Avatar launch boost blu-ray sales
Supermarkets are opening their doors at midnight and teaching their staff to speak like aliens to mark the release of the 3D sci-fi blockbuster Avatar on Blu-ray.
Supermarkets are opening their doors at midnight and teaching their staff to speak like aliens to mark the release of the 3D sci-fi blockbuster Avatar on Blu-ray.
Avatar, which I got in the mail yesterday, is being packaged in a DVD AND BluRay box, which may explain this story, how it set a new record for BluRay sales (1.5 million copies Thursday).
You must love blue skin more than Batmobiles, because James Cameron’s blockbuster just broke another record. Yesterday’s Blu-ray release of Avatar sold 1.5 million copies, outperforming the previous Blu-ray leader The Dark Knight even though it only featured a 2-D version of the 3-D theatrical film, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
On the annual occasion of honoring our big blue marble, we look to see how technology is having an impact, and what lies ahead.
Panasonic’s DMP-BD85K has great image quality and its 7.1 analog outputs are a nice plus, but it’s slow and less featured than competing models.