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To: Stoctrash who wrote (38798)	2/4/1999 7:17:00 PM
From: Carnac	Respond to of 50808

LSI and Broadcom kick ass in the integration department, since they have a natural product line with most (or all) of the pieces. We will soon see single-chip settop box silicon ( taking analog IF in, with NTSC out). It will be hard for Cube to compete in that business. This is one reason for the growing R&D budget. Chip business is tough. Too bad DiviCom isn't a separate IPO.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (38798)	2/9/1999 2:10:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

STB Introduces DesktopVCR MPEG Video-Capture Board emediapro.net STB Systems Inc. has announced DesktopVCR, an MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video-capture board that gives computer users control over PC-based digital video recording and editing, and acts as a hardware DVD decoder. The DesktopVCR combines an onboard TV tuner and DVD player with the ability to support external video and audio sources. Consumers can edit video files they have downloaded to their hard drives, or display and capture footage from the onboard TV Tuner. Signals from external video sources can be imported for editing via the DesktopVCR's composite or S video ports. Footage can be saved to a computer's hard drive or a DVD-RAM drive for editing or playback. DesktopVCR allows users to add movie studio-quality special effects to their own videos, including transition effects such as wipes, fades, and dissolves, or visual effects such as fade-to-black and fade-to-white. The solution can decode two simultaneous MPEG-2 streams, adding to the number of special effects that can be applied to the footage. The DesktopVCR ships with STB's new VisualReality software application, which provides convenient control for displaying a television signal on the PC screen, as well as Intel Intercast software, Asymetrix's Digital Video Producer, and Wavetop from Wavephore. The DesktopVCR is priced at approximately $200. (STB Systems Inc., 3400 Waterview Parkway, Richardson, TX 75080; 972/234-8750; Fax 972/234-1306; stb.com)