DVD International and Alpha DVD Stay a Step Ahead of NASA With The Interactive DVD MARS: THE RED PLANET.MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1999-- Unprecedented Combination of 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. Features Highlight 90-Minute Planet Exploration; Available October 12th for $24.98 Curious space observers who now think they have to wait until December for information from Mars can get a head start as DVD International and Alpha DVD present "Mars: The Red Planet," the ultimate DVD guide for science enthusiasts. The DVD will be available on October 12th at a suggested retail price of $24.98. "Mars: The Red Planet" takes viewers where they've never been before: on a personal, guided tour guided tour guide n → visite guidée; what time does the guided tour start? → la visite guidée commence à quelle heure? of one of the galaxy's long-standing, and greatest mysteries. This 90-minute program--which includes 80 minutes of 5.1 Channel AC-3 music performed by Ryan Shore, as well as 60 minutes of narration--features an array of surface videos, still imagery, interactive maps and historical spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see graphics. The unique DVD features include: -- Dual Operational Modes - Viewers can either sit back in "Entertainment Mode" and watch the complete 90-minute program, or click onto "Interactive Mode," with over 1,000 individual media elements available. -- Planetary plan·e·tar·y adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. 2. a. Views - Six unique camera angles illustrate one rotation of Mars. -- Slide Shows - Four separate programs offer in-depth views of the 200 largest features on Mars, including craters, valleys, volcanoes, mountain ranges, canyons and rifts. Each slide show includes a full Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. 5.1 channel surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. audio track, as well as an informational subtitle sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. track. -- Mars Missions - This section provides in-depth multimedia information on all the successful Mars explorations from past and recent explorations, as well as plans for future missions. -- Interactive Maps - Over 900 chapters, and 8,000 menu links form a fully interactive map of the planet. Viewers can zoom in and out, as well as pan in eight directions. -- Gallery - This section includes 33 different works of art from three renowned space artists. - Easter Eggs/Web Site Contest - Over 200 Easter Eggs An undocumented function hidden in software that may or may not be sanctioned by management. Easter Eggs are secret "goodies" found by word of mouth or accident. They are also used in video games, movies, TV commercials, DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs and every so often in hardware. have been hidden throughout the program, offering prizes to viewers who find the correct eggs each week. -- WebDVD - This program represents one of the first DVD titles released using the new Microsoft Web DVD specification, offering access to over 1,000 media elements stored on the disc through a standard browser. |
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