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To: John Rieman who wrote (38169)	1/11/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Emachines To Offer PC With DVD Drive For $600 techweb.com (01/11/99, 7:17 p.m. ET) By John Gartner, TechWeb Emachines eroded PC prices even further on Monday, shipping four new models that will sell for less than $600, including one with a DVD drive. The eTower 333id is priced at $599 after a manufacturer rebate, and features an Intel Celeron A 333-MHz processor, a 5X DVD drive, 32 megabytes of RAM, and a 4.3-gigabyte hard drive. The other models sell for less than $500. The eTower 300c costs $399 and features a Cyrix M-II 300-MHz MMX processor; eTower 333c, which costs $499, has a Cyrix M-II 333-MHz MMX processor; and the eTower 333i, also priced at $499, relies on an Intel Celeron A 333-MHz processor. All of the models ship with 32 MBs of RAM, and 2.1-gigabyte or larger hard drives. In February, eMachines will replace the processors in the 300c and 333c PCs with equivalent AMD K-6 II CPUs. Also Monday, Emachines said it shipped 180,000 PCs during the last week of 1998; the company said it expects to ship 300,000 units during the first quarter of 1999. Emachines' sales volume and its relationships with retailers like Circuit City, Office Depot, J&R Computer World, Best Buy, and Fry's show the company is a serious contender in the low-end PC market. "They've developed a profit model for the retailers that everyone can get behind," said Stephen Baker, an analyst with PC Data. Baker could not recall a new vendor selling at such a high volume in the first months of operation. Emachines was founded last August by South Korean PC vendor TriGem Computer and monitor manufacturer Korea Data Systems. The new PCs won't cut into sales of other PCs, according to Stephen Dukker, the company's president. More than half of the company's customers are first-time buyers, and more than half come from households with income under $50,000. Emachines also benefited from strong holiday sales. According to PC Data, PC sales rose by approximately 40 percent in December 1998, compared to the previous year. The low price for eMachine's DVD-enabled PC is significant. "This is the first sub-$1,000 PC with DVD I've seen," said Baker. However, the quality of software-decoded DVD that comes on the eTower has been the target of criticism. DVD players used with televisions and high-end DVD drives for PCs usually include hardware to accelerate video playback, but the eTower uses the CPU to process video images, which requires substantial system resources. "You'll need to buy a board if you want any kind of performance," said Baker. And we know where they can get one!!!!

To: John Rieman who wrote (38169)	1/12/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DVS' DVD-ROM Production Continues to Increase in Excess of 10,000 Units Per Month DVS Initiates Sales of its DVD Intelligent Loader; Headquarters Relocated to Mountain View, California MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1999--Digital Video Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:DVID) announced today that its monthly production of DVD-ROM drives increased at an average rate in excess of 10,000 units per month for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1998. The company has been and is continuing to work on expanding its supplier relationships to meet the increasing demand for various electronic components used in the DVD-ROM drive. DVS is currently producing its 5.2X DVD-ROM drive for the rapidly growing Personal Computer OEM market. In a separate event, the company stated that it is nearing completion of arrangements to double its production capacity of DVD-ROM drives to 200,000 units per month during the first half of the current calendar year. DVS' current DVD-ROM drive production capacity is 100,000 units per month. The worldwide DVD-ROM market has been estimated by International Data Corp. to reach more than 35 million units in calendar 1999. In addition, DVS is pleased to announce that the company began shipping its DVD Intelligent Loader product during January 1999. The DVD Intelligent Loader is the equivalent of the DVD-ROM drive for either a DVD Player or DVIX Player. The major difference is that the Intelligent Loader has an imbedded microprocessor, which contains the Player's navigator software. The DVS DVD Intelligent Loader has incorporated technology, which makes it simpler for the Player manufacturers and developers to implement design alterations due to substantial reduction in firmware development efforts. DVS markets the DVD Intelligent Loader to consumer electronics product OEM's seeking to contract out either a portion or all of their DVD/DVIX Player manufacturing. DVS estimates that up to 80 percent of all DVD/DVIX players manufactured will be available for such contracting arrangements. The market for DVD/DVIX Players is estimated to reach $3.5 billion in 1999. The Intelligent Loader market represents approximately 25 percent of this market. President and CEO Edward M. Miller Jr. said, "DVS plans to expand capacity to meet the increasing demand from PC OEM customers for DVD-ROM, and DVD/DVIX Player sub-components such as the DVD Intelligent Loader." Miller went on to say that worldwide demand is stronger than expected, particularly in the DVD Player market. In December, DVS completed the relocation of its headquarters to a new facility in Mountain View, remaining within California's Silicon Valley. Miller said, "The move during the holiday period was a difficult but a necessary cost-cutting action that will yield approximately $400,000 in cost savings per year." Miller added, "Our management team remains intact, and fully committed to achieving our business plan in the DVD market." ABOUT DVS Digital Video Systems, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the development and application of digital versatile disc and related technologies. The company develops and markets DVD drives, DVD Intelligent Loaders and DVD players including subassemblies and components, Video on Demand Network products, and CD based Video Engine products for the consumer products, commercial video and computer peripherals markets. Also under development is the DVD Video Engine product line. Established in 1992, DVS is a publicly held company headquartered in Mountain View with subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Bermuda, South Korea, and China. DVS is a trademark of Digital Video Systems, Inc. This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements with respect to DVS' strategy, proposed sales of DVS' products, markets, and the development of DVS' products. DVS' actual results may differ materially from those described in those forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks of competition and the enforceability of DVS' patents and other intellectual property rights, risks relating to the development and market acceptance of DVS' products, and risks related to planned rapid growth of DVS' business and the conduct of business by DVS in foreign countries, which factors and others described in documents that DVS files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Form 8-K dated Nov. 13, 1998 and Form 10-QSB dated Nov. 16, 1998. For more information on DVS' products, call 800/446-8823 or visit: www.dvsystems.com. CONTACT: Access Communications Mark Smotroff, 800/393-7737, ext. 270 or Digital Video Systems, Inc. John Smuda, 650/625-8226

To: John Rieman who wrote (38169)	1/12/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

City: BSkyB on target for Pace 01/12/99 The Daily Telegraph Copyright (C) 1999 The Daily Telegraph; Source: World Reporter (TM) BSKYB has met its Christmas target of selling 200,000 digital set-top boxes, according to one of the satellite broadcaster's biggest suppliers, Pace Micro Technology. Pace's chief executive Malcolm Miller, reporting a bounce back into the black for the set - top box maker, said: "I'm sure they did." He said Pace alone had shipped 200,000 to BSkyB by the end of November, but did not give December figures. "Christmas sales were very good," Mr Miller said. "There was continual demand up until Christmas for BSkyB, and we know that for ONdigital (Sky's terrestrial rival) demand was far outstripping supply." Pace reported interim pre-tax profits of pounds 8.3m, against a loss of pounds 12.3m last time. Mr Miller said he was comfortable with full-year forecasts of pounds 12m. Last year Pace said first-half profits would be exceptionally strong because it temporarily had most of the market to itself. The interim dividend is being lifted 25pc to 1/4 p, payable on April 9. The shares fell 2 to 91 1/2 p.