Articles by Guido Henkel
Manic Behavior
A few months ago Vivid Interactive started blowing up their DVD releases even more than before. For a company that had continually delivered more content than any of its competitors this was a massive step, because Vivid is now giving you 4 hours of adult [...]
Pleasantville will feature digital-to-digital transfer
Line Home Video just let us know that their upcoming release of Pleasantville will be the first digital-to-digital transfer of a live action film. This should enhance the overall image quality of the film as opposed to traditional film based transfers. [...]
Image is tapping deeper into classical music programming
Image To Release 50 Titles Including Performances By Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland And The World’s Pre-eminent Classical Artists; Andre Previn’s New Opera, A Streetcar Named Desire, Also Planned For Release Image [...]
Michael Bay: Midas Touch of Destruction
One of last year’s major box-office hits, “Armageddon”, just hit video stores a few weeks ago on VHS and DVD. Within days, “Armageddon” turned out to be one of the fastest selling DVDs in the 18-month history of the format. It seems, the story [...]
Vivid’s Erotic Dance Competition disc shoots to number 1
Vivid Interactive’s brand new Erotic Dancer World Championship release immediately soared to new heights, setting a new record for the company as the highest and fastest selling disc in their entire catalog, and with all their current releases, Vivid [...]
The Truman Show
Peter Weir’s film about a young man who’s life is highly publicized and dissected before the eyes of a huge TV audience has been the box-office surprise hit of 1998. Although the film gathered a good deal of initial attention through it’s main star [...]
Pioneer Entertainment to hold public warehouse sale
For all of you out there, still owning laserdiscs with the intention to by some more, here’s some great news from Pioneer Entertainment. On Saturday and Sunday, February 27th and 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Pioneer opens the doors to its [...]
Universal and Columbia join for international DVD distribution
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Feb. 22 — Columbia TriStar Home Video (CTHV) and Universal Studios Home Video (USHV)today jointly announced the signing of a DVD distribution agreement outside North America for USHV DVD product. The agreement between USHV [...]
Disney Home Video becomes quite active in Europe
Disney Home Video is obviously becoming quite active in the European market, releasing its direct-to-video animated features on a monthly basis. Although these direct-to-video titles are not of the same quality as the original films that spawned them, [...]