Word: dvds
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Classical-music lovers seem to agree. DVDs aren't yet as big a factor as classical CDs, which themselves represent only 3% of the overall recorded-music market; but allowing for the fact that they are a fraction of a sliver, DVDs are gaining fast and showing great potential. "They've put a jump start in the aspect of the business that needed it," says Christopher Roberts, president of Universal Classics and Jazz International...
...ahead of the previous year's, whereas classical-CD sales in the same period have been more or less flat. With DVD players now in 70 million U.S. households and more and more people hooking up high-quality speakers or surround sound to their entertainment systems, the appeal of DVDs can only grow...
...favorite artists perform." What can be seen has grown more interesting as well. Many of the video releases of 20 or 30 years ago were shot with a single, fixed camera and suffered from grainy images and muddy sound. They were also more expensive than audio recordings. Today's DVDs--often drawn from elaborate television productions and documentaries--offer multiple camera angles, crystalline images and superb sound. And they tend to cost $20 to $40, still somewhat pricier than CDs, but they are getting more competitive all the time...
...recalled as a time of protest, anger, frenetic activity. But movies, always a bit behind the times, were focused back then on inner rebellion, the slouch of regret. It was when anguish got up from the analyst's couch and sidled onto the big screen. You can savor these DVDs for the vicarious angst or for the pleasure of seeing some movie lions in their prime. (Exhibit A: Alain Delon. Rawrr...
...addition to inserting ads, gamemakers are experimenting with other novel ways of drawing revenue from multiplayer online gaming. "Pizza was just the first step," says Chris Kramer, spokesman for Sony Online Entertainment. "The next step is letting people buy music, clothes and DVDs within our games." Sony's game consumers, mostly 18-to-35-year-old males, will soon be able to charge such purchases to the same credit cards Sony has on file for their game subscriptions, Kramer says...