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NEWS UPDATE - JULY 2008
HOO-RAY FOR BLU-RAY Now that the high definition format war is over – that Sony’s Blu-ray has emerged the winner and Toshiba’s HD-DVD has gone the way of the dodo – movie buffs are currently being inundated with a veritable deluge of titles in the Blu-ray format. The great majority of the films currently on release are new, or at least recent, titles. To the film companies, of course, this makes perfect sense. Their new films – flops and hits alike – represent massive investments that must be recouped as soon as possible. Also the one thing they have in common is they are all produced under the latest state-of-the-art technical conditions and are perfectly compatible with Blu-ray’s high definition delivery. This may be good news for the Harry Potter – X Men generation, but what about the collectors of classic films? Read more... This worthwhile four-day event covering the life and career of the great Fred Astaire took place at Oriel College, Oxford from June 21 to 24 and was organised on a most efficient scale by two very gifted ladies Kathleen Riley (from Australia) and Chris Bamberger (from the U.S.A.) and attended by Astaire experts and admirers from all over the world. Read more...
NEWS UPDATE - JANUARY 2008 For more than two years now the DVD has been standing on the threshold of a new era in home entertainment. High Definition. But with this new era came an old problem. The battle of two formats to win over a new generation of DVD buyers is very much akin to the early days of video tape and the conflict between VHS and Betamax. That battle, of course, was won years ago by VHS which itself was eventually swallowed up by the DVD – the fastest developing area in the history of home entertainment. Read more...
NEWS UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2007 BOX SETS – BOOKS and the BIG BAND SOUND A BUMPER YEAR FOR BOX SETS 2007 is proving to be an amazing year for DVD box
sets on both sides of the Atlantic. WARNERS LEADS THE FIELD On the American side of the spectrum, Warners – as
usual – lead the way with their ongoing “Signature Collection” series
which, this year, offers sets devoted to such charismatic stars as
KATHERINE HEPBURN, GARY COOPER and JAMES CAGNEY... FOX FOLLOWS WARNERS Laureate members will remember that three years ago we held a forum on the films of 20th Century Fox in which scores of members sent in their requests for many neglected films from musicals – like “Daddy Long Legs” and “Sun Valley Serenade” – to Film Noir titles such as “Laura” and “Kiss of Death” and the films of Tyrone Power. Read more... NEW BOOKS We have just received word of the publication of three highly desirable books that are sure to have an appeal to many of Laureate’s members and visitors. Read more... THE BIG BAND WITH A DIFFERENCE Back in 1973 when the record industry were pinning their hopes on the arrival of quadraphonic sound, Ken Barnes, one of the busiest independent record producers in London, was commissioned by Pye Records to produce some albums that would exploit the new 4-channel concept of audio entertainment. He selected a big band with a difference. Read more...
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NEWS UPDATE -- FEBRUARY 2007 SINATRA VEGAS IS A WINNER FOR WARNERS FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT ARE MEETING YOUR REQUESTS NEWS UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2006 NEW ON DVD UNIVERSAL’S STATESIDE RELEASE OF “ HOLIDAY INN” NEWLY RELEASED in the UK is the RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN COLLECTION NEW ON CD DICK HAYMES – THE COMPLETE CAPITOL COLLECTION THE BIG NEWS for FRANK SINATRA collectors is the all-new Warner Brothers Box set SINATRA-VEGAS
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