>I guess I'm not visionary enough -- I still think of "interactive" and
>"TV" as oxymorans ....
Before dismissing the idea, check out out Tender Loving Care, the program
advertised in our newest site at http://www.aftermathmedia/tlc/ TLC is the
first movie created expressly for interactive DVD TV. The DVD video
product will be released this fall -- only the CDrom and DVDrom versions
are currently available. I've seen the DVD video demo (now available)
however, and it's pretty cool. You use the DVD remote device to navigate
the program just as if you were mousing through a computer program.
Here's the official press release:
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Aftermath Media creates new genre of entertainment with
interactive movie "Tender Loving Care"
Product available now at http://www.aftermathmedia.com/tlc/
Ashland, Oregon; July 27, 1998--"Tender Loving Care," the world's first
truly interactive movie for home viewing, debuts this week in the U.S. on
DVD-ROM and CD-ROM. "Tender Loving Care" (TLC) is a provocative,
psychological thriller based on a novel of the same name by Andrew
Niederman ("Devil's Advocate"). Starring two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt,
this ground-breaking new release was designed specifically to maximize the
incredible advantages of DVD technology while elevating CD-ROM technology
to new heights as well.
"Tender Loving Care" was created by Rob Landeros and David Wheeler of
Aftermath Media. Landeros and Wheeler were two of the visionaries behind
the phenomenally successful and award-winning CD-ROM titles "The nything
else, is what determines how the story will unfold.
Since the psychological profile of no two viewers is alike, experiencing
TLC will be different for everyone. Ultimately, TLC becomes an emotional
roller-coaster of plot twists and turns with trust in short supply. And
everyone's sanity - including the viewer's - is open to question.
In another first, the DVD-Video version of TLC, to be released in the fall,
will be as fully interactive as the DVD-ROM version available now.
"Absolutely nobody has created anything this interactive for DVD-Video,"
declares Wheeler. "When people see what the technology is capable of, and
it's paired with a story idea worthy of its capabilities - like TLC - we
think they'll be amazed."
TLC was shot on 35mm film and features state-of-the-art audio and video, so
it will also be the perfect complement to HDTV.
Not content merely pushing the envelope with two new technologies (DVD-ROM
and DVD-Video), Landeros and Wheeler have decided to use the Internet to
sell TLC directly to consumers via their own electronic storefront. "The
Web is fast becoming the retail channel" says Wheeler. "And with good
reason," adds Landeros. "It gives us infinite shelf space, we can provide
better customer service since we're intimately acquainted with the product,
we'll never be out of stock, and we can offer it at a reasonable price due
to less overhead."
Their confidence is buoyed by the fact that TLC was released in Europe two
months ago to excellent reviews and outstanding sales - landing on the
best-seller charts after just one week on the market. TLC also received a
first-place award in an international DVD-ROM competition sponsored by the
International Compact Disc Interactive Association (ICDIA) and the
Interactive Digital Media Association (IDMA).
The DVD-ROM version of TLC may be purchased at
http://www.aftermathmedia.com/tlc/ for $45.00 plus shipping. A CD-ROM
version is available for consumers who haven't yet upgraded to DVD-ROM. A
demo version of TLC on DVD-Video is available now for $5.00, which can be
credited towards the full purchase price of the product when it's released
in the fall.
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