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Columbia Tri-Star Re-issuing DVD’s without Widescreen
06/29/2004

I think it’s time to address something that Columbia Tri-Star has been doing for quite some time now. Apparantly, the studio has discontinued many DVD’s that have been previously availale as wide/full flipper discs. They silently re-issue the DVD’s as fullscreen only discs. They are doing so without changing the UPC, so retailers aren’t being made aware of the change. These discs have shown up in Wal-Mart bargain bins over the course of the last year, and they will eventually be replacing stock at other retailers as well. We have a partial list of titles that have shown up to date, and we will be adding more to the list as we are notified of omissions. Please beware of this when buying Columbia Tri-Star DVD’s from Wal-Mart and other retailers.

I consider this practice consumer fraud. It would be one thing if they were just re-issuing new fullscreen only DVD’s, but they are not changing the UPC, nor are they notifying the retailers of the change, and that constitutes consumer deception. I find that to be deplorable! I urge you to use our Studio & Retailer Watchdog to contact Columbia Tri-Star and tell them what you think of this new policy.

Partial list of fullscreen only re-issues:

And Justice For All
3 Ninjas Kick Back
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
About Last Night
Annie (previously released with both formats on a dual-layer disc, replaced by a “special edition” with ONLY fullscreen)
The Bear
The Beast
Bite The Bullet
Blankman
Blue Thunder
Body Double
Chances Are
Cruel Intentions 2
Dance With Me
The Deep
Desperate Measures
Excess Baggage
The Eye of the Beholder
The Fan
Frankenstein
Hero
High School High
Hush
Idle Hands
Iron Eagle
Johnny Mnemonic (Superbit edition available separately)
Josie and the Pussycats
Last Action Hero
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Mixed Nuts
Mortal Thoughts
Moscow On The Hudson
My Life
My Stepmother Is An Alien
No Mercy
Peggy Sue Got Married
The Principal
School Daze (new special edition available 2/1)
Sheena
Spice World
Still Crazy
Stuart Little (previously released as seperate widescreen and fullscreen editions, replaced by a fullscreen only special edition)
Suspect
The Toy
Universal Soldier: The Return
Whatever It Takes
Wild Things- Theatrical Version (Unrated version is available separately in widescreen)

Posted by: Joshua Clinard @ 3:00 pm



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