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Baby's First Steps -- Now at a Computer Near You; Adaptec's VideOh!
Edits Home Flicks, Moves Them to CDs
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADPT) today announced VideOh!, a
video capture package that easily and inexpensively edits home movies and videos and turns them into CDs.
VideOh! comes bundled with all required cables and software (including best-selling Easy CD Creator Deluxe), and costs less
than $300. All users need to capture video, edit it, and save it to a CD is the VideOh! package, an appropriately configured
PC, and a CD-R drive.
VideOh! includes a palm-sized device that snaps on to a computer's parallel port, compresses incoming video from all
standard camcorders, TVs and VCRs including both composite and S-Video, and converts it into high resolution TV-quality
MPEG-1 video. Users can add titles, glue clips together, and even send video E-Mail and create multimedia postcards. Easy
CD Creator Deluxe then takes the file and puts it on a CD that can be read on any Windows CD-ROM drive.
"VideOh! brings back the days when Dad would tape 8 mm clips together, stringing family holidays into a single film," said
Dave Ulmer, general manager of Adaptec's Software Products Group. "The difference? Now families can edit and store all
those video tapes of baby's first steps or their wedding pictures and vacations in digital format that will never age. Our
CD-Recordable software customers have been clamoring for an easy-to-use, high-quality solution to capture and edit video
without all the complexity and cost of expensive video capture boards. This is it."
VideOh! is also ideal for professional use. Sales professionals can share training videos, real estate brokers can provide video
walkthroughs on CD, and Web publishers can use VideOh! to capture high resolution video clips and stills to send or view
across the net. Adaptec's VideOh! will be available in October at computer retailers and electronics stores nationwide for an
estimated street price of $299. More detailed product information can be found at cdr.adaptec.com.
About Adaptec
Adaptec provides bandwidth management technologies for organizations building the global information infrastructure. Its high
performance I/O, connectivity, and network products are incorporated into the systems and products of major computer and
peripheral manufacturers. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Milpitas, Adaptec (Nasdaq:ADPT) employs people
worldwide in design, manufacturing, sales, service and distribution. Adaptec's home page is adaptec.com.
CONTACT: Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas
Kathryn Kelly, 408/957-1484
kkelly@corp.adaptec.com
Frankie Borison, 408/957-2044
fborison@corp.adaptec.com
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