DVD Player Pricing Is At All-Time Low For Holiday Selling Season.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999-- Comjet Information Systems Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of DVD players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. and WebDVD convergence appliances, today announces the release of the DV-A1X DVD Player. The sleek-looking feature-rich player includes a built-in Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. 5.1 Decoder A hardware device or software that converts coded data back into its original form. See decode and MPEG decoder. , front panel Jog Shuttle for frame-by-frame image preview and an easy-to-hold 40-key remote control with 4X zoom. The new addition to the Comjet family will be offered through traditional distribution channels and over online auctions for the holiday selling season. The current opening bid for a DV-A1X DVD player through Yahoo! Auctions is $245 (http://auctions.yahoo.com/auction/11238264). This is $100 below name-brand players currently selling through national retail outlets. (See DVD Player Price Watch: http:// www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Heights/8425/ecommerce/dvd_player.htm ) -- Product Photos and detailed information on the new DV-A1X DVD Player: http://www.comjetusa.com/products/homemighty/ -- Comjet online customer support forum: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/homemighty -- The DV-A1X comes bundled with a Value Pak ($125+ value) that includes 15 FREE DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Movie rentals from DVD Overnight, discounts on movie purchases from DVD Express and substantial discounts from M-2K on DVD titles that are as low as $0.99. http://www.comjetusa.com/coupons.html "Ever since Comjet's entry into the DVD Player arena last year, we have experienced nothing but explosive growth," says Comjet's U.S. Regional Representative Howard Jeng. "We are accelerating our evolution a notch this holiday season by providing consumers with a 5.1 DVD Player at a low price point directly via the Internet." It took just two years from DVD's national launch in August 1997 for the format to ship 1 million units, compared with four years for compact discs and 11 years for VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. . In its first two years, DVD players have outsold out·sold v. Past tense and past participle of outsell. the VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. by 13 to one and the CD player by four to one. Nearly 3 million DVD players are currently in U.S. homes. Comjet Information Systems is an $8 million manufacturer and distributor of computer and consumer convergence products based in Taipei, Taiwan. A veteran in the computer industry for 14 years, Comjet diverges into the consumer electronics industry with the HomeMighty product series to become the forerunner in DVD and internet convergence technologies. In additional to DV-A1X, Comjet will be at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). '99 (Booth S1329-C3) introducing a host of new products to their convergence product line. http://www.comjetusa.com |
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