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To: John Rieman who wrote (25536)	11/20/1997 9:52:00 PM
From: Mik the monster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Comdex almost over. Did anything tangible come out of it ? Mik

To: John Rieman who wrote (25536)	11/21/1997 11:39:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Here's the full text of the Zenith/BellSouth/DiviCube release......... GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth Corporation's (NYSE: BLS) launch this week of its americast(R) digital home entertainment service in New Orleans marks the first full-scale deployment of digital set-top boxes from Zenith Electronics Corporation (NYSE: ZE). With the Zenith terminals, BellSouth will offer its New Orleans subscribers more than 160 channels of digital video entertainment, with advanced on-screen graphics and near-video-on-demand capability. The feature-rich terminals are based on open industry standards and are designed to support BellSouth's state-of-the-art digital wireless service. Leveraging the strengths of its "best of breed" partners, Zenith has integrated leading technology into the digital terminals. C-Cube Microsystems' DiviCom Inc. subsidiary, for example, helped Zenith create standards-compliant, digital technology for competitive, timely and cost-effective digital systems. The box's flexible design uses interchangeable network interface modules for various kinds of digital video networks, including wireless and wired cable systems and satellite systems. The New Orleans launch is part of Zenith's contract to supply digital set-tops to Americast, a partnership of BellSouth, Ameritech Corporation, GTE Corporation, SNET and The Walt Disney Company, created to develop and market the next generation in home entertainment. BellSouth is a $19 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless communications, directory advertising and publishing, Internet and information services to more than 28 million customers in 20 countries worldwide. Zenith Electronics Corporation, based in Glenview, Ill., is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of electronic entertainment products for consumer and professional markets; network systems products, including digital and analog set-top boxes and cable modems for the cable TV and telecommunications industries; and display devices including color television picture tubes, computer display tubes and components. Zenith is a pioneer in the development of digital TV technologies, including high-definition television. (Visit our website at zenith.com.)

To: John Rieman who wrote (25536)	11/21/1997 11:51:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DVD-ROM for laptops is hot in Taiwan................. Makers Put DVD-ROM Drives into Notebooks November 21, 1997 (TAIPEI) -- AOpen Inc., a subsidiary of the Acer Group, said it will release a DVD-ROM drive for notebook computers around the end of 1998. Acer's archrival, Twinhead International Corp., said its latest notebook, to appear at the end of 1997, will be equipped with Toshiba's 2X DVD-ROM drive. And in 1998, one-half of Twinhead's new notebooks will come with DVD-ROM drives. Acer Inc. and First International Computer Inc. predict that notebooks equipped with DVD-ROM drives will become a hot sellers in the market, and they plan to follow suit to boost buying interest for their products. Yet at present, Toshiba is the only company in the world that installs DVD-ROM drives into its notebook computer products. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and Pioneer Electronic Corp. all claim to have plans to follow the trend, but at least in the initial period, their production will be comparatively small. Local manufacturers have been producing DVD-ROM drives for quite some time, but to date, all are for desktop computer model. AOpen and Lite-on Technology -- Taiwan's leading DVD-ROM drive makers -- are planning to introduce 2X DVD-ROM drives for desktops at the '97 Fall Comdex Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lite-on Technology hopes to begin mass producing the products in the first or second quarter of 1998. Neither company, however, is in a hurry to produce DVD-ROM drives for notebooks. AOpen executives said there remain many unresolved problems in the acquisition of key components for notebook-sized DVD-ROM drives. In addition, they said, the industry has yet to set a standard for these products, and buying interest for non-standard models is unlikely to be strong. A spokesman for Lite-on said the major market for DVD-ROM drives is still in the desktop market, and since the acquisition of key components for the notebook models is unstable, mass production of the latter is a risky business. Related story: DVD-ROMs Take Off in Taiwan (Commercial Times, Taiwan)