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There is another "standards" war (besides the Sony/DVD+RW one). A number of film companies, notably Disney, Universal, and Paramount, had refused to release on DVD because of the ease of pirating. They've now come up with a new, DES-based encryption standard called DIVX, which must be integrated into the DVD drive (i.e., new standard, old drives won't work). A DIVX DVD will be playable for 48 hours. After that period, you can "purchase" additional viewing periods, or convert the disc to an unlimited time one. This is done, apparently, via a modem connection between the DIVX player and some central database. BTW, the Sony DVD+RW standard will be for "naked" discs, no cartridge. -- Afzal Ballim | Internet: ballim@di.epfl.ch Document Engineering (LITH) | X400: S=ballim;OU=di;O=epfl; EPFL, Lausanne | PRMD=switch;ADMD=400net;C=ch CH-1015 (Switzerland) | http://lithwww.epfl.ch/~ballim Phone: (+41 21) 693 52 34 | fax: (+41 21) 693 52 78