Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (36098)	9/20/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Divx problems................ The only Divx player on the market is made by Zenith, which is in bankruptcy. techweb.com Divx Rollout Starts Early (09/20/98; 8:25 a.m. ET) By Andy Patrizio, TechWeb Competing digital-video formats Divx and DVD both made strides this week, as Divx moved beyond its test markets and DVD gained an important new supporter. Divx, the pay-per-view version of DVD developed by retailer Circuit City, has been for sale in San Francisco and Richmond, Va., in a test program since July. The national rollout was supposed to happen this month, but was pushed back until players are available from more than one retailer. But only one Divx player is available, from struggling Zenith Electronics, which recently declared bankruptcy. Divx's backers are now waiting for Thomson Consumer Electronics to release its RCA Divx player before the national rollout, according to Josh Dare, a Divx spokesman. The Good Guys, a regional retailer with stories in four western states, is the only ally Circuit City has been able to secure. The Good Guys said it decided not to wait until the national rollout, which will begin in the first week of October, according to Dare, and began selling the Divx player in its California stores last week. One analyst who follows home-theater technology thinks The Good Guys decision will help boost Divx, which hasn't been an easy sell. "When you have a product like this, you need to spend a certain amount of time training people," said Gary Schultz of Multimedia Research Group in Sunnyvale, Calif. In the meantime, DVD is busy racking up supporters. The last major holdout, director Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment studio, has decided to end its DVD ban by letting Columbia Pictures release The Mask of Zorro. Columbia distributed the movie and is a huge supporter of DVD. Amblin angered DVD fans when it prevented Columbia from releasing Men in Black on DVD last November. Although Spielberg isn't going to release all of its titles, it is willing to test the market. "If we are going to dip our foot in the DVD water, this is a good title to do it with," said Marvin Levy, a spokesman for Amblin. Future DVD releases will be on a case-by-case basis, said Levy.