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To: Don Dorsey who wrote (34878)	8/3/1998 10:07:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

DVD-ROM drive; MPEG-2 decoder card.... newsalert.com iDOT.com Ships Generation III DVD-ROM Drives PR Newswire - August 03, 1998 09:18 Jump to first matched term Internet-Direct Business Model Keeps iDOT.com at Front of Pack AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- iDOT.com, the first company to sell computers exclusively over the Internet, once again is on the technology forefront as one of the first companies to ship Toshiba's new Generation III DVD-ROM drive. The next-generation DVD-ROM drive, announced by Toshiba just last month, is available now with iDOT.com computers, including iDOT.com's Pro Gamer system. Available via iDOT.com's virtual storefront, idot.com, the DVD-ROM drive also can be added to any custom-configured system or as an upgrade to other pre-configured systems. One of the first companies to bring a DVD-ROM drive to market, Toshiba has made several innovations with the Generation III DVD-ROM drive, enabling higher-speed digital transactions and data transfer rates twice as fast as previous generation drives. "iDOT.com's Internet-direct business model allows us to quickly respond to new technology," said Mark Marlow, vice president of product marketing for iDOT.com. "Our ability to act and react in real-time enables us to be on the cutting edge and to continue providing the latest technology to our customers." Toshiba's SD-M1202 Generation III DVD-ROM drive can read virtually all CD- ROM formats, eliminating many of the compatibility problems of older generation drives. Compared to first generation devices, the new drives can read DVD-ROM discs up to 4.8 times faster and CD-ROM discs at up to 32x maximum rotational speed. Access time is also improved to an average 140ms on DVD and 90ms with CD-ROMs. Maximum storage capacities are 4.3GB for single layer/single sided-discs and 15.9GB for dual layer/double-sided discs. Bundled with all drives from iDOT.com is a PCI hardware decoder card that decompresses and plays back real time, full motion MPEG-2 video with Dolby AC- 3 audio. In addition to its Pro Gamer system, iDOT.com also offers PC bundles optimized for college students, businesses and home users. Available only through the Web, iDOT.com systems are aimed at technologically savvy users and can be built to order or purchased in pre-set configurations. Based in Austin, iDOT.com is the first PC company built for the Web. It is backed by a $3.5-million private venture fund. The management team includes former executives from Motorola, Power Computing, Dell, CompuAdd and others. All trademarks used herein are the respective property of their owners. SOURCE iDOT.com /CONTACT: Dania Buchanan of iDOT.com, 512-684-5030, or dania@idot.com; or Melissa Anderson of GTT Communications, 512-347-1353, or manderson@gttcom.com, for iDOT.com/ /Web site: idot.com

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (34878)	8/3/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

The iDot DVD-ROM drive with hardware decoder drive adds $195 to the cost of a computer with CD-ROM. The hardware decoder downmixes the Dolby AC-3 sound to 2-channel stereo -- sounds like CUBE? idot.com We've just added the latest Generation 3 DVD-ROM drive from Toshiba to our product line-up. This drive can read virtually all CD-ROM formats, eliminating many of the compatibility problems of older generation drives. Compared to first generation drives, the new drives can read DVD-ROM discs up to 4.8 times faster and CD-ROM discs at up to 32x maximum rotational speed. Access time is also improved to an average 140ms on DVD and 90ms with CD-ROMs. Maximum storage capacities are 4.38GB for single layer/single sided discs and 15.9GB for dual layer/double sided discs. The drive also has a 100,000 hour MTBF (mean time between failure) rating. Bundled with all of our drives is a hardware decoder card that decompresses and plays back real time, full motion MPEG-2 video with Dolby AC-3 audio. Don't be fooled by less expensive software solutions that drain horsepower from your processor and provide lower quality video. This is the ultimate solution for high quality video and the soon to be expanding range of game titles that offer DVD support (no more switching CD-ROMs, everything fits on a single DVD-ROM disc)! Visit the store to configure your system with a new DVD-ROM drive. PC's for under $1000! Click here SPECIFICATIONS Toshiba SD-M1202 Gen 3 DVD-ROM drive Compatible with most CD-ROM formats (except the old CD audio Red Book) and DVD formats Fast 140ms random access time (DVD) Fast 110ms random seek time (DVD) 6,536 KBytes/s max (DVD) and 4,800 Kbytes/s max. (CD) sustained transfer rate (1Kbyte = 210 Bytes) PC-3 spec and Windows PC97 spec compliant 256 Kbytes data buffer capacity 100,000 power on hours MTBF 2-4.8x max rotational speed for DVD 13.8-32x max rotational speed for CD-ROM DVD decoder card Dolby digited AC-3 downmix to stereo 2-channel and Dolby surround 2-channel MPEG 1 and 2 decompression and linear PCM S/PDIF output integration Real-time decompression up to 720x576 @ 30fps NTSC/PAL output Supports Macrovision 7.01 standards