Articles by Guido Henkel

The real deal on the Saving Private Ryan DVD

March 30, 1999 // 0 Comments

As many of you have heard by now, Dreamworks Home Video is preparing their Academy Award winning Saving Private Ryan for release on VHS rental cassettes in May. Many rumors have sprung up ever since as to whether the film will also find a DVD release in [...]

Disney is taking on The Faculty in additional June releases

March 29, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just got word from Buena Vista Home Video that there are additions to their June line-up that we had presented you before the weekend. The Faculty is coming to DVD day & date with its VHS counterpart on June 15. “The Faculty” is an action [...]

Additional information on Alien just came in

March 29, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just got additional information from 20th Century Fox today regarding their upcoming Alien DVD releases. Here’s what they have to say… In Space No One Can Hear You Scream! In 1979 movie posters across the world heralded this unforgettably erie [...]

Pioneer ships first 6x DVD-ROM drive

March 29, 1999 // 0 Comments

It seems as if history is repeating itself and we are seeing the same constant speed upgrades on DVD-ROM drvies as we did on CD-ROM drives in the past years. Pioneer today announced that the company is now shipping its DVD-303S, the industry’s first and [...]

DVant Digital is finishing up next DVD Video based game

March 26, 1999 // 0 Comments

Many of you have certainly seen DVD based games like “Dragon’s Lair” or “Tender Loving Care”, which allow you to experience games in full motion quality – although their gameplay experience is usually sub par. Now DVant Digital announced [...]

MGM board to look at ways to finance video buyout

March 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

The board of directors of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. MGM will meet on Thursday to begin looking at ways to fund a recent $225 million buyout of its video distribution contract with Warner Bros. A source with knowledge of the board meeting said [...]

Here’s some interestring news from Anchor Bay

March 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

As Anchor Bay is starting to roll out the Disney titles on DVD they licensed some time ago, it is interesting to see that all of these titles contain letterboxed and pan&scan transfers. Take a look at the specs for The Black Hole or the Cat From [...]

Bride Of Chucky

March 25, 1999 // 0 Comments

It is obvious from taking a look at only the first few seconds of Universal Home Video’s brand new release of "Bride Of Chucky" that this film is different from other horror movies. The viewer is immediately captivated by the film’s [...]

QPS Introduces Que! DVD-RAM Drive for Apple G3 and PC

March 24, 1999 // 0 Comments

QPS Inc. was just releasing information about the launch of the Que!, a DVD-RAM drive Apple G3 and PC desktop computers. With a storage capacity of 5.2 GB the drive can help managing huge amounts of data, as demanded by today’s workplace. It is ideal [...]

Details about Artisan’s April titles just came in

March 23, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just received some of the details for Artisan’s upcoming April releases, which we would like to pass along to you. Although announced earlier, detailed information about Belly, The Jazz Singer, The Punisher and Millenium was still missing. [...]
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