Rimage Corporation [Nasdaq:RIMG] and imix.com today announced a strategic partnership through which imix.com will use Rimage equipment to offer its customers the world’s first customizable DVD-Rs. At imix.com, customers will be able to build their own [...]
On October 17th, Columbia Tristar Home Video will release HEAVY METAL 2000 on DVD. This animated feature is based on a story by Kevin Eastman (of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame), ‘Heavy Metal 2000’ tells the tale of sci-fi heroine Julie (Julie [...]
We just received detailed information about one of Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s upcoming releases. Scheduled for release on October 17, the studio will bring us the romantic comedy Keeping The Faith starring Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman and Edward [...]
According to figures from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), VCR sales dipped 8% in June compared to the same month last year. And sales for the second quarter were essentially flat. Though hardly indicative of a major trend, the numbers take on [...]
Sir Alec Guinness, ‘the man of a thousand faces’, has died at the age of 86 after a career spanning more than 60 years. Guinness, whose repertoire stretched from Shakespeare to Star Wars, died late on Saturday. The cause of death is believed to have [...]
Good Guys (Nasdaq: GGUY), the nation’s second-largest specialty retailer of consumer entertainment electronics, today announced that it will be one of the first in the nation to offer Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company’s soon-to-be released DVD [...]
The Grinch will be everywhere this holiday season, and everyone but the “Whos” down in Whoville will rejoice that he is returning to town on October 31 as Warner Home Video brings a new digitally enhanced version of Dr. Seuss’ classic How the [...]
It appears that the previously announced “Timecode” DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Video will be released in 1.33:1 full screen format, per the director’s wishes. The film was projected theatrically in a 1.78:1 format (consisting of four 1.78:1 [...]
Effective September 5, 2000, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will lower the suggested retail price of several of their already available catalog of DVDs. The following DVDs will be reduced in price from $34.98 to $24.98: The Imposters Jewel Of The [...]
Strategy Analytics has just released its latest research results in the DVD field, and although it appears to be overly optimistic, it shows just how much of a force DVD has grown to be, and believe me, when Playstation 2 hits American shores this October [...]
