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To: John Rieman who wrote (28871)	1/28/1998 3:42:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Officials told Multimedia Week they have received a positive response from one supplier but would not name the company. Sony Electronics Inc. [SNE] sems the likeliest candidate for DVx, based on the company's PC introductions to date. Sony dubbed the second-generation VAIO PC the creativity PC and bundled it with more consumer-level authoring tools than any other vendor to date. C-Cube officials view the technology as a way for PC OEMs to put content creation into the hands of consumers at a very low cost and spark new applications. I truely doubt Sony uses the DVx. I think some other Japanese CE biggies might though....maybe even add to 1999 earnings..

To: John Rieman who wrote (28871)	1/28/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

I did catch the blurb, but I'll cut it up into small pieces for easier digestion. Nice find, John. If MPEG2 digital video cameras can be sold for a reasonable price, watch out!! And think of the synergistic effect this will have on DVD and DVD-RAM........ Here's the blurb in little pieces: 1. The company [CUBE] also expects to sell a version [of a consumer DVx codec] to peripheral makers pushing non-linear editing boards and software. Companies such as Truevision and Pinnacle Systems Inc. [PNCL] are likely targets. The product could appeal to multimedia developers and prosumers looking for inexpensive MPEG-2 encoding. 2. And DVx could gain even more support from vendors targeting those buyers when the company releases a DVC to MPEG-2 transcoder in the second half of the year. 3. Adaptec Inc. [ADPT] is co-developing the transcoder, which will allow digital camcorder users to put their creations onto the PC. (C-Cube, 408/490-8000.) I wonder if CUBE is co-developing other chips with other companies? There are lots of market niches waiting to be filled.....