DVD boom redefines home entertainment in US
Americans embrace DVD players as the fastest growing consumer electronics, with Blockbuster expanding DVD shelves, Dolby-quality sound, and richer features. Analysts project DVD purchases surpass VHS in revenues and units, while VCRs fade gradually as prices drop and libraries persist.
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San Jose
Calif
Sean Walton
Redwood City
Walton
Consumer Electronics Assa
Jim Barry
the Electronics Association
The
Electronics Association
Barry
Green
Greg Durken
Alexander & Associates
Durken
Comprison
Circuit City
Costco
Microsoft
Contested DVD formats slow early personal recording rollout
The Associated Press notes four rewritable formats cause consumer confusion as DVD-RAM DVD-R DVD-RW and DVD RW compete. Analysts say most drives will support multiple formats, with prices ranging from about five to twenty five dollars per disc and Panasonic Hitachi Pioneer Sony Apple NEC/PB Mitsubishi and others backing various formats.
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Wolfgang Schlichting
International Data Corp
Panasonic
Hitachi
Pioneer
Apple
Compaq
Sony
NEG/Packard Bell
Hewlett-Packard
Philips
Dell
Ricoh
Mitsubishi
Thomson
High end digital cameras dominate at PhotoPlus Expo
At New York's PhotoPlus Expo professionals and advanced amateurs explored new single lens reflex models from Canon Fuji Kodak Nikon and others. Prices range 3000 to 7000 with 18 MB per image files and optional high capacity storage from IBM and SanDisk.
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New York City
Canon
Fuji
Kodak
Nikon
IBM
SanDisk
Olympus
Texas
Judy Nelson
Time travel via the Wayback Machine essay review
The piece extols the Wayback Machine at archiveorg as a nostalgic Internet time capsule. It notes a 1996 start, 100+ terabytes of storage, and rapid growth, claiming it houses multiple copies of the public Web. Readers are guided to browse past site states by a timeline and date selection.
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Wwwaarchive.org
Internet Archive
Library of Congress
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Associated Press
Blockbuster
Hollywood
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Gampaq
NEC
Packard Bell
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Associated Press Weekly
Photoalley
Photoplusexpo
By Craig Crossman
Knight Ridder Newspapers
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