E4 Introduces DVD Playback Card for Macintosh; E4's CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card Brings DVD-Video to Apple Computers with Built-In DVD-ROM Drive.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998--E4 (Elecede Technologies, Inc.), a leading developer of state-of-the-art 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. , video and graphics products for the Macintosh and PC markets, announced CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card, the latest addition to its CoolDVD family of products for the Macintosh. CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card will retail for $279 and is expected to ship June 30, 1998. CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card is a 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). 2/DVD playback card that enables DVD-Video to playback on Apple computers with built in DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drives. "Apple's online build to order program offers a DVD-ROM drive option for the Power Macintosh G3. This option does not provide the ability to play DVD-Video," said John Chan, director of product marketing for E4. "CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card enables these computers to playback DVD-Video." E4 will be shipping the CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card in addition to the IDE-based Mac DVD-ROM Upgrade Kit that was originally developed for the Power Macintosh G3 series. CoolDVD Enables DVD-Video on the Macintosh E4's CoolDVD Mac DVD Playback Card delivers high quality DVD with multiple language capability, multi-subtitle support, Dolby Pro Logic See Dolby Surround. surround sound, and DVD interactivity for Apple's G3 line of computers with a built-in DVD-ROM drive, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). architecture and 603/120MHz processor or faster. A fully integrated movie player/control interface for DVD applications is included. CoolDVD also provides home theater entertainment to the Mac by providing output displays for S-Video or composite TV and a digital audio connector See S/PDIF and Toslink. for Dolby Digital (AC-3), 5.1 channel audio. CoolDVD includes a PCI, MPEG II decoder card, and free DVD titles. About E4 E4 (Elecede Technologies Inc.) is a developer of state-of-the-art DVD, video, and graphics products for the Macintosh and PC markets. The company markets the widest selection of DVD offerings in the industry. E4 is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Dooin Electronics, Korea's leading manufacturer of PC cards. For more information, please contact E4 at 1731 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, Calif., 95110. Telephone: 408/441-6060. Fax: 408/441-6070. E-mail: info@e4.com. Internet: http://www.e4.com. CONTACT: E4 John Chan, 408/441-6060 x205 jchan@e4.com Michael Schmitt, 408/441-6060 x213 mschmitt@e4.com. |
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