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Turn an Ordinary TV Into a Video Telephone With Innomedia's Breakthrough 'InfoView' Innovative Video Conferencing System Uses Standard TV and Telephone Lines,
January 8, 1999
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- CES Booth #4749 LVCC North Hall -- Now you can have face-to-face, full motion video conversations with distant friends, family and colleagues -- without using your PC! The innovative InfoView(TM) video conferencing system from InnoMedia turns ordinary televisions into sophisticated, high-quality video telephones that work with regular phone lines, allowing you to see both the face and the body language of people you call either from home or the office.
Just turn on your TV and InfoView video camera, dial the desired number from your regular telephone, press the pound key to activate InfoView's user-friendly on-screen menu, and press a number on your telephone key pad to activate InfoView. When your call is connected, you'll see both yourself and your connecting party simultaneously on a split screen. If you want to view only your connecting party, simply press the appropriate code on your phone keypad and your own image will disappear.
There's no need for an extra telephone or special ISDN line because InfoView transmits both voice and video simultaneously over the same standard telephone line. And there's no need to worry about unauthorized users because InfoView allows you to establish a password access code for maximum security.
The system provides optimum image clarity and image refresh rate, and it has the unique ability to adjust to changing telephone line conditions to maintain the best possible video image quality. You can also manually tune the system to adjust the video to your preference simply by pressing a combination of phone keys.
The camera has remote zoom, pan, and tilt capabilities for both the local and remote InfoView, again controlled through your telephone keypad. When used with the InfoView Auto Answer mode, this function allows you to call your home or business from a remote location for security or surveillance purposes. Parents can call home to check on their children and their babysitter; telecommuters can call work to hold a video conference from their home office.
A "picture shot" feature makes it possible to capture and present high-resolution still-frame pictures that can be saved on videotapes as still-frame pictures for later reference. For maximum flexibility, you can even plug in an external video camera or camcorder and play recorded tapes to viewers on the other end. InfoView allows users to remotely switch the 2 camera sources, between the internal built-in camera and an external video source.
InfoView also lets you record video calls or maintain remote monitoring tapes with a conventional VCR. This feature, controlled through the on-screen menu, is helpful in business situations where you cannot be part of a meeting but would like to record the proceedings for later viewing.
"With InfoView, adding video to a phone call has become truly simple for the first time," said Mr. Ng Kai Wa, InnoMedia CEO. "There is no longer a need to use a PC as an intermediary or to bring additional bandwidth into the home or office. Talking face to face is now as easy as turning on your TV and making a phone call."
InfoView is FCC approved and supports the ITU-T H.324 standard, enabling it to communicate with other InfoView units as well as conventional PC-based H.324-compatible video conferencing systems.
InfoView Features The InfoView system includes a high-quality 1/4" CCD color camera and a unit about the size of a cable TV box with a built-in, pre-programmed V.34 33.6 Kbps modem and all the firmware needed to make the system work. It plugs into any non-digital phone and TV. Future product upgrades will be downloadable from a dedicated InnoMedia dial-up server utilizing the user's phone line; no PC will be required. Additional features include:
* On screen user-friendly graphic-based selection menu for easy navigation
* Dual-screen standard mode to view self and other party simultaneously
* High quality video output to TV or VCR
* High quality image freeze and transfer
* Password-protected Access security option
* Automatic answer mode
* Advanced motion estimation to optimize the compression needed for each
user
* Local and remote digital zoom, pan and tilt control capability
InfoView is available through InnoMedia's distributors and has an MSRP of $349.99. For more information, call 408-562-3535 or visit www.innomedia.com.
About InnoMedia
Founded in 1995, InnoMedia is a privately-held company with operations in Santa Clara, California, Hsinchu, Taiwan and Singapore. InnoMedia is a leading supplier of Internet telephony, video conferencing and wireless data communication products for the home and office. The company employs its patent pending technology in the development of intelligent communications devices that are designed to save cost and enrich the user's communication experience. InnoMedia specializes in communication products that are innovative, easy-to-use and bring a new level of value to consumers, making the practicality and efficiency of InnoMedia's products accessible to households around the world.
SOURCE InnoMedia, Inc.
/CONTACT: Lauren Tascan, 212-772-3900, or e-mail, lauren@sspr.com, or Michelle Strykowski, 415-956-1180, or e-mail, michelle@sspr.com, both of S&S Public Relations, Inc. for InnoMedia, Inc.; or Isabel A. Gonzales of InnoMedia, Inc., 408-562-3541, or e-mail, igonzales@innomedia.com/ /Web site: innomedia.com
[Copyright 1999, PR Newswire]
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