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To: Rarebird who wrote (30514)	3/9/1998 7:03:00 AM
From: CPAMarty	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Creative up, unaffected by Compaq biz.yahoo.com SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) - Multimedia firm Creative Technology (CREA.SI) (CREAF - news) led the gainers Monday morning, unscathed by Compaq Computer Corp's (CPQ - news) warnings of weaker first quarter earnings, dealers and analysts said. At 0300 GMT, Creative shares were up Singapore $1.50 at S$36.50 on 27,650 shares. Late Friday, Compaq, the world's biggest personal computer (PC) maker, said weak demand and plunging prices would cause its first quarter earnings to be below Wall Street's expectations. Compaq's profit warning, hot on the heels of Intel Corp's (INTC - news) on Wednesday, jolted high-tech stocks on Wall Street. ''A large bulk of Creative's earnings do not rely on new PCs. The group is doing well in all of its four major categories,'' said Russell Tan, research analyst at DBS Securities. Tan said Creative's new 3D Blaster Voodoo 2 graphic cards, speakers, soundcards and Digital Video Disks (DVD) have all been well-received and getting good reviews from the industry. Elsewhere in the electronics sector, some stocks were slightly off as sentiment became a little jittery, analysts said. Contract manufacturer NatSteel Electronics (NASL.SI) fell S$0.11 to S$2.58 at 0321 GMT, on 1.8 million shares, including 1.6 million shares crossed at various prices. But dealers attributed the bulk of the falls to profit-taking after the group reported a strong set of 1997 results, with net profit more than doubling to S$36.09 million. ''It is down on profit-taking as people sell on news. Fundamentally, it is a good stock with good growth and is relatively protected,'' said a dealer with a local house. Analysts remained positive on Natsteel Electronics as its business was diversified. Last Tuesday, NatSteel Electronics' chariman Ang Kong Hua said he was hopeful the group could grow at a similar rate to the industry's estimated 30 percent a year.

To: Rarebird who wrote (30514)	3/9/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

The Intel i740/Cube Ziva combo's don't ship until Q2... So how does this affect Cube?

To: Rarebird who wrote (30514)	3/9/1998 12:49:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

DVD is only a domestic concern?... DVD, A New Goliath Les Cardilini 03/09/98 Sydney Morning Herald Page 17 Copyright of John Fairfax Group Pty Ltd The new rage in high quality screening is about to hit our homes. LES CARDILINI reports. DIGITAL video disc (DVD) has been on sale in Japan and the United States for more than a year. The formal Australian launch of DVD by major industry stake-holders was initially planned for April 1, when it was expected that 200 or more movie titles would be released locally on DVD to coincide with release of DVD players. In the meantime, several DVD players have quietly appeared on the shelves in Australian retail stores. The first player, the RCA Model DTH-1000, went on sale last October. About the same time, Roadshow Entertainment was first out with a DVD movie authored and pro-duced by Australian firms - Evita starring Madonna, Anto-nio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce. Roadshow Entertainment has already released nine movie titles on DVD, among them familiar shows such as The Mask, Shine and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A further DVD release by Roadshow in April will include Wild Rhapsody, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Turbulence and Last Man Standing. It might be September before we see the bulk of the initial 200 or more movie titles that had been expected for an April launch by major suppliers. Philips, Panasonic, Samsung, Akai and JVC all have DVD players on sale in Australia, and several other manufacturers, including Pioneer and Toshiba, are likely to proceed with launches in April and May. A number of exhibitors have indicated that they will have players operating in home theatre and television exhibits at the Home Show. DVD produces superb picture quality and also offers a host of soundtrack options that come on a disc the same size as a regular audio CD. The soundtrack on a DVD will normally provide a choice of regular 2-channel stereo, Dolby 3-Channel Stereo, Dolby Pro Logic or exciting 6-channel surround sound in Dolby Digi-tal or MPEG2 Audio - all on the one disc. All audio tracks on DVD are digitally recorded with the clarity of CD and in many instances potentially better than CD, depending on your sound system. What's more, a DVD will usually offer alternative lan-guages for the spoken sound-track and subtitles. You would normally use interactive on-screen menus and the player's remote control to select from the various options. The Home Entertainment and Technology Show at the Home Show presents an early opportunity to experience the versatility of DVD in different system environments. You can simply connect one to a stereo television or hi-fi system, such as a VCR or laservideo disc player, or make magnificent large screen movie presentations accompanied by spectacular cinema-like surround sound, including a high quality sub-woofer channel for added real-ism, depending on the type of system you have. Sing-along Karaoke is also featured on some players.