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To: Jack T. Pearson who wrote (24440)	12/8/1997 11:03:00 AM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Re DELL/CPQ DVD Jack, Funny you should mention DELL and DVDs... From today's (Monday) Austin Statesman, page D2: -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ By Jerry Mahoney, American-Statesman Staff ROUND ROCK -- More than a year after the technology became commercially available but in time for this holiday season, Dell Computer Corp. has incorporated DVD systems in its Dimension XPS line of desktop computers for consumers and small businesses. The promise of DVD, or digital videodisc technology, is improved sound and video for movies and games requiring huge amounts of memory. The technology packs about 5 gigabytes of memory on a special compact disc -- more than five times the memory of standard CDs. Games are the biggest application of the technology now. Once equipment that can write on the DVD discs is priced more reasonably, small businesses can use it to store volumes of information and data, said Bill Peterson, marketing director for Dell's Dimension products. The Round Rock company didn't venture into DVD last year because first-generation DVD drives do not read standard CDs, such as music or game discs. That technology, known as "backward compatibility," is available in the new drives. Dell's new Dimension XPS computers come with a Hitachi GD-2000 DVD-ROM drive, and Dell is marketing the systems with Altec Lansing satellite speakers and a subwoofer. Peterson said the system can be adjusted with the mouse to simulate surround sound. Delll is packaging the system on its Dimension XPS D300, with a 300 MHz Pentium II microprocessor for about $2,900. The package does not include any DVD software. The DVD drive is expected to cost about $300, and could be added to existing Dimension computers as an upgrade for standard CD-ROM drives. The Altec speakers costs about $183, Dell said. Compaq Computer Corp. introduced a second-generation DVD system on its Presario earlier this fall. It uses a different method of decoding the DVD data. -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ End of Article. Regards, 3