The Digital Bits - a well-known online entertainment information platform

Bill Hunt founded The Digital Bits in April 1997 as an online newsletter, providing a hub for consumers, enthusiasts, and industry to exchange information about the new DVD format at the time. In order to meet the high demand for briefings, The Digital Bits.com website was officially launched on December 15, 1997. For nearly two decades thereafter, The Digital Bits has been regarded by enthusiasts and entertainment industry professionals (including filmmakers, studios, consumer electronics executives, and special edition producers) as the primary source of reliable information about Blu ray, DVD, and other home entertainment formats (including streaming, digital downloads, and lossless audio).

The Bits is the oldest DVD information website on the Internet. The website first introduced the notorious DIVX pay per view disc format to the world in 1998 and then took the lead in opposing it. It has helped introduce many movies to Blu ray and DVD, and has long been an advocate for movie restoration and preservation. In the early days of DVD, The Bits collaborated behind the scenes with Hollywood studios to promote the use of the format's widescreen transformation feature. The website also helps home video enthusiasts learn about Blu ray and HD-DVD formats for the first time, and advocates for encouraging Hollywood to unite in support of a single high-definition format. More importantly, Bits editor Bill Hunt correctly predicted the winner of the battle between the two video disc formats (DVD and Blu ray) from the beginning, advising Bits readers on how to get the most fun from each format while avoiding wasting money on later failed formats (DIVX and HD-DVD).

In October 2003, "Digital Bit: DVD Insider Guide" was jointly published with McGraw Hill. This 432 page book is intended to serve as a beginner's guide in DVD format and a convenient reference book for experienced fans. It introduces the ins and outs of the format in easy to understand language, provides tips for creating a good home theater within budget, showcases behind the scenes footage of 20th Century Fox's production of the Alien Quartet DVD box, and reviews over a hundred of the best DVD special editions released at the time. This book has received unanimous praise from critics and consumers, and entered the Amazon Top 100 sales chart within a week of its release. Its sales once surpassed the Bible and The Lord of the Rings, and it is now available in digital format on Kindle.

Digital Bits has been cited by many publications, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune, Wired, Time, Newsweek, USA Today, Businessweek, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter. CNN, ZDTV, MSNBC, ZDNet, TechWeb, and G4's Attack of the Show program have all referenced Digital Bits, as have national advertising campaigns for 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Bros., and other film companies, as well as thousands of newspapers and online websites. In 1999, Digital Bits was released by E! Online was rated as one of the top five DVD websites, voted as one of the top 100 Internet websites, and recommended by PC World magazine as one of the "50 really useful websites for busy people". Entertainment Weekly even ranked The Digital Bits as one of the 25 most popular online entertainment websites of 2006, along with Ain't It Cool News, IMDB, and The Onion.

Digital Bits' freelance writers have long provided readers with rich writing experience (books, novels, magazines, and scripts), as well as extensive film history and industry experience and perspectives. In addition to CD and film distribution news and reviews, The Bits staff regularly publish in-depth articles, columns, and reviews on film related topics, as well as interviews with industry insiders and directors (including David Fincher, William Friedkin, John Landis, and Buzz Luhrmann). The Bits also held an annual symposium at the San Diego Comic Con, inviting some leading figures in Blu ray and DVD production to share their insights with fans. Bits editor Bill Hunter studied under renowned film historian David Podwell, is a novelist, screenwriter, and industrial video producer/director, and has written for "widescreen reviews," "home media retail," and "Geek Monthly. He also provides consultation for Hollywood film companies and the consumer electronics industry on issues related to home video, and delivers speeches at industry conferences. Todd Doogan works at Adult Swim and has served as a featured video commentator for TNT's Rough Cut website, as well as contributing to Computer Power User and Playboy. com. Adam Jahnke writes and produces content for Troma and has written two books for Lloyd Kauffman, including Make Your Own Damn Movie! And The Toxic Avenger: The Novel。 Barrie Maxwell and Michael Coate are both acclaimed film historians, with the latter being a long-standing columnist for Widescreen Review. Bud Elder has served as a film commissioner, radio host, and industry insider in Oklahoma. Robert A. Harris, who occasionally writes, is one of the world's top experts in film preservation and has personally restored many classic films such as Lawrence of Arabia and Inception.

All of this means that over the past two decades, from laser discs to DVDs, from Blu ray discs to 3D Blu ray, from 4K ultra high definition Blu ray to streaming, digital downloads, and more, The Digital Bits has been and will continue to be a valuable online resource for movie fans, home theater enthusiasts, entertainment industry professionals, and anyone interested in enjoying exciting movies and TV content at home and on the go.