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...projectors. And so far, all those projectors house TI's DLP chip, which consists of an array of tiny mirrors that flip on and off, refracting light through a prism and onto the screen. Kodak is developing a competing product set to launch next year. Its chip, manufactured by JVC, uses a liquid-crystal display instead of mirrors and, in a recent demonstration, appeared to match DLP's in quality. "The holdup right now is not the technology--it's the economics," says Elizabeth Daley, dean of the film school at the University of Southern California. The major movie studios...
MODERATE $1,700 JVC GR-DVP3U Compact enough to fit on your Bat belt, this tiny camcorder is nicknamed the MicroPocket DV. Its 680,000-pixel resolution (nearly twice that of most TVs) gives you crystal-clear video, and it's also equipped with NightAlive low-light sensitivity and a high-resolution still-camera mode for taking Web-ready snapshots. www.jvc.com...
...record on the Panasonic. In a replay of that old VHS vs. Betamax duel, there are two formats duking it out for DVD supremacy?one backed by a group that includes Panasonic, Hitachi and Samsung, the other backed by Sony, Philips and others. A third format, championed by JVC and Mitsubishi, is about to join the battle. When the dust settles, convergence between your computer and your home theater will be reality. Many potential buyers will wait for a clear winner to emerge...
...much easier to edit on a PC; an analog tape first must be converted to digital, which is cumbersome. Perhaps the best news is this: for the next year, Sony is expected to have the only Digital8s on the market. That may well put pressure on Canon, Sharp, JVC and Panasonic to drop the prices of their standard digital cameras. Let's just hope they do it by Father...
Technology was supposed to make our lives simpler. Instead we're stuck with 40-lb. monitors, beeping cell phones and a rat's nest of cables. Now JVC and Sharp are making truly simple handheld devices for sending and receiving e-mail. Users just type a note, dial a toll-free number on any phone, then hold the device up to the mouthpiece while short, modemlike screeches indicate that messages are being transmitted. Available this fall, JVC's $100 HC-E100 and Sharp's $150 TelMail require a $10 monthly...