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More info on the PFE film library on DVD

October 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

Immediately after the announcement of MGM taking over the Polygram Film Library earlier this morning, Ken Cranes Superstore listed two titles from the catalog for release on DVD through Polygram Home Video. The titles in question are “Princess Bride” [...]

Amblin films are finally coming to DVD

October 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

The Hollywood Reporter announced the other day that Universal Home Video have finally been greenlighted by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to release a number of Amblin titles on DVD. According to the magazine, the line-up includes Collector’s [...]

Robocop and Panasonic don’t play well together

October 21, 1998 // 0 Comments

Many of our readers have reported problems with Criterion’s release of “Robocop”. It turns out that Panasonic players have an issue with the layer change on the disc, which results in audio drop-outs and even worse, completely garbled and pixelated [...]

Macrovision copy protection to become industry standard

October 21, 1998 // 0 Comments

SUNNYVALE, CA (October 22, 1998)-In what is believed to be an industry first, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate recently passed the Digital Millenium Copyright Act recognizing Macrovision’s (NASDAQ: MVSN) copy protection technology [...]

The Legend of Mulan in DTS for Halloween

October 20, 1998 // 0 Comments

The first DTS DVD release will hit store shelves as early as October 29. New publisher “Digital Versatile Disc, Inc.” is an independent company established to license, market and distribute DVD products, including films, animations and music videos. [...]

Universal to repackage jewel case releases

October 19, 1998 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Video just announced that new, repackaged versions of their first batch of releases will now be repackaged to their standard Amaray line. When first released in 1997, Babe, Backdraft, Beethoven, The Paper, The River Wild, The Shadow, Sudden [...]

First Universal DTS releases on DVD scheduled

October 19, 1998 // 0 Comments

We have also gotten word on Universal’s impending release of their first DTS enhanced DVD discs. Finally a release date has been set for those discs and if you are the proud owner of a DTS capable player and sound system, on January 5 you can experience [...]

The details about Dreamworks’ December releases came in

October 17, 1998 // 0 Comments

Dreamworks Home Entertainment have finally announced details and dates on their first DVD releases. Coming on December 8, the company will release Small Soldiers, Mousehunt and The Peacemaker. “The Peacemaker” will come as a 16×9 enhanced disc [...]

Synapse Films announce another cult classic

October 16, 1998 // 0 Comments

Synapse Films just announced the 1988 cult film “Deadbeat At Dawn” for release on DVD. No release date has been scheduled however. “Deadbeat At Dawn” is the first feature film directed by and starring Jim Van Bebber. Like a comic book homage to [...]

“Lost In Space” marks new high in DVD sales

October 15, 1998 // 0 Comments

New Line Home Video just reported that their recently released “Lost In Space” DVD has broken records and is setting new milestones for the industry. As tracked by VideoScan, the disc debuted at number one in DVD sales charts, becoming the [...]
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