Descriptive Video on DVD

WGBH's Media Access Group, home to the Descriptive Video Service (DVS®) has debuted two new online resources today for fans of described movies. Both can be reached via a new, easy-to-remember Web site address: www.describedmovies.org

1. DVS on DVD This page has been updated to enable description fans to learn about mainstream DVD and Blu-ray discs that are available with audio description, and provides an Amazon click through option which takes you directly to the page of www.amazon.com to order the disc. The DVD and Blu-ray discs listed on the page are available wherever discs are sold (online and in stores); clicking through WGBH's Media Access Group's site to purchase movies  provides the Media Access Group with a small percentage of the sales revenue, and helps support their efforts. (The hit comedy It's Complicated from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin is the most recent movie released on DVD and Blu-ray with description.)

2. Full List of DVS Movies This page lists every movie  WGBH's Media Access Group has described for television, cable, DVS Home Video and DVS Theatrical (for movie theaters) since DVS debuted as a service in 1990. It's at nearly 800 films! The list is sortable by movie title or distributor (the company for which we originally described the film). Ask for described versions of movies from your television, cable or satellite provider, from movies by mail services and from Web sites which offer streaming or downloadable movies. www.mopix.org takes you to information about movies offered with description in theaters equipped with Motion Picture Access systems. And try www.captionfish.com­ you can type in your zip code, set the search filter for DVS and find the equipped theaters, described movies and accessible showtimes near you.

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