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Imprint’s February slate, plus new Walmart 4K Steelbooks, Paramount’s Beverly Hills Cop III 4K, The Case of the Bloody Iris 4K & more
Evening, folks!
Next week is going to be another big one here at The Digital Bits, as all three of the new James Cameron catalog titles—Aliens, The Abyss, And True Lies—drop in 4K Digital on Tuesday. And it’s very possible that they could start appearing on Digital services sooner, especially if you already own HD Digital copies (iTunes/AppleTV sometimes upgrades the files to 4K a little early). So I’ll be back on Tuesday to review them from an A/V standpoint, in anticipation of the disc releases arriving in March. And I’ll have more restoration details from Lightstorm as well, so be sure to check back next week.
In the meantime, we have a little big more announcement news today...
Imprint has just unveiled their February 2024 Blu-ray slate. They include Ingmar Bergman’s Face to Face (1976), Peter Yates’ The Dresser (1983), Bob Rafelson’s Mountains of the Moon (1990), Diane Kurys’ A Man in Love (1987), Gabriele Salvatores’ I’m Not Scared (2003), and Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven (1997). Face to Face, Mountains of the Moon, and I’m Not Scared are all arriving on Blu-ray for the first time. All of these titles are limited to 1500 copies. Street date is 2/28/24 and you can pre-order them here on the Imprint webstore.
Kino Lorber Studio Classics has set Pat Rocco’s Drifter (1974) for Blu-ray release on 2/20/24 as the next title (#6) in its new Kino Cult label.
It looks very much like Paramount Home Entertainment will be releasing John Landis’ Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and a new Beverly Hills Cop 3-Movie Collection in 4K Ultra HD on 2/20 as well. [Read on here...]
- James Cameron
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- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Imprint February 2024 slate
- Walmart 4K Steelbooks
- Beverly Hills Cop III 4K
- John Landis
- Celluloid Dreams
- The Case of the Bloody Iris 4K
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Face to Face BD
- The Dresser BD
- Mountains of the Moon BD
- A Man in Love BD
- I'm Not Scared BD
- Drifter (1974) BD
- Pat Rocco
- Kino Cult
- Beverly Hills Cop 3 Movie Collection 4K
- Dragonheart 4K
- The Magnificent Seven 4K
- Platoon 4K
- Silent Night (2023) 4K
- John Woo
- Lionsgate
- Shout! Factory
- The First Slam Dunk (2022)
- Toei Video
- Takehiko Inoue
- Adam J Yeend
- AFrame
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture The Director's Edition 4K
- David C Fein
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One, eXistenZ 4K & more news and reviews, plus Norman Lear (1922-2023)
We’ve got more new disc reviews from The Bits’ team for you this evening...
They start with Stephen’s look at Richard Lester’s Juggernaut (1974) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis has offered his thoughts on Tod Browning’s The Devil Doll (1936) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, along with Jagoda Szelc’s Tower. A Bright Day. and Monument (2018) on Blu-ray from Yellow Veil Pictures via Vinegar Syndrome.
And Stuart has checked in with a look at Dušan Vukotić’s Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile via Vinegar Syndrome, as well as Imprint’s excellent Directed by Sidney J. Furie Blu-ray box set, which includes The Lawyer, Little Fauss and Big Halsy (both 1970), Hit! (1973), Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975), and The Boys in Company C (1978).
As always, more reviews are forthcoming, so be sure to stay tuned for them.
Speaking of reviews... I had the chance this week to talk directly with Lightstorm about the remastering work done for James Cameron’s Titanic on 4K Ultra HD, a disc which should now be in all your of hands. If that’s the case, you’ll know for yourselves that the film looks and sounds fantastic. When I reviewed the title here at The Bits last week, I promised that I would soon be updating that review with details on exactly how the film was remastered for UHD release. And indeed, I’ll be doing exactly that here at the site tomorrow afternoon. But if you subscribe to The Digital Bits’ new Patreon, you can read those details right now. And hey—it’s a great way to help us in our work here at the website if you believe, as we do, in supporting cause of physical media. [Read on here...]
