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California's Warriors Basketball Team Goes All-Digital with New MX-Series Network Video System from DVS
Slam-Dunk Deal Clinched Due to System Flexibility and Value
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--Digital Video Systems' (NASDAQ:DVID - news) MX-Series Network Video System(R) has been chosen to provide networked video-on-demand systems for the Oakland Coliseum's 42 entrance monitors and huge video screen in the main stadium.
The system is a complete network solution for the delivery of real-time, high-quality video and is designed to meet the demands of the business, education and entertainment industries.
''DVS was a slam-dunk decision for us. We wanted the flexibility of having a playlist to keep the video imagery we showcase to our fans fresh and interesting,'' said Rich Shapiro, President of Sammco, Inc., the video systems design and installation company running the Oakland Coliseum's network. ''Other systems such as laser discs or hard drive systems didn't quite meet our qualifications. We now get really creative in pre-production using the DVS system for presenting video clips and stills of players in action. The DVS system just made great sense.''
Seven Channels of Crisp Video...
The system was recommended to Shapiro by Anthony Ceullar of Snader & Associates , a VAR based in Sausalito, California. Working closely together as a team with Sammco and DVS' technical support group, the system was input effortlessly and successfully.
Revolving around a DVS MX-Series Network Video System, seven of the eight channels being used for providing exciting high-quality digital video images to arriving fans. With six entrances around the Oakland Coliseum, the DVS Network provides crisp video to 42 monitors at any given time.
Over the DVS system, the Oakland Coliseum can showcase game highlight clips, teasers for upcoming events and ticket information running throughout the stadium. While it only takes one person to run the DVS Network, Sammco typically outfits the Oakland Coliseum with a staff of 10 to run all the various systems during a given Warriors game, assisting with tasks ranging from interfacing with local broadcasters to operating cameras in the arena. The Oakland Coliseum keeps two Sony DXC-D30 CCD video cameras on hand with Fujinon lenses to allow for additional creativity in the final production.
Plus an 8th Channel for Extra Creativity
The final eighth channel is used in the control room as a still store mechanism which allows for presentation of slides, freeze-frames and short animated pieces to rally the crowd. Images are recorded onto the hard drive of the DVS Video Server and then fed back and controlled through a networked Toshiba laptop for playback on the giant video screen in the arena.
''The DVS system working in synch with our production facilities and staff represents the start of a whole new ballgame for us at The Oakland Coliseum,'' adds Shapiro. ''We are just starting to learn what the system can do and we're very encouraged by the results so far.''
What's in a DVS Network
The DVS Network Video System doesn't take up a great deal of space and fits in the Oakland Coliseum's existing six-foot rack, though it can fit in a space half that size. A user-friendly interface permits flexibility to control video from the viewing point or from a remote location where many videos may be maintained under central control. While it is a very easy system to use, DVS provides extensive training and thorough technical support for the network.
The system revolves around an MX Video Server, a digital video server with analog composite or RF video outputs suited for use in closed-circuit coaxial cable environments such as the Oakland Coliseum, and applicable for hotels and schools, in-store media promotion, cable TV and broadcast cable head ends. The system delivers full motion 30 frames per second video in full screen 704 x 480 resolution video.
The MX server permits the selection of videos with true Video-On-Demand functionality utilizing CD- and VCR-like operational features of pause, skip, forward and reverse. The server system uses a Pentium processor generating from 12 to 48 streams depending on the chassis, decoder and MPEG options selected.
Beyond the initial capacity of a single Pentium processor, additional processors may be added which will increase the overall video stream capacity of the system. The server comes equipped with MPEG decoders that feed the Modulator/Combiners as part of the server. The user may take advantage of existing modulator equipment in the current video delivery infrastructure. The system takes advantage of the universal use of cable in the educational community today and meets the requirements of most other businesses and industries.
The system uses LINUX, the popular version of UNIX, that permits the most effective use of DVS's Video Streaming Software. The use of HTML and a Web browser interface permits easy-to-implement navigation and database access for the various videos that may be available to the system. User platform independence is achieved through the use of these web-based tools. Users with PC's, Apple or UNIX-based platforms may take advantage of the video delivery capabilities of this system.
The system consists of three disk drives in its most basic configuration. One drive is used as a system drive to handle the operating system requirements of the server. The additional drives are installed in pairs to accommodate the striping necessary for the delivery of streaming video. When additional storage is required high performance 7200 RPM drives are added in groups of two.
A jukebox is optional and is used for archival storage of video. The standard jukebox has a capacity of 200 CD's providing up to 250 hours of digital video storage. The jukebox has dual 8x spindles, providing the most effective operation for digital video. The SCSI interface for the system is designed such that a video will begin playing within two seconds of the start of video transfer from the jukebox.
For more information on DVS' Network Video Systems, contact DVS at 408-874-8200.
About Digital Video Systems, Inc.
Digital Video Systems develops and markets Video CD players, including subassemblies and components, DVD products, Video on Demand network products, kiosk products, digital ad insertion products, and MPEG encoding and authoring products for entertainment, business and educational uses. Established in 1992, DVS is a publicly held company based in Los Gatos, California, with branch offices in Suwanee (Metro-Atlanta), Georgia; Taipei; Tokyo; Hong Kong; and Panyu Municipality, Guangdong Province, China.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the ''safe harbor'' provisions of the private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements with respect to DVS's strategy, proposed sales of DVS's products, markets, and the development of DVS's products. DVS's actual results may differ materially from those described in those forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks of competition and the enforceability of DVS's intellectual property rights, risks relating to the development and market acceptance of DVS products, and risks relating to the planned rapid growth of the business of DVS and the conduct of business by DVS in foreign countries, which factors and others described in documents that DVS files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Current Report on Form 8-K dated Jan. 7, 1997.
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