New DVD Titles With DTS Announced For 2000
DTS has announced the latest updates to the 2000 release slate of DVD titles encoded with DTS 5.1 Digital Surround soundtracks. The diverse slate includes live concert performances mixed in multichannel especially for DVD and several major motion pictures. Universal Home Video leads the way with six new DTS-encoded DVD titles to be released day and date with the VHS releases: ""Bowfinger,"" ""The Story Of Us,"" ""The Best Man,"" ""Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,"" ""For The Love Of The Game,"" and ""Burn The Floor."" Additional titles will be announced during the second quarter of the year. Live concert performances mixed in multichannel for DVD are increasing in popularity, and Image Entertainment is excited to kick off the new year with the DTS-encoded DVD release of Sheryl Crow: Rockin' the Globe ""Live,"" on the street date of January 4th. Image's slate also includes DTS-encoded DVD releases of live performances featuring Peter Frampton, Brian Wilson, and The Cranberries. Image Entertainment's 2000 release slate of DTS-encoded, live concert DVD's follows up the enormous success of last year's The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over DVD, which has become the best selling music DVD ever. A major slate of unique 5.1 DVD Music Discs has also been announced by the 5.1 Entertainment Group, and each title will include a DTS Digital Surround soundtrack. A total of 19 classical/instrumental DVDs will be released from Silverline Records, and 13 additional titles from Immergent Records, including several Classic Rock volumes and a variety of jazz and new age titles. About DTS DTS was launched with the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment theatrical release of ""Jurassic Park,"" and since then the company has remained a leader in feature film digital audio with more than 18,000 installations worldwide. DTS Consumer Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of DTS, Inc.) licenses its technology to hardware and software manufacturers to create Digital Surroundô products for the home and car that are changing the way consumers listen to music recordings and movie soundtracks on compact disc, LaserDisc and all DVD formats.