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To: Richard P. Roberts who wrote (4267)	4/16/1999 12:50:00 PM
From: Eric Winterhalder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4679

Interesteing article on HDTV. news.com <<<While Skystream is aiming to sell hardware for data transmission, companies such as Hauppage will be demonstrating products that can receive data from a DTV broadcast. Such firms will show DTV receiver cards that plug into PCs and are expected to sell for between $200 to $300, according to industry analysts. The significance of these products is that a low-cost PC combined with one of these cards--which only a few months ago were expected to cost upwards of $800 or $900--could translate into a much larger viewership for broadcasters than that of digital televisions alone.>>> Just what I need for my audio/video entertainment server. EW

To: Richard P. Roberts who wrote (4267)	4/16/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: steve patagonia	Respond to of 4679

Richard, thanks for link. It sounds as though Ibm/Sony have the backing of the Recording industry. But Microsoft went off and did it's own thing with Audio 4. The idea behind Sony/IBM and Microsoft is to kill MP3 or at least relegate it to a free format for download with upstarts and amateurs. As a rule though any mp3 format up on the web for download of say Michael Jackson will be suspect of piracy. Audio 4 will be another alternative to Sony/IBM. Because DIMD is under the gun from the RIAA, I see them(DIMD) oddly enough teaming with MSFT and making a Rio that will play Audio 4. It's hard to believe that Microsoft would have the audacity to take on SONY, BMG, Time Warner music, Universal etc..This is all my humble opinion but correct me if I'm wrong.