Best DVDs/BDs on Sale for Black Friday and Christmas Gifts

Are you still not sure about what Christmas gifts to get for your families and friends? As the Black Friday is coming, there are many goods on sale online. How about picking up some inexpensive yet awesome presents there? Well, some DVD movies would be one nice optional choice. Let’s check out the Black Friday shopping!

Where can you get best DVD movies on sale? I think you can always find news about discount from Black Friday.com , Wlmart.com, and  Amazon.com, Blu-ray.com and many deals websites also provide best buy.

Movies Viewing: DVD/BD or Online Streaming?

How many movies do you averagely watch in a month? And how do you watch them: DVD, Blu-ray or online streaming?

Before that, let’s check out some figures from comScore (comScore is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics.): 18.1 million American internet users viewed 37 billion movies for April, 2012, which suggests that 84.5 percent American internet users spent about 21.8 hours on online movies each person per month. Among the online streaming websites, YouTube top the list of viewers’ number.

Well, these figures is not surprising to me as I seldom purchase physical disks like DVDs or Blu-rays for movies unless for my favorite collector’s edition (e.g. E.T., Titanic, etc.). I always choose watch the latest movies online, regarding it as the most convenient one for me.

According to a new research from Mintel (Mintel Group Ltd is a privately owned, London-based market research firm.), digital download, subscription streaming and video-on-demand sales of movies will rocket tenfold from 2007 to 2017. The fact is that figures during the period of 2007 to 2012 have already quadrupled from $1.3 billion to 5.5 billion.

As physical disks such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays are dropping, they still remain as the major forms of movie viewing- movie rental. Steaming services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video are gaining in popularity these days. At the same time, an increasing number of people prefer Video on Demand.

Undoubtedly, there are still large numbers of DVD lovers who cherish the nostalgic feelings, the physical belonging knot, and the background extras, as well as sharing goods with others. But in the mainstream, the general trend is leading to the leaving of traditional physical media, maybe not in 5 years, as Mintel indicated.

So, how about you? Do you watch through DVDs, Video on Demand, or streaming online? Well, personally, I’d rather a single clicking for my movie viewing online, probably YouTube, Hulu, Dailymotion, Yahoo or Vevo. Besides, I can always download them for later viewing. 

E.T. 's Back Home: One-night Only in Theaters and the First-time on Blu-ray in October

Do you still remember the little boy and his younger sister as well as the “unhandsome alien” in E.T.-Steven Spielberg’s movie “The Extra-Terrestrial”? Well, the previously-announced 30th Anniversary earlier this year is soon coming, which means E.T. would finally come to BD version, all the years after released in DVD by the year of 2002. And before that, exciting news for E.T. fans, this classic will hit the theaters once more for one night only! The dates go to October 3rd and 9th respectively.

E.T. the abbreviation for the Extra-Terrestrial is a movie made in 1982, older than many of us. As an Academy Award-winning director winning movie and Nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1982, it is generally regarded as Steven Spielberg’s magic adventure for children.

The soon-coming first-ever BD version for E.T. is greatly improved in quality as in 6 times the resolution of DVD, and with 7.1 surround sound. The Anniversary edition Blu-ray combo pack includes the 1982 theatrical movie, an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg (in which he will talk about his view of E.T.), Ultra Violet, a DVD and a Digital Copy. The included “The E.T. Journals” reveals an hour of unprecedented footage from the set of the movie-the behind-the scenes footage. Besides, you will get the original theatrical trailer and witness the two deleted scenes from 2002 version of the film. Well, there are even more to expect for!

TCM Presents ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ 30th Anniversary Event” will take place Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. local time, with special matinee screenings in select theaters at 2:00 p.m. local time.(quoted)

 

As the most successful blockbuster of its age, E.T. still remains in the 9th place in American's movies with Avatar and Titanic lead the list.

E.T. , welcome home!