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Toho revive Godzilla in response to fans’ disappointment

December 15, 1998 // 0 Comments

Daily Variety reports today that Japanese film studio Toho, owner of the Godzilla copyrights, has just announced plans to revive “their” Godzilla in Godzilla Millenium, due for release in theaters over the 1999-2000 Holidays in Japan. The film will be [...]

Artisan gets ready to rumble with the Ringmaster

December 14, 1998 // 0 Comments

We have just gotten word from Artisan Entertainment that Jerry Springer’s Ringmaster will be released on DVD in March. The disc will contain some supplemental material and Artisan are currently trying to get Springer himself to do a commentary track for [...]

Polygram are eyeing Special Editions, but at a price

December 14, 1998 // 0 Comments

Polygram Home Video are planning to release a number of films in 1999 on DVD in Special Editions, with plenty of in-depth supplemental material. The line will come under a new banner, which has not been disclosed as of yet, that will reflect Polygram’s [...]

Want to buy a DVD player for the holidays? Check here first…

December 12, 1998 // 0 Comments

Are you thinking about buying a DVD player for the holidays? Surely you have seen all the incredible releases available on DVD by now, and the price wars going on between online retailers at this point, but what about finding the right player? It can be a [...]

Piracy becomes a serious threat to DVD in Asia

December 11, 1998 // 0 Comments

Many of you have already noticed that pirated DVD discs are already available in the US for a number of films that have not officially been released to DVD. While they may look like official releases from a different region, these discs are usually [...]

ExtremeDVD takes your standard TV Set to the extreme

December 10, 1998 // 0 Comments

Information came in on yet another “hot” technology that will supposedly revolutionize our living rooms, but in our opinion, it sounds quite frankly just as pointless as Divx, trying to cash in on a changing market. But read for yourself… NetTV [...]

Create your own DVDs – the DV Spotlight tells you how

December 10, 1998 // 0 Comments

In the January issue of “Digital Video” magazine, DVD guru Ralph LaBarge is taking a close look at five existing, PC/MacOS based MPEG-2 encoding hardware packages ranging from $5,000 to $40,000. The detailed comparison of the systems informs you why [...]

“The Flintstones” on their way to the silver disc

December 10, 1998 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Video is releasing Brian Levant’s The Flintstones on DVD on February 23, but today we can already give you a look at the cover of this Collector’s Edition release. The film, starring John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O’Donnell, [...]

Another online store just started carrying DVD

December 9, 1998 // 0 Comments

The situation with online stores on the Internet is getting more ferocious by the day, as you have certainly noticed. Today we just got an announcement from yet another store to carry DVD product on the web, by the name of Total E. The store is part of [...]
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