MARGI's DVD-to-Go Is Now an Approved ThinkPad Proven Product.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999-- MARGI's DVD-to-Go(TM), Providing 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. Video Playback With Dolby(R) Digital Surround Sound on Specific ThinkPad(R) Notebook Models, Is Now an Approved ThinkPad Proven(TM)(1) Product MARGI Systems Inc., developer of the broadest and most advanced Zoomed Video (ZV) product line in the mobile computing industry, today announced that DVD-to-Go, its solution to turn notebook computers into a DVD player, is IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ThinkPad Proven. DVD-to-Go is a high performance PC Card that slips easily into all ZV notebooks. It integrates DVD decoding technology to provide full color, full-motion video (30 fps) along with Dolby Digital Surround Sound. By using this card, notebooks will empower mobile professionals to conduct effective interactive training sessions and give persuasive multimedia presentations. The compact PC Card also turns notebooks into a home theater system, allowing users to experience DVD movies with exceptional quality. Unique to DVD-to-Go is its driver support -- available for Windows95, Windows98 and NT 4.0. DVD-to-Go's GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. application layer interface is supported for the DVD Navigator, Video CD 2.0 (MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. driver only) and multiple ZV notebooks. With its stellar decoding performance, DVD-to-Go passed the rigorous testing of ThinkPad Compatibility Standards, and was named a ThinkPad Proven product. ThinkPad Proven is an IBM marketing program designed to ensure compatibility of third party products that increase the flexibility and functionality of ThinkPad models. DVD-to-Go gives portable computer users several benefits, including decoding high-quality DVD encoded MPEG-2 video, Dolby Digital (AC3) audio and CSS encrypted media. DVD-to-Go's other benefits include its compatibility with MPEG-1 and its support of high performance video resolution at 720 x 480 NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. or 720 x 576 PAL (16 million colors). It has sharp slow motion and freeze-frame video, along with a multiple camera angle option. It is easy to use and allows for multitasking capability, without using much of the CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . "The designation of DVD-to-Go as IBM ThinkPad Proven is one more affidavit that world-class multimedia performance is available on a notebook. DVD-to-Go provides additional reliability, simplicity and productivity to IBM mobile users," said Shrikant Acharya For the pen name of D. Murdock, see . An acharya is an important religious teacher. The word has different meanings in Hinduism and Jainism. In Hinduism In the Hindu religion, an acharya (आचार्य) is a Divine personality , President, MARGI Systems. Resellers can purchase DVD-to-Go through Ingram Micro, the world's largest distributor of products, SKU No. 782101. Contact 800/456-8000 or www.ingrammicro.com. End-users can purchase directly at www.margi.com. About MARGI Systems MARGI Systems develops the broadest and most advanced Zoomed Video product line in the mobile computing industry. MARGI has lead the industry with the first audio and video capture card See video capture board. , the first ZV-port PC card and the first 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). PC Card. MARGI's current Multimedia-to-Go product family has received numerous acclaims for performance, reliability and compatibility. For more information, contact 510/657-4435 or www.margi.com. -0- (1) IBM makes no warranties, expressed or implied regarding ThinkPad Proven products and services, including year 2000 readiness and implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. |
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