MACROVISION WILL NOT BE WORKING ON A NEW VERSION OF ITS ENCODING SOFTWARE FOR THE RELEASE OF HD-DVD AND BLU-RAY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COMPANY SAID THAT THEY WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHICH FORMAT THE PUBLIC ADOPTS AS THE NEW STANDARD BEFORE THE COMPANY PTS ITS MONEY INTO A NEW PROGRAM.
SONY WILL BE ROLLING OUT THE MOVIE TITLES WITH ITS RELEASE OF THE PSP. THE FIRST MOVIE TO BE RELEASED ON THE PSP WILL BE XXX. OTHER MOVIE TITLES AT LAUNCH ARE SPIDER-MAN 2, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, HELLBOY, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE, AND ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO. THEY WILL BE PRICED AT $19.95 U.S. THE SYSEM WILL LAUNCH ON MARCH 24th WITH 24 TITLES AT ROLLOUT. THE PSP IS PRICED AT $249.00 U.S.
ATARI HAS ANNOUNCED YET ANOTHER MATRIX GAME FOR PS2, XBOX, AND PC. THE MATRIX: THE PATH OF NEO WILL FOLLOW THE TITLE CHARACTER THROUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MEMORABLE SCENARIOS FROM THE THREE MATRIX FILMS. IT IS SLATED FOR A HOLIDAY 2005 RELEASE.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT A DVD PUT OUT BY MGM LATELY THAT HAD A REALLY MESSED UP ASPECT RATIO OR STATED THAT IS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN WIDESCREEN ??? MGM'S DVD RATIO SETTLEMENT NUMBER IS 800-285-2168.
ANOTHER NEW DVD FORMAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY FUGI AND OPTWARE. THE HDV STANDS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC VERSATILE DISC. A PROTOTYPE DRIVE FOR THE DISC WILL BE DEVELOPED THIS YEAR. FOR THE TME BEING THE DISC WILL BE USED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT RULING OUT THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. NOTE: THE DATA ON HDV ARE INTERFERENCE PATTERNS OF LASER LIGHT WHICH MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A PIRATE COPY OF THE DISC.