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Universal has more DTS / Dolby Digital combi-titles in the making

November 11, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had reportedly earlier, Universal Home Video is releasing the Samuel L. Jackson starrer The Red Violin on December 14 with a DTS and a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack on the same disc. Now we have been able to find out that Universal will also be [...]

Take a look at Anastasia and The Last Of The Mohicans with us

November 11, 1999 // 0 Comments

Next week will see the release of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s animated feature film Anastasia, and on November 23 we will see the release of Michael Mann’s epic drama The Last Of The Mohicans, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. [...]

Hitachi announces the release of a 4.7 GB DVD-RAM Drive

November 10, 1999 // 0 Comments

Hitachi America, Ltd. announced that its Digital Media Group has completed development of its 4.7 gigabyte (GB) DVD-RAM drive for PC applications. Samples of the new GF-2000 drive will begin shipping in January 2000. For rewritable data storage, the [...]

New Line and America Online team up for a shagadelic promotion

November 10, 1999 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video today announced the “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” video and DVD exclusive online promotion of the year with American Online. Beginning this week, AOL members will have the opportunity to exclusively preview ten [...]

Walt Disney Company announces new home hideo strategy

November 10, 1999 // 0 Comments

Finally, one of the industry’s most anticipated press releases is available now. The Walt Disney Company is initiating a new worldwide strategy for releasing its classic library feature animation titles on DVD and VHS home video, it was announced today [...]

Live webcast with the creators of the Saving Private Ryan DVD

November 9, 1999 // 0 Comments

Steve Gustafson and Mark Atkinson, members of Dreamworks’ DVD Production team who created the Saving Private Ryan DVD will be part of an online event on Thursday, November 11, 1999 at 10 p.m. EST. The event is hosted by InsideDVD on their website. The [...]

DVD Player pricing is reaching an all-time low for the Holidays

November 9, 1999 // 0 Comments

As all of you have certainly noticed, prices for DVD players have been dropping continuously since their introduction with models now available under $200. This pricing structure is important for DVD to further grow into the mainstream markets, and this [...]
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