New, expanded catalog celebrates 10th anniversary of Cinema 8 Video Club.PARK RIDGE Park Ridge, city (1990 pop. 36,175), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1873. It is chiefly residential. Several national and international corporations have their headquarters in Park Ridge. Nearby is O'Hare International Airport. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1995--Sony's Cinema 8 Video Club is marking its 10th anniversary with the release of a new, expanded catalog of 8mm video titles. The increased offerings make Cinema 8 the largest, most inclusive 8mm video club in the country. Cinema 8 offers more than 700 8mm video titles, encompassing drama, action, adventure, comedy, children's animation and live-action, classics, documentary, music, dance and instructional videos. "Pre-recorded Hollywood blockbusters and other family favorites are an integral element of the total 8mm entertainment experience," said Jay Sato, vice president of Sony Electronics' Personal Video Division. "Pre-recorded 8mm videos can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime, using Sony Handycam(R) Vision Camcorders, which have three-or four-inch LCD screens. It's a great way to entertain kids on long car rides." In addition to watching videos on the go, people with 8mm VCRs or camcorders hooked up to the televisions at home can enjoy the convenience of having their favorite movies delivered right to their doors, thanks to Cinema 8. Cinema 8 Video Club prices start at $9.99, and there's no membership fee. The toll-free phone number, 1-800-866-7427, is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sony's popular "Handy Guide to Handycam" instructional videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. is also available through Cinema 8. This tape offers new camcorder owners tips on how to get the most from their camcorders, and covers everything from the basics of shooting and playback to using features such as digital effects Synthetic sounds and animations created in the digital domain. Reverberation, morphing and transitions between video frames are examples. See digital video effects. , titling and manual settings. Sony's Personal Video Division is part of the Consumer Products Group, the largest four sales and marketing groups at Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. . Sony Electronics has annual sales approaching $8 billion. Headquartered in Park Ridge, the company has nearly 17,000 employees working in consumer and professional product sales, marketing, distribution, customer service, manufacturing centers and more than a dozen R&D operations. The company was the developer of the MiniDisc A compact digital audio disc from Sony that comes in read-only and rewritable versions. Introduced in late 1993, the MiniDisc has been most popular in Japan. The read-only 2.5" disc stores 140MB compared to 650MB on a CD, but holds the same 74 minutes worth of music due to Sony's Adaptive digital audio system, micro floppy disk and Trinitron(R) television technology and the developer and the co-developer of the compact disc and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . It also leads the camcorder market with its 8mm Handycam(R) line. -0- Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For information regarding the nearest Sony authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: dealer or service location, your readers can call 1-800-342-5721. To receive copies of other Sony press releases, editors can call the Sony Access Fax-On-Demand System at 1-800-SONY-022. For photographs of Sony products, editors can call 212/696-2000, ext. 267. CONTACT: Sony Electronics Leeann Lavin, 201/930-7321 lavinl@ccmail.nhq.sony.com or Technology Solutions Patricia Mozzillo, 212/696-2000, ext. 252 pmozzilo@tsipr.com |
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