APPLE COMPUTER EXPANDS PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, ANTICIPATES BUYING ANOTHER 60,000 FOCUS L-TV PORTABLE PROS VALUED UP TO $10 MILLION.WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1995--FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition , FCSEW) (BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). :FCS, FCSW FCSW Florida Commission on the Status of Women FCSW Fibre Channel Switch ) today announced that Apple Computer, Inc. will bundle the FOCUS L-TV Portable Pro -a high-quality, low-cost, proprietary video scan converter - with a new line of Macintosh computers targeted for the educational market. Apple will bundle the device inside the shipping box of select Macintosh computers, with full markings and credits to the FOCUS Enhancements brandname. This is an expansion of Apple's ongoing marketing partnership with FOCUS that began in August 1994. The Company entered into a Master Purchase Agreement with Apple whereby the L-TV Portable Pro is packaged and sold by Apple as the Apple Presentation System. The Apple Presentation System includes the L-TV Portable Pro and a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). of multimedia software, which likewise bears the full markings and credits to the FOCUS Enhancements brandname. During the first six months of the agreement, Apple purchased more than 23,000 units of the L-TV Portable Pro in both the U.S. and international markets. Apple anticipates purchases of an additional 60,000 units, valued for FOCUS at up to $10 million in revenues, for the balance of 1995. FOCUS Enhancements and Apple anticipate that this marketing partnership will continue throughout calendar 1996. FOCUS' video output products allow the user to display a personal computerUs video directly to most standard TVs or VCRs for instructional or multimedia presentations. A "mirroring" function allows users to display the same image on both the computer screen and TV monitor simultaneously. FOCUS' integrated advanced features - which have earned buy recommendations from leading trade magazines - include "convolution convolution /con·vo·lu·tion/ (-loo´shun) a tortuous irregularity or elevation caused by the infolding of a structure upon itself. ," which reduces the interlace To illuminate a screen by displaying all odd lines in the frame first and then all even lines. Interlacing uses half frames per second (fields per second) rather than full frames per second. flicker associated with TV monitors, and "stabilized mode" which eliminates flicker. FOCUS has built upon the popularity of its L-TV Portable products by introducing in September 1994 the PC Presentation System, based on the L-TV Portable Pro, for the PC and Windows market. FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. develops and markets proprietary computer connectivity and graphic products, as well as utility and entertainment software. FOCUS markets its products through national distributors, resellers, and mail order companies globally. CONTACT: Bob Venegas Geoffrey Eiten FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). Communications PH: (617) 938-8088 PH: (617) 444-6100 FAX: (617) 938-7741 FAX: (617) 444-6101 |
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