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Gold/Mining/Energy : Tri-Vision & The V-Chip -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Louie Romano who wrote (3107)	6/11/1998 6:38:00 PM
From: Graham Dellaire	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5743

I was just going to say the same thing Louie. Lots of cross licensing potential. Perhaps with more people aware they can buy a box top converter themsleves, they may just go out and buy one tomorrow which is already able to read the new ratings (i.e. V-Gis decoder). Graham

To: Louie Romano who wrote (3107)	6/12/1998 4:09:00 PM
From: Graham Dellaire	Respond to of 5743

Extra snipit on cable boxes U.S. consumers will be able to walk into neighborhood electronics stores and buy their own cable boxes starting in about two years under rules adopted on Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission. Analysts expect that instead of paying the local cable company two or three dollars a month to lease set-top control boxes, many consumers will choose to purchase boxes directly or even buy televisions or VCRs with the devices built in. Under the FCC rules, set-top boxes will need a separate plug-in security component provided by the local cable operator to function properly. Cable operators must make new boxes with plug-in security available by July 1, 2000. The sale or leasing of older all-in-one boxes will be prohibited after Jan.1, 2005. G.