- Blue Underground
- Severin Films
- Nightmare 4K
- Bad Biology 4K
- Jess Franco
- Night of the Blood Monster 4K
- The Persian Version
- Dumb Money
- Witness for the Prosecution
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) 4K
- Lars von Trier
- Mubi
- The Kingdom Trilogy BD
- The Princess Bride
- Vinegar Syndrome
- The Prophecy Trilogy 4K
- DARYL 4K
- DC
- Warner Archive Collection
- Monument BD review
- Tower A Bright Day BD review
- Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy BD review
- Directed by Sidney J Furie BD review
- Dennis Seuling
- The Devil Doll BD review
- Juggernaut BD review
- Good Times
- The Jeffersons
- All in the Family
- Norman Lear RIP
- eXistenZ 4K
- David Cronenberg
- Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
- Stephen Bjork
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K review
We’ve got big new disc reviews, plus Killers of the Flower Moon, Darkman & more Shout/Scream February titles & Daniel Langlois RIP
Afternoon, Bits readers! It’s been a few days since we’ve done a major news update here on the site, and the reason is that we’ve been very focused on completing new disc reviews for you guys. This is the time of year when all of the big fourth quarter titles start arriving for review, and we’re right in the thick of it now. So today we’re pleased to offer you...
My reviews of James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), along with The Mandalorian: The Complete First Season (2019) and The Mandalorian: The Complete Second Season (2020), all in 4K Ultra HD from Lucasfilm via Disney, as well as my review of James Cameron’s Titanic: 25th Anniversary Limited Edition in 4K Ultra HD from Paramount.
We also have Stephen’s reviews of WandaVision: The Complete Series (2021) in 4K Ultra HD from Marvel via Disney, as well as Tommy Wirkola’s Violent Night (2022) in 4K UHD via Universal, and Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery (1978) on Blu-ray from MGM via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Stuart has weighed in on Henry Decoin’s Strangers in the House (1942) on Blu-ray from Gaumont via Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Rest assured, we have many more new disc reviews on the way as well, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- Scream Factory
- Darkman 4K
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
- Stephen Bjork
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 4K review
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K review
- James Mangold
- The Mandalorian: The Complete First Season 4K review
- The Mandalorian: The Complete Second Season 4K review
- Star Wars
- Lucasfilm
- Disney
- WandaVision: The Complete Series 4K review
- Marvel
- Disney+
- Violent Night 4K
- The Great Train Robbery (1978) BD review
- Strangers in the House (1942) BD review
- Gaumont
- Martin Scorsese
- Killers of the Flower Moon Digital streaming
- Father Knows Best DVD
- The Terminal Man BD
- Into the Abyss DVD
- The Canterville Ghost DVD
- Willy's Wonderland 4K
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny BD
- Discovery
- Sony PlayStation Store removes Digital content
- Daniel Langlois RIP
- The Abyss
- Softimage software
- Jurassic Park
Oppenheimer 4K sell-out update: More product is being replicated by Universal
Afternoon folks! I just wanted to chime in here quickly this afternoon with a couple of quick updates.
I’m currently working on my 4K Ultra HD reviews of James Cameron’s Titanic and James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, so I’ll be busy for the rest of the day on those.
In the meantime, we have three more new disc reviews for you all to enjoy this afternoon...
Tim has reviewed Roger Vadim’s Barbarella (1968) in 4K Ultra HD from the good people of Arrow Video.
Stephen has offered his thoughts on Stelvio Massi’s giallo Five Women for the Killer (1974) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.
And Dennis has turned in his take on Larry Yang’s Ride On (2023), a Jackie Chan actioner on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment. [Read on here...]
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- Christopher Nolan
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
- Barbarella 4K review
- Arrow Video
- Five Women for the Killer BD review
- Ride On BD review
- Jackie Chan
- Stephen Bjork
- Best Buy Avatar 4K Steelbook
- Oppenheimer 4K sellout update
Oppenheimer, Titanic, The Exorcist: Believer, Scarlet Street, Shane, Netflix’s Wednesday, Darkman & much more!
This is going to be a big week in terms of new disc reviews! Just today we’ve got...
My take on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Universal, which in my opinion is the A/V demo disc of the year, not to mention a terrific special edition release. Unfortunately, it’s selling out everywhere, but we strongly suspect that Universal is already replicating more copies (and we’ve asked for official confirmation of that, which we’ll share here as soon as we hear back).
Tim’s reviews of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (2023) in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros and Jeannot Szwarc’s Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) in 4K UHD from StudioCanal in the UK.
