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Good news for gamers… Psygnosis announces new DVD games title

March 10, 1999 // 0 Comments

Psygnosis, a computer games company well known for its stunning visual presentations, has just announced Lander, the company’s first DVD game for release in late March. Delivering MPEG 2 full-motion video sequences with Dolby® Digital 5.1 channel music [...]

DVD Express name former Blockbuster head exec as new CFO/CCO

March 9, 1999 // 0 Comments

DVD Express just announced that former Blockbuster Vice President of Financial Operations Andy Crist has joined the company as its chief financial officer/chief operating officer, a new position specifically created for him. Crist brings 20 years’ [...]

Take a look at Warner’s “You’ve Got Mail” menus

March 8, 1999 // 0 Comments

As we had reported earlier, Warner Home Video are set to release the romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail on DVD on May 4. Now the good folks over at Warner have sent us some screenshots of some of the menu screens found on the disc for your viewing [...]

Get ready for the next level of Star Wars trailers this week

March 8, 1999 // 0 Comments

New trailers to the upcoming Star Wars: The Phantom Menace will hit theaters nationwide this weekend. It is expected the new, longer trailer will run in front of the scifi opera Wing Commander but screenings to open up other films are also most likely. So [...]

Director Stanley Kubrick dies at the age of 70

March 7, 1999 // 0 Comments

Only days after the initial screening of his latest film “Eyes Wide Shut” director Staley Kubrick died at the age of 70 in his London home today as a result of natural causes according to his family. The reclusive director of such landmark films like [...]

Whatever happened to Bonanza?

March 6, 1999 // 0 Comments

Our reader Dan Boyd tells us that he just bought Madacy Entertainment’s Bonanza 5-disk box set. As a fan of the TV series he was extremely upset to find out that Madacy have removed the original “Bonanza” theme music from all the series’ [...]

Michael Myers slashes through Halloween:H20

March 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

If you take a look at our release schedules you will notice that some time ago we had announced Buena Vista to release the Halloween:H20 on March 16. Now we have bad news for all of you who have, like us, eagerly awaited this title to hit DVD later this [...]

Artisan is sending Alice to DVD-land… and more new titles

March 5, 1999 // 0 Comments

We just got the details about a series of upcoming new titles in. Artisan are sending “Alice In Wonderland” your way on May 25. This is the DVD version of the TV movie that aired only last week, boasting a great cast, including Martin Short, Whoopie [...]

It’s time to vote for the DVD watermarking standard

March 4, 1999 // 0 Comments

Since the introduction of DVD Video a number of companies had tried to establish their proprietary watermarking standards for DVD content. Watermarking would vastly help tracing sources of pirated copies, and as such immensely strengthen DVD against [...]
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