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To: J Fieb who wrote (36312)	9/29/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

- There is a rumor that Divx will be distributed by Wal-Mart digitaltelevision.com This is part two, make sure to read part one also.

To: J Fieb who wrote (36312)	9/29/1998 7:41:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

PC makers are shipping a lot of DVD drive with software decode. It mostly the price competition in the industry. On lower end products, they leave some things out. Yes, C-Cube is in Gateway laptops, but you have to pay more for the hardware. And Gateway's DVD isn't as good as Dell's................ zdnet.com MPEG-2 hardware decoding for the DVD-ROM drive is performed by C-Cube's Ziva-DS chip, which did a good job--a close second to the Dell. The DVD player interface is easy to use, but the picture was neither as sharp nor as detailed as that of the Dell. The Gateway's words were easier to read, though, and images were not as jumpy.