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To: DiViT who wrote (43939)	8/17/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Black-Scholes	Respond to of 50808

I think the following says it all about the long-term viability of a "TiVo" (from the article you posted). CUBE's codec should be the big beneficiary of the digital video recorder. I'm baffled why these manufactures can't learn from past experience (i.e. VHS vs. BETA) and quickly agree on a standard DVD rewriteable format: FLOUNDER BOUND - The real issue, he adds, is that the devices will flounder because of their high prices and narrow range of functions. Hardware costs of $500 to $700 plus a monthly service fee are unrealistic to expect from most consumers. Despite nifty features such as instant replay and slow-motion viewing of live broadcasts, the devices do not have removable storage, so they cannot replace a VCR; also, their recording time is limited to around ten hours. "These devices won't continue to exist in their current form," he says. "The technology will be bought and subsumed into something else."