Articles by Guido Henkel

DVD Express expands staff to make room for new plans

August 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

DVD Express announced today that it has named former CDnow executive, Jonas Gray as Vice President, Business & Strategic Development, a new position. As pointed out in our Hotseat interview with DVD Express CEO Michael Dubelko some time ago, the [...]

We have the menu screens from New Line’s The Corruptor for you

August 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video’s The Corruptor is hitting DVD hard on September 14. It is a gritty cop thriller where a group of agents in the Chinatown district have to deal with the dangers of their everyday lives on the streets among gangs and mobsters. [...]

Fox Lorber consolidates and changes its name to WinStar

August 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

Fox Lorber has consolidated its operations and as a result changed the name for all its divisions and companies to avoid confusion and to create a stronger corporate identity. “Fox Lorber Home Video” is now WinStar Home Video, “Fox Lorber [...]

Toshiba introduces currently fastest Laptop DVD-ROM drive

August 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

The Disk Products Division (DPD) of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Monday announced the industry’s fastest CD-ROM drive in the 12.7mm form factor, the XM-7102. This product delivers advanced transfer rates, of up to 32x, to mainstream portable [...]

Brain Damage

August 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

Synapse Film’s release of Frank Henelotter’s splatterfest “Brain Damage” contains a hidden feature. From the disc’s main menu, go to the “Special Features” and from there go to the filmographies. Select “Basketcase” and press [...]

Arlington Road is coming to DVD in October through Columbia

August 20, 1999 // 0 Comments

Columbia TriStar Home Video has announced Arlington Road for release on DVD on October 26, day and date with the VHS release. It is a contemporary thriller about the terrible truths that can hide behind everyday appearances. “Arlington Road” is an [...]

Case Logic is now offering the first DVD storage products

August 19, 1999 // 0 Comments

You can usually tell an item is breaking for the masses when peripheral products appear in the market. With the momentum DVD has been gathering lately it is hardly surprising that a lot of spin-off products start appearing. Case Logic, producer of all [...]

Panasonic introduces progressive scan DVD player to the market

August 19, 1999 // 0 Comments

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company announces its first progressive scan DVD player. The DVD-H1000 delivers crisp 480p digital images to recreate the picture quality of the cinema right at home. Unlike interlaced scanning (the NTSC standard which [...]
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