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To: Ron Mayer who wrote (35601)	8/31/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Was posted here as well. Nobody can seem to find the elusive Luxsonor/Creative DVD cards. I know where some engineering samples are, but that's about it.

To: Ron Mayer who wrote (35601)	8/31/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Cable is not ready to handle digital TV............ eet.com <<Yet 1394 may be the least of the problems faced by designers of digital TV systems. Other unresolved issues-what some engineers are calling the "dirty secrets of DTV"-center on adequate definition of conditional access systems for terrestrial digital broadcasts, including strategies for implementing such systems as removable conditional-access modules in DTVs or set-tops and mechanisms for ensuring copy protection at the set-top/module interface. Conditional access involves "complex implementation issues," said Chris Adams, vice president of marketing for the Consumer Network Products Division of C-Cube Microsystems. With copy protection and encryption issues unresolved, the first-generation DTV receivers scheduled to debut this Christmas appear to be designed on the assumption that viewers are more likely to receive over-the-air DTV broadcasts via antenna than to receive signals via cable. Further, because they will lack terrestrial-DTV conditional-access systems, first-generation DTV tuner/decoder boxes, priced as high as $1,700, will be doomed to obsolescence within a few years, when network TV studios start broadcasting some programs using encrypted DTV signals.>>

To: Ron Mayer who wrote (35601)	8/31/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

C-Cube customer Vela, encoders and decoders for NetShow and Direct show...................................... newsalert.com Vela Research Launches NetShow and DirectShow Interfaces for Encode/Decode Systems PR Newswire - August 31, 1998 14:44 Jump to first matched term ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Vela Research today announced new software upgrades for its Argus MPEG-2 encoders and CineView MPEG-2 decoders that will allow users of these systems to interface with NetShow Theater Version 3.0 and DirectShow solutions, which are part of the Windows Media Technology series of streaming media products developed by Microsoft. The new NetShow Theater interface will allow Argus encoder users to load MPEG-2 content to a NetShow Theater server in real time, while the DirectShow interface will enable CineView decoder users to playback MPEG-2 video content on PCs operating as NetShow Theater clients. For corporate training, hospitality, and POS/POI video-on-demand applications, the new software interfaces will simplify the processes of loading high-quality video onto the video server and then displaying it on either a VGA display or separate video monitor. The DirectShow interface for CineView is based on the familiar media player found in Windows 95, 98, and NT. In addition, users will be able to interchange any DirectShow-compliant decode products depending on their specific needs and without any additional software development. "By enabling Argus and CineView users to use their systems in the NetShow Theater 3.0 and DirectShow environments, Vela is helping to bring high-quality on-demand video to a larger audience than was ever before possible," said Scott Cooper, president at Vela Research. When used in the NetShow Theater environment, the Argus MPEG-2 encoder compresses a live or tape audio/video source into MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 system streams and performs real-time, automatic FTP transfer into the NetShow Theater administrative workstation. The network receiver on the administrative workstation then processes the data into video-on-demand format for storage on NetShow content servers. The encoding of the material, FTP transfer to the server, and mounting of the content is all done in a single-step process saving valuable time and resources. Users of CineView decoders can then perform MPEG-2 playback of content to a video adapter or composite monitor. The CineView decoder DirectShow interface is compatible with NetShow streaming input, enabling either push or pull decoding. The new software upgrade of NetShow Theater will begin shipping in September 1998, with the NetShow encoder and decoder interface software offered as a hardware/software bundle from Vela. The first public demonstration of the NetShow Theater 3.0 interface to Vela's encoder and decoder products will be made at the Vela exhibit at IBC, Stand 8.160. For more information about Vela's MPEG solutions for NetShow Theater, or for more information on Argus MPEG-2 encoder or CineView decoder families call us at (813) 572-1230 or visit our Web site at www.vela.com.