DVD magazine
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A DVD magazine is a magazine that collects most of its content on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

, or is issued in a DVD-only format. It was invented by Isak Bini who published the first DVD magazine: City and You DVD magazine. It will play on a regular DVD player.

The content on a DVD magazine can vary with things like short films, interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...

s, animated shorts, music videos, trailers
Trailer (film)
A trailer or preview is an advertisement or a commercial for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema. The term "trailer" comes from their having originally been shown at the end of a feature film screening. That practice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the...

, interactive game
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...

s, and much more.

Selected list of DVD magazines

  • Aspect Magazine
    Aspect magazine
    ASPECT Magazine is a biannual DVD magazine showcasing new media art.ASPECT is notable for being one of the first DVD-based chronicles of time-based media. ASPECT’s DVD format offers artists using installation art, performance art, animation, sound, and visual techniques a way for their work to be...

  • Wholphin DVD Magazine
    Wholphin (DVD)
    Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine containing a selection of short films which have had little or no exposure elsewhere. It was created by Dave Eggers and Brent Hoff of McSweeney's publishing house...

  • The Raw Report DVD-Magazine
    The Raw Report DVD-Magazine
    The Raw Report DVD-Magazine is a quarterly released DVD magazine series that focuses on the extensive culture of both mainstream and underground hip-hop, while combining key formulas of a print magazine....

  • Array DVD magazine
    Array DVD magazine
    Array DVD Magazine is a DVD magazine that focuses on black actors and actresses in film and television. It is the first magazine, in its class, to present this concept. The magazine has a U.S. circulation of 25,000 and is circulated in both printed and DVD formats. Array DVD Magazine was started...

  • Uncut DVD
  • XXL DVD Magazine (first issue released January 2007 magazine from the publishers of XXL magazine
    XXL (magazine)
    XXL is a Hip-Hop magazine, published by Harris Publications.In 1997, XXL was founded by former Source staffers as well as other Harris Publication employees, who wanted to create their own magazine about the hip-hop music and culture using the model developed by the founders of The Source...

    )
  • Movie FX Magazine (well known for its 4th issue being the only official public DVD release of the original 2002 Spider-Man
    Spider-Man (film)
    Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film, the first in the Spider-Man film series based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp...

     trailer with the World Trade Center
    World Trade Center
    The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...

     Twin Towers)
  • Guitar World
    Guitar World
    Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...

     presents...Guitar DVD
  • Short Cinema Journal
    Short Cinema Journal
    Short Cinema Journal AKA SHORT was a DVD Magazine focused on independent short films, interviews and documentaries. The first 3 issues were released via Polygram Filmed Entertainment. After PolyGram's reorganization, the magazine was picked up by Short Cinema Journal AKA SHORT was a DVD Magazine...

  • 2012 Aficionado DVD Zine (known as the first zine
    Zine
    A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

     in DVD format)

Magazines that usually have accompanying DVDs

  • Total Movie, a magazine that always came with a bonus full length movie on DVD along with trailers, and short films.
  • Newtype USA, always comes with a DVD of anime
    Anime
    is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

     episodes.
  • Official Xbox Magazine
    Official Xbox Magazine
    Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox. A preview issue was released for E3 2001, with another preview issue for November 2001. The magazine is bundled with a disc that includes game demos, preview videos and...

  • Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
  • Young Guitar Magazine
    Young Guitar Magazine
    Young Guitar Magazine is a popular Japanese guitar magazine which is respected by musicians from around the world for its seriousness and dedication to cover only music that is considered "pure" metal and rock 'n roll. This magazine has interviewed a lot of japanese guitarists such as Syu and Leda...

    , usually comes with a DVD of guitar performances.
  • Paste
    Paste (magazine)
    Paste is a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine published in the United States by Wolfgang's Vault. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture."-History:...

    , usually comes with a CD or DVD or both.
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