Mitsubishi Electric MUX-25TV - E1 User Manual download pdf (Page 8)

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ELETR4ICS

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COMPUTER MAJORS DOWN. Along with

decreased computer

sales,

fewer

college

freshmen

chose computers

as

a major in fall 1985

than in

the past

two years.

According

to a survey

by the

American

Council

on

Education

and the

University

of California

/Los

Angeles, only

4.4% of

new freshmen

chose

computer

careers

in contrast

to 6.1%

in 1984

and

8.8% in 1983. That's a

50% drop.

Engineering,

too, has been

hit,

though not

as hard. Engineering

registrants

dropped

to

10% of

entering

freshmen

as compared

to 10.4% in the previous

year.

Business

and teaching were the gainers.

TWO

-VCR FAMILIES.

Seventeen

percent

of all videocassette

recorder

purchases

in 1985 were

made

by current

owners of

VCRs,

according to a market

survey

made by

RCA

Consumer Electronics.

The company

estimates

that more

than

25%

of new

VCR sales

in 1986

are

expected to be made

by second

-time

VCR

buyers. Research

indicates

that

the second VCRs

are

being

bought with

in-

novative features

such as

extended programmability,

stop action,

audio

dubbing,

hi-fi

stereo

sound,

etc.

DEMO

DISK PROMO.

Maxell Corp.

has launched a floppy -disk

promotion

campaign

that

includes

a

trial Computerized World Atlas

software

program with the

purchase of a

10 -pack of Maxell

MD -2

51/4"

diskettes.

The bonus program

displays a

3D representation

of

the

globe

that

can be

rotated

and

enlarged

or decreased.

Typing in

the name

of a city provides

information

on

more

than

2,5000

cities,

such as population,

distances

between

cities, and geo-

graphic

location.

There's

a catch,

though. The program

can be loaded

and

used

for

only three 40- minute

trials before it locks

to prevent further

use.

It will cost

the

owner $69.95

to get

the unlocking code. Should

the

user

not wish

to take

this route,

he

still

has

an eleventh

disk free. Maxell

also launched

another

10

-pack promotion

with

Citibank. Here,

a

free demo

-

stration

disk,

Citibank's

"Direct

Access"

program for personal

computer

banking

service, is

packaged.

Along with

the free disk,

Citibank offers

purchasers

a free

trial period

for its

use.

1985:

A VIDEO BANNER YEAR.

VCR sales

in 1985 topped

11.8

-million units,

jumping

55% over 1984

's

7.6-

million

units

sold to dealers,

according

to the

EIA's

Consumer Electronics

Group.

VCRs are now said

to be in

30% of American

households.

Color TV

sales,

too, set a record

with

almost 17- million

sets

sold

to dealers, beating

the

16.1-

million

figure posted

in 1984.

Projection

TV sales

rose

36.1% to 265,645

units in

1985.

HI -TECH

HOTEL

CHECKOUT.

Don't you

hate waiting

on

a

checkout line at

a

hotel?

The Sheraton

Hotel people evidently

empathize with

their

guests.

They've

installed Express

Center video

consoles in

their hotels in

San Digeo,

Anaheim,

Miami, Toronto,

and Washington,

DC

to

change

all this.

Guests

simply

insert their

credit

card into the machine,

touch

the appropriate

screen prompt,

and they receive

an itemized

receipt in less

than 30 seconds.

In the

Sheraton Park Central

in Dallas, guests

can use

a keyboard attached

to the

TV set in

their room. It takes only

a

few keystrokes

to review one's

itemized

hotel statement

and arrange billing

on

a credit

card.

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