New Antec add-on cards enable real-time TV/video on computer screen for home, business use.

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1997--Antec Inc.'s Consumer Products Division has introduced two add-on cards that allow personal and business computer users to view television signals of all types on their computers while they simultaneously use other applications, such as word processors, spreadsheets, database programs, educational programs and games, it was announced Wednesday by Antec Vice President Saul Freedman.

"We see extensive possibilities for these products in corporate offices, small offices and in the home," Freedman said. "Features and pricing reflect varying levels and types of usage."

The new cards, TeleViewer and Televiewer Plus, are compatible with virtually every VGA card on the market, since no feature connector to the VGA card is required for installation. They are now available through major retail and distribution channels, with suggested retail prices of $139 and $249 for TeleViewer and TeleViewer Plus, respectively.

"A typical application might find departmental training exercises conducted over corporate networks using closed-circuit TV or training videos," Freedman said.

"In small offices, secure areas and professional suites, a video camera can be utilized with TeleViewer and an intercom system to monitor entry foyers. In home offices, TeleViewer can be used similarly to interact with visitors or delivery personnel. Health- care professionals can observe patients from the nurses' station and telecommuting new parents can even use such an arrangement to monitor the nursery while they work."

Both versions of TeleViewer are 181-channel cable-ready and support VHF/UHF signals from antenna, composite video and S- video from camcorders and video monitoring devices, as well as stereo sound input and output. On-screen audio and video controls allow easy tuning as well as adjustment for volume, bass, treble, mute, contrast, brightness, tint and color saturation.

The basic version features hot-key switching between on-screen TV and background sound mode, in which the user can continue listening to the sound portion of the program or video.

TeleViewer Plus includes the following enhancements to the standard features: -0-

-- adjustable screen size, which enables the user to scale the picture down to a corner of the screen and literally to watch it while working on another application.

-- a preview/selection feature, through which miniature pictures from 16 channels are displayed, with programming selected by mouse-click on the representative picture.

-- full motion or still frame video capture capability, which allows footage from cable, broadcast, video or camcorder to be acquired and saved to AVI or BMP file formats.

Both versions come with an instructional video for installation and usage.

Antec is a world leader in computer peripheral, multimedia and performance enhancement products. Antec is located at 2859 Bayview Drive, Fremont, Calif. 95438; telephone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: antec-inc.com; or visit Antec's Web site: www.antec-inc.com .

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