But the company is riding high on computer giant Compaq's decision to use Creative's second-generation digital video disk upgrade kit in its new PC lines.

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Why, he asked in March, are Sony and Toshiba developing rival high-definition video-disk formats, with the Hollywood studios splitting their support?

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Plus: videocassette players, portable video recorders, the now-ubiquitous Walkman and 3.5-inch floppy disk drives, launched in 1980.

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