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To: BillyG who wrote (37773)	12/11/1998 6:38:00 PM
From: Steve Reinhardt	Respond to of 50808

Thanks for the article. There will be 906K DVD player units shipped to the USA market. They will be coming in to New York, Boston, LA, SF and Houston, etc. through the customs from Europe(mainly Philips or its Magnovox subsidiary in US), Japan(Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) ,South Korea and perhaps Taipei and Hong Kong, China. If Panasonic and Pioneer want to stuff the channel, they can each ship 50K units more to their channels, then the units would be over 1,000,000.(I am just joking, I am sure the Panasonics and Pioneers won't do it, these actions cause inventory problems....) Steve

To: BillyG who wrote (37773)	12/11/1998 7:45:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

From the archives.... techstocks.com Thursday, Sep 3 1998 2:08PM ET Ah, here it is... C-CUBE ADDS DVD CHIP 08/24/98 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (c) Copyright 1998 Warren Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved. C-Cube Microsystems is developing next-generation ZiVa DVD decoder that it expects to offer in volume by 1999. Chip has greater integration of functions and adds 3-D audio capability, company said in declining to release specs. New ZiVa decoder would replace existing IC currently priced under $20 in volumes of 50,000 or more per month, Senior Mktg. Dir. Patrick Henry said. Aiwa and Samsung are among those building chip into DVD players. New ZiVa will contain Spatializer Audio Labs' N-2-2 multichannel audio algorithm that allows users to get surround sound from 2 speakers. Pricing on new ZiVa DVD chips, expected to begin production in fall, hasn't been set, company said. Open Q) The set top has a lot of evolution where AViA@TV will hopefully take more of the silicon real estate. What else can be added to a DVD-CE player? Or is the idea to roll DVD into the set top?