PLUGGED IN : NEWS BYTES.DVD PLAYERS HIT THE MARKET: The digital versatile disc digital versatile disc or digital video disc (DVD), a small plastic disc used for the storage of digital data. The successor media to the compact disc (CD), a DVD can have as much as 26 times the storage capacity of a CD. players are finally here. But will anyone buy them? That question is still up in the air, particularly since software titles won't be available to the public until late March. Last week, Pioneer Electronics began selling the Elite DVL-90 - a hybrid DVD See Blu-ray and HD DVD. , laserdisc An earlier optical disc used for full-motion video and interactive training. It was introduced in the late 1970s and became obsolete in the 1990s. Videodisc systems based on a stylus were introduced (see CED), but only the optical-based LaserDisc survived, although never very popular. and CD player - at Dave's Video in Studio City and Genesis in El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. . The DVL-90 retails for $1,750. SHAREWARE ELIMINATES HASSLE: Confused about which multimedia products to use on your PC? Try PhotoVue Plus 5.0, a shareware program that integrates different viewers into a single unit. Developed by the Irvine-based firm ImageDisk, the program allows you to play movies, hear music and see photographs through a single interface. No more worries about which files need to be played through what viewers. The shareware costs $27, works on Windows 3.1- and Windows 95/NT-based machines. For more information, call (800) 495-7226. Web Links IT ALL ADDS UP: Math class should be this much fun. The Gallery of Interactive Geometry at http://www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html gives Net users 10 different ways to explore the power of angles. ``Build a Rainbow'' lets you change and mold the light entering a prism, and watch as the changing angles and wavelengths alter its color and path. Each of the 10 applications are linked to lessons on the mathematical concepts involved with each process. MUSIC MADNESS: Want to get a jump on the latest, greatest U.K. bands? Then pop by UK Plus at http://www.ukplus.co.uk, a massive collection of reviews on everything from the workplace to arts and entertainment. The search engine is a bit hit-and-miss, so you may not find what you need with your first search. But as with most things on the Net, random searches often reveal hidden gems. MEDIEVAL MOODS: Want to find out your ``medieval vocational personality?'' Look up the Kingdomality site at http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html. With any luck, you'll come out a White Knight White Knight falls off his horse every time it stops. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass] See : Awkwardness White Knight invents clever objects that never work. [Br. Lit. , which is preferable to Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. . Random Access NO WORRIES: The newest line of Handycam camcorders from Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. includes ``worry free recording'' technology. This increases both tape recording time and battery life up to five hours, resulting in fewer tapes to carry and timeouts to recharge. |
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