DVD-video is late to bloom
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Digital video disk (DVD) sales have not reached expectations since the technology debuted in Mar 1997. Consumers have tended to prefer less-expensive video cassette recorders, avoiding DVD prices that range from $400 to $1,000. The current total of approximately 300,000 DVD video players falls far short of the industry's projections of at least a million players, although consulting company Cambridge Associates said the number could reach between 900,000 and a million by the end of 1998. Several questions accompany the DVD industry's attempts to reach a wider audience beyond movie buffs who appreciate its quality movie image and sound. Duplication perception is one problem, as nearly 90% of US households own a TV and VCR. Success also depends on the breadth and depth of DVD movie selection as well as industry disagreement over the DVD player format. Open DVD targets movie collectors, while Divx consists of DVD for rentals.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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For some directors, the Web is their studio
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The Virtual Film Festival, a Web site established within the 1996 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, was designed to promote the use of the Web by film makers. Small film makers are generally on the cutting edge of technology, but have tended to view the Web as a different platform. The Virtual Film Festival is encouraging film makers to explore the Web as a way to organize, exhibit and market their work. Many of the large studios are employing Web sites to promote their films and market associated merchandise. Small film makers will find it is inexpensive and relatively easy to establish a Web page. The sites can function as a focal point for collaboration between film makers. Future technologies may enable the showing of complete films over the Web, although industry observers to not expect this to affect the industry by circumventing theatres and TV.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Turning to the Net to lift the shadows of cancer's dark days
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Glenn Fleishman turned to the Internet for information when he was diagnosed as having Hodgkin's disease. He found doing this confusing at first, lacking knowledge about how to compare and evaluate Web resources, but he soon learned that there are two main chemotherapy treatment regimens for Hodgkins disease, and that both involve four drugs and about six months of every-other-week treatments. Fleishman decided on one of the treatment techniques, and he proceeded further, learning more about the treament. He also found a Web site that listed wholesale prices of the medications he would need. Fleishman's story has a happy ending, with an MRI scan showing no traces of the disease, which is in full remission.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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