Excellent News! Cinema quality video for PC at a low price!!
If they can truly give quality for below $10K, then they have a major product. The following is a cut and paste of that news.
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ADVISORY/S3 and Faroudja announce latest convergence technology
breakthrough; cinema quality video coming soon to your PC screen
BusinessWire, Tuesday, May 27, 1997 at 16:25
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
WHAT: S3, the world's largest supplier of multimedia
accelerators, has joined forces with Faroudja Laboratories to deliver
$25,000 video quality to the $2,500 PC.
S3 and Faroudja executives will demonstrate the first-ever
convergence technology, which allows cinema quality video to be
displayed on a PC.
WHY: By integrating Faroudja's state-of-the-art video technology
into S3's leading multimedia accelerators, S3 will be the first
company to offer the highest quality video images on a PC.
WHO: Gary Johnson, president and CEO, S3 Incorporated Yves
Faroudja, president and founder, Faroudja Laboratories
WHEN: Wednesday, May 28, 1997 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Continental
breakfast to follow
WHERE: Delancey Street Screening Room
600 Embarcadero (cross street is Brannan, near Pier 32)
San Francisco, California
TO ATTEND: Call Amber Rensen at 408/588-8154 or e-mail rsvp@s3.com
BACKGROUND: S3 is the world's largest supplier of multimedia
acceleration hardware and its associated software. The company's
vision is to bring a rich consumer electronics-type experience to PC
users by integrating the best available consumer multimedia
technologies into the mainstream PC platform.
Faroudja Laboratories is world famous for its state-of-the-art
video processing equipment, which is used in both the professional
broadcast and consumer markets. The company holds more than 60
patents in the field of video processing. |
