Low cost card enables self contained Headend
SLINGER, Wisconsin; September 7, 2001 -- VideoPropulsion, Inc. (VPI) (OTC
BB: VDOP) announced today that it will begin shipping a full featured Quadrature
Amplitude Modulator (QAM) contained entirely on a single short PCI card next
quarter. The new product mounted in a small UNIX or NT server will allow
developers to directly drive a Set Top Box (STB) and offer customers the
opportunity to create a "Headend in a Box".
Through its high performance 64 bit, 66MHz PCI interface, the VDOQAM(TM)
QMP-1064 collects and multiplexes MPEG-2 transport streams directly from host
memory. The resulting multiple program stream is modulated and transmitted
on a 6 MHz carrier at 44 MHz IF via a standard 75 Ohm BNC connector. The
QMP-1064 supports 4,16,32,64,128, 256, 512 and 1024 QAM with variable
symbol rates up to 10 Msymbols/second.
Device driver support is available under Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows NT/2000,
and SGI IRIX. The driver APIs are compatible with the VPI's popular VDOPro(TM)
DVB-ASI multiplexing interfaces and VPiTV software libraries allowing users to
interchange DVB or QAM network interfaces without changing their applications.
The QMP-1064 has been designed to work with the companion, desktop or rackmount
VDOPro RF CATV Upconverter or equivalent. The QMP/RF combination accepts one
44MHz IF signal and provides RF output on any channel between 54 and 550MHz or
550MHz and 860MHz offering direct connection to digital STBs.
VDOQAM products will offer an inexpensive way to transmit in the clear for
development, demonstration, and deployment of a variety of iTV applications in
'walled garden' digital television environments. The addition of the QAM capability
to VPI's VDOPro line will be the first of several new interconnects intended to
broaden the choices available to iTV solution providers. VideoPropulsion remains
dedicated to creating open system, open standard tools and platforms for building
digital television applications.
About VideoPropulsion
VideoPropulsion, Inc. provides broadband access tools for delivering interactive
applications over digital television networks and for UNIX systems. VPI's ``Tools for
iTV'' are open standards hardware and software products created by high
performance networking experts and optimized for digital video transport. By
offering cross-platform support for its technology, the Company is able to deliver
unique products for this market. VideoPropulsion's strategic partners include Sun
Microsystems, SGI, Fujitsu, Thomson, Scientific-Atlanta, Mindport, and other major
digital video server and applications suppliers. Learn more about VideoPropulsion on
the web at videopropulsion.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that
involve a number of risks that could cause actual results to differ materially.
Information on the factors that might affect the financial results of VideoPropulsion,
Inc. can be found in the company’s’ filings with Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC).
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Carl A. Pick, Chairman
VideoPropulsion, Inc.
251 Info Highway
Slinger, WI 53086 USA
Phone: 262-644-2500
Email: carl@videopropulsion.com |
