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To: Stoctrash who wrote (32869)	5/1/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Sharp in Singapore. VCD is C-Cube, DVD is Zoran??????????????????????????? digitaltheater.com SHARP is optimistic of securing15 per cent of the local market share for video compact disk (VCD) and digital videodisk (DVD) systems this year. Managing director of Sharp-Roxy Sales and Service Co (M) Sdn Bhd Masatohi Fujiki said the company also hopes to increase itsoverall growth of user base by another 10 per cent compared to seven per cent lastyear. He said the bullish sentiment is based on the positive outlook of the local audio and video markets which is expected to be boosted by the availability of more movie titles. According to Fujiki, unit sales of VCD players of various brands are expected to exceed the 145,000 mark for this year, while over 40,000 units of DVD players are expected tobe sold by the end of this year. Last year, the total number of VCD players sold amounted to 100,000 units while salesfor DVD players were 14,000 units. 'Statistics reveal that during the first three months of 1997, about 25,000 units of VCD players were sold, compared to over 30,000 units during the same period of this year. 'The increase in sales of the VCD and DVD players is due to the fact that there are more titles available now in the market and many companies are importing the disks andsoftware.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (32869)	5/2/1998 3:59:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

VCD.......................................... asiansources.com Outlook 2000: China Posted: April 24, 1998 China gears for 2000 by boosting component exports Demand for finished electronics, much of it assembled locally, has never been higher in China. C-Cube's Shenzhen Manager Xue Biao estimates Chinese consumers will buy 18 million VCD players-overwhelmingly "Made in China"-this year. Color TV-receiver sales totaled 20 million in 1997 and the industry could well assemble 30 million in 1998, according to Sun Ji-Liang, general manager for exports at the leading deflection-yoke maker, Shaanxi Caitong Electronics. PC sales will surely top 4 million units, and if you count locally sourced peripherals, Chinese component makers stand to benefit handsomely from the booming IT industry at home. Yet as a whole, China's component suppliers are keener than ever to do export business. The reasons are basic: finished product makers, particularly in the TV-receiver business, aren't paying their bills on time.or at all; oversupply of many general-use components is depressing domestic prices; makers of finished products such as TV receivers and VCD players who are enduring vicious price slashing are insisting on cheaper components; and local governments are pressing suppliers to take overseas business, even if it's not profitable, in order to avoid lay-offs. This report offers insight into the key factors that will impact components supply in China in 1998 and the first half of 1999. We examine dynamic southern China in detail (see "Guangdong province: Components export engine"); China's emerging role as an IC source (see "China: Mainstream IC supplier by 2000?"); and analyze supply trends for CRTs, capacitors, potentiometers, sensors and materials. - Asian Sources Electronic Components