Bundled With VideoPump D1 and HD to Provide a Convenient and Low-Cost Solution
For Standard and High Definition Video Acquisition
NEW ORLEANS, SIGGRAPH 2000, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Viewgraphics, Inc.,
developers of open systems products for digital media transmission and content
creation, and Drastic Technologies, providers of professional digital disk
recorder (DDR)/Video Servers Media Translation Technology solutions, today
joined forces in an exclusive agreement to bundle Drastic Technologies' Quick
Clip DDR software application with Viewgraphics' high definition and standard
definition serial digital video adapters, VideoPump HD and VideoPump D1. Quick
Clip, a professional digital media recording and playback application, enables
VideoPump equipped NT-based computer systems to function as full featured
DDRs. Users will save on expensive production equipment, while exclusive file
compatibility features eliminate the time consuming step of re-acquiring
video.
Quick Clip captures digital media in real-time with functionality familiar
to operators of professional broadcast and production equipment. This powerful
bundle easily integrates with existing equipment delivering the highest
quality uncompressed video available. Designed specifically for broadcast DTV
acquisition and delivery, and high-end post-production applications, Quick
Clip streamlines digital media recording and playback for digital content
creation professionals. By offering the ability to control and be controlled
by an external device, Quick Clip extends VideoPump's capabilities.
"The engineers at Drastic Technologies are experts in DDR and control
solutions," said Jack Krooss, president of Viewgraphics, Inc. "Adding the
advanced technology in Quick Clip to our VideoPump HD and D1 adapters brings
slave mode DDR control, along with a low price point, to high-end video
acquisition and production."
Viewgraphics' VideoPump HD and VideoPump D1 adapters embrace open system
solutions through seamless integration with Windows NT and compatibility with
the QuickTime file format. Driven by an open system philosophy, Quick Clip
records and plays uncompressed QuickTime video files. These files can be
immediately accessed by any application that can import QuickTime files,
including Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Boris Effects, eyeon Digital
Fusion Post, Nothing Real Shake, Ultimatte, Discreet Logic Effect and Paint,
Inscriber CG, Pinnacle Systems Commotion and Terran Media Cleaner Pro.
The VideoPump HD bundle including Clipper and Quick Clip is available this
fall for a suggested retail price of $24,000. The VideoPump D1 bundle, also
available with Clipper and Quick Clip, is priced at $6,429.
Viewgraphics also offers these bundles in a turnkey system, called the
DTV:Xstream. The DTV:Xstream integrated system includes a VideoPump HD or D1
adapter, Clipper, Quick Clip, a standard PC and high performance storage
system delivering forty minutes of storage for the HD system, or one hour of
storage for the D1 system for a suggested retail price of $57,480 and
$16,725 respectively.
About Drastic Technologies
Drastic Technologies, based in Ontario, Canada, has been supplying a wide
range of video solutions to the broadcast, production, graphics and scientific
communities since 1991. Specializing from its inception in digital video,
Drastic produced a series of market-specific products that culminated in the
second generation of Video Servers and DDRs called the VVW product line.
Drastic Technologies is committed to maintaining compatibility with current
technology while providing high-quality solutions that work today and provide
for tomorrow. These tools are designed to increase productivity without
interrupting workflow. For more information visit their Web site at
http://www.drastictech.com.
About Viewgraphics
Viewgraphics Incorporated produces a line of open systems hardware and
software products for digital media transmission and content creation.
Viewgraphics' VID*IO technology solutions combine general-purpose PC-based
servers with the company's state-of-the-art digital media input/output adapter
boards and sophisticated software applications. The company provides HDTV and
D1 serial digital video and MPEG-2 interface boards and systems to leaders in
the technology and entertainment industries, including Cisco Systems, DIVA,
Qualcomm, Liberate, NBC Entertainment, OpenTV, SeaChange International, Sony
and TiVo. For further information contact Viewgraphics, Inc. at: 1340 Space
Park Way, Mountain View, CA 94043; Telephone: 650-903-4900; Fax:
650-969-6388; Web: http://www.viewgraphics.com .
NOTE: VideoPump and Viewgraphics are trademarks of Viewgraphics
Incorporated. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Viewgraphics, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.viewgraphics.com
CONTACT:
Sarah Kavanagh, PR, 650-726-3482, or
sk@coastside.net, for Viewgraphics, Inc.; or Sue Ann Robinson of
Viewgraphics, Inc., 650-903-4900, or sueann@viewgraphics.com
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