Stuart’s look at the Audie Murphy Collection III box set from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, which includes Hell Bent for Leather (1960), Posse from Hell (1961), and Showdown (1963) on Blu-ray.
And Dennis’ thoughts on Brad Watson’s The Siege (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment, as well as Harry Beaumont’s Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.
I’m also hard at work on my 4K review of James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) from Paramount and we have several more Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews cooking at the moment. I would expect James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to show up at any time for review in 4K as well. So be sure to keep your eyes peeled for them. [Read on here...]
- James Cameron
- Titanic 4K
- Monk: The Complete Third Season BD
- Christopher Nolan
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- Tim Salmons
- Dennis Seuling
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Oppenheimer 4K review
- The Exorcist: Believer 4K
- Scarlet Street 4K
- Shane 4K
- Netflix
- Wednesday
- Darkman 4K
- Scream Factory
- Shout! Factory
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Blumhouse
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Barbie 4K review
- Santa Claus: The Movie 4K review
- Audie Murphy Collection III BD review
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- The Siege BD review
- Dance Fools Dance BD review
- Daisy Miller BD
- Underworld BD
- Blood on the Sun BD
- He Walked by Night BD
- Joysticks BD
- MVD Rewind Collection
- Wednesday: The Complete First Season BD
- Lionsgate
- The Marsh King's Daughter BD
- Powerhouse Films
- Indicator
- Jinnah
- Impossible Object
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women
- Second Sight UK
- Mean Streets 4K
- Inside BD
- High Tension 4K
The Fugitive 4K reviewed, plus Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Boogens, Planet Earth III, a Cameron 4K pre-order update, Corman’s The Devil’s Partner & more!
Evening, folks! Sorry about the lack of an update yesterday, but I was A) busy working on several new disc reviews, and B) roped into doing the Thanksgiving grocery shopping here. And you know how that goes: It’s a zoo out there!
But as a result of our work, we’ve got no less than five new disc reviews for you to enjoy today...
First, Tim has taken a look at Brett Ratner’s The Silence of the Lambs prequel Red Dragon (2002), which is new on 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis has offered his take on William Kaufman and Johnny Strong’s Warhorse One (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Entertainment.
Stephen has delivered a look at Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023) on Blu-ray from Universal, as well as Béla Ternovszky’s animated Cat City (1986) on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile and Vinegar Syndrome.
And I’ve posted my thoughts on Andrew Davis’ The Fugitive (1993) which just arrived today in a terrific new 4K Ultra HD release from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, mastered from a new 8K scan of the original camera negative no less!
I’m also working on a review of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023) in 4K for posting very soon. The title streets today, but I’m still waiting on my review copy from Universal, which should be here in the next couple days. (FedEx is a little slow, what with the holiday week and all.) My review of the film itself is already complete, and as soon as the disc arrives I’ll dive right in and get the review posted ASAP. So be sure to watch for it. [Read on here...]
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Dennis Seuling
- Tim Salmons
- Stephen Bjork
- Red Dragon 4K review
- Warhorse One BD review
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- Asteroid City BD review
- Wes Anderson
- The Fugitive 4K review
- Andrew Davis
- Cat City BD review
- Vinegar Syndrome
- Business Insider
- Adam Yeend
- Palmer Haasch
- physical media
- Christopher Nolan
- Guillermo del Toro
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4K
- The Boogens 4K
- Alaska Seas
- The Lincoln Conspiracy
- Monk: The Complete Third Season BD
- Planet Earth III 4K
- BBC
- David Attenborough
- Film Masters
- Roger Corman
- The Devil's Partner BD
- Creature from the Haunted Sea BD
- Avatar: Collector's Edition 4K
- Avatar: The Way of Water Collector's Edition 4K
- Titanic 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- James Cameron
- The Conan Chronicles 4K
Criterion’s February slate includes McCabe & Mrs. Miller in 4K, plus Columbia Pictures’ 100th, Christopher Nolan, The Raid: Redemption & more
Whew! Yesterday was a big day, was it not? I was up all night prior to the announcement, formatting the post for 7 AM Pacific release, and man was it ever good to finally share that! I’ve been sitting on some of that information for months, so I’m very glad to finally be able to speak about it openly. And after thirteen years, it’s damn good to finally confirm that those James Cameron titles are indeed coming to 4K and Blu-ray at long last.
