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To: Gus who wrote (7670)	4/21/1999 8:40:00 AM
From: df	Respond to of 17679

Wednesday April 21, 6:32 am Eastern Time Company Press Release LSX-MPEG Player Brings MPEG-2 Video Playback to the Desktop Without Expensive Hardware Ligos Technology Announces Beta Release of MPEG-2 Player With 60-Day Free Evaluation Period SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999-- Ligos Technology, the leaders in real-time MPEG software encoding solutions and technology, announces that consumers no longer need to purchase expensive hardware to view high-quality, MPEG-2 video on the desktop. In the tradition of Ligos' other high-quality MPEG-2 video products and technologies, the LSX-MPEG Player expands the reach of digital video and delivers a higher standard for video playback on the PC. The beta release, with a 60-day free evaluation period, is available immediately via download from the Ligos Web site, with the full version available in the near future for $29.95. ''High-quality MPEG-2 video playback on the desktop has long been dominated by expensive, difficult to install hardware solutions,'' said Peter Forman, president and chief executive officer of Ligos Technology. ''The LSX-MPEG Player gives consumers the freedom to watch MPEG-2 video at a price that they can afford, without the hassle of hardware installation.'' The LSX-MPEG Player is a DirectShow compatible filter for the playback of MPEG-2 streams, providing quality playback of MPEG-2 video and audio directly through Microsoft's ubiquitous Media Player. The player makes an ideal companion to Ligos' LSX-MPEG Encoder -- combined, the two provide a complete MPEG encoding and play back solution. Features: -- MPEG-2 video decode without expensive hardware -- Capable of real-time decoding of MPEG-2 (Main Profile@ Main Level) video bitstreams up to 10 Mbps -- Support for full screen playback of up to Full D-1 resolution files, NTSC (720x480, 30fps) or PAL (720x576, 25 fps) on a Pentium II 350 MHz system with a DirectX compatible video card supporting YUV overlay mode. -- Half D-1 on a 233 MHz Pentium II. -- Displays video at full-screen or in a window as a filter to Windows Media Player. -- Optimized for most efficient use of processor -- DirectShow and ActiveMovie compatible -- Works directly with Windows Media Player as a Direct Show filter, giving you a fully powered media player -- User can choose to utilize MPEG-1 video decode through our filter (defaults to Microsoft's MPEG-1 decoder by default) System Requirements The LSX-MPEG Player requires a minimum Pentium® II 233 MHz (CPU speed is proportional to the video size and the amount of motion in the video), Windows 95 or greater, 32 MB RAM and a VGA video card with 4 MB VRAM (8 MB recommended, DirectX 5.0 certified with motion compensation and YUV overlay support in drivers recommended for highest performance). Pricing and Availability The LSX-MPEG Player Beta is available now for download with a 60-day free evaluation period from the Ligos Web site at ligos.com. The full consumer version will be available within 60 days for $29.95. About Ligos Technology Headquartered in San Francisco, Ligos Technology is the leading worldwide provider of real-time software-only MPEG encoding and decoding technology. Ligos is an award-winning developer of multimedia software, dedicated to delivering the highest-quality MPEG solutions to enable the future of digital video on the desktop. Ligos is a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Data Systems of Savannah, Ga., developers of the first software multimedia codec for standard PCs. For more information on Ligos Technology, MPEG products, or licensing, access the company Web site at ligos.com or call toll-free 888/464-8765. Note to Editors: LSX-MPEG is a trademark of Ligos Corporation. All other trademark contained herein are the property of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Ligos Technology, San Francisco Susan Stearman, 415/437-6137 marcom@ligos.com or G/H Technologies Sean Kauppinen, 415/808-9830 skauppinen@shandwick.com

To: Gus who wrote (7670)	4/21/1999 9:23:00 AM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

hey gus....it's about time. <g> good to see you. <eom>

To: Gus who wrote (7670)	4/21/1999 12:42:00 PM
From: Hal Campbell	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17679

Hi Gus ....good to see you drop by. Comment for the moment unrelated to your interesting subject.... Valuations.... Only approximating roughly.....the market seems to be pricing in only one potential AXC IPO, and not doing it by BCST standards but rather by IATV values. They are taking roughly half of IATV's volatile capitalization, dividing by 2 ( for AXC's future 51% position) ...then dividing by roundabouts 57 million shares ( assuming those 5 million convertibles have now been converted) then adding a buck for the rest of the company ( which sadly was the valuation near the end of last year ). In my opinion AXC remains a potentially high return gamble because though an excellent new structure and excellent new people are now in place, a great deal of their future success will rely upon timely execution of their strategies- and they will need a good break or two ( for which they are certainly due). Potentials for the high returns? If they can achieve core growth and/or MicroNet growth - the value of the "rest of the company" will go far beyond one. There may be more than one IPO in time...and there may well be more acquisitions (I think there will be). And though Michael Murphy declared the internet "mania" dead yesterday ( due to anticipated revenue growth shortfalls at Amazon and Yahoo) ...I rather think it will come in waves over the next few years - each waves focusing on different components of and approaches to the web business, and one of those waves is likely to carry some or all of the Ampex components well beyond their current valuations. It sure will likely take a good amount of time though....and in the meantime will probably be incredibly volatile.Personally I am going to at least attempt to snooze on it for quite awhile...and awaken about the time I will be forced to start selling - and hope I get lucky.