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In this section of The Digital Bits, you'll find a complete archive of all our in-depth special feature stories covering various subjects relating to film and DVD. We've got primers on complex subjects like anamorphic widescreen, discussions of film history, looks inside the industry, fun stuff and even a peek behind-the-scenes here at The Bits. Enjoy!

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OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES

Other Special Features

A Retail Perspective on the High-Def Format War NEW - 1/1/08 The MGM DVD Lawsuit: Our Two Cents Well... Here We Go Again: Star Wars on DVD Totally Tromatic! A Visit to the Set of Citizen Toxie The Prince of Egypt and the Changing Art of Animation The Digital Bits: Behind-the-Scenes at a DVD Website Putting the Fun in DVD: Inside EMA Multimedia An Afternoon at the Diskworks: Behind-the-scenes at Image Entertainment Divx: Beyond the Hype - A First Look at a Divx Player The Star Wars on DVD Campaign Lucasfilm Responds to the Star Wars on DVD Campaign Frank Herbert's Dune on DVD: The Debate Fudging the Force: A Look at a Pirate Episode I DVD Pillaging the Titanic: A Closer Look at a Bootleg DVD Spoil Sports! (we make fun of DVD cover art that spoils the endings)

Miscellaneous Fun & Features

Menus from Paramount's Tomb Raider 2 Commentary Excerpt: Rob Reiner on MGM's new Princess Bride: SE An Exclusive First Look at MORE Upcoming Paramount DVD menus! An Exclusive First Look at TONS of Upcoming Paramount DVD menus! Menus from Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes Menus from Paramount's Godfather 1 & 2 A sneak peek at the menus for Paramount's Sleepy Hollow DVD Message to George Lucas (Lucasfilm DVD: The audience is waiting...) Message to George Lucas (Deep Inside the Lucasfilm Archives...) Message to George Lucas (Got DVD?) Message to George Lucas (Bootlegs) Message to George Lucas (DVD Does Matter) Sneak previews of X-Files: Season One, Fight Club and Butch Cassidy on DVD A sneak preview of Independence Day and The Abyss on DVD Scans of Another Star Wars: Episode I Bootleg DVD Disney Animated DVD Screen Shots Scans of Star Wars: Episode I Bootleg DVD Screen Shots from A Bug's Life: Collector's Edition A Look at the Disney Animated DVDs Disney DVD Article from the Wall Street Journal (transcript) TV Digest Breaks Divx Rumor Doogan's 2 Cents on Alien Alien Legacy artwork Criterion Armageddon DVD Screen Shots Scans of bootleg Star Wars DVD Divx at the Good Guys in Orange County, CA Divx - Retailer Sales Training Video (Transcript) An "Only Open DVD Delivers" Pamphlet A Divx Display at a Circuit City Store in San Francisco Region 2 DVD Magazine Reveals Fox DVD Releases The Open DVD Billboard in San Francisco The World's Largest DVD Player at LAX Stacking the Deck: Divx Preparations in Richmond, VA A Bit of Humor: The Infamous Divx Press Release Re-Writable DVD Drives Early Next Year?

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