We have more new disc reviews to share today here at The Bits, and there’s more release news today as well. But first, I wanted to let you all know that I’ve just done a new blog post over on Patreon: My Two Cents on the New Abyss Trailer, and the Subject of DNR and Film Grain. It’s based on an impromptu Q&A thread I was involved in over on Twitter/X this morning, but with some added detail that will definitely be of interest to fans of these James Cameron films in remastered 4K. So if you’re a backer of The Bits’ new Patreon—and if you’re not, you should be, as we really need and appreciate the support!—I think you’ll certainly enjoy that. But for the rest of you, rest assured: Much of the substance of that post will be shared here on The Bits website when we review The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, and Titanic in 4K, first on Digital in a few weeks and then in a few months on actual 4K UHD disc.
Now then, speaking of reviews... Stephen has posted his thoughts on Roger Spottiswoode’s The Best of Times (1986) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Dennis has reviewed Éric Gravel’s Full Time (2021) on Blu-ray from Music Box Films and Vinegar Syndrome, as well as Jared Moshe’s Aporia (2023) on Blu-ray from Well Go USA.
Stuart has weighed in with his take on Roy Del Ruth’s Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, along with Jules Dassin’s Uptight (1968) on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
And for you Peckinpah fans, Tim has shared his in-depth look at Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), also on Blu-ray from Imprint Films.
As always, more new disc reviews are on the way for tomorrow and all next week, so be sure to watch for them. [Read on here...]
- James Cameron
- Titanic 4K preorders in the UK
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Back the Bits
- Criterion's February 2024 slate
- The Abyss 4K
- Titanic 4K
- Aliens 4K
- True Lies 4K
- Stephen Bjork
- Dennis Seuling
- Stuart Galbraith IV
- Tim Salmons
- The Best of Times BD review
- Aporia BD review
- Full Time BD review
- Du Barry Was a Lady BD review
- Warner Archive Collection
- Uptight BD review
- Imprint Films
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia BD review
- Sam Peckinpah
- McCabe & Mrs Miller 4K
- Tales of the Four Seasons BD
- The Heroic Trio 4K
- Executioners 4K
- Nothing but a Man BD
- The Roaring Twenties 4K
- Columbia Pictures 100th anniversary
- Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection
- Christopher Nolan
- Oppenheimer 4K
- Varsity Blues 4K
- Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie
- The Raid: Redemption 4K
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
IT’S OFFICIAL: Disney & Lightstorm announce The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens & MORE for 4K Ultra HD!
All right, Digital Bits readers...
Having reported on the long and twisted saga of The Abyss and True Lies on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD for over thirteen years now—and having first broken news of this release all the way back in March—it gives me enormous pleasure to be able to share this with all of you: The day has come at last!
Not only are The Abyss and True Lies finally coming to 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, so too are Aliens, the recently-announced Titanic, and new versions of both Avatar (with all three versions of the film) and Avatar: The Way of Water!
Here’s the full text of Disney and Lightstorm’s official press release today…
SIX ICONIC JAMES CAMERON FILMS INCLUDING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON 4K UHD™ ALIENS, THE ABYSS AND TRUE LIES!
IN ADDITION, SPECIAL COLLECTOR EDITIONS FOR TITANIC, AVATAR AND AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER WITH:
BURBANK, CA. (November 15, 2023) – A piece of cinema history comes home this year when six box-office juggernauts from Oscar®-winning director James Cameron are released. The six titles—The Abyss, True Lies, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water—will be made available in 4K Digital and 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray.
Cameron, who has helmed three of the five highest grossing movies of all time, says “There’s a world of emotions in revisiting these films and I hope we’ve captured some of that in the new bonus materials we created for our fans.”
Oscar®-winning producer Jon Landau added, “We really wanted to deliver the best possible experience at home so viewers could immerse themselves both in the films and the journeys we went through to make them.”
The 4K transfer for each release will be presented in superb Dolby Vision HDR and with an immersive Atmos audio mix. Additionally, most of the releases will arrive with several hours of captivating all-new bonus features. From the eight hours of Avatar: The Way of Water bonus including all-new deleted scenes to the five hours of new and legacy Titanic extras, fans will delight in the numerous hours of never-before-seen materials. [Read on here...]
