Focus Introduces Pro AV 1600 PCI Video Scan Conversion Card for Mac and Windows PC's; Newest Product Rounds Out The Pro AV Family Of Professional Scan Converters.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 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 ) has introduced the Pro AV 1600 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , a professional, broadcast quality PC-to-TV 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. on a PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. , suitable for Windows and Mac PC's. The PCI version joins the Pro AV 1600 family that includes desktop and rack mount versions. Pro AV 1600 PCI automatically detects a PC desktop resolution up to 1600 x 1200 (UXGA (Ultra XGA) A screen resolution of 1600x1200 pixels. See PC display modes.  ), and converts the output to high quality component, S-Video, and Composite video A video color format that combines all three YUV video signals into one channel. The first video signal to include color, composite video transmits brightness/luma (Y) and colors/chroma (U and V) over one cable. NTSC, PAL and SECAM television sets have composite video inputs. . It offers selectable, 2-dimensional flicker filter settings for stable, sharp images and text, controls for contrast, brightness, and color saturation, horizontal and vertical sizing with zoom, and video genlock. The genlock feature allows a PC to generate video that is fully synchronized with the post-production or broadcast facility. "With Pro AV 1600 PCI, your high-resolution computer images are converted for video monitoring, recording, or broadcast," stated Michael Conway, FOCUS Enhancements Vice President of Marketing. "This important convergence product allows the PC to become a viable tool for presentations and messaging, post-production storyboarding and animatics, distance learning and conferencing, and other OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and imaging applications." TECHNICAL FEATURES The Pro AV 1600 PCI is a single PCI short card form factor with: 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. (VGA-type15-pin D connector) computer input with active loop-through cable, reference video or black burst genlock input (BNC connector), component output with sync (4 x BNC connector), composite output (BNC connector), and S-Video output (4 pin mini-din), component out and genlock requires a second card bracket (included). The Pro AV 1600 PCI is expected to begin shipping in May, 2001. The suggested U.S. retail price is $1995.00 and it will be marketed through the FOCUS Enhancements worldwide distribution network. A complete list of distributors can be found on the FOCUS web site: http://www.focusinfo.com/. About FOCUS FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCSE) and Videonics, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: VDNX), both formerly independent public companies, completed a merger on January 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 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 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 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 December 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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