S. Korea Samsung Electric Builds Tiny DVD Player>Q.SEM
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10/27/97
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SEOUL (AP-Dow Jones)--South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced Monday that it has developed the world's smallest and lightest portable digital video disc player, or DVD .
The device is a little larger than a regular videotape - 20 centimeters and 16 centimeters - and weighs only 0.9 kilograms
The DVD is a system that can be used for movies, music or video games. It looks like a CD but holds seven to 14 times as much data. Experts say it is expected to eventually replace those systems.
Named P-Theatre, Samsung's DVD player can be connected to a regular television, projection television or head-mounted display. Head-mounted like glasses, it can give the effect of looking at a large screen, Samsung said.
The device can play DVDs, video CDs or regular CDs. It also provides a choice of regular or wide screen, it said.
But the player is still only a prototype, and the company said a commercial version of the product will be available in the second half of next year.
Specialized in electronic and semiconductor products, Samsung Electronics is a flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate in net assets.
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