Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) announced today at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention its plans to offer support for the final version of the new DVD-Audio specification, Version 1.2. Using the new capabilities defined by the expanded [...]
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced the industry’s first single-chip decoder/post-processor for THX(R) Surround EX(TM), DTS(R)-ES Extended Surround(TM) and Dolby(R) Digital. The new Melody(TM) decoder post-processes THX Surround EX on the [...]
The folks at Anchor Bay Entertainment have posted some changes to the street dates on several of their upcoming releases. So, to keep many of you from howling in frustration when those goody boxes don’t arrive at your door when expected, we’ve posted [...]
DVDEmpire.com, one of the Web’s largest e-retailers of DVDs, has built and moved into new space in order to keep up with its growing business. The new offices and distribution center encompass 13,000 square feet and are located in Warrendale, [...]
At CEDIA EXPO 2000, Philips Consumer Electronics showcased new DVD-Video players, ranging from basic functionality to more advanced flagship models. Philips also demonstrated its new multichannel Super Audio CD (SACD) player and its prototype DVD-Video [...]
Luis Bunuel was one of the great masters of cinema and until now none of his films have been available on DVD. Anyone who appreciates the work of this great artist will be happy to hear that The Criterion Collection is releasing The Discreet Charm Of The [...]
Careful (Special Edition) (1992) Internationally acclaimed cult director Guy Maddin scales new heights of cinematic strangeness in ‘Careful, ’ a weird, funny and unforgettable parable of sexual repression set in an Alpine village. Bizarre warnings are [...]
Kino on Video, those purveyors of the esoteric and wonderful, have some bizarre offerings for us this October: Dementia (1953)/ Daughter Of Horror (1955) A unique and utterly bizarre rediscovery, John J. Parker’s ‘Dementia’ is a 1950s-style foray [...]
Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc. announced today that Hitachi, Ltd. has included Spatializer N-2-2(TM) Virtual Surround Sound across its entire DVD Player line-up. Models DV-P250, DV-P305 and DV-W1 have already established themselves among the top DVD [...]
In a laudable effort at customer support, we’ve received word form Central Park Media, the company behind the Slayers DVD Collector’s Box Set, concerning some technical problems that customers may find with the discs. We pass it along as an aid to [...]
