Last Man Standing features:
- Widescreen 16:9
- MPEG5.1 & DD5.1
- Trailer
- Bios
- Featurette

Roadshow also plan to ship 2 big releases for the month of September, what they are is anyone's guess...

Pioneer will release 2 models the DV-717 and the DV-515 in November

The DV-717 will feature:
THX Approval
DTS Compatible with DVD's

The DV-515 will feature:
DTS Compatible

No information availble if they will release them with component inputs though one would think so.  More information availble through Pioneer Australia(Though they are very tight lipped)

Also another manufacturer Toshiba are planning also to release 2 DVD models at the end of the year. One will feature DTS compatibilty.

And if that wasnt enough Toshiba will also be releasing 2 new rear projection screens a 43, and 44 inch models at around a November release date.

Though they are both 4:3 they do feature some cool technologies for DVD users. The 43" will have Component inputs to match there already existing component ready DVD player. But the more interesting information is that of the 44" model which as well as featurng Component inputs will also feature Progressive Scan technology which up to now has only been available in the US. With a price of roughly $9000 it will be expensive but for the DVD user will be the model of choice.

Q: How do we select our titles?
A: The reason why you do see things like SINGLE WHITE FEMALE on our release schedule and not TOTAL RECALL is because the main criteria so far for selecting titles is that SPE must own it throughout the world. TOTAL RECALL (like T2 and CLIFFHANGER) were films made by Carolco and distributed by Columbia TriStar, but not in all territories. If we are to go to the expense of authoring and releasing a title, at this stage it can only be justified
if we can release it in all of out territories. Unfortunately something like THE FIFTH ELEMENT also falls into this category and so goes to the end of the list. In other cases, like BAD BOYS, there is a censorship issue. We released the film as an MA with no cuts, but in other countries, the film was edited to obtain the required censor classification. This creates a problem in that, although we have our own localised disc, all discs are replicated together on one production run and it is not feasible to have multiple versions.

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If you thought that it was only films with extensive violence that go under the knife then you might be surprised to know that it doesn't stop there.   Apparently in the upcoming release of MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING there will be a slight change from the Australian theatrical release. At one stage in the movie Julia Roberts says the "F" word (editorial intervention..sorry). In at least one of the PAL countries this was edited out (probably at the local censors bidding to get the required rating). This means to release the DVD at the same rating in that country the same edit must be applied. This means all PAL countries now suffer this edit......it's a shame they are altering the dialogue as it was bloody funny when she said it.......