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To: ENOTS who wrote (9523)6/14/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: James M. Bash  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21142
 
Flurry of press releases from SFA...

biz.yahoo.com

Offering new STBs with additional features and flexibility - note Microsoft support:

The Explorer 6000 Set-top
The most powerful of the new models, the Explorer 6000 set-top will:

* Deliver more than 300 MIPs processing power.
* Support HDTV.
* Interoperate on Scientific-Atlanta's existing Internet Protocol-based digital interactive network.
* Give cable operators a choice of either the PowerTV® operating system or Microsoft TV software.
* Support a seamless integration of both DOCSIS modem technology and DAVIC real-time IP technology, to leverage the advantages of both, as well as support MPEG video via a third tuner.
* Provide an OpenCable point-of-deployment (POD) interface for enhanced security.
* Let consumers store popular music CDs, such as those in the MP-3 format, on their in-home set-tops.

The Explorer 6000 set-top will be cable of supporting a variety of advanced services such as video teleconferencing, home networking and IP telephony.


biz.yahoo.com

Now doubling quarterly production of STBs!

biz.yahoo.com

Consumer response to the Explorer 2000 set-top shows that Scientific- Atlanta is delivering on its promise to change the way consumers interact with their TVs in 1999.

''I love it! I'd mortgage my house to keep the box,'' said Tami Rubin, an Explorer 2000 set-top user in Charter Communications' Glendale, CA., system.