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To: J Fieb who wrote (30485)	3/8/1998 5:32:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

I think you have the answer in the link you posted... <Groan> Good find tho. "Cyrix Conceptual Products Group developed the Media CenterT design with partners ESS Technology, Hitachi America Ltd., IBM, IGS Technologies, LuxSonor, National Semiconductor, NEC Electronics, Philips North America and Silitek. The Cyrix Media CenterT is a reference design that will be offered to consumer electronics companies and PC manufacturers in early December 1997."

To: J Fieb who wrote (30485)	3/8/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

re: TVPC DVD player... IMO: You need an INTC Pentium II 333 ($754.00) minimum top to almost do SoftDVD. You could save yourself $485 and buy a 233Mhz Pentium II. Then buy a Creative Labs Encore for $319 and pocket the remaining $166. The 233Mhz Pentium II is $1899 quantex.com A 333Mhz Pentium II system from Quantex costs $2400 for the same config $2400 -$1900 ------- $500 - $269 - Creative Encore DVD (http://netbuyer.zdnet.com/smartdna/sc?CS/cgi-bin/nls_ax.dll/0$P_startco.htm$searchly.htm$C0000102) ------- $231 - Buy more MS software <g> With Chromatic DVD, A 333Mhz Pentium II system from Quantex costs $2600