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In article <kdarling.713963571@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> kdarling@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>herbt@naaman.sarnoff.com (Herbert H Taylor III) writes:
>> [about MPEG encoding work]
>> The picture quality of Bellcore's system looks pretty good, BTW. The
>> jury is not totally in on the quality but I would sell my Blockbuster
>> video stock if I had any...
>
>You might want to keep any stock, since a lot of people believe Blockbuster
>(together with Philips, who's invested $100 million in Blockbuster stock)
>intends to carry CD/MPEG movies, perhaps even by early next year.

 This will be an interesting question for couch pototoe heads
everywhere: "Would I rather get up from the couch to buy or rent
CD/MPEG or would I rather push a few buttons on my "Video Dialtone"
controller in the comfort of my living room and pick my movie from a
menu."

 I choose not to take sides. CD/MPEG has more bits per second to play
with and will make better pictures but Video Dialtone will offer more
convenience. Time to market looks a big factor in all this...

>This may have been asked before, but I didn't see an answer:  Is that
>code from Bellcore available to us common folk?  Thanks!

 I believe that Bellcore will license their software to anyone for a
fee. I don't know anything about the amount, availability, etc.
Someone from Belcore will have to speak up. 

 The more encoders that are developed the more options for the Baby
Bells.  An article in the August 10th issue of Barron's titled "Why
the Baby Bells Own the Future" spells out their strategy.

 Herb
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