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Category: DVD distribution

Re-release Everything

January 20, 2021 Ben Model 1 Comment

Over the last several months of doing live-accompanied live-streams of silent films, I’ve noticed the validity of something I’d read…

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To Blu or Not To Blu – Some Final Thoughts

November 13, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

The possibility of releasing on Blu-ray without the required huge costs and the risks of unsold discs that come with…

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Physical Media: “I’m Not Dead Yet”

November 9, 2020 Ben Model 7 Comments

In July 2018, one year after I released the restoration of When Knighthood Was in Flower on Blu-ray and DVD,…

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For Some Fans, the Step Up to Blu-ray Means Replacing the Fridge

November 5, 2020 Ben Model 3 Comments

The advent of Blu-ray wasn’t the sea-change that CDs  were for vinyl or that DVDs were for VHS. Similarly there…

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The Blu-ray Difference is Green

November 2, 2020 Ben Model 3 Comments

Selling pressed or replicated product comes with additional steps and mental labor. Depending on your level of patience or available…

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Being The Warehouse

October 31, 2020 Ben Model 1 Comment

In my last post I mentioned some of the basic technological differences between pressed and burned product, replicated and duplicated.…

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Pressed DVDs vs. Burned

October 28, 2020 Ben Model 3 Comments

In my previous post about my 3-year journey with a Blu-ray release, I mentioned two kinds of discs — pressed…

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Why Isn’t This on Blu-ray? – a blog series

October 27, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

I get asked “are you going to release that on Blu-ray?” every time I do a Kickstarter. For the fan…

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Adding a Page to Watch Party Menu

March 31, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

“Can I tell you about today’s specials?” Okay, it’s been a couple weeks since someone’s asked you that question. But…

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When a Pop Tune in a Silent Movie Isn’t Real…or Is It?

February 9, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

“Sing ‘Fly, Birdie, Fly’,” Angela Fish is prompted by her father in a scene from “Bell Boy 13”. She sits…

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