Alpha Systems Lab announces new VAFC MegaMotion bringing 16.7 million colors to multimedia digital video; VAFC MegaMotion is industry's first to allow expanded color range with VGA displays.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 1995--Alpha Systems Lab Inc. (ASL ASL - Above Sea Level ASL - Age/Sex/Location? (often used in chat) ASL - American Sign Language ASL - A Static Lullaby (band) ASL - About Spanish Language ASL - Accounting Solutions Limited ASL - ACPI Source Language ASL - Acquisition Summary Listing ASL - Action Specification Language ASL - Active Speech Level ASL - Ada Structured Library ASL - Adapter Scripting Language (programming) ASL - Adaptive Speed Leveling (US Robotics)), a leading developer of PC-based digital video technologies, has announced the VAFC VAFC - VESA Advanced Feature Connector A VESA standard point-to-point channel used to transfer video signals between two video controllers, typically between the display adapter and a video capture or TV board. The Advanced Feature Connector (VAFC) increases the original feature connector from 8 to 32 bits and from 40 to 150 Mbytes/sec. The cable is increased from 26 pins to 80. See VGA feature connector and VESA Media Channel. VAFC - Veterans Affairs Finance Center (US government) VAFC - Virginia Association of Free Clinics VAFC - VTEC Air Flow Converter MegaMotion video capture board, featuring a new 32-bit Vesa Advanced Feature Connector See VGA feature connector. (VAFC) that is the industry's first to facilitate up to 16.7 million colors on VAFC VGA displays. ASL's MegaMotion video capture board brings multimedia full- motion video Refers to moving video images, but does not imply a frame rate. Full-motion video refers to fluid, TV-like images displayed at a rate of 24 to 30 frames per second. to the PC for a range of applications including video conferencing, multimedia authoring, remote video telesurveillance, video mail, movie editing, kiosks, presentations and CD-ROM-based animation. Enhanced with the VAFC, MegaMotion displays up to 16.7 million colors at 640x480 resolution and up to 32,000 colors at 1024x768 resolution on systems that include a VAFC VGA card. VAFC VGA technology is new to the multimedia industry, with Compaq becoming the first manufacturer to offer a VAFC VGA card earlier this year. The Compaq QV2000 is currently the industry's only VGA card to enable 16.7 million color VGA displays. Other VGA card manufacturers are expected to follow suit this year. ASL's VAFC MegaMotion is priced at $995 and is currently shipping. VAFC MegaMotion Release Is Newest In Series Of ASL Technology Advancements The release of the new VAFC MegaMotion comes on the heels of two announcements reflecting the advancement of MegaMotion technology. In February 1995, ASL announced the availability of its MegaMotion hardware-assisted transition software that delivers processing speeds up to 20 times faster than those achieved with virtually all competing video editing technologies. ASL also recently announced MegaMotion's support for XingCD MPEG encoding software from Xing Technology Corp., providing for low-cost MPEG encoding of PC-based video. MegaMotion Displays Up To 16 Overlay Images Based on the industry-standard Motion-JPEG format, MegaMotion supports real-time, full-motion video Video transmission that changes the image 30 frames per second (30 fps). Motion pictures are run at 24 fps, which is the minimum frequency required to eliminate the perception of moving frames and make the images appear visually fluid to the eye. TV video generates 30 interlaced frames per second, which is actually transmitted as 60 half frames per second. compression and decompression allowing applications to playback in Windows at 30 frames per second (unit) frames per second - (fps) The unit of measurement of the frame rate of a moving image. at the 320x240 resolution and 20 frames per second at the 640x480 resolution. Additionally, MegaMotion allows video capture at the 640x480 resolution at a frame rate (graphics) frame rate - The number of frames of an animation which are displayed every second, measured in frames per second (fps). The higher the frame rate, the smoother the animation will appear but the more processing power and system bandwidth is required. At less than 30 fps, the human eye can see the new pictures coming onto the screen. of 30 frames per second for up to 30 fields, and at a rate of 20 frames per second for up to 60 fields. MegaMotion was the first desktop video card to allow playback of more than two overlay images simultaneously and currently displays up to 16 images. CONTACT: Alpha Systems Lab, Irvine Roberto C. Medrano, 714/622-0688 or 714/252-0887 (fax) or Fisher Business Communications Inc. Laurie Weller/William L. Prichard Prichard (prĭch`ərd), city (1990 pop. 34,311), Mobile co., SW Ala., an industrial suburb of Mobile; settled 1900, inc. 1925. It developed as a vegetable-shipping point due to the local Mobile and Ohio railroad track. Manufacturing now includes rubber, lumber, and paper products., 714/556-1313 or 714/556-1216 (fax) |
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