One more design win !
Company Press Release
VideoLogic Launches DVD Player for PCs Using Sigma Designs' Single-Chip
REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 Decoder
VideoLogic Uses Sigma's REALmagic EM8300 Decoder in Its
Second-Generation DVD Playback Cards for OEM/Upgrade Markets
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1998-- Sigma Designs Inc.
(Nasdaq:SIGM - news), a leader in DVD decoder solutions for personal
computers, today announced that VideoLogic has based its new product,
DVD Player, on Sigma's EM8300 REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 decoder chip.
DVD Player is a low-cost PCI add-in card that elevates any standard PC
with a DVD-ROM drive to a powerful DVD movie player. VideoLogic is an
international company that develops, designs, and supplies
market-leading 2D/3D graphics accelerator and audio products for PCs,
game consoles, and arcade entertainment machines.
Designed for the PC OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and upgrade
markets, DVD Player is shipping now in the UK and in Europe. The
VideoLogic DVD Player uses Sigma's latest generation of integrated
decoders to combine low cost with exceptional digital video quality,
providing high-definition, full-screen, full frame rate DVD/MPEG-2 video
with Dolby Digital audio for a complete home-cinema experience, even
with a Pentium 133 class machine.
A comprehensive second-generation solution, DVD Player works with the
consumer's existing graphics card to provide superior picture and sound
quality, on a par with expensive stand-alone DVD players.
''We are delighted to welcome an innovative company such as VideoLogic
to our customer circle,'' stated William Wong, Sigma's vice president of
marketing. ''Sigma believes this is an important European design win.
VideoLogic's success in global marketing may result in distributing our
technology throughout Europe, which would increase our installed base in
that geographic region, dependent on the acceptance and use of DVD
Player in the marketplace.
''Our EM8300 silicon and reference design for DVD decoder cards provides
an integrated, flexible, and cost-effective solution for the PC upgrade
market. The VideoLogic DVD player is the solution for the user who wants
to put together a DVD playback system,'' Wong concluded.
Facilitating development of systems based on the EM8300, a complete
turnkey reference design is available from Sigma Designs. A
comprehensive hardware and software solution completely ready for
manufacturing, the reference design includes an evaluation board,
schematics, Gerber printed circuit board plots, drivers, and Sigma's
DVD-Station software.
The VideoLogic DVD Player supports all DVD audio formats, including
Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, MPEG-2, and stereo. It can be used with
a Dolby Digital decoder/amplifier to drive a complete six-speaker (5.1
channel) surround system, with a Dolby Pro Logic decoder/amplifier, or
with a PC sound card such as SonicStorm from VideoLogic.
DVD Player can be connected to either a PC monitor or a television set
(both NTSC and PAL modes) for a real home cinema experience. Movie
titles are already available from Time-Warner, MGM, and other major
studios.
About VideoLogic:
VideoLogic Group plc is an international company that develops, designs,
and supplies market-leading 2D/3D graphics accelerator and audio
products for PCs, game consoles, and arcade entertainment machines.
Since it was founded in 1985, the company has introduced a succession of
silicon chips and add-in boards that have played a major role in the
development of multimedia and computer-based entertainment systems.
VideoLogic has its corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom and is
publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange.
About Sigma Designs:
Sigma Designs entered the multimedia market in 1993 with products based
on the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) standard for compressing and
decompressing digital audio and video signals. Since then, Sigma has
been a driving force behind advancement of the MPEG technology used in
most multimedia products on the market today.
Sigma Designs' products include affordable MPEG video and audio decoding
hardware. All Sigma Designs products are sold worldwide through a
network of dealers, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs).
For additional information, call 800/845-8086 or 510/770-0100, fax
510/770-2640, or visit Sigma's Web site at sigmadesigns.com
Note to Editors: For further information, photographs and interviews
please contact Marken Communications.
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