home video
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How Long Will Your Blu-Ray Collection Last?
Physical media is very popular these days. Nostalgia, fandom, and streaming burnout have caused certain segments of American society to switch off their Amazon Prime accounts and fire up their Blu-ray players. One of the many advertised benefits of physical media is that it offers a more permanent, definitive form of media ownership than a…
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This Independent Video Store Is Trying to Recreate Netflix’s DVD-by-Mail Service
Netflix may be done sending people DVDs through the mail, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us have to be satisfied with streaming all our movies. This week, one of the world’s largest independent DVD rental stores in the country announced it’s coming for Netflix’s scraps with its own over-the-mail DVD rental service, and…
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This A$3,400 Short-Throw 4K Laser Projector Is All About the Trade-Offs
Until this whole pandemic thing is officially over, going to the movies will never be completely safe, so it’s as good a time as any to upgrade your home theatre. Projectors are cheaper and more capable than ever, but there are some tough decisions to make, as XGIMI’s new Aura short-throw laser projector demonstrates. You’ll…
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This All-in-One 4K Projector Is the Easiest Way to Build a Home Movie Theatre
I’ve never been a fan of projectors for home use. To me they’ve always been too hot, too noisy, require separate speakers, and expensive if you want enough brightness to be viewable before sunset. But after watching Black Widow on a 3.66 m screen in 4K HDR in the comfort of my family room, the…