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To: Carnac who wrote (30938)	3/16/1998 7:56:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Vely intelesting... It would be easier to develop a hard disk based digital VCR, but will consumers buy it? I'm not sure. You would have to make the link the analog VCR easy for those archive copies. Perhaps a Zip disk will be better. I don't think it will fly, but that doesn't mean that someone won't try it first. I assume that you mean MPEG D-VCRs, and not a PC with a plug-n encoder.

To: Carnac who wrote (30938)	3/25/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Chromac, you win. <<"Early MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 digital VCRs will have hard drives, not erasable CDs or DVDs" says Chromac's crystal ball.>> news.com <<Due in early 1999, the new GI box will offer such features as a built-in hard drive and advanced graphics processing, enabling 3D graphics. These and other capabilities will push TV set-top boxes into PC territory and could ultimately be the vehicle for bringing the PC into the living room. >> I bow (or bark) to the master! What are they going to do about an MPEG-2 decoder?