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Barry Willis Apr 04, 1999 0 comments

Money changes everything. Circuit City, parent company of Divx, has enjoyed a stock run-up recently due to rumors of a possible equity partnership deal with video-rental chain Blockbuster. In the deal, Viacom-owned Blockbuster would buy into Divx, considerably strengthening the pay-per-view startup's financial footing and giving it instant credibility in the video-rental market. Blockbuster has more than 600 stores nationwide.

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Fred Manteghian Apr 04, 1999 0 comments

Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert. Directed by Stephen Hopkins. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic, 16:9 enhanced). Dolby Digital 5.1. 139 minutes. 1998. New Line Cinema N4667. Rated PG-13. $24.99.

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David Henderson Apr 04, 1999 0 comments

The staff of SGHT would like to thank reader David Henderson, who provided this spreadsheet file in response to an article about room acoustics written by Russ Herschelmann in the March/April 1999 issue. Below are Mr. Henderson's notes for using the file.

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Barry Willis Mar 28, 1999 0 comments

The legal wrangling over television broadcasting got much more complicated last week with the introduction of a bill to the US House of Representatives that would allow direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services to beam local TV stations' signals into the stations' own territories. The practice is currently banned by Federal Communications Commission regulations, despite the fact that cable companies have carried local signals since the beginning of the cable industry.

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Mar 28, 1999 0 comments

Last week, Platinum Entertainment and Pioneer Entertainment announced plans to jointly develop and create Animetronic, a series of multiple-format music and video releases that combine Japanese animation with original, new electronic-music compositions. Terms of the partnership were finalized at the Winter Music Conference in Miami by Steve Devick, Platinum president and CEO, and Yosuke "James" Kobayashi, president of Pioneer Entertainment.

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Michael Fremer Mar 28, 1999 0 comments

Keir Dullea, William Sylvester, Gary Lockwood, Daniel Richter, Daniel Rain as the voice of HAL. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Aspect ratio: N/A widescreen. 5.1-channel Dolby Digital. Two layers. 139 minutes. 1968. MGM Home Entertainment 906309. Not rated. $29.95.

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Mar 28, 1999 0 comments

Eventually, a few multinational conglomerates will own 90% of the world's businesses. Case in point: Cable companies Comcast and MediaOne, already among the largest in their field, made a move in that direction last week when they announced a merger valued at between $53 and $60 billion. Comcast will acquire MediaOne, described by the New York Times as "the sole surviving independent cable company." The resulting company will be the nation's third largest.

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Mar 21, 1999 0 comments

In an effort to regain full control of its video library worldwide, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with Warner Bros. for an early termination of its existing video-distribution agreement with Warner Home Video. The original agreement with WHV was to end in May 2003.

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Christian Rix Mar 21, 1999 0 comments

Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Ko Kimura. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Aspect ratio: 4:3. Monaural (Japanese with English subtitles). Two layers. 203 minutes. 1954. Criterion Collection #2. Not Rated. 39.95.

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Barry Willis Mar 21, 1999 0 comments

Star Wars is with us as much today as it was 22 years ago, when the first film of the series was released. In fact, it has been around so long that it seems an inherent part of popular culture, like Huckleberry Finn---in the public domain, free for anyone to use as they wish. George Lucas, creator of the blockbuster film and its two sequels, has long looked the other way regarding possible copyright infringements. Fanzines, fantasy periodicals, and filmed spoofs have elaborated on Star Wars characters and story lines for two decades without fear.

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