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Digging further into the Oritron site, it appears that the Odyssey 1000 clone is intended to be part of a home wireless (802.11g) or Ethernet (802.3) network. Since the Fujitsu Ten auto infotainment project is also expected to be networked (and built by Oritron/Orient Power), it seems to be a logical extension.
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Much ado about nothing... the 1.8" HD reference is in the Odyssey 1000 platform writeup; the Odyssey 1000 product description makes no mention of HD physical size, only capacities. Besides, the two drives are interchangeable; the connectors are identical. (Although the 2.5" form factor might not fit into the smaller case of the recently licensed platform.)
Niz, we have incorporated MSFT's WMA codec for some time now and lately have added support for their Janus DRM. IMHO, that's about it for that particular partnership.
Re conflicting shipping/receiving reports:
It's quite possible that Gateway ships direct to customers (there is a bit of historical precedent behind that assertion). If so, shipments fulfilling orders placed from a certain store (i.e. Sarasota) may never actually be received by that store, instead going directly to the store's customers. So 'Matt' and the store may both have given factual answers.
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Longs and to the turkeys in our midst.
OK, I get it now. It's perfectly ok for the moderator to attack the majority of the posters here, but it's not ok for any long to attack anyone. Thanks for clearing that up. And since you raise the subject, which would you consider the more obsessive behavior: someone who posts ~1200 times over 3 years here about a stock he owns or someone who posts ~2 1/2 times as much in half the time about a stock they claim they don't own?
Fred, unredeemably negative posts/posters deliberately create controversy and disrupt the more on-topic and productive discussion threads. You can't allow such actions to stir the waters and simultaneously expect the waters to flow undisturbed. Either get rid of the agitators or suffer the results.
It seems that, over the years, the pump/hype faction finally got smart enough to realize that all their efforts were in vain. Bashers seem to have considerably less intelligence, continuing to spout their drivel 24/7 even as the PPS works its way upward.
Austonia, you need to improve your reading skills. The Gateway spec sheet for the DMP-X20 clearly states that it supports ID3 tags. I see no mention of database support, but such databases are really needed only for less sophisticated players that lack a multi-level directory structure.
Gateway's spec sheet: http://accessories.gateway.com/AccessoryStore/Consumer+Electronics_381930/Audio_381931/MP3+Players_3...
Specifications
Additional features Hold button, Digital voice recorder with integrated mic, FM Tuner with 12 user-selectable presets, Microsoft JANUS DRM support, Windows Media Player 9 support, Rechargeable capability
Batteries included qty 1
Battery 1 x Lithium ion Rechargeable battery
Built-in clock Timer, Digital clock
Built-in display 2.5” Color LCD with brightness and contrast controls
Carrying case Case with Belt Clip
Cassette system type None
CD system None
Compatibility Compatible with PCs running Microsoft® Windows® XP, XP Pro and Windows® 2000 Operating Systems
Connectivity USB 2.0 (Plug & Play)
Connectivity: Cable(s) included USB 2.0 Connector Cable (External)
Connectivity: Connector type 1 x Standard Mini B USB 2.0 jack, 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm,1 x DC power input
Data Storage Capacity 20GB* capacity. Holds up to 340 hours of music
Depth 0.83 in
Digital audio standards supported MP3, WAV, WMA, Audible
Digital sound processor (DSP) Yes
Digital storage 20 GB* Hard disk drive
Dimensions 3.99” x 2.64” x 0.83” inches (L x W x H)
Display illumination color Indigo blue
Enclosure color Black with Chrome Trim
Enclosure material Aluminum Alloy/Plastic
Equalizer Factory preset qty: 5
External hard drive function Yes
Headphones type Stereo Earphones
Headphones: Connectivity technology Cable
Headphones: Sound output mode Stereo
ID3 tags support Yes
Illuminated display Yes
LCD Display 2.5” LCD with Indigo blue backlight
Length 3.99 in
MD System Type None
Memory installed 16 MB Buffer
Mfr estimated battery life 10 hour(s)
Microphone type Omni-directional Electret Condenser
Music Files Supported MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Audible file support
Package contents Stereo Earphones, USB 2.0 Connector Cable, RCA Audio Cable for Home Stereo Connection, AC Power Adapter, Carrying Case with Belt Clip, Quick Start Guide, CD-ROM
Playback modes Repeat all, Random play, Resume play, Skip playback, Repeat shuffle, One track repeat
Power supply included Power adapter
Product type Digital Music Jukebox/USB Drive
Radio Tuner type: FM with 12 user-selectable FM preset channels
Remote control Wired Remote Control
Resolution 160 x 128
Sample rate 8 - 48 kHz
Service / Support 90 day limited warranty*
Shockproof memory Yes
Shockproof memory capacity 16 MB buffer
Signal-to-noise ratio >90 dB
Sound effects Five-band equalizer including five preset modes and one user user-programmable mode
Sound output mode Stereo
Supported interface(s) Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Timer Unknown
Total harmonic distortion 0.1%
Weight 7.7 ounces (with battery)
Width 2.64 in
OT: Details on Song's Matsushita IFE system
http://prn.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&p1=20031117-NYM054&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-3573...
