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To: J Fieb who wrote (39161)	3/7/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

500Mhz and still decoding in hardware...................... pcworld.com 4. Dell Dimension XPS T500 Product Information PRO: 4.8X DVD-ROM drive with hardware decoder card, good record for reliability and support CON: No standard 3.5-inch floppy drive If you seek a feature-rich, multimedia-capable system for your growing business, the $2816 Dell Dimension XPS T500 may give you a good excuse to splurge. The thin, gray midtower has what your office needs--plus a little extra for after-hours fun. The XPS T500, with its fast new Pentium III-500 CPU, earned a PC WorldBench score of 234, just a couple of ticks behind the number two Micron Millennia 500 Max. Color-coded, labeled, and icon-marked ports, plus a good assortment of peripheral manuals and an illustrated foldout setup guide, make getting up and running a snap. And the XPS T500's easy-open, sturdy case and tidy interior make accessing RAM a snap when you're ready to add more. The sturdy Dell QuietKey keyboard proved comfortable and solid. The system includes a CineMaster hardware DVD decoder card with a 4.8X DVD-ROM drive for better video playback, and the giant 22GB hard disk and Iomega Zip drive should give even a pack rat plenty of elbowroom. And teamed with the Turtle Beach Montego II PCI Audio sound card, the Altec Lansing ACS295 speaker-subwoofer system delivers realistic sound. You can call Dell around the clock for technical assistance, and in our surveys PC World readers consistently rate the company's office PCs as reliable

To: J Fieb who wrote (39161)	3/7/1999 4:11:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

I have a couple Q. Thanks in advance for any answers.... 1) Tom L.- He spoke of "market saturation" for encoders in the US market. The summary just posted doesn't suggest that. What did he mean? 2) Re; CREAF-Bob S. Recordable DVD is going to be here soon. CREAF never wanted to help CUBE to become branded(like in China) and so never anounced them as a silicon provider and put a sticker over the ZiVA so not too many could read it. They want to be free to change solution providers. CUBE to SIGMA to someone else next yr? Now you say that they have no interest in the DVx chip. If it takes a lot of time to design in a chip the DVx must follow that rule 4x over or more. Now it has been stated on this thread that CUBE lost the Tivo-Replay slot because of the PCI bus being too expensive, ie being tailored to the PC end of the biz. Could they loose the CREAF because of the same reason? Is this another Sony slot? Bob S., do you know who CREAF is working with on recording? I'm eager to read about WinHec's Win 2000 TV reference designs....and hoping that that might clear some of the digital fog........