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To: VINTHO who wrote (27662)	1/7/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Here's the Dow news... C-Cube DVD Technology Selected By Korea, Japan Firms >CUBE 01/07/98 Dow Jones News Service (Copyright (c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) LAS VEGAS (Dow Jones)--C-Cube Microsystems Inc. (CUBE) said LG Electronics selected its ZiVA DVD decoder for its new line of DVD players. In a press release Wednesday, C-Cube also said Marantz Japan Inc. selected its ZiVA-Kit DVD manufacturing design. The company said the decoders are designed to fuel the development of DVD playback solutions for the consumer electronics and PC markets. C-Cube develops and delivers digital video silicon solutions, (END) DOW JONES NEWS 01-07-98

To: VINTHO who wrote (27662)	1/7/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Hitachi Demonstrates HDTV LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1998--Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. announced today that it will demonstrate its innovative and feature-rich 61" UltraVision High Definition TV (HDTV) at the International CES Show in Las Vegas (Display Room N-203). The result of more than a decade of research and development by teams of engineers in both the U.S. and Japan, Hitachi's HDTV offering delivers on the promise of advanced digital television. Hitachi's HDTV provides pristine, high resolution picture quality (1920 x1080 I) on a 61" screen. The UltraFocus super bright lens system, UltraFocus super bright CRT's, Magic Focus auto digital convergence, digital 3DYC comb filter, and advanced velocity scan modulation, complement full Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound and a 60 watt bass reflex speaker system for superb home theater enjoyment. Its tuner section allows for receipt of all 18 ATSC DTV formats, includes a built-in DSS IRD with Smart Card Input Slot, and a 181 Channel NTSC Tuner. Hitachi has also incorporated an impressive array of advanced and convenient features that have become expected with Hitachi's UltraVision line of leading projection TV. "Our HDTV carries on the Hitachi tradition of innovation and technical excellence with robust features and optics quality that is second to none," said Gary Bennett, executive vice president. "Customers who have come to rely on UltraVision projection TV for its uncompromising picture quality and depth of features will be even more impressed by our initial HDTV offering." Last month, Hitachi and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. announced that they have agreed to jointly develop HDTV sets for the introduction of HDTV digital terrestrial broadcasting in the U.S. in the Fall of 1998. In making the announcement, the two companies said the U.S. market can be served more efficiently and with greater cost efficiency by combining shared resources and technology. Each company will contribute its particular area of strength in developing the first high definition projection televisions that will be marketed independently under the companies' respective brands. Hitachi will provide an advanced large screen display for the projection receivers, based on its highly regarded rear projection display technology. Thomson will be responsible for digital technology that includes reception and decoding capability. HDTV/digital broadcasts are expected to begin in 10 large markets in the U.S. next Fall, the start of a gradual change to a new broadcast standard for the United States that will require new broadcast facilities and new television receivers for HDTV reception. "Because it will take time for HDTV/digital broadcasts to be widely available across the country, we have made significant strides in pulling as much digital technology from our HDTV research into our current line of UltraVision projection televisions," said Bennett. "By offering complementary digital peripherals for our current PTVs, such as our DVD players, DSS Systems and much talked about Digital VHS, we continue to offer enormous choices to our current customers who want to maximize enjoyment of quality PTVs today." Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., develops and markets a variety of consumer electronics and commercial multimedia products, including handheld computers and products for image capture and information access/multimedia. Hitachi America, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan, markets and manufactures a broad spectrum of electronics, computer systems and products, and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies with fiscal 1996 (ending March 31, 1997) consolidated sales of $68.7 billion. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. CONTACT: Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc. Lee Woodring, 770-279-5617 lee.woodring@halny.hitachi.com or Crescent Communications Andrew Dod, 404-287-2000 x129 adod@crescomm.com