Universal Pictures to Release DVD and Blu-Ray Disks with DVS

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Media Access Group at WGBH - October 23, 2009

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Great news to share:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has joined Sony Pictures by committing

to release the Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®) track created for

theatrical release of films on the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of those films.

The Media Access Group at WGBH, which creates both the closed captioning and

DVS via our Motion Picture Access (MoPix) effort, is most grateful to

Universal for this major step forward. The excitement among description fans

generated by the Sony announcement just a few weeks ago will no doubt be

echoed by the latest good news. Any comments and feedback we receive are

shared with these studios (so hit reply and send us a note!), and will also

be used to convince additional studios’ home entertainment divisions to get

on board the DVS on DVD train (and beyond this, to online

streaming/downloading).

More about DVS can be found at this page of our site: http://dvs.wgbh.org

Write to us at access@...

Follow the Media Access Group on Facebook (we posted this great info there

first!)

Here now is a list of DVD and Blu-Ray titles that will include DVS as an

option. Additional DVD and Blu-Ray titles and release dates will be shared

when we learn them. We understand the DVD packages will have indicate

availability of DVS, though the print on DVD packages tends to be

microscopic. We’ll be confirming that the DVS track is on each disk, and

will update our DVS on DVD Web site accordingly.

Land of the Lost (Universal) Available Now

The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (Sony) Nov 3

The Ugly Truth (Sony) Nov 10

Bruno (Universal) Nov 17

Funny People (Universal) Nov 24

and (Sony) Dec 8

Public Enemies (Universal) Dec 8

District 9 (Sony) (Dec 29)

After the first of the year:

Love Happens (Universal)

Couples Retreat (Universal)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony)

Zombieland (Sony)

The Stepfather (Sony)

....and more to come!

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[Guest guest]

My trusty VCR died. Someone loaned me his VCR til I buy something. I was

amazed how much better sound was with his VCR. Any suggestions as to the way

to go? VCR with DVD combo? DVD recorder? Blue Ray? DVR? Nice the DVDs & Blue

Ray are becoming video described for those of us who do not see.

[Guest guest]

Webdy,

VCRs are becoming a rare breed. If you dont have a large number of VHS

tapes, I'd go for a DVD recorder. I dont know if Blu Ray is the hot item

either.

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Re: Universal Pictures to Release DVD and Blu-Ray Disks

with DVS

> My trusty VCR died. Someone loaned me his VCR til I buy something. I was

> amazed how much better sound was with his VCR. Any suggestions as to the

> way

> to go? VCR with DVD combo? DVD recorder? Blue Ray? DVR? Nice the DVDs &

> Blue

> Ray are becoming video described for those of us who do not see.

>

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[Guest guest]

For those with a decent VHS collection, a DVD-VCR combo is not a bad idea.

That's what I have.

The primary advantage of Blu-ray over DVD is the greater storage capacity

needed for HD movies.

For the vision-impaired, there is little justification for the higher price

of the Blu-ray players and discs.

Although the Blu-ray audio is technically superior to that of DVDs, unless

played through a high-end audio system, it is unlikely the difference would

be appreciated.

PS: Give the old VCR a decent burial - humming TAPS would be nice...<G>

Bob

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Re: Universal Pictures to Release DVD and Blu-Ray Disks

with DVS

My trusty VCR died. Someone loaned me his VCR til I buy something. I was

amazed how much better sound was with his VCR. Any suggestions as to the way

to go? VCR with DVD combo? DVD recorder? Blue Ray? DVR? Nice the DVDs & Blue

Ray are becoming video described for those of us who do not see.