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To: BillyG who wrote (48133)	1/5/2000 6:40:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

US DVD player sales at 3.9M units, with 1 week to go in the year. That means worldwide sales should have topped 8M units. C-Cube sold 5M ZiVA chips, 1.2M in PCs, 3.8M in players........................ dvdinsider.com Vital Statistics - 1/5/00 The week prior to Christmas was a spectacular week for DVD, confirming that DVD reigned at the top of holiday wish lists. According to VideoScan, for the week ending Dec. 26, 1999, DVD title sales skyrocketed to an unprecedented 1,875,000! Year-to-date DVD titles sales are 21,406,000. According to CEA, for the week ending Dec. 24, 1999, unit sales to dealers of DVD players were slightly down to 110,005, but still 91.9 percent over 1998 sales. Projection Television sales were 30,187, a significant 84 percent increase over 1998. Month-to-date, DVD player unit sales were 482,048, an 156.3 percent increase from 1998 and projection televisions at 130,775, a 41.7 percent increase. Year-to-date DVD player sales remain strong at 3,907,696, a 274.4 over 1998 sales and projection television sales surpassed the million mark at 1,200,103, a 15.5 percent increase. By: Karla Lawson karla@dvdinsider.com

To: BillyG who wrote (48133)	1/5/2000 6:50:00 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Although your explanation appears to make sense, it does not make sense for Panasonic to produce a video/audio DVD recorder with a data standard (DVD-RAM). Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC) announced that it will market its first DVD video recorder, model VDR- 10000. The long-awaited DVD-RAM recorder allows consumers to digitally record video on DVD-RAM discs. When connected to home theater components, the Panasonic VDR-10000 enables consumers to enjoy playback of multiple digital entertainment formats. Boasting extraordinary picture quality, multi disc (DVD/CD) playback capability, digital recording and random-access capability, the VDR-10000 is the ultimate high-end audio/video home entertainment product. DVD-RAM is based on the DVD recording standard approved by the DVD Forum. It is being hailed as the new ``bridge' format for its compatibility with audio/video and PC applications, and is helping to bring about the convergence of various digital media for both consumer and business applications. The DVD-RAM disc format offers consumers a variety of inviting applications. For instance, images from recorded home videos may be edited and put on a disc which can then be played on a laptop or e-mailed to friends and family. As an optical media format, DVD-RAM enjoys huge advantages over tape media, including random access and rewritability. Can we assume then that Panasonic feels the DVD-RAM standard will produce acceptable audio/video results?