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Technology Stocks : WavePhore (WAVO)- VBI fed WaveTop for WebTV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul K who wrote (887)	2/10/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2843

Some Q&A I got in a recent Email from WAVO I apologize for taking so long to get back to you regarding your questions. As you can imagine, things have been quite busy here getting ready for the launch of WaveTop. We just released WaveTop Beta 2.0, so I now have a few minutes in my 20 hour day :-) >Many consumers buying >computers this past year have TV-input ports integrated on their Video >Cards. Will this input be enough to receive the WaveTop broadcast from >PBS? As long as those cards have a BT848 chip onboard. For a complete list of compatible boards, please see our website at www.wavetop.net. >Will your software's reception interfere with the Video Card based tuner >software for those who use it to watch TV or do video capture on their >monitors? Must they get a SEPERATE TV-input card for another $100 or >so from your OEM's? If you want to be able to watch TV and receive data simultaneously then yes, you would have to buy a separate tuner. The tuner can only be used for one application at a time. The price point on TV tuners is now about $89 and is projected to come down substantially in the near future. >If they must get a seperate card, are any video card manufacturers >working to make their TV-inputs compatible with WaveTop? >If you must as of now get a seperate card, will there be/and who will >spearhead, promotional marketing and bundling in order to get consumers >to add this upgrade to their machines? Again, I will point you to our website for more details, but we have bundling agreements with ADS, Hauppauge and others and are working to expand those relationships and work closely with the board maunfacturers to market WaveTop. We will also get a major marketing boost by the presence we will have in Windows98.