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To: Scotsman who wrote (49547)	6/20/2000 3:51:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

US DVD player sales up 196% in the lastest week........... dvdinsider.com Vital Statistics - 6/20/00 I guess everyone had the same idea on what to get dad for Father?s Day. DVD sales were spectacular last week, in fact they haven?t been this high since mid-April! According to statistics from VideoScan?s First Alert Reporting Retailers, for the week ending June 11, 2000, DVD title sales were 831,000, up from 651,000 the previous week. Year-to-date DVD titles sales are rapidly approaching the 20 million mark and are currently at 17,228,000. According to the Consumer Electronics Association unit sales to dealers for the week ending June 9, 2000, DVD player sales were sufficient, having sold 83,497, a 196 percent increase over this week in 1999. Month-to-date sales are at 218,920, a 323.4 percent increase over June 1999 and year-to-date sales are at 2,265,172, a 123.9 percent increase over 1999 sales. Analog projection television sales were spectacular for the week, having sold 16,439, an 84.1 percent increase. Month-to-date sales are 37,718, a tremendous 104.3 percent increase over June 1999 sales, with a year-to-date total of 522,933, a 29.4 percent increase over 1999 sales. However, VCR deck unit sales to dealers were down for the week at 260,060, a mere 17.9 percent increase over 1999. Month-to-date sales are at 586,358, a 56.6 percent increase over June 1999 and year-to-date sales are 8,831,363, a 12.6 mere percent increase over 1999.

To: Scotsman who wrote (49547)	6/22/2000 6:48:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

LG picks Visiontechs' encoder for a PVR.................. digitalbroadcasting.com{FA38F218-46E3-11D4-8C54-009027DE0829}&Bucket=HomeLatestHeadlines LG Electronics to enter PVR market Worldwide DTV audience to reach 56 million by year?s end, according to study ICTV garners $87M investment for broadband development Study says satellite more likely than cable to benefit from interactive TV NBC, Disney express concerns over US DTV standard 6/21/2000 Korean-based LG Electronics has signed an agreement to work with VisionTech Ltd (Herzliya, Israel) to develop personal video recording (PVR) technology for LG?s future digital products. A PVR-based TV set featuring LG?s HD-1 single chip MPEG-2 decoder and VisionTech?s Kfir single chip MPEG-2 encoder will be in production by Q1 2001. LG is expected to market the product under its Zenith subsidiary name. PVR technology has blossomed in the past year since new products were introduced by TiVo and ReplayTV on the US market. Major consumer electronics manufacturers such as Sony, Philips and Panasonic have introduced the new devices, which use hard drives to allow viewers to pause, fast forward and rewind while recording video in real-time. Satellite providers DirecTV and EchoStar also have or plan to have the technology integrated into their decoders. Edited by Tom