InterVideo to Demonstrate WinDVR at Fall Comdex; Digital VCR to Include Real-Time MPEG2 Encoder.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999-- InterVideo, Inc. ("IVI IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative IVI International Vaccine Institute IVI Interchangeable Virtual Instrument IVI Intravenous Infusion IVI Interactive Video Instruction IVI Intra Venous Injection IVI Institute for Vision Improvement IVI Interactive Video Initiative ") today announced that it would be demonstrating at fall Comdex real-time software encoder technology that will drive its new digital VCR, WinDVR. InterVideo's digital video recorder See DVR. will allow PC users to capture and store video and audio in highly compressed 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 files. Users will also be able to begin watching the content being recorded while WinDVR continues capturing, a phenomena known as time-shifting. "Digital VCR's will be the centerpiece of PC convergence technologies," stated Joe Monastiero, VP of Sales and Marketing for InterVideo. "WinDVR will open a whole new world for consumers, allowing them for the first time to affordably record ultra-high quality video and audio on their PCs. Additionally, the concept of 'pause TV' will revolutionize the way people watch television when connected to a PC." WinDVR will provide functionality on the PC similar to that introduced earlier this year by Replay TV and TiVo in the consumer space. Users will be able to program WinDVR to capture their favorite TV programs to their hard disks for later viewing. Or they can watch programs while they are being recorded, pausing whenever desired and skipping over "undesirable" content. WinDVR will include playback capabilities made popular by InterVideo's successful 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. software player, WinDVD. WinDVD has won widespread acclaim for its high quality video and audio decoders. WinDVR will work with any current generation video capture board, allowing television program recording and time-shifting with the presence of a TV tuner module. The encoder technology included in WinDVR will offer users the ability to capture various resolutions, frame rates and formats, up to 720x480 pixels and 30 frames per second. Users will be able to capture and save video and audio from any live source or transcode (1) To convert from one format to another. It implies conversion between very distinct kinds of data, such as from speech into text or from analog video into digital frames. Sometimes the term is used as nothing more than a fancier synonym for "convert. previously captured content, from sources like .avi files, to smaller MPEG2 files. WinDVR will provide users with a wide variety of capture and control options, including common, user-friendly profiles or presets. The software takes full advantage of MMX (MultiMedia EXtensions) A set of 57 additional instructions built into the Pentium MMX chip for improved multimedia and modem performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the same time (see SIMD). , SSE (1) An earlier full-screen editor in OS/2. (2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the and 3D-NOW! acceleration instructions from Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . InterVideo will be demonstrating WinDVR, WinDVD-2K and other new technologies at Fall Comdex in Las Vegas November 15th-19th in the LVCC LVCC Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas Country Club LVCC Liverpool Victoria County Championship (England, cricket) LVCC Lakewood Village Community Church LVCC Lucas Valley Community Church (San Rafael, CA) at booth LSC03-04. About InterVideo InterVideo's executive team is comprised of PC veterans instrumental in the formation of the PC multimedia industry, coming from industry pioneering companies such as NexGen, LuxSonor, Sigma Designs, Chromatic Research, Conexant, Zoran, MetaCreations and E4. IVI will release a series of products in 1999 and 2000 to cover the full spectrum of advanced video and audio software in areas including DTV, streaming video and video encoding. InterVideo's popular DVD playback software, WinDVD, has won a number of awards worldwide. InterVideo is privately held, with headquarters in Fremont, and there are regional offices in Taipei and Japan to support the Asian markets. For more information about IVI, contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the website at www.intervideoinc.com. Note to Editors: WinDVR, WinDVD and WinDVD-2K are trademarks of InterVideo, Inc. DirectShow, DirectDraw, All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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