48 Channels at Your Seat
By SUSAN STELLIN
Published: November 17, 2003
Delta Air Lines plans to announce today an in-flight entertainment system that will be installed at every seat on its new low-fare carrier, Song.
The system provides 24 channels of live satellite television, 24 channels of music and an interactive trivia game on a seven-inch touch-screen monitor installed in the back of each seat.
It made its appearance on a flight from Kennedy International Airport to Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 31. Song's managing director for marketing, Tim Mapes, said the system would be available on 9 of the airline's 36 Boeing 757 aircraft by the end of the year and the rest of the fleet by the end of March.
Customers who have flown on the test aircraft have been enthusiastic about the system, Mr. Mapes said
Song provides nonstop service between major cities in the Northeast and Florida, and Atlanta, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Juan, P.R. Offering in-flight entertainment is one of its central strategies for attracting passengers. A competitor, JetBlue, has offered live satellite TV monitors at each seat since early 2000.
"TV in many ways put us on the map," a JetBlue spokesman, Gareth Edmondson-Jones, said. "It's one of the first things people heard about us."
He added that although the company's research indicated that many customers tried JetBlue for the TV's, surveys also showed that they came back because of the service. "It's more important," he said, "to have crew that are flexible and friendly and go out of their way to serve you."
Song will offer many of the same cable channels that are available in JetBlue's lineup, including A&E, CNN, CNBC, ESPN, MSNBC and the Weather Channel. While JetBlue offers WNBC (a draw for fans of the network's prime-time programming), Song can appeal to Hollywood watchers with E (gossip about network stars).
Beginning next spring, Song plans to add other features, including pay-per-view movies, the ability to create customized MP3 play lists and connecting gate information.
A demonstration of the system, open to the public at Song's temporary store on Prince Street in Lower Manhattan, shows screens to send e-mail messages, but Mr. Mapes said the airline was waiting for demand for that service to emerge. "What people say they want and what they're willing to pay for - what is commercially viable - can be two different things," he said.
E-mail service, however, will be available on Ted, the low-fare carrier United Airlines plans to introduce in February.
A United spokesman, Jason Schechter, said more details about Ted, including its entertainment system, would be announced during a promotional event tomorrow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/17/business/media/17song.html?ex=1069650000&en=8ff6dd688402b764&a...
Seedie, a 1/8" stereo headphone jack splitter is hardly a technological marvel, they are available from many sources at 50-75 cents apiece (wholesale).
Did a quick check to see where some of the potential Digeplayer customers ranked vs the rest of the world's airlines:
DELTA - 1st
UNITED - 3rd
NORTH WEST - 6th
CONTINENTAL - 10th
These are global rankings as determined by passengers carried. Domestically, the potential customers include 5 out of the 10 largest domestic airlines.
There is also the possibility, of course, that the names were randomly selected for a test webpage, but IMHO that seems unlikely at this late date.
There is also the alternative interpretation (here I go, stealing a march on Cassie) that RP was playing fast and loose with the term 'dollar'.
Just for kicks, I looked up Oritron's latest financials. (They are a Bermuda corporation publicly traded on the Hong Kong exchange.) If you're talking U.S. dollars, they don't hit a billion in revenues; for the 12 mos ended 6/30/03, it converts to something between US$400-500 million. (FWIW, Hong Kong's currency is also issued in dollar denominations; over the past year it has fluctuated between 7 and 8 per US dollar.)
Ray, I don't think so. Go to http://www.oritron.com/oritron/images/product_images/ to pull up higher resolution pix. This one gave me a flashback to the 2003 CES: http://www.oritron.com/oritron/images/product_images/46/simg1.jpg
This one just gave me a flashback: http://www.oritron.com/oritron/images/product_images/0003.jpg
Strictly FWIW:
MP2000 in a new skin???
Side by sides:
Can you get me a good deal on some Tommy Hilfiger shirts, Jim?
Please point me to the balance sheet line item that reports royalties. If you can't do that, please educate the board as to where you are obtaining your info about their amounts.
Duhhhh redux. I doubt that I (or even you) would invest in a company that gave away its patented intellectual property. So what is one to do other than rent same (aka obtaining royalty-bearing agreements)?
Ahhh, that may indeed be the case re design/engineering. How convenient it is for you to forget that we are also responsible for manufacturing and delivery of the product.
