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To: .com who wrote (37020)	11/2/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

"Most people use their vcr for time-shifting (ie, watching programs at times other than they were originally broadcast), not movie rentals." I use my VCR primarily for watching movie rentals. Can't remember the last time I recorded something. According to one of the articles released over the weekend, this new chip is supposed to lead to the development of a recordable dvd product for video. Like this? replaytv.com If most people are just time shifting do you really need external media? Why not just put a hard disk in the box like these guys do

To: .com who wrote (37020)	11/2/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Hi Scott, I agree that this new chip/market are important for CUBE. However, I disagree with some of your points. <<Most people use their vcr for time-shifting (ie, watching programs at times other than they were originally broadcast), not movie rentals.>> I'm not sure if this is true. I never record with my VCR, unless it's from my video camera. I would be interested in the statistics about the general public's use of VCRs, if anyone has them. <<According to one of the articles released over the weekend, this new chip is supposed to lead to the development of a recordable dvd product for video. Personally, I think this is where the real market is. Then it can be goodbye to the VCR and hello to DVD.>> I agree that this is a promising market. <<As far as recording audio on CD's, well, there are tons of recordable CD devices on the market.>> Scott, CD was a huge success long before recordable CD came around. Even now, recordable audio CD is a very small percentage of overall CD audio player sales.