PC Magazine Review of Home Desktop Systems Reaffirms Quadrant International's DVD Market Dominance (CUBE inside the HW decoders)
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From the article:
QI DVD decoding technology appeared in nearly four times as many systems as competitive offerings, demonstrating the company's leadership position as a driving force in the widespread adoption of DVD.
"This recent article is proof-positive that QI virtually owns the PC-DVD market and will continue to be a dominant force as DVD explodes in the first half of 1999,"
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From Quadrant's website:
Hardware CineMaster 98(tm) -- Fully featured DVD decoder board with analog and digital video outputs along with analog and digital audio outputs.
The newest member of the CineMaster hardware family is based on C-Cube's ZiVA-PC decoder. It provides a highly integrated DVD playback solution for applications that require hardware decoding and is fully compliant with Microsoft's PC 98 requirements.
qi.com
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MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--
Software and Hardware Cinemaster '98 DVD Decoders
Power 11 of 18 Systems Reviewed; QI Delivers DVD To Editor's Choice Systems From Dell and Gateway
Proving once again its market dominance in the rapidly expanding market of DVD, Quadrant International (QI) powered the DVD drives in 11 of 18 systems in a round-up of Home PC systems appearing in PC Magazine's December issue.
The mainstream "Editor's Choice" was the Gateway G6-333C system, which features QI's Software CineMaster '98 MPEG-2 decoder, while the high-end "Editor's Choice" went to the Dell Dimension XPS R450 system featuring QI's Hardware CineMaster '98 offering.
QI DVD decoding technology appeared in nearly four times as many systems as competitive offerings, demonstrating the company's leadership position as a driving force in the widespread adoption of DVD.
"This recent article is proof-positive that QI virtually owns the PC-DVD market and will continue to be a dominant force as DVD explodes in the first half of 1999," said Leonard Sharp, vice president of marketing at QI.
"As we continue to grow the DVD decoding side of our business to deliver the price, performance and flexibility that our OEMs demand, we are already working to expand our expertise into other areas such as digital television and consumer electronics. Right now, if it's DVD on the box, it's most likely QI inside delivering the experience."
In addition to the Gateway and Dell systems already mentioned QI's Software Cinemaster '98 powered the following systems in the round-up: the Compaq MV700, the Dell Dimension V333C, the Gateway G6-450, the HP Pavilion 8390, the MidWest Micro Multimedia Pro PRH 450, the Pionex 6450-X, the QuantexQP6/450 M-2x, the Sony VAIO PCV-E204 and the Sony VAIO PCV-E308DS.
IF IT SAYS DVD ON THE FRONT IT MUST BE QI INSIDE
QI has uniquely positioned itself to be a key catalyst in the delivery of customized DVD solutions to the market. While PC-OEMs such as Sony are faced with difficult trade-offs between price and performance, only QI can provide complete digital video solutions, including both hardware and software DVD decoders.
Sony Electronics was able to implement QI's Software CineMaster 98 with the company's own unique user interface, providing the VAIO personal computers with Sony's own custom look and feel.
QI's unique modular architecture allows it to fine-tune its products to meet specific customer system requirements, achieving precise price/performance balance. As the first company to supply a PC-based DVD solution, QI has been in the forefront of the DVD standard as it has developed in the market.
Software CineMaster(tm) 98 is an all-software DVD solution that has been qualified to use the Microsoft(R) Designed for Windows 98(R) and Designed for Windows 95(R) logos by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). The application delivers premium-quality video and sound from DVDs on Windows PCs, while minimizing use of the PC's microprocessor and enabling the end user to continue to process other tasks in the background.
Software CineMaster 98 was developed using QI's object-oriented, modular design architecture, extending to this solution the look and feel of all QI CineMaster 98 products. The application shares the robust software core of QI's hardware CineMaster 98 DVD solutions currently used by leading PC manufacturers.
QI's CineMaster 98 products have achieved recognition from prominent industry organizations, including acknowledgment in PC Magazine's Editor's Choice award, mentions in PC Gamer's "Editor's Choice" list and C/Net's "Buy It" rating.
By basing this new product on proven solutions, QI's customers are able to easily integrate into their products an interface that end-users already know.
ABOUT QUADRANT INTERNATIONAL
Quadrant International (QI) is an expert provider of digital video and audio solutions to manufacturers of PCs, consumer electronics appliances and convergence devices.
QI addresses the convergence of the personal computer and consumer electronics markets through a full line of software and hardware products designed around a unique, modular, software architecture that provides a consistent look and feel across technology platforms.
Combining the best on-screen quality with the best overall system performance and integration, QI provides flexible and cost-effective solutions to a spectrum of partners in the PC-OEM, CE-OEM and semiconductor markets, including Compaq, Dell Computer, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Packard Bell/NEC, Quantex, Sony, ATI Technologies, C-Cube, and ST Microelectronics.
Founded in 1994, QI is headquartered near Philadelphia, Pa. and has offices in Silicon Valley, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Germany; and Japan.
All companies and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT:
Quadrant International
Lori Crenny, 610/408-7494
lcrenny@qi.com
web site: qi.com
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