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Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (38951)	2/16/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

haaa...haaaa!!!! They forgot "Glueless" & "Minimize Shareholder Wealth"!!

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (38951)	2/16/1999 10:01:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Sigma is in Utobia, ESS is a Swan.............................. emediapro.net Utobia Incorporates Sigma Designs' REALmagic Card in Upgrade Kit Utobia Corporation's new PC DVD/MPEG-2 upgrade kit includes a high-speed internal DVD-ROM drive, a REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 PCI playback card from Sigma Designs, cables, and connectors. The kit was designed to meet the needs of users who want the higher capacity and performance of DVD. The DVD-ROM drive provides 25 times the capacity of older CD-ROM solutions, and delivers up to 266 minutes of uninterrupted, high-quality video. The plug-and-play drive supports Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, and plays all DVD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, CD-RW, CD-R, and CD-ROM media, as well as both audio and video discs. With the kit's customized navigational software, DVD Station, users can take advantage of every interactive DVD feature. Using VCR-like controls, they can choose from multiple DVD settings such as soundtrack and subtitle language, viewing aspect ratios, and viewing angle. Users can also interact with DVD Station menus to exercise parental control and execute search commands, such as navigating to any point in a movie with the click of a button. The upgrade kits are available at a manufacturer's suggested list price of $210; volume discounts are available. (Utobia Corporation, 111 North Hudson Avenue, Building B, City of Industry, CA 91744; 888/488-6242 or 626/855-5080; Fax 626/855-5072; utobiadvd.com. Sigma Designs, Inc., 46501 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538; 510/770-0100; Fax 510/770-2640; sigmadesigns.com) ESS Aims Swan Hostless DVD Solution at DVD-Player Market ESS Technology Inc. has announced Swan, a second-generation single-chip hostless DVD solution targeted at the DVD-Video player market. The Swan DVD chip is designed to offer OEMs a high-quality, low-cost complete DVD solution for the consumer electronics market. Its key features include an MPEG-2 Audio/Video decoder, a sub-picture decoder, Dolby Digital Audio, a linear PCM audio decoder, DVD navigation software, Content Scrambling System, and on-screen display. The chip is backward-compatible with audio CD, VideoCD 2.0, and Interactive VideoCD 3.0 standards, as well as the recently approved SuperVCD standard announced by the Chinese government. Other features include glueless interface for DVD loaders, Karaoke, and Smart Zoom for motion zoom and pan. (ESS Technology Inc., 48401 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94538; 510/492-1088; Fax 510/492-1098; esstech.com)