Home Media Magazine - October 7-13, 2007 - (Page 9) www.homemediamagazine.com MENU FROM THE EDITOR BY STEPHANIE PRANGE, EDITOR IN CHIEF www.homemediamagazine.com More Reasons to Like the Disc report from the Georgia Tech Information Security Cen- cal mass merchant? Now if it’s a very rare title that my local Tarter summit found that hackers are trying a new scheme get, Wal-Mart or Borders doesn’t have, I may go to the trouble of to deliver viruses: piggybacking them on digital video burning my own disc. But for the top hits and well-known clasfiles. sics that make up the majority of my library, buying them from It made me chuckle because it’s just one more reason to em- a retailer beats going online and struggling to burn my own DVD brace the disc for movies. every time. I don’t have to buy a blank DVD. I I know. I know. The future is in download- WHY WOULD I DOWNLOAD A don’t have to spend the time to download, and ing the films you want without the bother of FILE FROM THE WEB ONLY TO I don’t have to buy a DVD burner. packaged media. Entertainment will some BURN IT TO A DVD, BASICALLY Nevertheless, it’s a testament to the popuday exist only in a virtual world. RE-CREATING (WITH MUCH larity of owning a physical product that SonBut it’s not just viruses that might hinder the MORE EFFORT ON MY PART) ic, CinemaNow and others have hailed the abandonment of the disc. Even digital-delivery WHAT I CAN USUALLY BUY AT DVD Copy Control Association’s decision. companies have acknowledged the disc’s ap- THE LOCAL MASS MERCHANT? They, too, have found that when it comes peal. right down to it, folks like to know they own A case in point is Sonic’s recent push for its Qflix program, something by holding it in their hand. which takes advantage of the DVD Copy Control Association’s Discs can incur damage, of course. Who hasn’t lost a few to a recent decision to allow burning of legal files to DVDs that can scratch you just can’t seem to wipe away. But, all in all, discs are be played in any player. a pretty good way to store movies. They don’t harbor viruses. You This has been puzzling to me ever since the media went can’t lose your entire collection with the crash of a hard drive. ga ga over the story last month. Why would I download a file And you’ve got something to hold that shows you own the film. from the Web only to burn it to a DVD, basically re-creating (with much more effort on my part) what I can usually buy at the lo- Stephanie Prange’s e-mail address is sprange@questex.com PUBLISHER & EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Thomas K. Arnold EDITOR IN CHIEF Stephanie Prange EDITORIAL Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelique Flores Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Sarah Joy Obaña >> E LE C T R O N I C D E LI V E RY A panel says hackers can inflict computer viruses through downloaded video; Pioneer and Sonic join for a licensing program to burn DVDs. double feature, Planet Terror, hold up on DVD? Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Senior reporter Chris Tribbey talks promotional offers for high-def — and the failure to deliver on them. I TV DVD AWARDS Home Media Magazine presents the fourth annual TV DVD Awards. The best TV DVD releases of the past year, as selected by a national consumer vote, will be honored in 16 categories, including best series by decade, best complete-series set and best children’s series. Nov. 12 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles info: tvdvd.dvdconferences.com BUSINESS QUESTEX MEDIA GROUP INC. President & CEO: Kerry C. Gumas; Executive Vice President & CFO: Tom Caridi; Executive Vice President: Robert S. 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For those not registered with the CCC, send permission request in writing to questexpermissions@reprintbuyer.com or call 800-494-9051 ext. 100. Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 “Route 66” Hollywood starlets make headlines — and plenty of DVDs; Fox and MGM ready another slate of holiday gift sets; Vivendi unleashes Cougar Club. I HIGH-DEF 2.0 Home Media Magazine presents High-Def 2.0, a one-day event that will serve as a preview of what’s in store for the high-definition disc market in 2008. Coming just weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show, the event will provide a sneak peek of studio announcements expected to be made at CES, along with an overview of plans for the coming year. Dec. 4 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles info: www.homemediaconferences.com TV DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 “Route 66” and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” journey to DVD. Universal bears a No. 1 on the DVD sales and rental charts with Knocked Up. Printed in the U.S.A. Cine Mercado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 filming El Cantante, starring Jennifer Lopez. Top 20 DVD Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Director Leon Ichaso discusses the complexities of Top 20 Rentals and Top 10 Charts . . . . . . . . . 34 Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 How does Robert Rodriguez’s half of the Grindhouse Just Announced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sony Pictures announces summer comedy hit Superbad on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. October 7–13, 2007 Home Media Magazine http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.latinofilm.org http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://tvdvd.dvdconferences.com http://www.homemediaconferences.com
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