Posted by Derek Janssen on 09/01/06 00:10

whosbest54 wrote:
> In article <44f5c15a$1_2@x-privat.org>, whosbest54@NO_SPAMyahoo.com.invalid
> says...
>
> It doesn't say what the first title in the U.K. was. The text reads as
> follows:
>
> "The first DVD players and discs were available in November 1996 in Japan,
> March 1997 in the United States, 1998 in Europe and in 1999 in Australia.
> The first pressed DVD release was the film Twister in 1996. The film had the
> first test for 2.1 surround sound. The first titles released in the U.S., on
> March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX
> adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different
> Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats."

Darn, could've sworn Scimitar's IMAX "Chronos" was on the list somewhere--
Or, in a case of "Cheap mom-and-pop companies leaping on a technology
buzzword" history repeating itself, maybe I'm confusing it with Goldstar
making "Chronos" semi-officially the first HD-DVD ever made.

Derek Janssen (mark that bit of trivia down for future reference)
ejanss@comcast.net

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