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To: Rarebird who wrote (27060)	12/23/1997 1:23:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

You're right, Intel is a big concern in digital TV. That's why they had to team with Hitachi -- a company that does know the difference between interlaced and progressive scan. I love all these "software DVD" solutions. What do people think the software runs on? Hint; it's called "hardware."

To: Rarebird who wrote (27060)	12/29/1997 1:04:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Sales Of DVD Players Seen Up... Matsushita Elec Indus Exec By David P. Hamilton 12/29/97 Dow Jones News Service (Copyright (c) 1997, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) - TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Sales of digital videodisc players may seem slow, but the product is on track to be successful, an executive at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MC or 6752) said. If you look at the compact disc, 'sales for the first five years were very slow, then there was a takeoff,' Kunio Nakamura, a senior managing director at Matsushita in charge of audio-visual products, told Dow Jones. ' DVD is on the same path; my job is to accelerate its progress.' Digital videodiscs are pre-recorded discs the same size as compact discs that store full-length motion pictures with high-quality video and sound. While considered promising as a potential successor to laser-disc players and, perhaps eventually to the VCR, DVD players have so far sold poorly, in part due to a lack of titles available for the format. Nakamura said that prices of DVD players in the U.S. should fall next year to $399 from $499 this year. But he added that prices for DVD titles in the U.S. are still too high, at $25 to $27 per title. (END) DOW JONES NEWS 12-29-97