Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Creative Labs (CREAF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (9361)	2/4/1998 7:21:00 PM
From: Market Tracker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13925

CREAF files Form SC 13G/A with SEC - freeedgar.com MT

To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (9361)	2/4/1998 9:20:00 PM
From: DRRISK	Respond to of 13925

Listen Gang, In a lack luster day for Creaf our dear friends at MLCO were busily buying up shares all day especially in the afternoon. I think that is significant and that we are not going down from here because the daytraders are waiting for the ride up not down IMHO. DrRisk keep your powder dry

To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (9361)	2/4/1998 9:21:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 13925

Hi Doug and everyone, Article...PC-DVD Encore Deserves a Standing Ovation.. by Sheldon Leemon Originally published in the February 1998 issue of Computer Shopper Barely six months after Creative Labs debuted the first-ever DVD-ROM upgrade kit, the company has issued its second-generation kit. And what a difference six months can make! Not only is the PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 kit faster, smoother, and easier to install than its ground-breaking predecessor, but it's less expensive as well. Installation was no more complicated than replacing our existing IDE CD-ROM drive with the DVD drive, and plugging in the Dxr2 MPEG-2/AC-3 decoder card. The movie-player software also installed easily from the included CD, and unlike the previous version, configured the display to match our desktop resolution in less than 30 seconds. The player interface, which resembles a TV remote, includes controls for all of the DVD movie options (i.e., soundtrack language, subtitle language, chapter menus, parental lockout, and camera angles). You can also gain easy access to menus for these functions by right-clicking on the movie screen. In addition, there's just about every kind of movement control you can imagine--play, skip to next or previous chapter, fast-scan forward or backward (up to 16x), and slow-motion forward or backward (down to 1/16 th speed). Creative claims several technological advances for its Dxr2 decoder card, including proprietary scaling and filtering techniques. Although we can't verify the effectiveness of these enhancements, we can confirm that the picture quality on DVD movies such as Total Recall was excellent. Playback was smooth, and the picture scaled cleanly from a small window to full screen at 1,024x768 resolution. Picture quality was even better when viewed on an external TV monitor (the card provides both composite and S-VHS outputs). The display was clean and sharp, and nearly free of the glittery artifacts usually associated with MPEG-2 video. The 2x DVD drive, meanwhile, performed well as a CD-ROM reader, transferring data at about 20x speed (it scored a 1,060 on the CD WinMark 98 test with a transfer rate of 3,110 on the outer tracks). And unlike first-generation DVDs, this drive reads CD-R discs as well as the new erasable CD-RW discs. The only DVD software included in the kit are Wing Commander IV and Claw, games that have been upgraded to include MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital sound. Considering that this kit costs $120 less than its nearest competitor, however, it's tough to complain about a skimpy software bundle. With its next-generation drive and decoder card--and its market-leading price--the PC-DVD Encore makes becoming a DVD pioneer an almost risk-free proposition. PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 Creative Labs 1901 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 800-998-5227; 408-428-6600 Fax: 408-428-6611 www.soundblaster.com Requires: 100MHz Pentium or faster; 8MB hard drive space; SVGA graphics adapter with 2MB RAM; PCI slot; EIDE connector on motherboard; half-height drive bay; Sound Blaster 16-compatible sound card; Windows 95 Mfr. Est. Price: $379 _____________________________________________________________________ Regards, Michael