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I love Netflix as much as the next gal, but it seems these online video rental and streaming services are really knocking a dent in the brick and mortar rental industry. It’s so bad that Blockbuster is fairly positive they won’t be able to stay in business anymore.

Just i thought Blockbuster’s Total Access is on to something with the upcoming video game rentals, apparent something is going away, and if you are a Total Access subscriber, i guarantee you wouldn’t be pleased. I got this email from Blockbuster today with an exciting header that reads “No More Due Dates for free [...]

I’m on the verge of canceling my $34.99 per month Blockbuster Total Access, it’s the most pricey movie rental program on the market, and frankly, I haven’t got the time to watch a single movie from the last couple months. But the company announcement today of a pilot program might changed my mind; coming next [...]

After launching its first on-demand set-top box, which uses 2Wire’s streaming video player to offer instant movie download though TV set; Blockbuster teams up with Sonic Solutions to expand its video library and digital download services though a variety of consumer electronics devices.

The Dark Knight sold 600,000 Blu-ray edition copies on release day, shattering previously held records for high definition disk sales. In all, The Dark Knight sold a total of three million copies, making Blu-ray sales just 20 percent of total sales numbers.
In hopes that the Batman summer blockbuster would generate unprecedented sales, Warner Home Video [...]

Nokia stole much of the limelight this week, with the announcement of the N97 touchscreen QWERTY smartphone.  Set to take the crown as flagship N-series device when it hits the market next year, make sure to check out our video preview.  Meanwhile, after a few relatively quiet weeks, netbooks and their desk-bound nettop cousins seized [...]

Has Blockbuster cut a few too many corners in order to meet its “in time for the holidays” OnDemand release promise?  That’s looking increasingly likely; Dave Zatz, one of the first to receive the 2Wire-made streamer, has been plagued with usability and performance problems, including lagging menus, patchy downloads and poor audio/video synchronization.

Blockbuster’s OnDemand video streaming box was promised before the holidays, and Dave Zatz has just taken delivery of his.  The 2Wire-made streamer offers access to over 2,100 titles, including movies and TV shows; first-impressions suggest it’s a neat, if initially frustrating, option.

Blockbuster have announced their on-demand set-top box, the MediaPoint, using 2Wire’s streaming video player.  The MediaPoint box itself will be offered “free” to anyone who buys the $99 package “25 first-run movies, TV shows, foreign or classic films” in advance; individual titles cost $1.99 each after that.

Although just a rumor before, we can now confirm that Blockbuster will be building a set-top box that can stream movies to your TV in digital format. In fact, if all goes well, we can expect a release date sometime in the holiday season, which is swiftly approaching.