Artisan Entertainment To Release ""National Lampoon's Van Wilder"" In The HD-Plus D-Theater Platform

18-Jul-02

At the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) convention in Las Vegas on July 17, 2002, an executive from Artisan Home Entertainment confirmed that the studio will release the Unrated Version of ""National Lampoon's Van Wilder"" in the HD-plus D-VHS platform featuring JVC's D-Theater copy protection system. The release was hoped to be day-and-date with its DVD counterpart, which is scheduled for August 20, but due to increasing demand on JVC Japan for title mastering and replication among the four studios supporting the platform, will have to follow the DVD release. The release date at this time has not been officially set, nor pricing firmed, but an announcement is expected soon. ""Van Wilder"" was hoped to be the first new title to be released day-and-date with its DVD counterpart and set the stage for a slate of new D-Theater releases with their day-and-date DVD counterparts to follow.Artisan is presently working on D-Theater versions of ""The Terminator,"" ""Basic Instinct,"" ""Total Recall,"" and the ""Rambo"" trilogy.D-VHS is currently the only high-definition format available, and offers the increasing number of consumers with high-definition television displays the content they have been seeking. Created by JVC specifically for copyrighted, high-value prerecorded content, D-Theater provides a state-of-the-art level of security demanded by content providers in the digital era.

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