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To: Stoctrash who wrote (33999)	6/24/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Divx sales start slow-- "We sold 60 [in the region] the first day, then sales dropped off, but they've been picking up since," ... Divx Sales Start Slow (06/23/98; 4:15 p.m. ET) By Gregory Quick & Doug Olenick, Computer Retail Week Two weeks after launching Divx players, Circuit City stores are, not surprisingly, recommending the technology over digital versatile disc (DVD), but sales associates report sales have been mixed. "We sold 60 [in the region] the first day, then sales dropped off, but they've been picking up since," said an associate at a San Mateo, Calif., store. Computer Retail Week visited four San Francisco Bay area Circuit City stores to inquire about DVD. Nearly all sales associates attempted to step our shopper up to a $499 Divx player from a $399 DVD unit. Digital Video Express, which markets Divx, was created and is financed by Circuit City. Sales associates at the stores reported Divx sales, while not setting the world on fire, have been slowly increasing since the debut of the players earlier this month. Divx movies, which cost $4.50, provide 48 hours of view time, starting when the disc is first accessed. After that, customers can request, via the Divx player, to have the disc temporarily or permanently unlocked for an additional fee. This eliminates returns to the store, but its features are not easily explained in a 30-second sales transaction. DVD works on the videotape model, with customers renting or buying movies outright. More............ techweb.com

To: Stoctrash who wrote (33999)	6/24/1998 2:11:00 PM
From: John Thomas	Respond to of 50808

AT&T + TCI must be good for the settop box market. Take a look at Broadcom, Scientific Atlanta, Gen Instrument ... all up big!!!! DivCom with CUBE should pick up some of these "secondary vendor" orders. John