- Avatar: The Way of Water 4K
- Avatar: Special Edition 4K
- True Lies 4K
- The Abyss 4K
- Aliens 4K
- Lightstorm
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Titanic 4K
- James Cameron
We have an exclusive Young Guns 4K review, plus Last Castle 4K, pre-orders for Creator & Titanic (UK), The Abyss: SE is coming to theaters on 12/6 & more!
Good afternoon, Bits readers and welcome to a new week! If all goes well, it’s shaping up to be a pretty exciting one—but more on that soon.
First up today, we’ve got an exclusive early 4K Ultra HD review for you: I’ve just taken an in-depth look at Christopher Cain’s fan-favorite western Young Guns (1988) in a long-awaited new Ultra HD release from our friends over at Lionsgate! The A/V quality is excellent, the disc includes original theatrical stereo and a great new Atmos mix, legacy extras carry over (including the commentary, a historical featurette, and trailers), and there’s a terrific new doc as well called How the West Was Wild: Making Young Guns. It’s a fine release that fans of the film should really love.
Now then, our friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics have announced that Rod Lurie’s The Last Castle (2001) is “coming soon” to 4K Ultra HD.
Also newly revealed for Blu-ray from KLSC are Ted Kotcheff’s Split Image (1962), Joseph Sargent’s To Hell with Heroes (1968), Norman Panama’s The Road to Hong Kong (1962), and Douglas Sirk’s Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) on 1/9, followed by Andrew V. McLaglen’s The Devil’s Brigade (1968) on 1/16. And coming soon is Mitchell Leisen’s No Man of Her Own (1950). [Read on here...]
- To Hell with Heroes
- The Road to Hong Kong
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal
- Back the Bits
- Support The Digital Bits via Patreon
- Bluray
- My Two Cents
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- 4K Ultra HD
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Kino Lorber Studio Classics
- Titanic 4K
- Young Guns 4K exclusive review
- Lionsgate
- Christopher Cain
- The Last Castle 4K
- The Creator 4K preorders
- Gareth Edwards
- Titanic 4K preorders in the UK
- James Cameron
- The Abyss: SE is coming to theaters in 4K
- Split Image
- The Devil's Brigade
- No Man of Her Own
- Turbine Media
- Knight Rider BD Special Edition
- Watch Bill on The Screening Room AV webcast
- Steve Crabb
- John Schuermann
- Kris Deering
A Digital Bits Editorial: Hollywood Can Reap the Rewards of Physical Media Again, But Only If…
I’ve been thinking a lot, in recent days, about the future of physical media.
Frankly, I can’t recall a time in this industry that’s offered greater cognitive dissonance than this past week, which began with the news that Best Buy is exiting the disc business—and saw a Digital Bits headline on the subject appear in Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show monologue—but ended not only with the release of Barbie and The Exorcist in 4K, but also with the Ultra HD announcement of Titanic, The Color Purple, and Oppenheimer, to say nothing of the revelation (by Kino Lorber Studio Classics) that Stanley Kubrick’s earliest films are coming to the format!
What’s the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities again? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.” Charlies Dickens was nothing if not a visionary.
This coming December, I’ll mark my twenty-sixth year as editor of The Digital Bits, and my thirty-fifth as a working professional in the business of media more generally. For most of that time, I’ve had a front row seat from which to view the ebbs and flows of the disc business—both its public-facing portion, as well a singularly-unique insider’s perspective. I launched The Bits website in 1997, at the height of LaserDisc and the dawn of DVD, to create a nexus between fans of these formats and the industry professionals who create them.
Soon afterwards, I gave the world its first look at Circuit City’s pay-per-view DIVX format, then led the crusade against it. I co-led a campaign that convinced George Lucas to begin releasing his beloved Star Wars films on DVD. I reported from the trenches on—and correctly predicted the outcome of—the high-definition format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD. And I’ve covered every minute of the Golden Age of Physical Media, the rise and stumbles of Digital and streaming, and the continuing adventures of our favorite little format that could… 4K Ultra HD. [Read on here...]
- Lionsgate
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- The Warner Archive Collection
- James Cameron
- 4K Ultra HD
- Bill Hunt
- The Digital Bits
- My Two Cents
- Bluray
- Support The Bits
- Titanic 4K
- Warner Bros Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Support Physical Media!