Avid Ships Symphony Uncompressed Television Finishing System.TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1998--Avid Technology, 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 :AVID) announced today that it is now shipping Avid Symphony , its new Windows NT-based high-end uncompressed nonlinear system Noun 1. nonlinear system - a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption for television post-production. With its uncompressed images and the creative flexibility afforded by a streamlined digital process, Symphony is optimized to replace the thousands of linear tape-based suites traditionally used to finish prime-time television projects. The product has been in Beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the since July. Steve Audette, Beta tester from WGBH-TV in Boston and editor of the nationally-airing documentary series, FRONTLINE front·line also front line n. 1. A front or boundary, especially one between military, political, or ideological positions. 2. Basketball See frontcourt. 3. Football The linemen of a team. , said, "Our experience with Symphony has been unbelievably good. The software is solid. Image quality is remarkable and there is virtually no learning curve. I'm really impressed with the product." Avid Symphony features multiple uncompressed real-time streams and an advanced feature set providing the highest levels of quality, control and performance. It offers Total Conform, the fastest, most complete conform of projects created on Avid's Media Composer system, and supports a highly collaborative environment through strong links to Avid's family of dedicated audio and effects products and to third-party applications. Symphony's user interface contains specific optimizations for higher-end finishing, while retaining the familiar Avid interface, minimizing -- if not eliminating -- the learning curve for the largest trained talent pool in the industry. USMSRP pricing for Avid Symphony is $150,000, including software, the Avid Meridien video subsystem, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and monitors. Avid's Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson (born January 28, 1943 in Lucknow, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian hockey left winger who played 13 , vice president of product marketing, noted, "The delivery of Avid Symphony represents not only an incredible development and testing effort on Avid's part but also an important step for our industry. Symphony will revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the finishing process for high-end television programming." Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc. is an international, industry-leading provider of digital audio and video tools for information and entertainment applications. The company's products are used by a variety of customers worldwide including film, television and interactive content producers, TV news broadcasters, corporate communicators and consumers. For more information, visit Avid's Web site at www.avid.com. Avid and Media Composer are registered trademarks and Symphony and Meridien are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. 1998 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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