Physical Media articles

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  Amazon launches AutoRip for vinyl, pairs MP3s with your records

  By Carl Franzen on April 3, 2013 09:19 am + 75 comments

  Earlier this year, Amazon launched a service called AutoRip for CDs, which gives customers free Continue reading…

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  Good Deal: Amazon offering Windows 8 Pro with $30 promotional credit (update)

  By Chris Welch on October 17, 2012 01:22 pm + 64 comments

  While Microsoft plans to offer $39.99 digital upgrades for Windows 8 Pro, a physical copy will set Continue reading…

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  US home video sales jump 2.5 percent in Q1 2012, Blu-ray and streaming services gain traction

  By Chris Welch on April 30, 2012 07:32 pm + 5 comments

  US consumers spent $4.45 billion on home video entertainment in the first quarter of 2012, according Continue reading…

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  Today is Record Store Day: take a trip to the meatspace!

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 21, 2012 01:58 pm + 33 comments

  While we at The Verge love the digital world and all the convenience it entails, there's also a soft Continue reading…

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  Dreamworks Animation joins Walmart disc-to-digital conversion plan

  By Sam Byford on April 16, 2012 02:17 am + 4 comments

  Dreamworks Animation has become the sixth studio to get on board with Walmart's recently-announced Continue reading…

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  Preserving physical books in a digital age

  By Sam Byford on March 5, 2012 02:09 am + 34 comments

  As readers of a technology-focused website, you're probably more likely than most to be cheerleading Continue reading…

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  US airman in Afghanistan couldn't download 'Bastion,' so Supergiant made him a DVD copy

  By T.C. Sottek on January 27, 2012 11:36 am + 40 comments

  Richard (a.k.a. "bolivar-shagnasty"), a Reddit user and a US airman deployed in Afghanistan, just Continue reading…