Articles by Guido Henkel
Trimark announces Natural Born Killers for release on DVD
Trimark Home Video just announced that it will release the Director’s Cut of Oliver Stone’s controversial film Natural Born Killers starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis on DVD on January 25. This version of the film includes additional footage [...]
Panasonic hosts a cybercast to make DVD Audio more tangible
In anticipation of the national launch of its DVD Audio player line, Panasonic will host an educational forum on the Internet on November 16, 1999, to introduce audio enthusiasts across the country to this exciting new audio format. A panel of technical [...]
MGM Home Entertainment has a full slate of January titles
We have just received detailed information on a number of DVD releases from MGM Home Entertainment, scheduled for release in January. On January 4 we will see that day & date release of the new The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Pierce Brosnan and [...]
The DVD-ROM version of Space Ace is finally shipping
After months of repeated delays, Canadian based company Digital Leisure began shipping the Space Ace DVD-ROM today. With it’s release of Space Ace, DVD-ROM owners can now bring the full arcade experience to their home computers as Ace battles the evil [...]
Werner Herzog: The Real Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog is one of the few directors who truly inflect themselves in their work. Instead of visually interpreting someone else’s work, Herzog decided early on in his career as a filmmaker that it was important for him to have full control over [...]
Philips introduced 5.1 accelerator for PC audio boards
To complement their work i the DVD field, Philips Semiconductors also announced the ThunderBird Avenger(TM) PCI audio accelerator today, the industry’s first PC audio solution to enable 5.1 channel playback of games, music and movies. We have been [...]
Phillips delivers single-chip to support 12-speed DVD-ROM drive
It’s been only a month that we reported about the “latest” DVD-ROM generation, and today Philips is the first company to expand the horizon anew. Philips Semiconductors today announced the world’s first single-chip solution for 12x DVD-ROM drives. [...]
Time Names DVD Express as one of the 25 Best E-Commerce Sites
Congratulations have to go out to DVD Express this morning. The company has just been singled out as one of the top 25 sites for online shopping by Time Digital, Time Magazine’s quarterly guide to personal technology. Acknowledged for its Best Customer [...]
The City Of Lost Children
Columbia TriStar Home Video has hidden a few interesting supplements on their release of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “The City Of Lost Children” as pointed out in our review of the disc. Accessible from the disc’s menus, you will find a full length [...]