COE Selects VisionTech's Kfir MPEG-2 Encoder for its Digital Video Distribution and Surveillance Product Line.Business Editors & High Tech Writers HERZLYIA, Israel & LEEDS, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2000 VisionTech, a leading supplier of digital video/audio compression chips, and COE See common operating environment. , Ltd., a leading designer and manufacturer of intelligent video transmission solutions, today announced that they are collaborating to deliver full-motion MPEG-2 video encoding See encode. and streaming for use in remote video monitoring applications. The products are perfect for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emergency Management Centers, Transportation Facility Surveillance, Building and Grounds Security, and professional video and broadcast where the need for high quality video is a must. "VisionTech technology leadership, aggressive culture and execution record make it a perfect choice for our video security product line," said Mark Marriage, Executive Marketing Manager of COE. "Together, COE and VisionTech will provide a comprehensive combination of best-of-breed hardware and advance search and record functions to meet the growing demand for digital video in the security market." Kfir is the most advanced MPEG-2 encoder in the market, offering high video quality and unparalleled performance at consumer level price. Kfir captures and encodes uncompressed video and audio and generates MPEG-2 program or transport, or MPEG-1 system stream. Kfir requires a single 64Mbit SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. to operate. Kfir's applications include cable and satellite set top boxes, stand-alone personal video recorders See DVR. , DVD recorders (1) A recordable or rewritable DVD drive that is connected to the computer. It may be an internal or external device. See DVD drives, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW. (2) and video over IP. COE further announced that it began shipping its new digital video distribution & surveillance system. "We are excited to be working with COE to enable digital recording, stepping up the features of security systems, while stepping down the price," said Amir Morad, President and 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 VisionTech. "Kfir's unparalleled performance, video quality, industry's lowest memory requirements and system cost make it an ideal solution to power IP based security systems." About VisionTech: VisionTech is a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable MPEG-2 compression of video, voice and data content for consumer electronics, home entertainment and broadband communications markets. Applications for VisionTech's products include personal TV, personal video recorders, cable set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , digital video recorders See DVR. , home networking, satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast. Visit our web site at http://www.visiontech-dml.com. About COE: COE Ltd designs and manufactures video transmission and control systems for the security and transport markets worldwide. Eleven years old, COE is privately owned with offices in the UK and Singapore. Visit our web site at http://www.coe.co.uk. |
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