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DVD Power Ltd. provides first DVD player systems with SDI outputs

August 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

DVD Power Ltd. , New Zealand, announced that it is releasing the first of a series of SDI video products related to the DVD format. The first product to be released is a modified high performance Pioneer 626D DVD player, which is modified with exclusive [...]

Trimark unleashes Schwarzenegger as Hercules in New York

August 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

Now, this could be a lot of fun. See Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mythological Hercules! Toga clad and ripped to Mr. Universe proportions, Hercules is bored with life on Mount Olympus. When he declares his desire to live among earthly mortals, his father [...]

Loretta Young dead at 87

August 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Loretta Young, the elegant Hollywood beauty who specialized in playing strong-willed heroines with firm principles during a 26-year film career and went on to star in her own television show, died Saturday of ovarian cancer. She was 87. Young, whose [...]

Gizmo gears up for DTS encoding

August 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Digital Theater Systems (DTS) today announced that Gizmo Enterprises, Inc. in New York City is now providing encoding services for film and music content in the DTS 5.1 Digital Sound audio format. Gizmo’s First DTS encoding project is a series of eight [...]

The Patriot is coming to DVD in October

August 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

We’ve just received details on the upcoming Special Edition DVD of The Patriot from Columbia/TriStar. Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Mel Gibson, “The Patriot” tells the emotionally charged story of Benjamin Martin, a reluctant hero who is [...]

Warner DVD catalog prices dropping in 2001

August 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

Warner Home Video plans to incorporate a major reduction in DVD catalog prices in its Spotlight 2001 sellthrough promotion. The studio, which currently has 65 titles listing for $14.98 each, could take prices below $10, said Mike Saksa, features marketing [...]

Partnership to produce Web-enabled DVD to support RESFEST 2000

August 11, 2000 // 0 Comments

Spruce Technologies and Sony Disc Manufacturing have partnered in producing a groundbreaking web-enabled DVD supporting RESFEST 2000, the premier cutting-edge digital film festival hosted by RES Media Group. The disc, which made its premier at the [...]

Universal dims the lights in October with Pitch Black

August 10, 2000 // 0 Comments

The Halloween frightfest continues with the announcement from Universal Studios of the release of the sleeper horror flic Pitch Black this October. A starship carrying passengers crashes on an abandoned planet that is surrounded by three suns. There is no [...]
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