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To: John who wrote (24335)	10/24/1997 1:35:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

John, may I suggest to you that you read the IMA DVD email list from the past few days. Most of the people that comment there are from within the industry and MOST not all, agree that HW is the way to go for a host of reasons. Even the software company guys.... Compare them side by side and you will see for yourself. BTW...I wouldn't rule out CUBE giving up some "decode code" to say....Intel, AMD, etc for them to embed in their 1999 versions. OR... even a portion to those ruthless MS punks for them to sink into IE 5.0 good luck, fred

To: John who wrote (24335)	10/24/1997 1:40:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Hey, you suggested that my slogan needed changing... I answered. My point is that Hardware DVD solutions will not just go away and be replaced by software solutions. "do you think no one wants to upgrade their entire system." Yes of course people will buy new systems. But if you look at the numbers I'm willing to bet that the upgrade market for DVD is bigger than the new system market for the next 12 months or so and that upgrade market will be on machines < 300hz Pentiums. I think Hardware DVD will sell more units than Software DVD. Period. SoftDVD doesn't work for Consumer players. The 300Mhz Pentiums and associated memory are just too damn expensive. I feel sorry for those who fall for the SoftDVD solution at this stage. If DVD based gaming takes off they'll have to buy hardware for their 300Mhz Pentiums anyway. Consumer OEM want a chip for <$30. SoftDVD can't touch this. Now as far as your Zoran stock goes it will be fine if they get their DVD chip out and into the market on time, and quit hyping the stock up on SoftDVD. I ask again. Have you played with the (SoftDVD) technology? Dave.