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To: Quincy who wrote (24175)	3/13/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: John Stichnoth	Respond to of 152472

<I don't think Qualcomms efforts with CineComm will propagate to the living room. > What I find interesting about this is the model it presents for video on demand. Possibly as a part of moving downmarket, screen resolution can be degraded. That doesn't affect Q's part though, does it? The key here seems to be the encription technology. Imagine being able to get on the net, select one of thousands of shows (some free because they include commercials, some paid), download the show quickly and play it in high resolution? And, out of the same box you could get your cable tv input, and the internet. All projected onto a wall or screen (avoiding taking up half your house with a widescreen tv). Cool!! Whether it's Cinecomm, or an alternative, it's a killer app. And the timing might be just right--in 5-10 years every tv in America will be exchanged for digital. JS