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To: DoggyDogWorld who wrote (36824)10/20/1998 11:58:00 PM
From: stak  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50808
 
ddw, i noticed that the aptiva se7 has soft dvd and i guess that more may/will follow soon.

>In the consumer device market (DVD players, satellite
boxes) it may be never. <

could you explain why you believe it may never replace hardware dvd in this market?

> In the emerging hybrid market, devices such as OpenCable
settops which include Web browsing and Java may use some amount of software decode. It's too early to call.<

i see thx stak