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To: Stoctrash who wrote (30061)	2/28/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: CPAMarty	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

After months of negotiations, Blockbuster is believed to have found hardware partner for planned national rollout of DVD. Executives with direct knowledge of agreement said last week that Philips Electronics will supply Blockbuster with DVD players for rental program expected to begin in fall. Philips will also supply in-store DVD demonstration kiosks, sources said. Late last year, executives with several DVD-player suppliers reported Blockbuster seeking promotional support for planned first-quarter DVD rollout (VB, 11/3).

To: Stoctrash who wrote (30061)	2/28/1998 7:24:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

No respect.............. It starts here zdnet.co.uk zdnet.co.uk There's one new product that, rather amazingly, manages to get around the bandwidth limitations of the parallel port and manages to capture full-screen, full-motion video. LA Vision's Dazzler (œ229 ex. VAT) isn't a camera but an interface device that connects to the PC's parallel port and can accept video input from a separate camcorder or VCR. LA Vision's Dazzler uses a new MPEG compression chip developed by C-Cubed. This compresses the incoming video signal down to as little as 1/200th of its original size. Such a high level of compression means that even full screen video files can be transferred across the parallel port. However, there's a compromise involved here, as such intense compression techniques inevitably involve the loss of a certain amount of image data. That, in turn, can cause a loss of image quality. If you want to use video for business purposes, with the quality that entails, you'll need an alternative video capture device that provides much higher image quality.