FOCUS Enhancements Announces New Product Line of Professional Video Processors.Business/Technology Editors NAB 2002 CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 - The CenterStage product line introduces a new range of scalers that offer analog and DVI (1) (Digital Video Interactive) An earlier compression technique that provided up to 72 minutes of full-screen video on a CD-ROM. Acquired by Intel in 1988 from RCA's Sarnoff Research labs, Princeton, NJ, DVI never caught on. I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , downloadable resolution support and outstanding image processing - FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ), a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced the CenterStage product line of video processors. The CenterStage family offers exceptional image quality, rich features, and the latest in de-interlacing, digital video processing and scaling by leveraging proprietary technology from FOCUS Enhancements. CenterStage CS-1 and CenterStage CS-2 video processors include both analog and DVI digital inputs and outputs. CenterStage is designed to bring the best video to the corporate presentation, training, rental, staging, and digital signage markets as well as high-end home theater customers using the most advanced plasma and projection displays. Both models will be on display in the FOCUS booth S6118 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas, April 8-11. "We developed the new CenterStage product line to bring advanced video quality, robust features, and a compelling price to the professional and home theater markets," said Michael Conway, Vice President of Marketing for FOCUS Enhancements. "The CenterStage product line joins the FOCUS Enhancements' family of professional quality convergence products to benefit all markets from consumer, prosumer (PROfessional conSUMER) A person who is very knowledgeable about a subject and likes to purchase high-quality equipment. For example, many digital cameras fall into the prosumer category. to professional." CenterStage models accept composite, S-video, YPrPb, 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). , 480/576p, and DVI digital video, and scale these inputs to popular 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. , Projector, Plasma, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates and other native resolutions for monitors, projectors, and plasma panels. Outputs include: DVI and RGB or Component, 12-volt screen trigger, and a VGA pass-through. The CenterStage models have 4:3, 16:9, and anamorphic See anamorphic lens and anamorphic DVD. aspect ratios, and support 3:2/2:2 pull down detection and correction for viewing film-based sources. Picture adjustments includes contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness, and hue. Control choices include infrared remote, RS-232, or front panel backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. switches. CenterStage Remote software (included) allows users to download, customize, and rename display resolutions, to upgrade the CenterStage operating software, or to control via a RS-232 serial connection. CenterStage CS-1 is offered as the standard base model and CenterStage CS-2 adds DVI HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) An encryption system for enforcing digital rights management (DRM) over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The copy protection system (DRM) resides in the computer, DVD player or set-top box. compliance, rack mount chassis, and BNC (hardware) BNC - A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted analog video input connectors. The CenterStage CS-1 is available at a U.S. suggested retail price of $1,995, and the CenterStage CS-2 is available at a retail price of $2,495. Each has a two-year limited warranty and is shipped with a remote control. CenterStage CS-1 is shipping in April, and CenterStage CS-2 is expected to be available mid-year through the FOCUS Enhancements worldwide distribution network. Additional information can be found on the FOCUS website at www.focusinfo.com. About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ SC: FCSE) is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video technology. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, FOCUS Enhancements designs, develops, and markets video solutions in two distinct markets: advanced, proprietary video scan conversion ICs (Integrated Circuits) and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include designs for PCs, Game Cards, Internet TV, set-top boxes, Internet appliances, and interactive TV applications, and they are sold globally through distributors to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). FOCUS' complete line of video presentation and video production devices are sold globally through resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production and Home Theater markets. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.FOCUSinfo.com. Statements about future results made in the above referenced (press release/presentation/conference call) constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. The Company cautions that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such projections are based upon many estimates and are inherently subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of management of FOCUS. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2001 and other filings with the SEC by both FOCUS and Videonics. |
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