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Technology Stocks : Disk Drive Sector Discussion Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (6008)	4/2/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: La Traguhs	Respond to of 9256

Lawrence, Aah, your just saying that because Seagate sells them drives. Regards, LT

To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (6008)	4/3/1999 4:20:00 AM
From: Z Analyzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

<<Nah, the killer appliance will be when Microsoft upgrades WebTV with Digital VCR features. It'll only cost a couple hundred extra for the 20G harddrive, maybe thirty smackers for the MPEG encoder. Then the business model would work out, as the annuity stream is already taken care of.>> I imagine Microsoft would give instant credibility to this concept. Other than for people who use Web TV already, what are its benefits for the annuity stream (does it replace my internet service provider)? -Z

To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (6008)	4/3/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: Mark Madden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

"the killer appliance will be when Microsoft upgrades WebTV with Digital VCR features" I like your idea. Hooked up to a cable modem, the unit could receive digital Internet broadcasts to play at our convenience. Picture and sound quality could far exceed ordinary cable broadcasts. It could give us a far improved "pay for view". The quality would be better. We could watch it at our convenience. And, I could play it again the next day to see what I missed when I fell asleep.