DVD Express Declares This Season to Be the ``Summer of DVD''; the DVD Destination Names the Hottest DVDs of Summer for Eight Solid Weeks, Enlists Toshiba as Promotional Partner.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1999-- DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. EXPRESS, the leading online video retailer and the authority on digital versatile discs digital versatile disc or digital video disc (DVD), a small plastic disc used for the storage of digital data. The successor media to the compact disc (CD), a DVD can have as much as 26 times the storage capacity of a CD. (DVD), Friday declared this season to be the "Summer of DVD." "From day one, we have said that the DVD format See VOB and DVD. is for keeps," commented Michael Dubelko, president and founder of DVD EXPRESS. "Now it is the time for us to leverage our leadership position to highlight superior titles for their excellence and ingenuity while continuing to spread the word that digital means easier, better and fun -- not intimidating and scary." DVD EXPRESS announced that during the "Summer of DVD," it will underscore its commitment to the DVD format by providing simple, entertaining, in-depth coverage on a new DVD topic each week, illustrated with DVD titles that it considers best of breed in each category. For the next eight weeks, DVD EXPRESS, which also operates DVD.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , the leading DVD editorial Web site, will be augmenting its coverage of DVD movies and trends to include breakout features on subjects such as menu design, DVD audio, commentary and the ever-expanding world of the DVD format into games, music and Internet connectivity. The DVD EXPRESS editorial staff, which includes film buffs, digital-technology enthusiasts and pop-culture fanatics, will select a list of 25 "must-see" titles that profoundly impact the future of each topic at www.dvdexpress.com. In addition, DVD EXPRESS is giving consumers easy opportunities to jump on the DVD bandwagon during the "Summer of DVD." Foremost among these, it has partnered with Toshiba for daily giveaways of its state-of-the-art 2109 DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. ($300 value). All it takes is a few clicks on an entry blank at www.dvdexpress.com -- no purchase is necessary. DVD EXPRESS' Wish List technology, which enables visitors to start and keep a personalized list of titles they may like to purchase at a later date, will also be more prevalent throughout the DVD EXPRESS site throughout the "Summer of DVD." About DVD EXPRESS DVD EXPRESS, based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and located on the Web at http://www.dvdexpress.com, is the leader in entertainment-product retailing which immediately provides customers with selection, service and value. The company has grown to become one of the dominant forces in video retailing since its launch in April 1997. Merging the future of home entertainment with the future of shopping under the single banner of "High Speed Entertainment," DVD EXPRESS offers customers more than 3,200 DVD movie and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. software titles at daily discounts of up to 50 percent. In addition to online retail, DVD EXPRESS is the premier Web destination for DVD, home entertainment and movie enthusiasts, offering a robust online community with entertaining DVD-related editorial content, contests and promotions. DVD EXPRESS can also be found online through its partnerships and advertising deals with the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Network, AOL.com, CompuServe, Go.com (formerly Infoseek), NBC's Videoseeker, Compaq, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Gateway and AltaVista. |
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