Articles by Guido Henkel

Yamaha Electronics unveils new 6.1 home theater receiver

March 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

Yamaha Electronics Corporation introduces the RX-V1, the first-ever DTS-Extended Surround home theater receiver. The RX-V1, the first to offer Dolby Digital DTS Surround 6.1 Matrix and DTS-ES, made its worldwide debut today in Los Angeles with an [...]

Sonic Solutions introduces streaming DVD on the Internet

March 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

Sonic Solutions today revolutionized the market for streaming video applications with the introduction of Streaming DVD, a new technology that combines the interactivity of DVD-Video with the ability to broadcast video content over the Web. Built on [...]

The Best Man

March 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Video has actually hidden two music videos on their release of the incredible “The Best Man.” Bring up the DVD’s main menu and there navigate to the “Bonus Materials” section. Once there, select the “Columbia/Sony Music [...]

The Abyss

March 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

After closely following the development of this special edition of James Cameron’s 1989 underwater epic "The Abyss" in our Production Dairy for several months, I had a pretty good idea about the bonus programming and contents I could expect [...]

Two more movies will carry the THX EX audio format

March 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

We just received information about two more movies that will be THX EX enhanced when they hit movie theaters shortly. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and Brian DePalma’s Mission To Mars have both been mixed with the THX EX extension in their Dolby Digital [...]

Cine Magnetics finishes work on Jazz on a Summer’s Day

March 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

Cine Magnetics Video & Digital Laboratories just announced it has completed authoring New Yorker Films first-ever DVD offering, Jazz on a Summer’s Day, which required the digital re-mastering of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. The new release [...]

Toshiba unveils innovative combination CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive

March 1, 2000 // 0 Comments

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Disk Products, Wednesday announced the availability of its combination CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive via distribution as well as the Toshiba Web site. The ideal optical storage product, the SD-R1002 provides the low-cost [...]
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