Just my opinion, but it seems that you are readily blindsided. You have greedily seized upon the acknowledged fact that Digitalway did the industrial design for the O 1000. That fact in no way reduces EDIG's ownership of the O 1000 platform. The new OEM is free to produce their own version of that platform; IMHO the cosmetic and internal differences between the two products are sufficient to make Gateway's version a unique industrial design owing nothing to the Dway version.
royalty: A payment made for the use of property, especially a patent, copyrighted work, franchise, or natural resource. The amount is usually a percentage of revenues obtained through its use.
In other words, the more they sell 'em, the more they pay us.
Oh please, Cass! They licensed the Odyssey 1000 platform. Only a total imbecile could believe that platform doesn't encompass MOS. Is that your perception, or did you just fail to educate yourself as to what the O 1000 platform comprises? In fact, the following is a direct quote from the 10Q paragraph directly above the one YOU referenced re the new OEM: "The Odyssey(TM) 1000 is based on our MicroOS(TM) technology...". Duhhhh!!! Better take those blinders off before you embarass yourself further.
Who says the Eclipse work is complete? I certainly don't see that in the filing. Here's what they say re deferrals:
In prior years, research and development contract revenue on long-term projects is recognized on the percentage of completion method if reasonable estimate of the costs and revenues can be determined for each of the milestones; otherwise, the revenues are recognized when the product or services have been delivered. Funds received in advance of meeting the criteria for revenue recognition are deferred and are recorded as revenue as they are earned. If the costs we incur on a contract are expected to exceed the anticipated revenue we will record the loss in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision becomes known.
It seems obvious (for the 3 mos ended 9/30/03) that the project is ongoing, since an additional $30K in deferred NRE fees were reported for the period.
At September 30, 2003, we had cash and cash equivalents of $380,483. Other than cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable, we have no material unused sources of liquidity at this time. We have no material commitments for capital expenditures or resources. Based on our cash position assuming (a) continuation of existing OEM arrangements, and (b) currently planned expenditures and level of operation, we believe we will require approximately $800,000 of additional funds for the next twelve months of operations plus amounts required to make payments on the 15% Unsecured Note in the approximate amount of $600,000. However, actual results could differ significantly from management plans. We believe we may be able to obtain additional funds from future product margins
from branded and OEM product sales but actual future margins to be realized, if any, and the timing of shipments and the amount and quantities of shipments, orders and reorders are subject to many factors and risks, many outside our control.
Yes, for several years now... http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/28/cruise.net.idg/
Someone who cruises regularly may want to confirm it, but I don't recall seeing a TV in the stateroom. (Of course, that may vary from line to line.) Seems to me that some folks might find in-room video entertainment (especially with some content genres) a worthwhile alternative to group viewing in a theater setting. After all, "something for everyone" seems to be the main gimmick being pitched by major cruise operators lately.
Maybe not the post of the day, but rates a group 'hmmmmmmmmmmmm' at the very least.
" Gateway will provide more details about two new storage products at Comdex next week in Las Vegas, including a device that combines the Serial ATA interface with JBOD (just a bunch of disks) technology and the company's first networked-attached storage device, Waitt said. "
http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2003/1111consuelect.html
See also http://mktplc.medialiveintl.com/webapp/MarketPlace/PreviewVirtualBooth.jsp?dept=Attendee&event_i...
Bob, it's easy to lead a horse to water; getting it to drink with a straw requires a great deal of initiative and self-control on the horse's part.
PPS, Volume, Skullduggery; take your pick.
Agreed, Ray. I was especially appreciative of the clearly delineated description of asinine behaviour, as opposed to accusations of asininity as a basic trait.As I understand the rules, I am free to observe that a poster is practicing self-stimulation, but am proscribed from stating that they are a self-stimulator.
OT: In point of fact, I'm just about ready to challenge several FF posts that should rightly have been PMs to the addressee. This board is cluttered enough without adding all this one on one quibbling to it. If you're discussing each other's views re opinions about EDIG, that's worth sharing; if you're arguing posting etiquette, please keep it off the boards. (Tootsie roll observations excluded, of course.)
Anyone who feels that their post has been unfairly deleted should use their 'Back' button to go back and retrieve a verbatim copy of the post. Paste the copy in a PM to Matt ( http://www.investorshub.com/boards/post_prvt.asp?user=2744 ) explaining the problem; if it is a legitimate post, he can overrule the overzealous monitor (yeah, they do exist) and reinstate it. If it needs to be edited, he might offer suggestions as to how to make it acceptable.
OT: And tootsie rolls neither sink nor swim, they merely float about. (A truly dismal existence, but they can't help it; it's part of their innate being.)