Call it the year of smoke and mirrors. By Thomas K. Arnold, The Associated Press Call it the year of smoke and mirrors. When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first ...

A warm welcome to Inside India and the brand new ZDNet Asia Web site. You know a hi-tech gadget has become a commodity the minute you see its price drop, and it begins to sell like potatoes and onions ...

Direct-to-DVD releases are often seen as lower quality than theatrical films, but some still became major successes. These titles connected with fans, offered new stories, or appealed to children and ...

There was a time not that long ago when DVDs were the state-of-the-art means of seeing a home movie. Especially when Blu-ray came along. But that was before streaming became possible. Now, DVDs are ...

Home video is having a moment. Even with Best Buy eliminating its physical media section, titles like “Oppenheimer” and “Clue” (yes, “Clue”) have been selling out across digital retailers, with an ...

Due to a decline in demand for physical media, Best Buy has strategically decided to exit the DVD business. The company will no longer offer DVDs for sale in its stores. The popular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a new year and there are already a host of incredible physical media releases from some of our favorite labels. It really is ...

This past holiday season, Big N’s little white console dominated the competition once again. Largely due to its family-friendly appeal and relatively low price, Nintendo Wii sales haven’t lost ...

Still clinging to that DVD collection? Take a weekend and convert those movies to digital format for phones, tablets, etc. Plus: one of my favorite sci-fi movies on sale for $6, including Blu-ray, DVD ...

In the age of watching video on iPhones and iPads, there’s never been a better reason to turn your favorite movies from DVD into streaming files. Backing up video from DVD protects your movies from ...

After 25 years, Netflix is winding down its business of mailing DVDs to subscribers. Now, maybe that's a no-brainer in this digital age, but not to everybody. Here's NPR's Mandalit del Barco. MANDALIT ...