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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (80799)	5/13/1999 1:51:00 AM
From: Tae Spam Kim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

PCs won't go away for a LOOOOONG time. I also doubt DVD-writable technology will be available ANY time soon. -Tae

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (80799)	5/13/1999 3:03:00 AM
From: dumbmoney	Respond to of 186894

Personally, I think the video game console will be the next set-top box. The next-generation models will have DVD built-in (well, at least Playstation II and the next Nintendo). Plus they'll include support for 56K modems, so they could include some rudimentary e-mail and/or web-surfing capabilities. Then perhaps later models can include cable TV, cable modem support, and maybe even writeable DVD's to finally replace VHS VCR's. My vision is a little far-fetched, but hey, it could happen. Not far-fetched at all. "Follow the MIPS" - since games require vastly more power than any other "set top box" function, it is natural that the other functions (web browsing or whatever) will be subsumed by the game machines.