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Digitisation allows to fulfill the demands of today8217;s on the move world to increase the quality of both audio and visual reproduction. JVC8217;s ongoing research and development is responsible for putting it in the driving seat of the digitisation of home entertainment. It gives significant input into the adoption of standards and technologies and the ability to bring equipment incorporating them to market sooner and giving customers the finest quality and state of the art features.

JVC has been marketing and servicing the products worldwide and identified India as a potential growing market. In order to cater to this vast population residing inIndia, JVC has set up nine service centres in different cities.

The company has also ensured to serve better by providing sufficient spares and technical support at these locations in India. Since its start back in 1927, JVC has made advances that have helped dictate the direction in which the world has evolved. From the development of the VHS format to the production of world8217;s smallest digital camera, JVC is leading the way into the 21st century.

Gates donates 5 bn to charities

WASHINGTON: Microsoft Chief Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have donated another five billion Rs 21,000 crore to the charities that bear their names, the 8220;Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations8221; has announced. The couple made the donation by selling Microsoft stock for the foundations, the charities8217; spokesman Trevor Neilson said yesterday.

They had donated 3.3 billion in February to the William H Gates foundation focusing on global health issues, and the Gates Learning Foundation dealing with learning problems.The foundations have given out more than 400 million, mostly for health-related projects, Neilson said.