Articles by Guido Henkel

Take a look at Columbia TriStar’s November line-up with us

October 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar home Video has prepared an exciting DVD title line-up for release throughout November. Including long awaited films like Heavy Metal and The 7th Voyage Of sinbad, the lsit of releases also includes treats like Cirque Du Soleil’s Quidam [...]

Detroit Rock City DVD will ship three weeks ahead of VHS

October 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

For the first time in the industry, a VHS release is literally degraded by a DVD its DVD counterpart. New Line Home Video has decided to release the DVD version of their music comedy Detroit Rock City three weeks earlier than the video tape. Presented as [...]

Liar Liar CE

October 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Video has hidden some hidden trailers on their release of the Collector’s Edition of “Liar Liar”. Go to the cast & crew biographies from the disc’s bonus materials section that is accessible from the main menu. Under director [...]

Blockbuster turns focus on the Internet and plans online rentals

October 22, 1999 // 0 Comments

In an article from the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Blockbuster CEO John Antioco explained that the next step in turning around the company would be to pay increased attention to the Internet. According to the article Blockbuster is currently workign on [...]

Disney puts childrens’ dreams and hopes into a time capsule

October 22, 1999 // 0 Comments

In celebration of “Pinocchio”“s first-ever release on DVD, and in honor of the 60th anniversary of “Pinocchio,” the United Nations and Disney will unveil Pinocchio’s Unity Star, a time capsule representing the wishes and dreams of children [...]

Tales From The Crypt

October 22, 1999 // 0 Comments

Since it’s first introduction into the market in the early 1950s, the "Tales From The Crypt" comic books have been an ongoing phenomenon that attracted countless children and adults of various generations with its gruesome stories and the [...]

Another THX EX DVD title emerges – The Haunting

October 21, 1999 // 0 Comments

Although initially not planned that way, Dreamworks Home Video has decided to release the upcoming The Haunting with a THX EX encoded Dolby Digital soundtrack. We reported earlier. “Since it is already encoded in the audio stream of the Dolby Digital [...]

Columbia TriStar ends the year with three additional titles

October 21, 1999 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video just sent some additional information for their December 28 titles this way, for us to share with you. To close out the year, Columbia will release Desert Blue day and date with the VHS video. It is set in the off-beat [...]

Media Concepts Inc. announces joint venture with AIX Media Group

October 21, 1999 // 0 Comments

Media Concepts Inc. today announced a joint venture agreement with AIX Media Group Inc. to design, produce and distribute DVD and Video Cassette programs using the Media Concepts existing library of products on a worldwide basis. The joint venture will [...]

SkipDoctor restores scratched CDs and DVDs

October 21, 1999 // 0 Comments

Millions of American CD and DVD lovers have discs that are scratched severely enough to cause screen freezing, loading problems, skipping and other errors. And now with the explosion of disc-based games and DVDs the problem is only getting bigger. After [...]
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