"Finally Someone Has Put Together a PC for Meeting-Room Use"; Small-Group Videoconferencing System Under $10,000, Can Do Powerpoint Presentations, Too.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997--VistaCom, Inc. announced today they will introduce a VideoMeetingPC(TM) - or VMPC(TM) - a new package for the emerging small-group videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems market, on March 13, 1997 at CeBIT `97 Hannover. "We have noticed that there are typically no computers available for the participants in the corporate meeting-rooms. Regular TV sets are there but no PCs. This is exactly where our new product comes into the picture," said Harry Santamaki, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of VistaCom. "With the VMPC package we desire to provide the core communication tools for all team work groups." VMPC provides full-fledged video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. over ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. lines. Either a single ISDN connection (128 kbps) or three lines can be used (384 kbps). Thanks to the H.320 standard, over 200,000 compatible other terminals may be reached with real-time audio and video connection. The new product can also show the popular Microsoft Powerpoint(TM) presentations from a 3.5" disk for a remote group and a local group. Hence, the functionality of an overhead projector may be substituted by VMPC, whenever the presentation material is available in electrical form. VMPC utilizes regular TV sets as a display device, instead of a computer monitor. Thanks to the high quality video image, the use of large 28-40" TV screens is possible and up to 5-7 people can participate at each site. VMPC is delivered as a ready-to-go PC with camera, cables and wireless mouse. All software has been pre-installed. Only a TV set is needed as a minimum. An end-customer can set up the system in less than 15 minutes. VMPC is based on the standard VistaCom VCI-10 video codec (1) A hardware circuit that converts analog video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) into digital code and vice versa. The term may refer to only the A/D and D/A conversion, or it may include the compression technique for further reducing the signal (definition #2 below). See codec. , selected third party components and the system software. Assembly of VMPC is contracted to volume PC manufacturers and integrators. At CeBIT the company is seeking distributors, resellers and OEMs through which the product is expected to be shipped during the second quarter of 1997. Anticipated end-user price is below $10,000. The world's first PC based video conferencing codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, of international standards was released by VistaCom in 1991. The Company is based in Cupertino, and in Helsinki, Finland. The Company manufactures video codecs for up to 2 Mbps operation for use in ISDN, multiple ISDN-lines, LAN/Intranet, satellite connections. Several well-known companies use VistaCom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
CONTACT: VistaCom, Inc. Harry Santamaki, 408/253-5165 |
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