It's ShowTime at CeBIT 2003, as Ahead Preview New Blockbuster Software DVD Player.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2003 CeBIT, GERMANY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003 Ahead Software to enhance the digital experience at CeBIT with World premier of Nero ShowTime, a new multi-format software DVD player Ahead Software, the makers of Nero, the technology leader in CD/DVD recording software, are set to preview at the forthcoming CeBIT exhibition, Nero ShowTime - a complete solution for the playback of 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. movies, video files and Nero Digital, the new standard in MPEG-4 audio video compression. Supporting a multitude of formats such as DVD-Video, VCD See Video CD. VCD - Video Compact Disc 2.0, Mini-DVD, and Nero Digital, Nero ShowTime brings a new viewing and listening experience to any PC. Along with full DXVA DXVA Direct X Video Acceleration and power management support, ShowTime has superior quality ISO-compliant 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). decoding, advanced adaptive de-interlacing for best possible picture quality from interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. DVDs (such as DVDs made from home video or TV show DVD titles), full screen/scalable video window with customisable on-screen display, AC3 5.1 channel Dolby Digital, SP-DIF digital output, and a host of other options. Due to be ready for prime time in Q2, Nero ShowTime will form part of an integrated 'one-stop' 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 DVD software suite, which will include NeroVision Express 2.0, InCD 4.0, Nero Burning ROM A popular CD packet writing application from Nero AG, Karlsbad, Germany (www.nero.com). Highly praised for its professional and comprehensive features, Nero has been widely used to "burn" CD-Rs and write CD-RWs. and/or Nero Express, and Nero BackItUp Linking the Nero applications together will be Nero SmartStart, an intelligent task and application launcher that goes further than any other toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the seen before. Fully customisable and featuring standard/advanced modes, Nero SmartStart lets you access any Nero application and guides you to success in a single click. "With powerful cinema sound and outstanding picture quality, Nero ShowTime can enrich any digital content, whether it is your favourite Hollywood epic or your own home produced movie" says Charly Lippoth, Business and Product Development Manager of Ahead Software AG. "Combined with seamless Nero SmartStart integration, Nero ShowTime is set to become a key component of our OEM DVD product suite. About Ahead Ahead Software is the technology leader in CD and DVD recording solutions. Headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany, with a subsidiary located in Glendale, California, Ahead has a global customer base including manufacturers, OEM's, distributors and retail partners. Nero Burning Rom along with Nero Express is the World's premier CD/DVD application software. Related products include InCD, NeroVision Express, and Nero ShowTime. Nero Digital is the most complete MPEG-4 audio and video compression technology available to date, including state-of-the-art audio with MPEG-4 High Efficiency AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. . Ahead Software is a member of the MPEG-4 Industry Forum and takes part in M4IF's interoperability tests. Nero(R) is a registered trademark, InCD is a trademark of Ahead Software AG. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. (C) 2003 Ahead Software. All rights reserved. |
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