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To: Valery Portnov who wrote (3445)	4/26/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: Christiaan McDonald	Respond to of 21143

Valery, most people don't take IVOD very seriously because it has been talked about for years and nothing has happened. SEAC has had a rather rough time lately and are not profitable right now. SFA is too large for these initial orders to have a lot of impact on the bottom line, that will change pretty soon, I think and SFA should move up, we are looking at SFA right now as maybe a potential investment. We are also looking at SEAC as a potential investment. On the other hand, CCUR is already a debt free profitable company and any new orders would hit the bottom line immediately. Thus, IF CCUR is going to be one of the top 4 or 5 players it will make a significant impact on CCUR's already profitable bottom line. Ken

To: Valery Portnov who wrote (3445)	4/26/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Arthur Tang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21143

Direct TV is still Ntsc and/or Pal video formats. DTV in Japan is different from the rest of the world. The problem is that digital transmission has a problem with ghost image which has no technology solution yet. So, I have proposed to use mixed signals for transmission. Meaning analog signals with digital compression codes for digital transmission. Congress and FCC has to fall back to that position of using DSP for receiving transmission of digital compression codes. DSP of that frequency has to used RF A to D conversion. In the old days only 8 bits were available. Today with 0.25 micron technology; 32 bit to even 64 bit A to D converters are possible. 2-8x over sampling is even possible with the speed of transistors running at 4-8+ ghz. How soon to reality, if specifications can be approved by FCC? Another two years.