Simple Star Announces New PhotoShow 4 Home DVD Add On; Users Can Create and Burn DVDs at Home for Enjoying Memories on TV.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Please replace the release (dated January 4, 2006) with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: SIMPLE STAR ANNOUNCES NEW PHOTOSHOW 4 HOME 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. ADD ON; USERS CAN CREATE AND BURN DVDS DVDS Digital Video Distribution System DVDS Digital Video Double Sided AT HOME FOR ENJOYING MEMORIES ON TV Additional Upgrade to PhotoShow 4 Gives Digital Photography Lovers Even More Options for Organizing, Managing and Sharing Photos and Video Clips Consumers received DVD players in huge numbers this holiday season (2.6 million as of December 2)(a), and with Simple Star's new PhotoShow 4 Home DVD Add On, they will be able to easily create and burn DVDs at home, allowing friends and family to view memories of holiday cheer right in their living rooms. "The PhotoShow 4 Home DVD Add On helps consumers get the most enjoyment from three of the hottest-selling consumer electronics products this holiday season -- digital cameras, flat panel TVs and DVD players," noted Chad Richard, Simple Star CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . The PhotoShow 4 Home DVD Add On is the most recent innovation from Simple Star and makes sharing PhotoShows easier than ever. To start, exporting to the most popular video formats, including 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). , MPEG2, AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. and WMV (Windows Media Video) A family of digital video compression technologies from Microsoft based on MPEG-4. Version 9 of the WMV codec was released to the SMPTE organization and became the SMPTE 421M standard, otherwise known as VC-1 (see VC-1). formats is a snap. Better still, PhotoShow users with Home DVD Add On can now archive their photos, video clips and PhotoShows for safekeeping Safekeeping The storage of assets or other items of value in a protected area. Notes: Individuals may use self-directed methods of safekeeping or the services of a bank or brokerage firm. by burning them to DVD. New Features Give Users an Enhanced PhotoShow Experience In addition to the Home DVD Add On, Simple Star has added several new features to PhotoShow that will make every consumer feel like a pro. Photo lovers now have more options for viewing, editing and sharing their photos and PhotoShows. Key innovations include: --Full Screen Viewing -- View PhotoShows on the entire screen --New "Desktop" Mode -- Stay in touch with your favorite photos as your desktop wallpaper automatically rotates daily --Auto Rotate Photos on Import -- No more craning your head to see photos imported horizontally with PhotoShow's new Auto Rotate feature --More Ways to Save -- In addition to burning DVDs at home, create compressed Zip archives of photos and PhotoShows --Screen Savers Made Easier -- Create Screen Savers Screen Savers may refer to:
--Print Proof Sheets -- Print image proofsheets that include thumbnails and file names Earlier this year, Simple Star introduced PhotoShow 4 that enables users to create entertaining, movie-like PhotoShows featuring titles, transitions, music, animated clip art A set of canned images used to illustrate word processing and desktop publishing documents. and many other ways to customize their memories. With PhotoShow 4, enthusiasts can also manage, edit and share short video clips that are fun to shoot but until now hard to work with. The new PhotoShow 4 Home DVD Add On and upgrade are available now. For a limited time it is included free with new versions of PhotoShow Deluxe. Current customers can purchase the Home DVD Add On at a reduced rate. PhotoShow Express is available for new users as a free download from www.simplestar.com and contains everything people need to import photos and video clips and then create and share PhotoShows. PhotoShow Deluxe is also available at www.simplestar.com for $49.99 and includes many enhanced features, such as more than 300 songs, additional editing tools and more one-click authoring styles, transitions, effects and for a limited time, the Home DVD Add-On. PhotoShow is available in 12 languages, including Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. About Simple Star, Inc. Founded in 2001, Simple Star provides easy-to-use products and services that help consumers share their memories in entertaining ways through PhotoShow, the most complete photo platform available. Simple Star distributes its award-winning PhotoShow solution primarily through partners such as MSOs, digital media software providers, online photo services, retailers with photo finishing services and hardware manufacturers. Simple Star partners include industry leaders such as Comcast, Cablevision, Nero, Snapfish, Ritz Camera Centers Beltsville, Maryland-based Ritz Camera Centers operates a chain of approximately 1,200 photography stores located in 48 states and the District of Columbia. These stores offer a variety of photography products and services, including one-hour photofinishing, digital imaging, and , Walgreens, Pentax and Vivitar. (a) Source: Consumer Electronics Manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. Association Simple Star, PhotoShow, PhotoShow DVD and PhotoShow Circle are trademarks of Simple Star, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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