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To: DiViT who wrote (31731)	4/1/1998 5:13:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Well, I think you would want to use a Hardware MPEG-2 encoder, but the tricks are software. PC growth continues.................. PC Market Continues to Thrive, Especially in Europe With worldwide PC factory shipments showing a 15 percent growth over 1996, and U.S. factory shipments rising 19 percent over the previous year, the personal computer industry can anticipate a healthy market in 1998, according to recent findings from International Data Corporation. DVD-ROM title sales to pass $500M this year........... DVD-ROM Title Revenues Expected to Exceed Half-Billion by Year's End DVD-ROM title developers will see revenues for their industry jump from last year's meager $3.5 million mark to $567 million in 1998, according to the Optical Publishing Industry Assessment released by InfoTech. The report sites the projected growth of the installed base of DVD-ROM-equipped PCs as a key factor in the anticipated proliferation of titles. (802/763-2097; infotechresearch.com) Recordable CD/DVD drive to grow 70% this year.................. Optical Storage: The Year That Was and Will Be International Data Corporation's Optical Storage Market: 1997 Year in Review and 1998 Forecast predicts continued success for CD-ROM in 1998, despite the market's high hopes for DVD. The study notes a 54 percent growth in optical drive shipments over 1996, with CD drives and smaller form factor MO drives showing the most growth. IDC also predicts unit shipments for CD- and DVD-Recordable drives-the fastest-growing segment of the market-to hit 6.2 million in 1998, up 70 percent from the 3.6 million shipped in 1997. (508/872-8200; idc.com) onlineinc.com

To: DiViT who wrote (31731)	4/1/1998 5:19:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Sonic software..................... onlineinc.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonic Solutions Debuts Innovative DVD-ROM Authoring Software Sonic Solutions has announced the release of Sonic DVD Vobulator, the first authoring tool specifically designed for the rapidly growing DVD-ROM format. The new software arrives just in time both to assist and profit from the impending boom in titles for the new platform, and is targeted at the increasing number of multimedia developers making the shift toward DVD. "Vobulator provides developers with the critical tool they need to create cinematic-quality interactive content for the PC," says Mark Ely, director of DVD marketing at Sonic Solutions.