Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maya who wrote (48519)	1/31/2000 10:12:00 AM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Interesting article, but geography is not this guy's strong suit. Now the DVD people are explicitly suing the Internet at large, which makes about as much sense as trying to hold the Pacific Ocean legally responsible for Hurricane Andrew.

To: Maya who wrote (48519)	2/1/2000 5:30:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

US DVD player sales, down from Dec., but up 213.2% from last year............................... dvdinsider.com Vital Statistics - 2/1/00 According to statistics from CEA, for the week ending Jan. 21, 2000, DVD player unit sales to dealers remain stagnant, yet high, at 101,298, a 213.2 percent increase over 1998 sales during the same week. Projection television sales are on the rise having sold 21,968, a 33 percent increase. Month-to-date and year-to-date, DVD player sales are 196,567, a 207.6 percent increase over January 1998 and projection television sales are 49,613, a 35.3 percent increase. If that isn?t enough to suggest that consumers have adapted to the home theater experience, VideoScan released DVD title sales for the week ending Jan. 23, 2000. For the week, DVD title sales remain high at 715,000 yielding a tremendous year-to-date total of 2,296,000 (and it?s only the first month in Y2K)!