Twilight Mama

Chris McGinn posted a blog on Digital Landing! Read about the great deals on Twilight DVDs.

I can’t let the weekend pass without commenting on the cultural phenomenon that is Twilight. I know I’m not the only Twilight Mom out there.

To be honest, it’s been a while since I have purchased a DVD. I typically prefer downloading to my Tivo via Amazon Unbox. However, I just had to have the three-disc set from Target.

Now buyers have so many options–one disc, two disc, blu-ray, HD, download.

Target scored with the three-disc bonus and they let buyers have a free download of the movie from iTunes.

Amazon kept their pre-order customers happy by offering a free digital download so you didn’t have to wait for delivery on Monday since the movie came out on Saturday (12:01 a.m.)

How did you get your Twilight fix?

Two for One

Jessie Atkin posted a blog on Digital Landing. Read about the new DVD disk that has Blu Ray and regular DVD data all in one disk.

Infinity Storage Media has unveiled the first DVD Blu Ray hybrid disk.

The disk is single sided but provides both DVD and Blu Ray data (basically the disk can play in both a Blu Ray player and as a standard DVD). This is especially convenient since most of us already own DVD players and I don’t know that I’m ready to give mine up. Lets be honest some of us are waiting for Blu Ray prices to drop before we invest, but wouldn’t it be nice to build up a library in advance? More importantly it makes traveling easier since, even if you already own a Blu Ray player, Blu Ray does not yet have a portable device like DVDs nor do laptops support Blu Ray disks (but they do support DVDs).

Infinity it the first company to actually bring such an idea into production, and it certainly can’t hurt home movie popularity.

To Blu-Ray or not to Blu-Ray

Chris McGinn posted a blog up on Digital Landing. Learn about Blu-Ray and the impact it's having on our DVD buying today.

I love the latest technology trends, but my budget is usually a few years behind. Case in point–Blu-ray. I would love to buy one this holiday, but I know the price will go down. Currently they run about $300+ although some makers already dip into the $200s.

One of my earliest money memories is of my parents buying their first VCR. It was about 1985 and it cost $700. It was fancy. It had stereo sound and special features for the nascent technology. Now, of course you can get a VCR for about $30.

Blu-ray, however, is smart. It has already beaten out its competitor HD DVD to be the next generation format of choice. Sony, who lost the Beta vs. VHS war, made its stand with Blu-ray and won out.

New movies are being released in Blu-Ray format and my neighborhood video store has an ever-growing wall of Blu-ray discs. Also, unlike DVD players vs. VHS, the new Blu-rays can play my current library of DVDs.

Now the real question in my family is do I invest in Disney Blu-Ray DVDs like the new release Sleeping Beauty or stick to the traditional DVDs. I know I am going to have them for years to come, and I really don’t want to have to replace them all a few years down the road.

I guess I may be checking out those Blu-rays sooner than I thought.