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...problem is this. Many of the world's computers and microchip circuitry, the ones that run everything from cash machines and VCRs to interstate electric-power grids and intercontinental ballistic missiles, contain a programming oversight that makes them incapable of reading the date 2000. To represent years, computers generally use just the last two digits. When 1999--that's 99 in computer language--rolls over at midnight to 00, computers that have not had the glitch repaired will conclude that the date is 1900. That can lead to a surprising range of malfunctions, and not just in such obviously date...
...Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The big news there was that virtually every audio-video manufacturer is selling, or about to sell, an affordable DVD, or "digital versatile disc," player, which will play music as well as movies with a vividness and clarity far greater than that of VCRs playing videotape...
...Swaps GE/RCA Consumer Electronics (TVs and VCRs) with Thomson of France for CGR, a medical diagnostic imaging company. NBC launches cable-TV network CNBC...
...digital video express) players began shipping to retail stores nationwide this month. Since Divx can run the old DVD disks while performing other amazing digital tricks, I suspect the new format is going to cause some confusion among the folks who are supposed to be trading in their VCRs for digital video decks this holiday season. Let's see if we can fine-tune the picture...
...decision consumers won't have to make is whether to buy a set that uses one format or another. Back in the days when VCRs were new, you could buy a VHS or a Beta-format machine; neither could read or record on the other's tapes. Those who chose Beta generally regretted it, as vhs took over the market, video companies stopped releasing Beta-format movies, and Beta sets became essentially useless...