Decoder could mean cheaper DVD players

17 Jun 2002

A new digital video disk (DVD) chip from C-Cube Microsystems could drop the price of DVD players below $500 -- the price point at which the new devices are more likely to experience significant market success.

C-Cube says its new chip can do the work of six chips installed in existing DVD players, and analysts say machines containing C-Cube's chips will appear later this summer in the U.S. Hollywood is expected to begin releasing their first DVD titles in the next several weeks, with computer software makers expected to follow suit eventually