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To: CPAMarty who wrote (29027)	2/2/1998 10:13:00 AM
From: coopie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

This seems to ring a bell... Company Press Release SOURCE: Dazzle Multimedia, Inc. Romance Your Valentine: Send Them a Dazzling Love Story via Email Starring You This Valentines Day, Don't Go to the Video Store Looking for a Love Story, Use Your PC and Direct Your Own FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Is your Valentine the apple of your eye? The love of your life? Did you see fireworks the first time you met? Do you feel butterflies when you touch? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then your Valentine deserves much more than one of the boring cards found in the card aisle at the supermarket. They deserve a Valentine that shows exactly how you feel. A personal love story, produced and directed by you with special effects, digital sound and full-motion video. Imagine the look on your Valentine's face when they open your email that contains a video clip of the first time you went on vacation together, the vow exchange at your wedding, or better yet a surprise marriage proposal. Creating a custom video email is fun and easy to do with one of the new video capture devices from Dazzle Multimedia. Any person wanting to play cupid can simply plug Dazzle or Snazzi into their computer and be ready to edit home videos (or record new ones) and send them off to loved ones over the Internet in a few simple steps. Sending the perfect gift on Valentine's Day has never been so easy. Dazzle Multimedia's Product Line Dazzle and Snazzi allow users to add true digital quality, full motion video to their favorite Windows 95-based applications to create full-screen movies and multimedia projects quickly and easily. 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. Both products allow users to capture video and snapshots from any video source including a camcorder, VCR, TV, laserdisc or DVD. Dazzle has a suggested retail price of $199 and Snazzi's suggested retail price is $399. To preserve your video Valentine for safe keeping (and future reference of proof that you really do care), Dazzle Multimedia created the Video CD ReWriter. An all-in-one solution to edit and record your movies and video snapshots onto a CD, the Video CD ReWriter includes a Snazzi card and a Phillips ReWritable CD drive for $599. A single CD can hold up to 1 hour of video, 8.5 hours of stereo quality audio or 20,000 snapshots. 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 Microsystems (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, or via fax at 510-360-0211 or via the Internet at dazzlemultimedia.com. NOTE: Dazzle Multimedia, Snazzi and Dazzle are trademarks of Dazzle Multimedia, Inc. SOURCE: Dazzle Multimedia, Inc. More Quotes and News: C-Cube Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq:CUBE - news) Digital Equipment Corp (NYSE:DEC - news)

To: CPAMarty who wrote (29027)	2/2/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Award winning encoder solution... Optibase Takes Top Honors in "MPEG-2 for DVD " Shoot-out; MPEG Fusion wins DV Magazine's Award of Excellence 02/02/98 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1998, Business Wire) SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1998--Optibase today announced its MPEG Fusion(TM) encoder won DV magazine's prestigious "Award of Excellence" in a recent comparison review that looked at MPEG-2 encoders for mastering video for DVD . Optibase's MPEG Fusion scored highest overall (9.0 of 10 points) in the comparison review that tested performance, features, technical support, documentation, ease-of-use and price. According to the magazine's reviewer, "The (Optibase) software has the friendliest interface of all the products tested. Technical support was detailed, effective and patient. MPEG Fusion provided very high-quality output and is especially suitable for non-technical users. Still image analysis revealed a crisp image with a minimum of encoding artifacts." To read this review in its entirety point your browser to dv.com. The MPEG Fusion, the video engine inside the company's new DVD authoring workstation, DVD Fab!, won high praise for image quality, technical support and thorough documentation. Each encoder was tested using a 30-second commercial containing a mixture of live action, talking heads, graphic and animation using YUV analog component video and balanced audio inputs encoded at DVD data rates of 4 Mbits/sec. Other encoding systems included in the review were Wired's Butane II, Heuris Power Professional, CagEnt's MPEGXpress 2000 and the Minerva Publisher 300 from Minerva. MPEG Fusion provides MPEG-2 Full D-1 AFF encoding as well as MPEG-2 Half D-1, MPEG-1 SIF and Q-SIF resolution. With a compression range of 300 Kbps to 15 Mbps, MPEG Fusion offers video professionals with the highest-quality MPEG-2 video on the market. The system is designed for demanding video applications such as satellite transmission, cable TV, DVD authoring, post-production, as well as professional multimedia authoring. Based on the DV Score Card rating system, the DV Award of excellence provides independent recognition of the technical merit and quality of the tools readers need. The DV Award of Excellence is only given to products that score a 9.0 or better in a DV Review or product comparison. Optibase is a global leader in MPEG hardware and software technology. With offices in the United States, U.K. and Israel, Optibase sells a complete range of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders and decoders through a worldwide network of distributors, authorized resellers, system integrators and OEM partners. For more information contact: Optibase, Inc., 3031 Tisch Way, Suite 1, San Jose, CA 95128, or call 408/557-9670 phone, 408/244-0545, fax. Point your browser at: www.optibase.com. CONTACT: Optibase Doug Stine, 408/260-6780 dougs@optibase.com or Tech Image Ltd., Michael Young, 847/705-0040, ext. 224 michael@techimage.com