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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (33078)	5/8/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: Bob Strickland	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

So Alex, what was the overall tone of the meeting like? How many people were there? Was there a lot of Q & A at the end? Were there any other questions asked about the value of the stock today?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (33078)	5/8/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Camcorders that use MPEG-2 are coming. Sony's single chip encoder is focused on that market. A DVx variant will be offered as well. C-Cube won't have a Sony Camcorder win. I think some other companies make camcoders. Yes, for $10 more, you need the record feature on PCs, or settop digital editing systems. This is the best software encoding I can find. It's not realtime....................................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVD DEVELOPERS GAIN ENCODING ALTERNATIVE Our sister newsletter Multimedia Week reports that Sarnoff Corp. demonstrated an MPEG-2 software encoder at NAB two weeks ago and already is at the contract proposal stage with at least one company. No deals have been inked but the company has several pending offers, said Ya-Qin Zhang, director of Sarnoff's Multimedia Technology Lab. One of those deals is likely to be with Silicon Graphics. The company showed the encoder, dubbed SoftCoder, in its booth and has expressed interest in including it with a content-creation bundle. Zhang said the company has had the greatest response to the Windows NT version of the encoder, which should be available in a month. SoftCoder for Windows 95, IRIX and Sun Solaris are available now. 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'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 tool will be sold 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) Harmon Kardon is the latest equipment manufacturer to license Divx capabilities for its DVD-Video players. Divx will feature in HK's 'second generation' players, set for release in 1999. Meanwhile Circuit City's investment in the controversial Divx system has impacted profits to the tune of $20.7m. Its CEO Richard Sharp says the Divx investment 'will ultimately produce exceptional returns'.