Word: dvd
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...other important product battle is over the digital versatile disc (also known as the digital videodisc). DVD is being advertised as the answer to the CD, the videotape and the CD-ROM. DVD is also the focus of the biggest battle to create an international standard since vhs vs. Betamax (in which Idei was on the losing side). Sony and Philips had been working for years to come up with a video version of the CD that would replace videotape cassettes and take CD-ROM discs to a new level. But in 1993 Toshiba trumped Sony, at least...
...many business alliances as possible. Besides Grove at Intel, the Sony chief is spinning deals with Microsoft. Last April, Microsoft paid $425 million for WebTV Networks Inc., an Internet software provider that uses Sony hardware. IBM's Lou Gerstner could be a key partner in shaping a future DVD format. In May, through Idei's personal connections with Rupert Murdoch, another Sun Valley buddy, Sony announced it would cooperate with News Corp., Fuji Television Network and Softbank, the Japanese company that owns Ziff-Davis and the comdex computer shows, in a venture to start JSkyB, a 150-channel satellite broadcasting...
...store features the "full surround room," decorated with hip urban graffiti, where customers can sit on a couch and enjoy the visual and sound quality of the store's DVD system...
...what determines a product's success before all these aspects? Price. If Phillips and Sony stick to to their announced intentions, then DVD-ROM drives will be offered in new computers at only $500 to $600--a low figure compared to the plus $1,000 price tag of the first CD players...
...like to live on the edge of technology's current, then DVD...