Is the DVD Business Really on Life Support?

Ticket sales at the movie theaters were up last year as Hollywood saw their best year ever earning over $10 Billion. So what does this say for the DVD industry and Blu-ray in particular -- this could spell disaster. As Blu-ray titles are becoming more frequent for new movies, studios are hesitant to put the classics on Blu unless they are certain that the timing is just right. Three series that come to mind that are still not released are Back To The Future, Aliens and Star Wars, all owned by Fox. It is obvious when they are put to Blu they will be tied together in a magnificent and pricey box set.

Blu-ray player pricing is dropping everyday, however, until we see Blu devices as standard issue in the PC market, the studios have their work cut out for themselves. DVD sales dropped by 9% in 2008 to $14.5 billion. Some people do prefer to watch movies at home, particularly because it's cheaper. There is no big deal to download a movie for $5.00 and stop it if you don't like it half way through.

The conversation is not which medium is best but rather how can DVD's revenue increase and transition into a pure Blu market. Studios rely on DVD profits to prolong the life of a title year after year. But with both Blockbuster and Netflix offering streaming movies to compete with on-demand cable services the storefront model will be fading to black quick. Blockbuster announced that 2011 could be the end of the corner store model.

Unless DVD sales start to pick up the studios will have to be more selective on which movies they actually make, as they are no longer guaranteed a long line of revenue to make up for a poor box office take. Technology is overwhelming the DVD marketplace. Flat screens from a year ago are now considered Fat Screens and add computers and 3-D technology to the mix and you find yourself behind the tech curve at the moment your credit card is swiped.

2010 should be an interesting year for Hollywood. Obviously the 3-D model works as a way to increase ticket sales and make movies an experience once again. Only time will tell if Avatar can bring the life back into the DVD market the way it did for Hollywood last year.

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3D and satellite TV - The Next Generation of Sports Entertainment

Sports coverage on television is a national sport was the time elapsed since the invention of the vote first. Originally from baseball and football, all sports eventually made the "tube" formed and are now mass marketed to millions on a daily basis. Almost every day you can control a basketball game or hockey game.

In fact, with channels like ESPN Classic via cable and satellite TV, you can also watch old games from three decades ago. Thus,in case you missed the Super Bowl XXXII Denver Broncos and the loser victory against the Green Bay Packers in 1998, you can experience the action as if it happened yesterday.

Speaking of football, it's almost as if the television is now completely fed this direction. Any true hardcore football fans have season tickets and a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket, so that everyone can see away games as well as to monitor and keep pace with rivals victories and defeats. Thisjust the normal thing to have.

And with the ultimate high definition, every type of game, game, or event is now under the format, transmit crystal clear clarity. Viewers can now see the games as if they were sitting on the sidelines, will be able to see the expression of pride in the face of the pitcher while the pasta is great joy, as the game winning shot just before the strikes 'Summer is the game of basketball. X-Games and extreme sportsEvents have moved to the medium again. Shaun White People watching may be prompted to run a half-pipe actually see the snow reflects the light in the night.

Now, with the recent 3D craze overtaking Hollywood, television broadcasters to think in order of things, 3D programming and channels offer faster than you. Companies are already planning to launch a satellite into specific 3D in March, according to the reports and channels like DiscoveryESPN summer and prepare for the programming on Next to start, with particular focus on the world's most popular sporting event: the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Reports indicate that the first transmission format is a 3D game in the match against Mexico, South Africa.

All the talk about the new phenomenon, 3D, sports watch television, the next step, is never something thought possible. HD has brought people closer to the action, 3Dappear that the viewer is actually. If there is a snowstorm during a ski race, the snow was easy to fly right off the screen, the viewer displays the same way as actual competitors. If a basketball player dives into the crowd to keep the ball in play may seem as if it had exploded off the television. It 'absolutely crazy.

Of course, the actual format of new ways to play movies and events, as well as new requirementsTechnology and updates for TVs. If current trends these days have learned on television at all, is that people like what they see.

So who knows? In the next few years, all programming languages, whether athletic or not, may be broadcast in 3D. These special glasses is more than likely be packaged and sold with a new remote. Unless, of TV technology is so advanced that people do not need. The public can onlywait and see.

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