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Leading Web Site Unveils BIGGIE Awards for the Best Blu-rays of the Year

New York, NY - December 31, 2010 - It has been an exciting year for the Blu-ray Disc format, and the Big Picture Big Sound staff has teamed up to select their favorite Blu-ray Discs and boxed sets for the year. Whether it's a top-notch audio and video transfer, compelling or unique set of extras, innovative use of technology, or a combination of all of the above, these best-in-class software titles are being awarded the first-ever BIGGIE Awards for excellence in Blu-ray Disc production.

"Our staff has reviewed nearly 350 Blu-ray titles this year.  From this list, we've selected the best of the best," says Chris Boylan, Big Picture Big Sound's editor-in-chief and co-founder.  "We decided it was time to recognize those studios who have delivered titles of exceptional quality this year.  The BIGGIE Award is how we're showing this recognition."

As with the site's reviews, the BIGGIE Awards for Blu-ray take several factors into consideration: audio quality, video quality, extras and, most importantly, the quality of the content itself (movie, TV show or concert).  Only Blu-ray Discs released and reviewed in 2010 are eligible for consideration for this year's awards.  Detailed reviews for all of these titles are available on Big Picture Big Sound's web site: www.bigpicturebigsound.com.

Boylan concludes, "We believe that an investment in any of these Blu-rays or boxed sets is money well spent in building a high-quality, high-definition film library. Kudos to the studios who helped make 2010 a banner year for Blu-ray."

Without further ado, the 2010 BIGGIE Awards for Blu-ray Disc go to...

• Alien Anthology (20th Century Fox)
• Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure Edition (Lionsgate)
• Avatar Blu-ray 3D (20th Century Fox/Panasonic Exclusive)
• Avatar Extended Collector's Edition (20th Century Fox)
• Back to the Future Trilogy (Universal)
• Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sony Pictures)
  
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Blu-ray 3D (Sony Pictures)
• Despicable Me Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D versions (Universal)
• Inception (Warner Bros.)
• Kick-Ass (Lionsgate)
• Life: The Complete Series (Warner Bros.)
• LOST: The Complete Collection (ABC/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
• Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Universal)
  
• Seven Samurai (Criterion)
• The Sound of Music (20th Century Fox)
• Toy Story (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
• Toy Story 2 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
• Toy Story 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
• The Twilight Zone, Season 1 (Image Entertainment)

About Big Picture Big Sound

Big Picture Big Sound was launched in 2005 by movie critic Joe Lozito and home theater aficionado Chris Boylan. Over time, like-minded writers with credentials as impressive and diverse as The New York Times, Home Theater Magazine, Electronic House, Women's Day, Listener Magazine, Wired, New York Newsday, DVD Angle, SoundStage, Cinema Blend, and Beer and Tavern Chronicle have joined the cause to guide fellow music and movie-lovers to the films, Blu-ray Discs and electronic gear most worthy of their hard-earned cash. The site has been steadily increasing in traffic and influence over time with more than 450,000 page views from over 300,000 unique visitors in the month of November, 2010.   Big Picture Big Sound is available on the web at www.bigpicturebigsound.com.

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Big Picture Big Sound
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