Amazon.com to Sell More Films in HD DVD
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The company currently offers more than 300 HD DVD titles for sale on its site, and more than 400 that use the competing Blu-ray DVD format championed by Sony.
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Warner Home Video's answer to the rift in the high-definition DVD industry will not arrive in the second half of this year as planned, instead reaching the market in 2008. 10-20 movies will be initially offered using the "Total HD" technology, which includes both HD DVD and Blu-ray on a single disc.
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The digital videostore at Amazon.com is up and running, with features and pricing similar to competing Web sites.  Amazon does have deals worked out with all the major studios except Disney, as well as with MGM and Lions-gate, the Daily Variety reported Friday.
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The new models, capable of storing up to 16 hours of high-definition programmes on a dual-layer, 50GB Blu-ray disc, will go on sale on November 8.
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The UK website of Amazon.com is launching a DVD rental service, the online retailer&#39;s first foray into a market pioneered by US- based Netflix.
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Major movie studious Paramount, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and New Line Cinema all said today that they have adopted the new high definition DVD disc format (HD-DVD), and will begin issuing movie titles in the new format in 2005.
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U.S. video rental chain Blockbuster  Inc.  on Monday said more customers prefer Sony Corp.'s  Blu-ray DVD format to its rival HD DVD, and it will expand its  inventory of the high definition discs to a total of 1,700  stores up from 250.
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Amazon.com  on Thursday  unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movies  and TV shows that can be downloaded to personal computers,  moving it into a nascent and higher-margin business.
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Warner Bros., the only major movie studio to release titles on both of the rival high-definition video disc formats, has decided to drop HD DVD and exclusively back Blu-ray Disc, it said Friday.The move could prove decisive in determining which of the two formats becomes the de facto DVD replacement for high-definition content. Currently, both formats are battling to secure a lead, but neither has managed to obtain a meaningful market share due to consumer indifference as a consequence of the battle. As a result, the market for high-definition movies has seen its growth stunted, and companies like Warner have lost potential sales.Warner said the decision was made in part as a response to this situation.&quot;A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry,&quot; said Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner&#39;s home entertainment group in a statement.The move comes on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off on Monday in Las Vegas, and is sure to light a fire under the HD DVD camp, which is chiefly backed by Toshiba and also includes Paramount, Universal, HBO Video, Microsoft, and Intel. The HD DVD Promotion Group has a previously scheduled news conference on Sunday, and the rival Blu-ray Disc group is scheduled to speak the following day.Companies from both sides of the format battle are expected to show their latest players and talk up their own formats during CES.Last year&#39;s CES saw the unveiling by Warner of a hybrid disc called Total HD. The disc attempted to break the format deadlock by offering one side compatible with HD DVD and the other side compatible with Blu-ray Disc. However, the disc never made it to market, and Warner gave up on the hybrid format later in 2007.
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Amazon.com  on Thursday  unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movie  and television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'  personal computers.
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Amazon.com plans to enter the DVD rental business in a move that will put the online retail giant in direct competition with Netflix.
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Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a  widely anticipated Internet service offering movie and  television shows that can be downloaded onto consumers'  personal computers.
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Defunct format sell-off eBay said today it expects to an increase in listings for HD DVD products following Toshiba's announcement yesterday that it is going to ditch its optical disc format.â¦
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Warner Home Video said on Wednesday  it will release 10 high-definition titles on September 26,  including six in the Blu-ray format and four in the competing  HD-DVD format.
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LONDON - Amazon.co.uk is taking on the crowded UK DVD online rental market with a new offering that will undercut current prices by as much as 30%.
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Amazon.com and iTunes have joined the growing number of online venues selling movie files. USA TODAY's Mike Snider clicks through the latest way to get flicks.
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AMAZON.COM has launched a digital video downloading service, ending months of speculation that the internet books, music and DVD seller would move into online TV and movie sales. Amazon Unbox will offer thousands of TV shows, movies and other videos for $1.99 per episode.