FOCUS Enhancements Unveils Videonics FireStore, First DV Device Allowing Direct, Camera-to-Disk Storage of Digital Computer-Ready Video.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2001 FireStore Enables Digital Video Files to Be Stored On Disk As Computer-Ready Files for Immediate Playback or Non-Linear Editing Greatly simplifying the storage, playback, and editing of audio and video shot with DV-based video cameras, FOCUS Enhancements (Nasdaq:FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ) has introduced Videonics FireStore(TM), the first DV device that allows direct, camera-to-hard disk recording of computer-ready digital video (DV) files without the use of a computer. Videonics FireStore, which works with any IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394-ready hard disk drive, also allows the disk drive to function as a DV player, again without the need for a computer to process or convert files. FOCUS will show the Videonics FireStore, designed for TV and video producers, next week at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. (Booth No. S5309). "Videonics FireStore allows video production professionals to shoot confidently and edit instantly," stated Matthew McEwen, FOCUS Enhancements product manager. "Customers will have all their footage ready-to-edit on disk at the acquisition stage, and in addition, they will also have the confidence of knowing that two identical copies of their footage have been recorded simultaneously. One to disk and one to their camcorder's tape." FireStore converts any IEEE-1394 (FireWire, i.Link) Hard Disk Drive into a high performance digital disk recorder/player. It allows video production professionals to record directly to disk from a DV based camcorder, 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. or mixer without the need for a computer. DV Streams are recorded to disk as computer ready files that can be imported and used quickly within most DV based non-linear editing systems, eliminating the time consuming process of capturing. FireStore also features many other VTR-like functions with the versatility of a digital video disk recorder VDR (Video Disk Recorder) is an open source application for Linux designed to allow any computer to function as a digital video recorder, in order to record and replay TV programming using the computer's hard drive. . Operational functions include play, reverse play, stop, multi-speed fast forward and rewind, single frame forward and backward, next track/previous track and still record. Disk based (1) Refers to devices that use magnetic hard disks for storage. It often refers to portable devices such as digital music players that have hard disks rather than flash memory. All desktop and laptop computers are presumed to have hard disks, and most servers have hard disks. features include delete track, format disk and check disk. It is also possible to make FireStore a slave to most FireWire based DV camcorders that allows record and record pause to be triggered by the press of the camcorders Record Start/Stop button. With each sequential press, FireStore creates a new clip on the disk drive. FireStore will also record 2-ch (16-bit, 48kHz) or 4-ch (12-bit, 32kHz) embedded DV audio. Input and output of 25Mb/s DV sources is through a single 4-pin IEEE-1394 connector while connection between FireStore and FireWire Hard Disk Drive is with a single 6-pin to 6-pin 1394 cable. Users can either cable their FireWire disk drive directly to their computer or alternatively use FireStores bypass mode which allows the hard disk drive to mount to the computer through FireStore. In this configuration FireStore can revert the hard disk drive back into a DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory with the press of a button and without the need to re-cable. Videonics FireStore is expected to ship in summer, 2001 through the FOCUS Enhancements worldwide reseller and distributor network for a US SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $995.00. About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCSE) and Videonics, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: VDNX), both formerly independent public companies, completed a merger on Jan. 16, 2001. The merged company, operating under the FOCUS Enhancements name, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video scan conversion For conversion of vector images to raster images, see . Scan conversion or scan rate converting is a technique for changing the vertical / horizontal scan frequency of video signal for different purposes and applications. ASICs, and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include the FS400, and FS450 series ASICs for scaling, scan conversion, Internet TV (1) Watching TV programs on or from the Internet. There are countless video clips available on Web sites for streaming as well as subscription services that offer TV programs and movies for downloading. and interactive TV applications. Commercial products for video presentation include desktop PC-to-TV scan converters, scalers, and line quadruplers. Video production products include application controllers, edit controllers, mixers, and character and effects generators. The company's products and technologies are sold globally through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, internet, gaming, home video production and home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. markets. FOCUS Enhancements stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the symbol FCSE. 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. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions 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. The statements contained in this release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the companies' products, increased levels of competition for the companies; new products and technological changes, the companies' dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights and other risks detailed from time to time in the companies' periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. The companies undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, the forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the successful integration of Videonics into FOCUS, fluctuations in operating results, the timely development and acceptance of new products, product availability from suppliers, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing TV standards and other risks set forth under the caption "Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results" in FOCUS and Videonics Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999, in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended March 31, 2000, June 30, 2000, and September 2000 and other filings with the SEC by both FOCUS and Videonics. |
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