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In this age of streaming movies online and Blu-ray Discs, immigrants’ nostalgia and frugality, among other factors, combine to make sure that the bulky VHS cassette endures.

Retailers are throwing in extras such as free delivery and installation, offers to pay the sales tax and complimentary Blu-ray players and 3-D glasses to attract customers. Whether the New England Patriots or the New York Giants win the Super Bowl this weekend, television buyers will be the ones scoring big.

Netflix is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services because it would make them more difficult to use.

Expect deleted and tweaked scenes, a CGI Yoda, and just maybe, a peek at the infamous "Holiday Special."

The news about the details on the 'Star Wars' Blu-ray set this fall managed to crash a brand-new site this morning, but we've got the information for you.

Blu-ray is emerging as a holiday hero for Hollywood as the film industry grapples with the rise of digital video and a persistent slump in DVD sales.

That sound you might have heard Saturday afternoon? It was the collective groan of Star Wars fanboys and fanboys when they (and we) learned at the Star Wars Celebration V (via IGN) that the Star Wars trilogies are coming to Blu-Ray next fall (as in 2011, not 2010) . Sounds like good, if not great, news right? True to form, George Lucas plans to release both trilogies as part of one set (meaning you can't buy them separately or by trilogy) and you won't be able to choose between the theatrical versions and the remastered versions (you'll get the latter, but not the former).

"Avatar" remained the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc for a third consecutive week.

"Avatar" is maintaining its popularity in the move from box office to home video, with sales of 6.7 million DVDs and Blu-ray disks in the first four days....

This is a continuance to a trend to allow hi-definition video content to be streamed from a hard drive.