Logitech Announces QuickCam Pro for Windows 95, Windows 98 and USB-Enabled Macintoshes.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998-- Newest PC Video Camera Is Designed to "Improve Your Image" with PictureSmart(TM) Technology and to Enhance Communications Online Logitech (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 :LOGIY) (Switzerland:LOGZ), international market leader in human interface devices designed to provide a natural, intuitive link between people and computers, today introduced QuickCam(R) Pro, an advanced PC video camera featuring PictureSmart(TM) image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished software for improved image quality. The latest addition to the Logitech QuickCam family of digital video cameras is available now from Logitech dealers and distributors at a suggested retail price of $149 (U.S.). PictureSmart technology, a QuickCam exclusive, provides richer, more vibrant and saturated colors for truer flesh tones. It eliminates barrel distortion A screen distortion in which the sides bow out. Contrast with pincushioning. , a common phenomenon which plagues other digital cameras, causing the center of an image to appear wider in the middle. PictureSmart also improves still pictures taken under different lighting situations. The QuickCam Pro system includes a high-quality digital video camera with an adjustable-focus lens as well as support for optional telephoto or wide-angle lenses. Its VGA-size CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. captures at true 640x480 resolution. QuickCam Pro uses Logitech's exclusive VIDEC(R) compression technology for smoother, faster frame rates. For greater flexibility, a custom base with built-in clamping capability allows users to attach QuickCam Pro to laptop screens or any surface up to one inch in thickness, in addition to the unit's standard position on top of a desktop monitor. The product is available in both parallel port and Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) versions, and works on Windows(R) 95 (OSR OSR Orchestre de La Suisse Romande OSR OEM Service Release OSR Ontario Student Record OSR Office of School Readiness (various locales) OSR Office of Scientific Research OSR Overseas Service Ribbon OSR Ohio State Reformatory 2.1 or higher), Windows(R) 98 and USB-enabled Macintoshes. QuickCam Pro's user interface is extremely easy to use. Software bundled with the unit includes QuickCam software for taking pictures and making video clips, video email for mailing still images or video clips over any MAPI-enabled email package, an integrated web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. application for creating personal web pages and publishing QuickCam pictures (PC version only) and a still image editor for adjusting contrast, sharpness and color. Additional software applications for videoconferencing, video email, web publishing and more are bundled with the unit, including: -- Microsoft(R) NetMeeting(TM) (PC only), Boxtop(TM) iVisit(TM) and White Pine(TM) CU-SeeMe(TM) (Mac only) for video conferencing -- RealNetwork(TM) RealPlayer(TM) for video email -- Ixla(TM) Web Easy(TM) Lite (PC only) for Web publishing -- Adobe(R) PhotoDeluxe(R) for photo editing -- Digital Arts & Sciences Image AXS(TM) for cataloging images -- Connectix Desktop Designer(TM) Lite (PC only) for desktop themes -- Microsoft Internet Explorer(TM) (PC only) for Internet navigation "QuickCam Pro rounds out the popular QuickCam family with a premium product that yields three times the resolution of 352x288 (CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). ) cameras and truer, more vibrant colors through PictureSmart technology. In addition, it offers an impressive array of market leading software, all at an affordable price," said Junien Labrousse, vice president of Logitech's Video Business Division. About Logitech: Founded in 1981, Logitech designs, manufactures and markets human interface devices that connect people and computers in an intuitive and natural way. Retail and 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 product offerings include pointing devices such as mice and trackballs, control devices for entertainment and professional use, keyboards and digital video cameras, including the recently acquired QuickCam line. Logitech is headquartered in Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see . Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: , and maintains regional headquarters in Romanel, Switzerland, and Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. In addition, the company has manufacturing facilities in Asia and offices in major cities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific. Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded on the NASDAQ (LOGIY) and in Switzerland on the Zurich Stock Exchange under the symbols LOGN and LOGZ. For additional information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's Web site at www.logitech.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual performance could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in the Annual Report on Form 20-F dated June 29, 1998, available upon request from Logitech by calling 510/713-4220. |
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