RAVISENT Technologies Inc. to Showcase High-Performance Video Graphics Solutions At Intel Developer Forum
08/30/1999 Business Wire
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MALVERN, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999--
RAVISENT to Demo Latest Software and Hardware-based HDTV, PC, VCR and Next Generation DVD Solutions
RAVISENT Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:RVST), a developer of core-based modular software solutions that enable digital video and audio stream management, today announced that it will display its latest DVD and HDTV software and hardware in booth Nos. 55 and 56 at the Intel Developer Forum from Aug. 31-Sept. 2 in Palm Springs, Calif.
RAVISENT will feature its Software CineMaster(R) HDTV and Hardware CineMaster(R) HDTV technologies, which enable computer users to view high definition television programming on a personal computer. RAVISENT will also showcase its award-winning Software CineMaster(R) 98 DVD Decoder and CineMaster(R) Real-Time Encoder. These products provide superior digital video playback quality on PCs.
"RAVISENT is setting the standard for digital video playback and continues to revolutionize DVD and HDTV solutions based on our core competencies," said Ed Piehl, director of marketing for RAVISENT.
About Software CineMaster(R) 98
Currently shipping on systems from 8 out of the top 10 PC OEMs nationwide, Software CineMaster 98 was developed using RAVISENT's object-oriented, modular design architecture, extending the RAVISENT look and feel for DVD playback. This application shares the software core of RAVISENT's Hardware CineMaster 98 DVD solutions currently used by leading PC manufacturers. RAVISENT's Software CineMaster 98 is a high-performance software DVD and MPEG-2 decoding solution designed to decode and playback DVD-Video, MPEG Video and Broadcast MPEG Video content on PCs.
About CineMaster(R) RT Encoder
Leveraging RAVISENT's award-winning expertise in MPEG2 decoding technologies, the CineMaster RT Encoder provides the highest quality real-time video encoding technology available in a software-only solution. RAVISENT's CineMaster RT Encoder performs MPEG2 video compression with Microsoft Direct Show applications in real-time on personal computers based on Intel processors of Pentium II class or higher. CineMaster RT delivers noticeably superior full frame rate video encoding in amazing clarity and detail, and with no lost data.
About CineMaster(R) HDTV
CineMaster HDTV enables the viewing on PCs of High Definition Television signals compliant with the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) standards mandated for broadcast digital television use in the USA by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1996.
The CineMaster HDTV solution was developed using RAVISENT's unique object-oriented, modular design architecture. This application shares the software core of RAVISENT's Software CineMaster(R) 98 DVD solution currently being used by 8 of the top 10 PC OEMs. CineMaster HDTV is available in both hardware and all-software versions to support decode and playback of all formats of HDTV content on a wide variety of PCs.
About RAVISENT Technologies Inc.
RAVISENT is driving the digital entertainment revolution with an integrated suite of innovative digital video and audio products for PC and consumer electronics manufacturers. RAVISENT enables the convergence of personal computer and consumer electronics devices through software and hardware products designed around a unique, modular software architecture that provides a consistent look and feel across technology platforms.
Combining outstanding on-screen quality with high overall system performance and integration, RAVISENT provides flexible and cost-effective solutions to a spectrum of partners in the PC-OEM, CE-OEM and semiconductor markets, including Acer, Compaq, Dell Computer, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Micron, Fujitsu, Packard Bell/NEC, Quantex, Sony, Tottori-Sanyo, Vestel, Yamaha, ATi Technologies, C - Cube , and ST Microelectronics.
Founded in 1994, RAVISENT is headquartered in Pennsylvania and has offices in the Silicon Valley, Seattle, Germany and Japan. Information about RAVISENT can be found on the World Wide Web at www.ravisent.com.
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that relate to RAVISENT's future business and financial performance. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual events of future results to differ from those discussed herein. Such factors include, among others: RAVISENT's recent change in its business model, its limited operating history, fluctuating quarterly operating results, expectation of future losses, anticipated price declines in products, dependence on its CineMaster products, dependence on a small number of customers, lack of long-term commitments with customers, dependence on manufacturers and strategic relationships, product delays, the difficulty of protecting proprietary rights, the ability to manage growth and attract and retain additional personnel, the potential for defects in its products, risks from international operations, its ability to raise capital in the future, its dependence on the personal computer and consumer electronics industries, competition, its ability to manage technological change and respond to evolving industry standards, government regulation and Year 2000 software issues.
Note to Editors: 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: ISENT Technologies Inc. Lori Crenny, 610/408-7494 lcrenny@ravisent.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Kelley MacMaster, 650/596-5831 kmacmaster@miller.shandwick.com
07:01 EDT AUGUST 30, 1999
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