DVDTransfer from Spruce Technologies Automates Video to DVD Transfers for Professional Environments.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2000 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8 , 2000 Spruce Technologies DVDTransfer(TM), the world's first professional standalone system for automatically transferring video directly to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , is making its European debut this week at the IBC Convention, booth No. 7.711, RAI Exhibition Center, Amsterdam. "The rapidly falling price of DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). blanks is making DVD an attractive solution for delivering day-to-day material such as dubs of spots and programs to clients, as well as for archiving," said Brian Lane, Product Manager, Spruce. "DVDTransfer makes the decision to use DVD even easier by making the 'DVD dub' as easy as using a VTR (VideoTape Recorder) A videotape recording and playback machine. VTR may refer to consumer MiniDV and DV recorders or to professional machines such as Betacam, DVCPRO and DVCAM. . This means that facilities no longer need to allocate the valuable time of their skilled compressionists and their authoring systems to facilitate this otherwise routine operation. Even non-technical staff can run DVDTransfer's simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. -- they just click on a few options and press 'Start.' With the arrival of DVDTransfer, it just makes sense to provide clients with DVD dailies." DVDTransfer was designed to meet the broad range of applications that require an efficient and simple process of transferring video to DVD including film and video dailies, client copies of commercials, conversion of home movies and videos, and video archiving. DVDTransfer allows output directly to DVD-R for immediate results, to DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. for replication and to hard drive as a disk image. Replication facilities can also use DVDTransfer to encode video footage to DLT or even directly to a finished glass master without an intervening authoring process. DVDTransfer can automatically insert chapter points at user-selected intervals and create either play once or looping titles. DVDTransfer is sold as a turnkey system that features DVDTransfer software and the renowned Spruce MPX3000 video and audio encoder housed in a rackmount chassis. The DVD-R option is used in most applications. A complete turnkey DVDTransfer system begins at $29,950 (U.S.). About Spruce Technologies, Inc. Spruce Technologies develops and markets DVD and WebDVD authoring software and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). encoders for the corporate, new media, and entertainment markets. Based in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , Spruce combines the best Silicon Valley software expertise with extensive DVD, MPEG and video postproduction knowledge. For more information, contact Spruce at 408/861-2200. Additional information about Spruce is also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.sprucetechnologies.com. Note to Editors: DVDMaestro, DVDStation, DVDConductor, DVDVirtuoso, Convergence, DVDonCD, RealSync, and RealView are trademarks of Spruce Technologies, Inc. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
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