&#39;Passion&#39; DVD Release Gets Off to Brisk Start
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DVD copies of Mel Gibson&#39;s unlikely blockbuster &quot;The Passion of the Christ&quot; went on sale on Tuesday as distributor Fox Home Entertainment reported initial shipments
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Toshiba claimed yesterday to have developed the first DVD that is capable of playing both conventional and high-definition content, in the latest move in the race for the next generation of optical discs.
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The two movie disc formats that are competing to replace the DVD have had a rocky start, with clunky first-generation players and an audience that's been reluctant to buy them for fear of betting on the losing side.
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More than four million DVDs of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ are sold on the first day of release in the US.
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PC Magazine - While there's no clear winner in the battle between HD DVD and Blu-Ray, Thursday's introduction of the first set-top Blu-ray recorder from Sharp makes the fight a little more even.
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The Metropolitan Opera is getting back into the DVD business.
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Proof finally has come  that DVD has, in fact, entered the mature phase.
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LOS ANGELES  - Two feature-length DVDs on the Who will reach stores on November 6, one targeted at mainstream fans of the British rock veterans and the other at die-hard aficionados.
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With little promotion, the Passion of the Christ DVD sold 4.1 million copies in its first day, its distributors said. That adds to its impressive box office numbers, and makes Mel Gibson an even richer man.
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Director Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill-Vol. 2" sliced its way to the top of the home video charts last week.
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Mel Gibson&#39;s The Passion of the Christ sold a whopping 2.4 million copies on DVD and VHS within its first few hours on store shelves, according to Fox Home Entertainment.
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"Pirates of the  Caribbean: At World's End" topped the DVD sales chart during  its first week in stores, while "Superbad" debuted at No. 2,  according to Nielsen VideoScan sales data issued Wednesday.
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Here&#39;s one way to appeal to one  segment of the youthful male market so beloved by film  producers -- package your DVD with its own &quot;barf bag.&quot;
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Let the format wars begin ... again. As if Beta versus VHS wasn&#39;t bad enough, and if you just couldn&#39;t get enough of DVD versus Circuit City&#39;s DivX format, you&#39;re sure to love HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray.
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Shades of VHS versus Betamax: The war over the next-generation DVD format was launched Monday. Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal studios, as well as minimajor New Line Cinema
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True, Monday&#39;s thunderbolt from Tinseltown may not be enough to settle the DVD format war. But in a synchronized cluster bomb of press releases, the powerful content producers have sent a clear message to