Pioneer forges ahead with release of DVD-audio players

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Pioneer Corp is going ahead with its plans to launch DVD-Video and DVD- Audio players in Japan. The plan, which was anounced on Oct 4, 1999, was thwarted when a hacker obtained portions of the DVD copyright protection code, decrypted it and published the results on the Internet. However, Pioneer Corp declared that it has to go on with the original launch date due to the possible damage to the industry that might occur if the product is to be distributed six months later.

Product development

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'Battle of Digital Formats' livens up Audio Expo '99

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Demonstrations and presentations of the features of DVD-Audio and Super AudioCD products became the main attraction at the Audio Expo '99 show at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan. The event, held from Nov 18-21, 1999, drew over 150,000 visitors to booths operated by 90 participating firms. The 1999 show, with the theme 'The Future of Audio is Taking Shape,' also higlighted the recovery of the sector in 1999.

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D-XS2 digital audio player

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TDK Corp introduces the D-XS2 digital player with semiconductor memory. The product, which relies on Advanced Audio Coding for MPEG Audio Layer 3 recording, allows users to listen to music that they have recorded from CDs or the Internet onto 32MB MultiMedia cards. The player uses a single AAA dry battery or nickel metal-hydride rechargeable battery for about five hours of play.

Product introduction

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