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SONICblue, Intel To Create Portable Entertain Device


DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

SAN JOSE -- Sonicblue Inc. (SBLU ) and Intel Corp. (INTC) agreed to develop the ReplayTV Portable Video Player.

In a joint press release Monday, the companies said Intel's XScale technology-based processors and advanced video codecs will be combined with Sonicblue's ReplayTV platform.

Sonicblue's PVP will house a large capacity hard drive and support multiple audio and video formats, including native ReplayTV files, so recorded television content can be transferred directly from ReplayTV set-top boxes for portable enjoyment. The Sonicblue ReplayTV PVP will also connect to a personal computer so that users can transfer and play personal, MP3 and other commercially available multimedia content from their PC.

The Sonicblue ReplayTV PVP is expected to be available in 2003.

-Stephen Lee; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400

Updated September 9, 2002 6:38 p.m. EDT


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