DVD Monthly is a UK based national magazine covering DVD and home entertainment news and reviews. It was founded by Dave Perry in 1999, in Exeter, Devon, as part of his Predator Publishing company. Since August 2006 it has been owned by Jazz Publishing, which is based in Chester, while the magazine itself is still produced in Devon.
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DVD Monthly was founded in April 1999 as the first magazine of Dave Perry's Predator Publishing in Exeter, Devon, UK. Shortly after its launch, funding for the continued running of the magazine came from Goodfellas Publishing, who later became the majority shareholders of Predator Publishing. Initially edited by Dave Perry himself, Jon Bruford subsequently took over as editor in early 2003 and since September 2004 the title has been edited by Tim Isaac. After Goodfellas decided to close most of its publishing ventures, the magazine was bought by Chester based Jazz Publishing in August 2006, which took all advertising and sales in-house to their offices, while leaving editorial and design in Exeter. Its major competition in the UK is DVD Review magazine and HD Review magazine.
There was also a DVD Monthly in the US prior to the magazine. This was an online website which served as one of the first review/magazine DVD sites on the internet. It was started in 1996, at the dawn of DVD, during beta test phases, but ceased publication in 2000.
Published every four weeks, the magazine presents news, reviews and features based on upcoming and classic DVDs. It also includes star interviews, competitions, hardware reviews and comment. The magazine's tone is generally conversational, presenting a mix of mainstream and specialist film and DVD content.
Starting in May 2008, DVD Monthly began publishing a 32 page supplement called 'HD Monthly' with each issue, which covers high definition and Blu-ray in the UK and around the world. Similar in style to its parent title, it is currently included as part of the magazine each month.
For its 100th issue in January 2008, the magazine held a reader's poll to produce a list of the Top 100 DVDs of all time in the UK. The vote concluded the following 10 DVDs were the best of all time.
10. The Matrix
9. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Ultimate Edition
8. Alien - The Director's Cut
7. The Godfather Trilogy
6. Gladiator - Three-Disc Extended Edition
5. Blade Runner - The Director's Cut
4. The Shawshank Redemption – 10th Anniversary Edition
3. Alien Quadrilogy
2. Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI)
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy – Extended Edition Box Set