DTSÆ Sound Featured On Upcoming Blockbuster DVD Releases

16-May-00

DTSÆ confirmed several new titles have been added to the industry release calendar of DVD titles encoded with DTS 5.1 Digital Surroundô soundtracks. Among these new releases are the first DTS-encoded DVD releases from Warner Home Video and Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video. The first DTS-encoded DVDs from Warner Home Video will be all three ""Lethal Weapon"" installments, ""Interview With The Vampire,"" and ""Twister,"" all scheduled for June arrival. These new titles are all special editions with high-quality video transfers and exciting new video extras. The first release from Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video to offer a DTS-encoded soundtrack, will be the mega-hit ""Men In Black,"" with a street date of September 5. Universal Home Video follows up the recent DTS-encoded releases of ""The Bone Collector,"" ""The Best Man,"" ""Burn The Floor"" and ""Man On The Moon"" with the DVD debut of the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic, ""Jaws."" Originally presented in the theatres in monaural sound, Mr. Spielberg has created an incredible new 5.1 re-mix for this hotly anticipated DVD release. Following through on its recent public commitment to produce more DVD titles with DTS soundtracks, DreamWorks plans to release DTS versions of ""The Haunting,"" ""The Prince Of Egypt,"" and the recent OscarÆ-winner for Best Picture, ""American Beauty."" Street dates to be announced soon. In addition, Image Entertainment will expand their catalog of music concert DVDs with 5.1 DTS Digital Surround soundtracks. ""Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit"" will be released in May, followed by ""Chaka Khan: BET On Jazz,"" ""Dreamscape: Special Edition,"" ""Jeffrey Osborne: BET On Jazz"" and ""Steely Dan: Two Against Nature,"" scheduled for June. Image has also announced plans to release DTS versions of ""The Cranberries"" and ""The Paris Concert For Amnesty,"" in the near future. DTS is an international, digital technology company specializing in multi-channel audio. Founded in 1993, DTS quickly became the leading provider of premium, discrete, multi-channel audio for motion pictures with the release of Steven Spielbergís ""Jurassic Park."" DTS Digital Sound is now featured on more than 19,000 screens worldwide. The DTS Consumer Group licenses decoder technology to equipment manufacturers for home theatre, automobiles, and computers. DTS encoding technology is licensed to content creators for high-resolution, multi-channel film and music soundtracks on DVD, multichannel music on compact disc and DVD-Audio, and multichannel audio for games on DVD-ROM. DTS is a registered trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. of Agoura Hills, California. International offices for the company are located in the United Kingdom and Japan.