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Home Video Moviemakers Can Use Their Computers to Turn Holiday Videos into Prizes; Dazzle Multimedia Announces America's Most Dazzling MPEG Video Contest
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dec. 15, 1997--Beginning Dec. 15, 1997, Dazzle Multimedia will give home video moviemakers the opportunity to compete for over $10,000 in prizes as part of the company's "America's Most Dazzling MPEG Video Contest."
Amateur shutterbugs can submit home video clips electronically in one of five categories, including humorous, animals, children, artistic/creative, and most amazing. "America's Most Dazzling MPEG Video Contest" will be a truly high-tech affair. Contestants will use their computer, camcorders (or existing video tapes), and a video computing device to electronically capture and edit their home movies.
The digital MPEG videos can be submitted to Dazzle Multimedia in one of three ways -- via the Dazzle Multimedia web site, by simply attaching their MPEG-1 video clip to an e-mail message, or by regular mail on a disk or CD-Recordable (CD-R).
Dazzle Multimedia's products, Dazzle and Snazzi, can be used to capture TV quality movies (30 frames per second) with CD quality sound from any video source including a camcorder, VCR, TV, laserdisc or DVD. Once the high quality video is captured and stored in a computer, it can be easily edited, managed and even sent over the Internet.
Dazzle and Snazzi use the industry standard MPEG-1 compression format based on the MPEG (Motion Pictures Expert Group) international standard which has been adopted by industry leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, DEC, Sony and Hitachi. MPEG-1 produces the smallest possible files, while preserving the sharpest and clearest video quality and superior sound.
"Most families have hours and hours of home videos languishing in boxes or drawers," said David Taylor, president of Dazzle Multimedia. "They're just starting to discover how easy and affordable it is to put high quality video into their computers and bring it to life. With Dazzle and Snazzi, they can make an edited compilation of all the kids' birthday parties, send a holiday video greeting card via e-mail to Grandpa and Grandma, and edit and add special effects to their vacation videos.
"And by placing their videos on the computer or copying them to a CD-R, they can preserve those priceless memories forever. They don't have to worry about fading colors or completely losing those memories to deteriorating video tape."
Each month, Dazzle will be showing the top five monthly video winners and runners up in each category on the Dazzle Multimedia web site. Anyone can see the videos judged the best in each of the five categories by simply visiting www.dazzlemultimedia.com .
America's Most Dazzling Video Contest begins on Dec. 15, 1997 and ends on March 31, 1998. Videos must be submitted as MPEG-1 compressed files and can be no longer than one minute in length. Monthly winners will be selected in each of the five contest categories and will receive a CD-Recordable drive, a $399 value.
One of these five videos will also be selected as the best overall monthly video, and its owner will receive a Sony DVD player, a $699 value. One grand prize winner will be selected from one of the monthly best overall video winners. Dazzle Multimedia will award the grand prize, a $4,000 Sony DVD home theater system on April 20 in a special live webcast event.
To enter the contest, people must capture and edit their video clip as a digital MPEG-1 file and send it by one of the following methods:
-- E-mail: Attach the video to an e-mail message which includes the entrant's name, mailing address, and phone number, and send it to contest@dazzlemultimedia.com .
-- Internet: Access the Dazzle Multimedia Web site at dazzlemultimedia.com . Go to the "America's Most Dazzling MPEG Video Contest" page and follow the instructions for submitting a video on-line.
-- Regular mail: Copy an MPEG-1 file to a 3.5" diskette, zip disk, or CD-R, and mail it, along with a card stating the entrant's name, mailing address, and phone number, to: Dazzling Video Contest, Dazzle Multimedia, 45778 Northport Loop, Fremont, CA 94538.
More information and a complete list of contest rules are available at local computer and electronics stores carrying Dazzle Multimedia's Dazzle and Snazzi products, including CompUSA, Fry's, Egghead, Tiger Direct, J&R Music World and T-Zone. Call Dazzle Multimedia at 1-888/436-4348 or check the Dazzle Multimedia web site at www.dazzlemultimedia.com for a complete listing of retail locations across the United States and Canada.
About Dazzle and Snazzi
Dazzle and Snazzi allow home and business users to add true digital quality, full motion video to their favorite Windows 95-based entertainment and business applications to create full-screen movies and multimedia projects quickly and easily. Dazzle is an easy to install 5.25" x 3" external adapter that snaps directly onto a computer's parallel port in seconds. Snazzi is a PCI add-in card.
Both products use a friendly five button on-screen software control panel that's easier to use than the typical TV remote control. Users can preview and see recorded images instantly. Both products allow users to capture video and snapshots from any video source including a camcorder, VCR, TV, laserdisc or DVD. Dazzle has a suggested retail price of $299 and Snazzi's suggested retail price is $399.
About Dazzle Multimedia
Dazzle Multimedia, formerly LA Vision, is a privately-held company with headquarters in Fremont, Calif., develops and markets personal video computing products that let the mainstream user quickly and easily capture, edit, manage and communicate full motion video and still images. The company's products, Dazzle and Snazzi, are based on the MPEG-1 standard which provides the highest quality video and allows for seamless integration of stills and videos into popular Windows applications. Dazzle Multimedia leverages technology from Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE:DEC) and C-Cube (NASDAQ:CUBE).
Dazzle Multimedia is located at 45778 Northport Loop West, Fremont, CA 94538. Dazzle Multimedia can be reached at 1-888/436-4348, 510/360-2300, or via fax at 510/623-5894 or via the Internet at dazzlemultimedia.com . -0- Note to Editors: Dazzle Multimedia, Snazzi and Dazzle are trademarks of Dazzle Multimedia, Inc.
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