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Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Rieman who wrote (35234)	8/17/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

The only "encryption chip" Cube has is on the Ziva... dvddigital.com E4 Cool DVD Kit: DVD for the MAC E4 formerly known as Elecede Technologies Inc. has announced a new DVD kit that is fully compatible with both Windows 95 machines as well as MAC OS8. The kit that will be offered for $499 will include a PCI decoder board that will make MPEG and MPEG-2 video available. However E4 says they have not selected a drive manufacturer. The Kit also includes a companion board that includes a host of S-Video, audio & video outputs, and S/PDIF digital audio. The companion board will block a slot that it doesn't actually use however the company says that users can opt to not use the board if they do not intend to connect it to other devices. Hardware based copy protection is provided by proprietary E4 software and an encryption chip from C-Cube Microsystems Inc. according to E4. CoolDVD will include a nifty peice of software to allow users navigate titles, choose among the 8 different languages as well selecting multiple viewing angles. DVD video will be displayed in a scalable window with support for as high as 720 by 480 pixel resolution in MPEG-2, according to the company.