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To: J Fieb who wrote (24706)	11/1/1997 5:11:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Good to see you J. Are you sure that 60% of WW PC sales are "other" Companies? The top ten WW have too big a "reported" market share to make that realistic. Music DVD still has no standard............................ twice.virtualmarketing.com Music Biz Misses DVD Target Date - -November 3, 1997 By Joseph Palenchar The music industry's International Steering Committee (ISC) was scheduled to meet October 31 to determine how to proceed now that it failed to meet its deadline for issuing a request for proposed DVD audio disc formats. The ISC had planned to subject the proposed formats to listening tests as part of its effort to achieve a final draft specification by year's end in cooperation with the DVD consortium's audio working group. But the ISC failed to issue the request not only because members couldn't agree on test procedures but also because of disagreement over the tests' goals, a music industry executive claimed. "Originally, the tests were to determine if you could hear a difference, but then others saw it as a beauty contest" that should also take into account such issues as the complexity of making hardware, one music industry executive said. "The ISC got ahead of itself." As for the ISC's future role in testing format proposals, it's possible the committee will leave testing up to individual member music companies. "The initial reason for holding tests was to ensure the industry had a chance to hear different options and voice their opinions, but that's happening anyway," the marketer said. Even if not conducting listening tests, the ISC would still scrutinize proposals to determine whether they adhere to its other requirements, which include a call for a hybrid DVD/CD disc, copyright protection, and video and data capability. Check www.TWICE.com for breaking news on this issue.

To: J Fieb who wrote (24706)	11/1/1997 5:48:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

JVC still pushing digital S.............................. scri.com TOC WQPT-TV Selects Digital-S For Studio Recording WQPT-TV, the PBS affiliate in Moline, Illinois, made the move to 4:2:2 digital with the acquisition of JVC's BR-D80U and BR-D50U DIGITAL-S studio VTRs. According to Steve Ellis, chief engineer, "We were looking at DVCPRO but we wanted to stick with 4:2:2 digital." DIGITAL-S is a 4:2:2 component digital format that records on 1/2-inch tape cassettes. Broadcasters prefer 4:2:2 recording because of its higher color resolution and compatibility with future DTV transmission systems. WQPT-TV, which is affiliated with Black Hawk College, has been using 1-inch Type-C and 3/4-inch U-Matic VTRs. "DIGITAL-S will replace our U-Matic machines and also eventually our 1-inch when JVC begins shipping the 4-audio channel machines," said Ellis. At NAB, JVC previewed a DIGITAL-S model that has 4 independently editable 48kHz 16-bit audio tracks. DIGITAL-S recorders are also being used at WQPT to archive material originally recorded on analog formats. Because of its effectively lossless compression, DIGITAL-S copies preserve all of the quality of WQPT's original 3/4-inch and 1-inch recordings. An added benefit is that the smaller cassettes with 104 minute recording time take up much less storage space.