RAVISENT CinePlayer DVD 4.0 to be Bundled With New Matrox Millennium G550 Retail Graphics Card.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 Modular Architecture to Support Microsoft(R) DirectShow(R) Multimedia Framework RAVISENT Technologies Inc. (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 :RVST RVST Raad Van State (Belgian supreme administrative court) RVST Relative Value Scale in Teaching ), a software and intellectual property licensing company, today announced that Matrox Graphics Inc., the most awarded graphics company worldwide, will be shipping RAVISENT's CinePlayer(TM) 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. 4.0 with the retail and select non-retail versions of its new feature-rich graphics card: the Millennium G550. Combined with Matrox's award-winning DualHead(R) technology, CinePlayer offers a unique solution for decoding DVD, Video CD and MPEG-2 video streams, as well as CD audio, Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. AC-3, LPCM (Linear PCM) Refers to pulse code modulation (PCM) in which each sample is the full measurement of the sample point. The term is typically only used to contrast PCM with ADPCM. See PCM and ADPCM. , MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 digital audio formats, offering a completely new digital video and audio playback experience. CinePlayer DVD 4.0 includes an expandable control panel and Aspect/Anamorphic Zooms, which add to the quality of the DVD experience. What's more, it incorporates full support for Matrox's DualHead(R) DVDMax feature, which allows full screen playback of DVD and video on the secondary display while maintaining a full Windows(R) desktop on the main display. "CinePlayer DVD is a complete and robust application that brings high-quality DVD and MPEG-2 playback to the business and home PC markets via our new Millennium G550 graphics card," said Kamran Ahmed, Senior Manager - Strategic Marketing and Product Management, Matrox Graphics Inc. "RAVISENT has had a long-standing partnership with Matrox allowing us to offer the best quality and most versatile DVD solutions to our customers." "Matrox's decision to select CinePlayer DVD and bundle it with their Millennium G550 graphics card, demonstrates that end users need a complete, strong and reliable solution for enabling and delivering high-quality DVD and MPEG-2." said Sebastian Pistritto, Vice President of Marketing for RAVISENT. "CinePlayer DVD 4.0 provides an advanced HD Video Decoder that extracts the smallest detail from 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). digital video using processor optimized 8bit IDCT IDCT Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform IDCT Inverse Discrete Cosinus Transformation decode, and can faithfully display High Definition resolutions as high as 1080i." CinePlayer DVD 4.0 decoder builds on RAVISENT's highly successful CineMaster(R) solution enabling audio and video playback for the ultimate in PC home entertainment. Its new modularized mod·u·lar·ized adj. Having or made up of modules: modularized housing. architecture is tightly integrated into the Microsoft(R) DirectShow(R) multimedia framework, maximizing the new capabilities of Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) and Windows(R) XP such as DirectX Video Acceleration Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) is a Microsoft API specification for video decoding that utilises 2-D hardware acceleration on Microsoft platforms (Windows, Xbox etc). The pipeline enables software decoders to offload certain CPU-intensive operations to the GPU. and the Video Mixer Renderer. About Software CinePlayer(TM) DVD 4.0 Software CinePlayer(TM) 4.0 is RAVISENT's latest generation software DVD playback solution. This application shares the software core of RAVISENT's Software CineMaster(R) DVD solutions currently shipping with several PC OEMs nationwide. RAVISENT's Software CinePlayer is a high-performance software DVD and MPEG-2 decoding solution designed to decode and playback DVD-Video, MPEG Video and Broadcast MPEG Video content on PCs. About Matrox Matrox Graphics Inc. is the only graphics chip designer and graphics card manufacturer who draws on 25 years of industry experience to provide customers with state-of-the-art 2D, 3D and digital video acceleration, vibrant image quality and real-world functionality. A quality and innovation leader, Matrox has been recognized with over 1,000 international awards for the Millennium, Marvel, Productiva and Mystique product lines. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with international offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . Information about Matrox products, drivers, technical support and more can be found at www.matrox.com/mga About RAVISENT Technologies Inc. RAVISENT is a software and intellectual property licensing company. RAVISENT's solutions are incorporated in products from leading personal computer manufacturers, including Compaq, Dell Computer, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Elsa, Matrox, ATI Technologies “ATI” redirects here. For other uses, see Ati. ATI Technologies U.L.C. ATI is a major Canadian designer and supplier of graphics processing units, motherboard chipsets, and video display cards. and STMicroelectronics. Founded in 1994, RAVISENT is a global company, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with offices in Silicon Valley and Japan. On June 28, 2001, RAVISENT announced that it has offered to purchase all of the outstanding shares of eMation, Ltd. in exchange for 8 million shares of RAVISENT common stock and the assumption by RAVISENT of $5 million of eMation indebtedness. The acquisition of eMation is subject to a number of closing conditions including, but not limited to, the approval by RAVISENT stockholders. More information about RAVISENT is available at www.ravisent.com. All companies and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that relate to RAVISENT's future business and financial performance. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual events of future results to differ from those discussed herein. Such factors include, among others: RAVISENT's ability to consummate the acquisition of eMation and to achieve any benefits from the acquisition, the possibility that the closing conditions to the acquisition of eMation may not be satisfied and that the acquisition may not occur, the viability of DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M technology, the potential for growth in the pervasive computing market; RAVISENT's recent change in its business model, its limited operating history, fluctuating quarterly operating results, expectation of future losses, anticipated price declines in products, dependence on its current product lines, dependence on a small number of customers, lack of long-term commitments with customers, dependence on manufacturers and strategic relationships, product delays, the difficulty of protecting proprietary rights, the ability to manage growth and attract and retain additional personnel, the potential for defects in its products, risks from international operations, its ability to raise capital in the future, its dependence on the personal computer and consumer electronics industries, competition, its ability to manage technological change and respond to evolving industry standards, and government regulation. Investors are advised to read RAVISENT's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Factors Affecting Operating Results," for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. Copyright(c)2001 RAVISENT Technologies. All rights reserved. |
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