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THE PSYCHO INSIDER

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THIS IS A LITTLE PREVIEW OF WHAT WILL BE IN MY COLUMN WHEN THIS SITE CHANGES FORMATS. I PLAN TO DO TWO COLUMNS. ONE WILL BE THE SAME INSIDER NEWS THAT YOU WILL GET RIGHT HERE AND THE SECOND WILL COMBINE THE PSYCHO REVIEW WITH THE UPCOMING DVDs TOPIC THREADS.

"I'VE GROWN TIRED OF ASKING, SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME..."
The Mangler Bros. Psycho Dayv Armchaireviews Notes on Suicide

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THIS WEEKS INSIDER NEWS...

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.

"I'VE GROWN TIRED OF ASKING, SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME..."
The Mangler Bros. Psycho Dayv Armchaireviews Notes on Suicide

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HERE'S THIS WEEKS INSIDE NEWS...

APPLE THROWS THEIR HAT ON THE SIDE OF BLU-RAY BY JOINING THE BLU-RAY ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I THOUGHT THAT APPLE COMPUTERS WERE EXPENSIVE NOW. HEWLETTT PACKARD IS ALSO ON THE BOARD.

MOVIE GALLERY (NO.3 VIDEO RENTAL CHAIN IN THE U.S.) OPENED ITS 2,500th STORE IN JACKSONVILLE, TX. ON MARCH 7th.

GEORGE ATKINSON WHO WAS THE RENTAL INDUSTRY'S FOUNDING FATHER DIED.

V3MEDIA, A LAS VEGAS BASED COMPANY, WILL BE ROLLING OUT "MEDIA-RACER." "MEDIA-RACER" IS A KIOSK TELLER THAT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO BURN MOVIES, MUSIC, VIDEO GAMES, AND EVEN COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO DISK. THE CD/DVD DISCS WILL RANGE IN PRICE STARTING AT $5.00 U.S. AND GO UP FROM THERE BASED ON THE MEDIA THE CONSUMER WANTS. EACH DISC WILL FEATURE COPY PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE A POLYMER COATING THAT IS WATERMARKED. UNDER A BLACK LIGHT THE WATERMARK CHANGES COLOR SO THAT YOU CAN PROVE OR DISPROVE THE SOURCE OF THAT CONTENT. PLANS ARE TO HAVE THESE KIOSKS IN BIG BOX RETAILERS, RESTRAUNTS, MALLS, AND MOVIE THEATERS.


"I'VE GROWN TIRED OF ASKING, SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME..."
The Mangler Bros. Psycho Dayv Armchaireviews Notes on Suicide