ZapMedia.com Selects Quantum QuickView Audio/Video Storage Technology For Next-Generation Home Entertainment System
Internet Device Combines Features and Functions for Web Browsing, E-mail, Music Jukebox, DVD, and CD Player in One Integrated Set-Top Box
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MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000-- ZapMedia.com, a privately-held Internet webcasting company, today announced it has selected Quantum QuickView(TM) audio/video storage technology from Quantum (NYSE:HDD - news) for its ZapStation(TM) universal media player -- the next-generation home entertainment system. This product will be launched in the fall of 2000, allowing consumers to harness the power of Internet media while connected to their televisions and home stereo systems.
Quantum QuickView hard drives will serve as the enabling technology for the ZapStation, providing instant access to content from a variety of audio/video sources, either electronic or packaged. The system, which will be available at retail for an estimated price of $300, simply plugs into existing TVs, home stereos, and the Internet allowing users to enjoy a multitude of entertainment content from their living rooms. Using a wireless remote or keyboard, consumers can use the device for the following:
-- Internet streaming radio -- tune to thousands of stations across
the Web DVD/CD audio player
-- Music jukebox -- play, record, and organize up to 7,000 songs with
instant music playback according to specific artist, genre, album,
and song
-- E-mail -- use TV to read and write messages
-- Universal media receiver -- retrieve audio, video, and graphic
clips from the Web
``We chose Quantum as a sole supplier because Quantum QuickView is the clear leader in hard drive technologies for consumer electronics,' said Ken O. Lipscomb, CEO and chairman, ZapMedia.com. ``Together with Quantum, we feel we have been able to create a very powerful online distribution mechanism for entertainment and information. This advanced home media center brings a wide variety of entertainment content into your television set and home stereo. Everything from CD and DVD to MP3 music and other Internet-sourced content can be easily enjoyed in the comfort of your own living room using the ZapStation.'
``We are excited about the direction ZapMedia.com is pursuing in the convergence of digital entertainment content,' said Tex Schenkkan, general manager of Quantum's Consumer Electronics Business Unit. ``We believe that products designed to create an easy-to-use, high-quality digital media experience in a home entertainment environment will capture the attention of consumers. With Quantum QuickView's ability to record and play content with ease, consumers will be able to access the vast amounts of information and entertainment available on the Internet, and do it without sitting behind a computer.'
The ZapStation also features its own Web portal, ZapCentral, which allows online storage for consumers' audio and video files. The ZapStation Web portal will soon allow for the transfer of media content to portable consumer devices including MP3 players, car players, PDAs, and next generation mobile telephones.
About Quantum QuickView
Quantum QuickView technology records and stores digital audio and video content providing consumers with the ultimate in A/V management. Features include instant recording, instant playback, and instant access to audio and video content. Because there is no tape involved, there is no rewinding or fast forwarding to find a specific song or video clip. Instead, users benefit from instant access to video and songs they have recorded. Quantum pioneered the category of products that control information and entertainment through hard disk drive technology.
About ZapMedia.com
ZapMedia.com, Inc. (www.zapmedia.com) is a leading developer of software, web portals, and OEM reference devices for delivering all digital media (audio, video, and ``print') to consumers using a broad array of internet-connected devices, both in-home and portable. ZapMedia.com has created the first integrated Internet appliance and digital entertainment system, the ZapStation Entertainment Ecosystem. ZapMedia.com, Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia and can be accessed via the Internet at: zapmedia.com.
About Quantum
Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation (www.quantum.com) is the world's leading storage supplier in six of the seven markets it serves: desktop hard disk drives, tape drives, network attached storage (NAS) appliances, solid state systems and hard disk drives for the emerging personal video recorder (PVR) market, and DLTtape automation systems. Quantum is also a leading supplier of high-end hard disk drives. In 1999 Quantum became the first Silicon Valley company to issue tracking stock, replacing its existing common stock with the ticker symbols DSS and HDD, which track the separate performance of the company's DLT and Storage Systems and Hard Disk Drive businesses. Both stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Selling its products through OEM and distribution channels worldwide, sales for the fiscal year ending March 1999 were $1.3 billion for Quantum's DLT and Storage Systems Group and $3.6 billion for Quantum's Hard Disk Drive Group.
Quantum Corp., 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035, 408/894-4000, www.quantum.com.
Note to Editors: Quantum and the Quantum logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. QuickView is a trademark of Quantum Corporation. All other marks are trademarks of their respective companies.
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Contact:
Quantum Corporation
Rob Lopez, 408/894-7431
rob.lopez@quantum.com
or
ZapMedia.com
Michelle Comrie, 404/875-8550 Ext. 120
michelle.comrie@zapmedia.com
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