CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY SHIPS THE PRESENTER TVIEW(TM)-- MAKES PRESENTATIONS A SNAP; New Presenter TView Provides Smart Plug-and-Play Access to Standard TVs.BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 1995--Consumer Technology Northwest today announced that it has begun shipping the TView, the most recent addition to the company's computer-to-TV adapter family of products. The Presenter(TM) TView, retailing at $449, lets users display Macintosh and PC-generated images on U.S. standard TVs and record presentations directly to video cassettes. Simplicity, Quality, Value -------------------------- A unique feature which sets this product apart is its true "smart" plug-and-play capability. When the TView is connected, it determines whether it's working with a PC, Mac or even a NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. PC from Japan and adjusts accordingly. The external adapter is compatible with virtually any PC or Macintosh monitor, including RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). , multisync, and VGA monitors, and produces a remarkably stable and clear image in both composite and S-Video signal modes. The TView also includes the Electronic Marker, software that enables users to highlight computer-generated presentations as they would overhead transparencies, and supports the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. 72 Hz video standard, so it works with virtually any laptop. "Our new Presenter TView scan converter A device that changes the video output from a computer to standard TV signals, allowing a regular TV to be used as a computer screen. A VCR can then also be used to record screen output. provides the perfect plug-and-play presentation solution," said Mark Lieberman, co-founder and vice president of Consumer Technology. "We've designed the Presenter TView for those who want a low cost, portable way to do presentations on the road or to make presentations to a large audience without making a major investment in an LCD panel Also called a "projection panel," it is a data projector that accepts computer output and displays it on a see-through liquid crystal screen that is placed on top of an overhead projector. See data projector. . Mobile users can simply and quickly plug in a couple cables and be ready to present their materials -- from any operating platform." Pricing and Availability ------------------------ The Presenter TView is available, effective Aug. 15, 1995, through Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , Merisel, Egghead retail outlets, Mac Zone, PC Zone, Micro Warehouse, Mac Warehouse, Educational Resources, Fast Track and Learning Services, as well as directly from Consumer Technology. The units retail for $449 (SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. ); product upgrade pricing is also available directly from the company. Founded in 1991 with headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, Consumer Technology Northwest, Inc. provides easy-to-use, cost effective products for creation and presentation of multimedia productions. They were the first to introduce a computer-to-TV adapter to the market and remain the market leader in computer-to-TV adapters, with distribution throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. For additional information, contact Consumer Technology Northwest at 503-643-1662, or 1-800-356-3983. -0- All product and company names should be considered trade marks TRADE MARKS. Signs, writings or tickets put upon manufactured goods, to distinguish them from others. 2. It seems at one time to have been thought that no man acquired a right in a particular mark or stamp. 2 Atk. 484. of their respective companies. CONTACT: Consumer Technology Northwest Inc. Mark Lieberman, 503/643-1662 or Ann Revell-Pechar, Reed, Revell-Pechar Adv. & PR, 206/462-4777 |
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