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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (32867)	5/1/1998 3:17:00 PM
From: Ian deSouza	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Windows 98 sneak preview... WIZARDS OF OS: This summer Microsoft plans to release its latest operating system, featuring new digital-videodisc and cable extensions, a more richly "integrated" browser, better speed and memory--and maybe a big fight with the Feds. Here's an advance look at the soul of the new PCs ... MULTIMEDIA Bill Gates wants to turn your PC into a full-purpose multimedia box. Win 98 users who shell out $100 for a TV add-in card can tune in to all the browser-based WebTV content Hollywood can produce--if Microsoft can persuade Hollywood to produce it. Also key: a new DVD driver that should make gaming hotter than ever. pathfinder.com

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (32867)	5/1/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Rental stores push for simultanious release of VHS and DVD.......... newline.com STUDIOS PRESSED TO ADOPT VHS MARKETING PRACTICES TO DVD (by Betsy Scala and Wendy Wilson) As DVD software makes its way into more storefronts, distributors and retailers are lobbying studios to apply traditional VHS marketing and distribution practices to the new format. At the recent National Association of Video Distributors [NAVD] annual conference, most wholesalers asked studios to make all new releases available simultaneously on VHS and DVD. Among their other requests were more-generous returns privileges and bigger profit margins. The VSDA's Retail Advisory Committee at a recent meeting with suppliers also asked for day-and-date VHS and DVD releases. Many new titles already have simultaneous release. Spokesmen for Warner Home Video and Universal Studios Home Video, for instance, recently confirmed that it is their policy. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, however, releases some titles on DVD 30 to 60 days after VHS release because of piracy concerns, said Mitch Koch, general manager for North America. However, "it does me absolutely no good to get a DVD three to four weeks after the video street date unless there's something really special about it," said Stacey Robillard, buyer for 36-store Planet Video, based in Milwaukee. John Knapp, owner of 15-store Knapp Video, Newton, Mass., needs to see more evidence of consistent day-and-date release of DVD and VHS before increasing his commitment to DVD rental, now offered in four of his stores.