Ligos Technology Leads PC/TV Convergence With DVD-Quality
Digital Video Recorder
COMDEX Fall 98
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--
GoMotionTV Enables Real-time MPEG-2 Recording in a Software Solution Today, Six-Months Ahead of Planned
Hardware Alternatives
Ligos Technology, developers of multimedia technologies and applications for digital video recording and navigation,
announces GoMotionTV(tm), an application that brings real-time television recording to the desktop. GoMotionTV is a
software-only MPEG-2 Digital Video Recorder (DVR), with added features for TV viewing and recording in real-time
on the PC.
GoMotionTV delivers the power of hardware in a software solution and at a fraction of the price, using the
GoMotion(tm) codec, Ligos Technology's proprietary real-time software-only MPEG-2 encoding technology. Ligos is
demonstrating GoMotionTV at COMDEX, meeting room L2168R.
"OEMs have an alternative to waiting for a $75 chip that will ship in six-months," said Peter Forman, president and CEO
of Ligos Technology. "We developed GoMotionTV as an MPEG-2, DVD-quality real-time recording solution that can
be integrated into any video capture card. This is the first application to provide the flexibility and cost-benefit the OEM
market requires."
GoMotion TV allows consumers to watch, compress and record television images in real-time on a personal computer
equipped with a video capture card, without costly hardware. The software enables video viewing and playback with
functions comparable to standard VCRs. GoMotionTV automatically compresses and records MPEG-2 video in
real-time onto the hard drive or to removable media.
GoMotionTV is the first software product that brings the power of MPEG to PC television tuner cards, providing
easy-to-use features for high-quality, compact recording. Ligos Technology makes recording accessible to every capture
card solution and allows users to:
-- View television programs full-screen or in a window while running
other applications
-- Compress and record full-motion video in real-time without
compression hardware
-- Record television programs onto a hard drive or removable media
GoMotionTV requires an Intel or compatible 266 MHz Pentium(R) II or higher processor with 32 MB of RAM,
Windows(R) 95 or higher, a Windows-compatible sound card and a PCI bus video capture card.
Pricing and Availability
GoMotionTV will be available to OEMs for licensing as a Microsoft DirectShow filter and Video For Windows solution,
providing the industry the easiest path to integrate these new capabilities into their own systems and applications. For
more information, contact Susan Stearman, marketing director, Ligos Technology at 415/437-6137 or
marcom@ligos.com.
About Ligos Technology
Ligos Technology develops award-winning multimedia software solutions, and is a leading provider of enabling
technology and applications for digital media recording and navigation. Ligos is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality
MPEG software solutions for the digital video market. Headquartered in San Francisco, Ligos is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Integrated Data Systems of Savannah, Ga., developers of the first software multimedia codec for standard
PCs. For more information on Ligos Technology, MPEG products, or licensing, access the company Web site at
ligos.com or call toll-free 888/464-8765.
GoMotion is a trademark of Ligos Corporation. All other trademark contained herein are the property of their respective
CONTACT: Ligos Technology
Susan Stearman, 415/437-6137
marcom@ligos.com
or
G/H Technologies
Sean Kauppinen, 415/808-9830
skauppinen@shandwick.com
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