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To: j g cordes who wrote (32390)	4/19/1998 9:20:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Software encoders. If you put them on a work station, you can encode 1 minute of HDTV, in 60 minutes. Most cost more than a hardware "real-time" encoder board at $299, no work station needed(but just DVD quality)................................ ijumpstart.com DVD DEVELOPERS GAIN ENCODING ALTERNATIVE... ...Sarnoff has yet to announce pricing for the product, but individual licenses are expected to be about $500. Zhang considers Xing Technology, which sells the XingMPEG encoder for $249, to be SoftCoder's strongest competition. Other software MPEG-2 encoders on the market are Heuris' MPEG Power Professional, which sells for $3,500 in the variable bit rate version, and Digigami Inc.'s MegaPEG, which sells for $495. Sarnoff's product is capable of encoding HDTV, a feature absent from the competitive products. The software can encode both standard definition video and HDTV data in 1080i. Zhang said it is capable of encoding a minute of SDTV in about 10 minutes and a minute of HDTV in about 60 minutes. It also includes an MPEG-2 decoder. The technology house will sell the tool through site licenses, individual licenses and OEM deals with tools providers. The company is especially interested in offering it through an online retailer because SoftCoder is less than 500KB and can be downloaded easily. The tool offers several options, including one-pass or multiple-path encoding and is capable of handling constant and variable bit rates. (Sarnoff, 609/734-2507)

To: j g cordes who wrote (32390)	4/19/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: Brad Rogers	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

Unterberg ups estimates; Investors Bus Daily now has "A" accum/distr. C.E. Unterberg not only increased rating to "Buy" but increased 1998 estimate to $l.l5 and $l.40 for 1999 (both still about the lowest on the street, but nice increases). Understand from source that $1.40 is believed by the analyst to be quite conservative, but the thought is it can always be increased. Interesting that BancA/RobSteph increased estimate for 1998 to $1.17 and reshuffled quarterly numbers for 1999 resulting in slight increase for 1999 to $1.42. I understand additional coverage/upgrades may be in the works. But the best news of all may be that the technicals are finally beginning to reflect the good fundamentals--for the first time in many months the accumulation/distribution rating in the Monday April 20 edition of Investors Business Daily is "A", the highest rating. This has historically been a highly reliable indicator confirming an upward trend. The latest example is Cymer (CYMI) which went to "A" within the last 4-5 weeks and has increased during that period some 50%. Also, those who are short or thinking of shorting don't with an "A" accumulation/distribution. ZRonz.