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To: Bob Zacks who wrote (867)	12/9/1997 9:51:00 AM
From: Sowbug	Respond to of 29970

Low latency for networked video games is key, too.

To: Bob Zacks who wrote (867)	12/9/1997 10:40:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Another great market, but I don't hear it mentioned, is re-runs of TV shows. In other words, you select your favorite TV show and ask for a certain episode (which you can find with key words - guest actors, etc) and the show will be played for you. This is a goldmine for the TV producers! It is too expensive to put the average TV episode on CD but if it just sits in a database waiting to be played there is almost no cost. Think of all the stuff that goes out over the air for which there is a audience but not great enough to warrant a CD (doctors talking to doctors about some medical treatment, etc.).

To: Bob Zacks who wrote (867)	12/9/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

I know what the acronym, VOD, means, but I don't really know what it means in the form it would take in cable. Do you select a movie from a menu on your computer or from a menu on the tube? This an issue we've discussed. DH and others feel the settop appliance split off from the main feed is the way to go. I have suggested a feed coming off the modem card. The card would need the hardware drivers? I think the company has this addressed, but I don't know what their strategy exactly is.