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To: DiViT who wrote (38957)	2/16/1999 9:43:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Optibase's DVD Fab!. A C-Cube based product. Encoder prices falling still...................... MPEG-2 encoding functionality DVD Fab! XPress uses Optibase's MPEG Moviemaker 200 for MPEG-2 encoding, which is powered by C-Cube's MicroSPARC RISC Processor DVx. Video inputs include S-Video, composite, and Serial Digital Input (SDI), with audio connectors for balanced and unbalanced stereo and digital AES/EBU input. Outputs include MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video (constant and variable bit rates) and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Dolby Digital AC-3 audio. <<snip>> For production, real-time hardware MPEG-2 encoders should drop below the magic $500 mark in 1999, orphaning the MPEG-1 format. For distribution, DVD-R prices should drop below $5,000 by mid-1999, while CD-R and DVD-RAM will continue to provide a stop gap for computer playback of DVD-formatted titles. more....................................... emediapro.net