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To: Stoctrash who wrote (24545)	10/28/1997 3:25:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Samsung Develops World's Smallest and Lightest Portable DVD -------------------------------------------- samsung.com Picture included... -------------------------------------------- - Product weighs just 0.9 kg, 1/10th that of other models. - Well suited to use while traveling, with high-end automobile A/V systems, as a multimedia educational tool and as an external DVD-ROM. SEOUL, Korea - October 27, 1997 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has come out with a portable digital video disc-player (model name: P-Theater) that allows people on the move to enjoy high quality moving pictures and digital sound. The new product is 200mm long, 160mm wide and 55mm thick; it weighs just 0.9 kg, making it the world's smallest to date. These dimensions are just one-tenth the size of conventional DVD-players (420mm x 338mm x 120mm). The P-Theater can be connected to a regular TV or projection TV for use in the home. Outside the home, it can be connected to a head mounted display (a device worn on the head like glasses that gives the sensation of looking at a 40" to 70" screen). When used with the head mounted display, the DVD-player is powered by lithium-ion batteries that provide up to two hours of viewing per charge. The new product can play DVD titles as well as video CDs and regular CDs. It supports the conventional 4:3 width-to-height ratio screen, the 16:9 wide screen with definition of 544 horizontal lines or more, as well as 5.1 channel digital 3-D sound. The super-small DVD-player will have a wide range of applications. People can use it while on long trips. It can supplement high-end automobile A/V systems. Libraries and schools can install it in their A/V rooms to be used as a multimedia educational tool or it can be employed as an external DVD-ROM unit for PCs. Samsung Electronics invested 1 billion won (US$ 1.1 million)to develop the P-Theater prototype. Commercialization is expected to be completed in the second half of next year. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a US$19 billion flagship company of the Korean-based Samsung Group, is a world leader in electronics, with operations in more than 60 countries. The company develops, manufactures and markets consumer electronics, industrial electronics and semiconductor products. For more information please visit samsungelectronics.com.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (24545)	10/28/1997 3:54:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

This Week in Multimedia Hardware -------------------------------- Cube one direct mention, one indirect -------------------------------- ÿ 10/27/97 Multimedia Week (c) 1997 Phillips Business Information, Inc. ÿ KEY: COMPANY PRODUCT FEATURES TARGET PRICE AVAIL EDITOR'S NOTE Canopus Corp. 408/954-4500 Total3D 128V Multimedia accelerator: This 128-bit graphics accelerator is powered by the RIVA 128 chip with 230 MHz integrated RAMDAC and 4 MB of 100 MHz SGRAM. Includes video playback and capture utitlity, Total Cinema EX, which provides remote-control-style interface to capture video; the photo grabber offers a digital camera interface to capture high quality still images from any video source; uses proprietary image processing technology, V-Shot processes two frames of video data to create a single still; live, full-color preview, rapid-fire capturing and support of resolutions up to 1500x1125 make it easy to add photos to presentations, Web pages and digital photo albums. Consumer market $249 Nov. Total 3D comes with video and still-image capture capabilities. Compaq Computer Corp. 800/345-1518 Armada 7770DMT Notebook PC: Features Intel's 233 MHz Mobile Pentium with MMX; standard configuration includes a 3 GB hard drive (10 GB of total storage is possible when using two optional 5 GB SMART hard drives); a 33.6 Kbps internal modem, upgradable to K56 flex); a 12.1-inch SVGA display with 800x600 resolution; 32 MB of RAM, 20X Max and a CD-ROM drive. Expandable MultiBay supports four devices including the CD-ROM drive, a disk drive, a second battery or a second hard drive. Includes a full-size keyboard with an EasyPoint III pointing stick, plus fast IrDA support. Business market $4,999 Now Compaq is also selling a USB PC card for ----. (waiting for price) Connectix Corp. 650/571-5100 QuickClip Video grabber: Compresses and transmits video over USB or a parallel port, so users don't have to install or configure cards; can capture a 738x480 image at 15 frames per second, which can be saved in a number of sizes and standard image formats; includes software for previewing video and capturing images; enables one-step compression and e-mailing of video messages or still images using popular e-mail clients; includes Connectix Album Maker, an electronic photo album application. Still images can be saved in BMP, TIFF and JPEG file types. Consumer market $99 Dec. QuickClip is the first video grabber with USB priced for the consumer market. Creative Labs Inc. 408/428-2300 PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 "DVD upgrade kit: Includes 2X speed DVD-ROM drive that runs at 20X for CD-ROMs; line-doubling to 60 frames per second including vertical and horizontal filtering and dynamic interpolation of up to 1280x1024 full-screen resolution; includes Dolby Digital out; supports CD-ROM, CD-RW and CD-R media; software bundle includes ""Wing Commander IV"" from Electronic Arts and ""Claw"" from Monolith Productions." Consumer market $379 Now Creative has upgraded its DVD kit considerably while slashing the price. FutureTel Inc. 408/522-1400 Video Sphinx Pro A/V encoder: Based on C - Cube 's Video RISC processor and MPEG Video Peripheral (MVP) technology, Video Sphinx Pro is a palm-sized peripheral for MPEG audio and video capture; interface includes a visual storyboard and enables video capture, playback, clip storage and assembly, high-resolution still- image capture and playback; converts the video into square pixels up to 1600x1200 resolution. MPEG, JPEG, AVI, MOV, BMP, TIFF, WAV and MPA files can be combined and comes bundled with Kai's Photo Soap from MetaCreations and BackStage from Macromedia. Business and consumer markets $399 Late Nov./ early Dec. The Video Sphinx Pro includes the technology used in FutureTel's ClipView Software and allows frame-accurate editing.