Monday January 19, 8:33 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Dazzle Multimedia Announces First Desktop Video Capture Product Under $200
New Industry-Leading Low Prices on MPEG Devices to Open Up Opportunities for Consumers and Distribution Channels
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1998-- Dazzle Multimedia (formerly LA Vision) the leading provider of affordable personal video computing products today announced that it has reduced the price of Dazzle, the company's popular video capture, editing and communication device, from $299 to $199.
Dazzle now becomes the first MPEG personal video computing product available under $200. As recently as a year ago, MPEG standard video products were sold for $5,000.
In addition to the price reduction, the company announced that it has added additional features and refined the software bundle included with Dazzle to reflect customer feedback and demand. In addition to the easy to use five-button interface called Amigo, Dazzle comes with full product versions of Kai's Power Goo, Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0, VDO Phone, Cinax MPEG Video Editor, Interactual Screen Saver, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.
By using Dazzle with these applications, users can edit full motion video and still images captured from a camcorder, VCR, TV, laserdisc or DVD player, create flyers, cards, and other multimedia projects, morph still images taken from video, and create screen savers using their own movies. They can post video or still images onto a web site, attach them to e-mail messages and video conference via the Internet.
This version of the product includes new audio-only recording and playback features which allow for up to eight hours of CD quality audio to be recorded on only one CD for playback on a PC. As with the previous version of Dazzle, captured video clips can also be incorporated into many other Windows-based applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
Both Dazzle and Snazzi, the company's PCI board product, are based on the MPEG-1 industry standard which allows the highest quality full motion video to be captured, edited and placed into popular Windows applications in seconds.
''The digital video market is growing at a tremendous pace and Dazzle Multimedia is uniquely positioned to lead this market from a technology, product and partnership perspective,'' said David Taylor, president of Dazzle Multimedia.
''We're beginning to see interest from a huge number of camcorder owners. They're excited about the possibility of taking their home videos and put them to work on their PCs. By lowering Dazzle's price, it truly opens up the world of video capture, editing and communication to anyone that sees creative opportunities in the home movies they love.''
About Dazzle and Snazzi
With Dazzle or Snazzi, users can capture high resolution snapshots and CD quality audio and video and place these pictures and movies in their favorite entertainment and business applications.
Dazzle is an easy to install 5.25'' x 3'' external adapter that snaps directly onto a computer's parallel port in seconds. Snazzi is a PCI add-in card. Both products use a friendly five button on-screen software control panel that's easier to use than the typical TV remote control. Users can preview and see recorded images instantly. Dazzle has a suggested retail price of $199 and Snazzi's suggested retail price is $399.
About Dazzle Multimedia
Dazzle Multimedia, formerly LA Vision, a privately-held company with headquarters in Fremont, Calif., develops and markets personal video computing products that let the mainstream user quickly and easily capture, edit, manage and communicate full motion video and still images.
The company's products, Dazzle and Snazzi, are based on the MPEG-1 standard which provides the highest quality video and allows for seamless integration of stills and videos into popular Windows applications. Dazzle Multimedia leverages technology from Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE:DEC - news) and C-Cube (NASDAQ:CUBE - news).
Dazzle Multimedia is located at 45778 Northport Loop West, Fremont, CA 94538. Dazzle Multimedia can be reached at 888/436-4348, 510/360-2300, via fax at 510/360-0211, or via the Internet at dazzlemultimedia.com .
Note to Editors: Dazzle Multimedia, Snazzi and Dazzle are trademarks of Dazzle Multimedia, Inc.
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