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To: Robert Utne who wrote (4348)	2/3/1998 9:36:00 PM
From: B.D.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6570

"Getting down to basics, Divx will succeed because of content. Want to watch, on your TV, Titanic or any other Paramount, Disney classic or Dream Works flic, you gotta have Divx." I don't get it. Do you mean "if you want to RENT, on your TV, ..." in DVD format, "...you gotta have Divx". Is that what you mean? I already own a DVD player (non-Divx) and I fully expect that Titanic and countless other films will be available for non-Divx DVD customers. I've already purchased a dozen DVD titles and plan to continue buying more this year. Divx doesn't do anything for me as a consumer.

To: Robert Utne who wrote (4348)	2/4/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: pennyO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

>PennyO: Welcome aboard! Thank you! I see your DJ Divx article is causing others on this thread to reevaluate Divx more or less as I did. Now allow me please to unload a piece of paranoia: much has been said and confirmed about Zenith's VSB patent and future royalties except for one crucial element: You cannot patent an idea or a standard, you can only patent an implementation! Is it not conceivable that giants like Sony, Philips, etc. might develop a slightly different way of receiving the VSB signal, circumventing the ZE patent??