Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. A film about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone escaping a maximum-security prison together is either going to be something you want to see or it isn’t. Escape Plan slid under the radar last fall and seemed like the icing on a particularly bad year for the indestructible duo following their …
Perhaps the greatest thing about Ron Howard’s superb film “Rush” is that he made someone with zero interest in auto racing sit on the edge of his seat in rapt attention.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –Â Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten Movies on Demand (MOD) titles based on consumer …
Facebook has developed a prototype Blu-ray storage system capable of holding 1 petabyte of data, a move that could revitalise the Blu-ray industry. The social media giant is about to step on toes in the storage market by delivering on a promise it made at last year’s Open Compute Summit to use Blu-ray discs as a replacement for current cold storage systems. The prototype, revealed by Facebook’s …
Two movies that aim directly at women– “That Awkward Moment†and “Labor Day†– are opening this weekend, and that’s no accident. For Hollywood’s movie studios, the Super Bowl is … well, it’s the Super Bowl of counter-programming.
One day, Facebook plans to move data that isn’t accessed all that frequently to so-called “cold†flash storage. Until then, they’re making do with a 10,000 disc Blu-ray changer that can handle a […]
Disney paid big bucks to advertise three movies at last year’s Super Bowl, promoting “Iron Man 3,†“Oz the Great and Powerful†and “Lone Ranger†during the most watched television event of the year. “Lone Ranger†didn’t pan out at the box office the way Disney hoped, but that isn’t scaring the studio from dipping into its wallet again this year.
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If you thought Netflix and iTunes would make optical discs a thing of the past, think again. Facebook has built a storage system from 10,000 Blu-ray discs that holds a petabyte of data and is highly energy-efficient, the company said Tuesday. Facebook said last year that it was exploring Blu-ray for its data-center storage needs, and on Tuesday it showed a prototype system at the Open Compute …