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To: Michael Olds who wrote (5275)	2/4/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: digger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17679

Michael, You have a lot of valid questions, i'm sure your not alone. Being a computer idiot myself i will not try to define or explain any of your technical questions. I will say that i had a little trouble getting up and running as well. I am running a P333 with a 56K modem. and found that using the 28.8 selection for viewing the netcast works best for me. If i'm not mistaken it's my web service provider's hardware that is "slowing" me down. Real Player has a nice tutorial in the help window, perhaps you might want to check it out. Remember this is "cutting edge technology" we're going to have to put up with a few minor "flaws" - if ole' Ampex had created this technology they would probably still have it on "the bench" and we would not be having this discussion, but thats another discussion - The revenue side i think is quite compelling. One example that comes to my mind - I live on the east coast, Ampex has their annual meeting on the west coast. If i were to attend in person probably cost close to if not over $1,000.00, figure airfare, hotel, meals, loss time, etc. I'm am a cheap prick and hate parting with my dough but, I would pay, lets say, $25 to see it e-casted live with a Q&A. -the Q&A part is done just like we chat here. there is a space provided below the viewing screen were you type in your question and it is read by the host. - This was done during the live news release announcing the Ampex investment - for lack of a better term, "way cool" check out the link jubimer posted. Watch and listened to the interview with Dave Gardy. He presents some interesting and valid thoughts and ideas, etc. One revenue "stream" and would guess the biggest from the start, will be from corporate America, PR Newswire's "Business Uncut Channel" looks especially exciting. I have notice two recognizable banner ads on the TV onthe WEB site, pac bell & wells fargo, I would anticipate more to follow. yes, there is competition. remember JMHO, digger

To: Michael Olds who wrote (5275)	2/4/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: Carl R.	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 17679

One problem I have with RealPlayer is that the program repeatedly makes unauthorized attempts to access the web on it's own. For the last several months I've noticed my computer turning itself on and dialing the web for no reason. I don't know about anyone else, but I find this offensive. I have been wondering what program was examining my computer and reporting home to its master without my permission. Anyway, I recently purchased a wonderful program from atguard.com that gives me additional privacy and speed on the web. You can try it free for 30 days, after which it is $30 I think. Anyway it can do a variety of things including blocking cookies selectively, blocking ads and banners, blocking moving ads, blocking refer requests, preventing the browser from revealing your email address, preventing the browser from revealing what browser you are using, selectively blocking java scripts, and it also includes a personal firewall. I love the selective cookie blocking, and the additional privacy of blocking the revealing of my email address, and blocking banners and ads makes loading web sites much faster in some cases. I also like the firewall. Within 3 minutes of activating it, RealPlayer attempted an unauthorized web access, which I denied. It later tried a different web address, which I also denied. Finally I denied it the right to access the web, period. For now I can not view TVM or Broadcast.com, but I am not willing to allow programs on my computer that pull stunts like this. Is there another viewer available that is an alternative to RealPlayer for viewing these sites? Carl