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To: coopie who wrote (42581)	7/3/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: mr.bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

coopie: That was an interesting read. Now if only someone could explain it to me sans legalese. Regards, mr.bill

To: coopie who wrote (42581)	7/5/1999 2:21:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Hitachi and Acer are C-Cube DVD Player customers.................. c-cube.com Q: What design wins does C-Cube have with its DVD decoders? A: C-Cube has announced that its ZiVA decoders will be used in Aiwa, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Acer, Tatung, Marantz and SamSung DVD players. For the PC, C-Cube has announced design wins with Gateway, Dell, Toshiba, STB and Diamond. There are other manufacturers who have adopted or agreed to adopt ZiVA which have not been announced by agreement with the customer or because production has not begun. asiansources.com Industry News Posted: June 8, 1999 Hitachi, Acer to to use joint-venture for DVD production TAIWAN — Hitachi, in effort to compete better in the global DVD player market, announced it is modifying an existing joint venture project with Taiwan's Acer Peripherals to fit export DVD player production. The joint venture, which currently produces major home electronic entertainment appliances, was established in July 1998 and had been producing DVD players, if only for the Asian market: It will now focus on DVD players aimed for the United States and European markets. Panasonic, Toshiba and Sony currently maintain the largest share in the market, and Hitachi is trying to get into the game. By 2002, the international DVD player market is expected to total 10 million players, the bulk of the demand to come from North America — 2.6 million — and Europe — 1.2 million. Japan consumers are expected to buy 800,000 players.