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100% sony and taiyo yuden jointly will develop write-once dvd-r system with
capacity<>
Sony and Taiyo Yuden jointly will develop write-once DVD-R system with capacity of
4.7 Gb on single-sided disc. Data capacity is same as that of playback-only
DVD-Video and DVD-ROM discs and more than 3.95-Gb capacity in preliminary
DVD-R specs.
June 24, 1997
[Communications Daily, 99 words]
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100% Contrary to claims by Hong Kong merchants selling "code-free" DVD players
over Internet (TVD May 26 p11)<>
Contrary to claims by Hong Kong merchants selling "code-free" DVD players over
Internet , Panasonic DVD-A100 and DVD-A300 players were modified internally,
Toshikazu Yosumi, pres. of Matsushita's Optical Disc Systems Div., told us.
June 24, 1997
[Communications Daily, 67 words]
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100% NO MEANINGFUL DVD IMPACT IN 1997 -- BEST BUY AND CIRCUIT CITY
Dearth of nationwide software availability and uncertain fate of uncommitted studios
will blunt format's sales impact this year. So said senior executives of Best Buy and
Circuit City in separate conference calls with financial analysts last week.
June 24, 1997
[Communications Daily, 569 words]
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100% Faced with declining laserdisc (LD) sales, Optical Video Disc Assn. (OVDA)
said DVD hardware sales<>
Faced with declining laserdisc sales, Optical Video Disc Assn. said DVD hardware
sales in first quarter more than compensated for downturn in LD hardware.
June 24, 1997
[Communications Daily, 166 words]
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100% All major studios will be in DVD market within next year, Paul Kagan Assoc.
(PKA) assumed<>
All major studios will be in DVD market within next year, Paul Kagan Assoc. assumed
in projecting that DVD movie sales would be $13-billion annual market by 2006.
June 24, 1997
[Communications Daily, 158 words]
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