Articles by Guido Henkel
Piracy becomes a serious threat to DVD in Asia
Many of you have already noticed that pirated DVD discs are already available in the US for a number of films that have not officially been released to DVD. While they may look like official releases from a different region, these discs are usually [...]
This is easy to chew on – Bubblegum Crisis flies off the shelves
Multimedia 2000 just informed us that their Bubblegum Crisis DVD Suite has already sold all of its initial print run in its first three weeks, making the title a huge success. According to spokesperson of licensor AnimEigo, no one expected this kind of [...]
Create your own DVDs – the DV Spotlight tells you how
In the January issue of “Digital Video” magazine, DVD guru Ralph LaBarge is taking a close look at five existing, PC/MacOS based MPEG-2 encoding hardware packages ranging from $5,000 to $40,000. The detailed comparison of the systems informs you why [...]
ExtremeDVD takes your standard TV Set to the extreme
Information came in on yet another “hot” technology that will supposedly revolutionize our living rooms, but in our opinion, it sounds quite frankly just as pointless as Divx, trying to cash in on a changing market. But read for yourself… NetTV [...]
“The Flintstones” on their way to the silver disc
Universal Home Video is releasing Brian Levant’s The Flintstones on DVD on February 23, but today we can already give you a look at the cover of this Collector’s Edition release. The film, starring John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O’Donnell, [...]
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Director Wes Craven has had the fortune to build two solid franchises during his twenty-year career, both in the horror genre. While his "Scream" movies haunt mostly younger audiences these days, Wes Craven is also the father of Freddy Krueger, [...]
Another online store just started carrying DVD
The situation with online stores on the Internet is getting more ferocious by the day, as you have certainly noticed. Today we just got an announcement from yet another store to carry DVD product on the web, by the name of Total E. The store is part of [...]