The Jim Henson Company will donate an original Maquette from The Dark Crystal for auction at Sotheby’s “An Evening in Lhasa” on December 7, 1999, in New York. The Maquette, which is signed at the base by renowned British fantasy artist Brian Froud, [...]
Online holiday sales of DVDs are setting new daily sales records at DVD Empire, according to company president Jeff Rix. On Monday, November 29, the first business day following the Thanksgiving weekend, the online retailer reports an astonishing 2,327 [...]
Digital Theater Systems (DTS) has completed its certification process and notified Yamaha of its approval of Yamaha’s XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card. The Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1, targeted at PC enthusiasts and game users, includes Yamaha’s YMF744 and [...]
Ricoh Corporation’s Disc Media and Systems Center division announced shipping for its new four-in-one, CD-R/RW/DVD-ROM combo drive. The company anticipates widespread retail availability by the end of January 2000. Called the MediaMaster MP9060A, the [...]
After reverting their plans to go public last year, CNet today reports on new plans of the company to raise money. According to this article, DVD Express is planning to merge with Maximum Holdings, a builder of video game portals. The deal is expected to [...]
Pioneer Entertainment has once again hidden some bonus material on a DVD. This one can be found on the release of the Star Trek spoof “Free Enterprise”. From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Special Features”. Press the left arrow key on your [...]
A&E Home Video just sent us some information about a number of DVD titles, slated for release in January. Get ready to rumble, when on January 25, The Unreal Story Of Pro Wrestling is entering the ring. It is a bone-crunching documentary with raw [...]
Japanese DVD manufacturers were forced to postpone the launch of long-awaited new audio equipment after a European hacker broke open the copyright protection of DVDs and raised new piracy fears. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co postponed the launch of [...]
It has actually been quite a while since we had seen a great movie that has its narrative focused on a master thief, who is out to snatch some highly valued piece of art. A number of classic movies have used it as a recipe, and immediately Jules [...]
One of the latest release from Vivid Interactive is "Jenteal Loves Rocco", teaming up two of Vivid’s hottest adult actors in a movie together. Although taking a rather traditional route without much of a coherent story, director Toni English [...]
