Broadcast PC Package Now Available for Windows 95 Systems; Micronas Intermetall's MediaCVR gets TV signals onto the PC.HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1998--Manufacturers of PCs, graphics cards, video and TV tuner cards need wait no longer for Windows 98. At CeBIT `98, Micronas Intermetall, the leading European provider of advanced video and audio solutions, will present its new hardware and software package, "MediaCVR" (pronounced "mediaceiver") for processing and visualizing TV signals on the PC. Running on Windows 95, MediaCVR offers the full scope of functions of the future Windows 98 "Broadcast PC" architecture. The TV signal components - video, audio and data - are processed synchronously and transparently. They are supplied to the PC via standard interfaces. The MediaCVR package also includes a convenient PC visualization software (viewer/browser). The MediaCVR Package includes the following hardware and software components: -- PC board: available in a choice of "TrueTV 98", "TrueVideo 97" or "ProVideo 98" -- Drivers for TV signal conditioning Imagine feeding the output of a temperature sensor, which is in millivolts, to an Analog-to-digital converter to be processed. Is it possible for the Analog-to-Digital converter to process such a minute voltage amplitude? The answer is probably no. support the following output interfaces: Video for Windows The name of Microsoft's first video playback implementation in Windows. Supporting the AVI movie format, Video for Windows (VfW) was installed separately in Windows 3.x, but was later built into Windows 95 and subsequent versions. (video), Direct Sound (audio), Teletext teletext: see videotex. A broadcasting service that transmits text to a TV set that has a teletext decoder. It uses the vertical blanking interval of the TV signal (black line between frames when vertical hold is not adjusted) to transmit about a hundred , WaveTop and Intercast (data). -- Visualization/control software: TV viewer, Teletext browser, audio control applet, and tuner control applet. Three Hardware Platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. Available Three different hardware solutions are available for a variety of applications. Each differs mainly in terms of quality of image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished and treatment of the audio data stream: -0-
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-0- -- "TrueTV 98" includes the VPX VPX Virtual Path Cross-Connect VPX Vector Product Exchange VPX Video Post Sequence VPX Video Pixel Decoder 3225 D Video Pixel Decoder, the MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. 3410 D Multi-standard Sound Processor and (optionally) the ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. 3560 D Audio Stream Interface. -- "TrueVideo 97" is a single-chip solution for video and data processing, comprising the VPX 3225 D. -- "ProVideo 98" is a video/data solution which meets the most stringent quality requirements in video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. . The board includes a video processor with a 4H comb filter (VPC (1) (Virtual Processor Complex) An IBM mainframe multiprocessing system that uses several computers under tight central control. (2) See Virtual PC. 3215 A). The most comprehensive solution, the TrueTV 98 with audio stream interface, boasts a very special feature. For the first time, the same interface is used for both the video and audio data stream, improving the quality and synchronization of the audio signal component and saving separate wiring for the audio part, which allows for less complex and more cost-effective tuner card designs. Micronas Intermetall offers reference designs for all three hardware platforms. Adaptable, Upgradeable and Free Driver and visualization software have been designed for Windows 95 and are fully functional using Windows 98. Specific drivers for Windows 98 will be available in the second quarter of 1998. Both the hardware and the software can be modified to suit the specific needs of component manufacturers. The MediaCVR Package is now available, free of charge, to users with the appropriate Micronas Intermetall ICs. The package includes reference design, documentation, and software. About Micronas Intermetall Based in Freiburg, Germany, Micronas Intermetall is the leading European provider of integrated circuits for mixed-signal applications, as well as Hall effect sensors. With more than a decade of proven expertise and leadership, Micronas Intermetall has pioneered innovations such as the first completely digital television receiver and several single-chip solutions for advanced video and audio applications. Formerly affiliated with ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) Industries, the company's activities were recently taken over by Swiss-based Micronas Semiconductor Holding. Additional product documentation and company information is available via fax: +49-761-517-2799, e-mail: docservice@intermetall.de, or on the company's Web site: http://www.intermetall.de. -0- Note to Editors: Windows 95 (R) und Windows 98 (R) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Editor's note: a press photograph is included (no. 9801) CONTACT: Micronas Intermetall GmbH Rainer Hoffmann, +49-761-517-2340 rainer.hoffmann@intermetall.de or Micronas Semiconductors, Inc. Jens Jensen, 408/526-2080 106340.3675@compuserve.com or Oak Ridge Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Kathy Keenan, 408/253-5042 kathy@oakridge.com |
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