿 #1 Wicked For Good, sold 18% on UHD BD 💿 #6, Interstellar, did 91% 💿 Keeper, new at #11: 61% mediaplaynews.com/research/top...

2 Jess Franco films starring Christopher Lee - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Mediabook editions: 💿 The Blood of Fu Manchu (Der Todeskuss des Dr. Fu Man Chu) [1968] www.amazon.de/-/en/Todesku... 💿 The Castle of Fu Manchu (Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu) [1969] www.amazon.de/-/en/Die-Fol... 🔉 ? 🗨️ 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷

'West Side Story' [1961] 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Mediabook Edition at Amazon DE: 📺 4K HDR (Dolby Vision, HDR10) 2.20:1 🔉 🇺🇸 DTS-HD MA 5.1 🇩🇪 DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0 Mono 🗨️ 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 www.amazon.de/dp/B0GMKKGW4...

'No Other Choice' (Korean title: 어쩔수가없다) by Park Chan-Wook on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray: 💿 Mediabook Edition: www.amazon.de/-/en/Other-C... 💿 Collector's Edition: www.amazon.de/-/en/Choice-... 🔉 🇰🇷 🇩🇪 🗨️ 🇩🇪