VBox Announces Cat's Eye e154, A Dual-Tuner PCI Express Card; Cat's Eye e154 Supports ATSC Digital High Definition Television Reception.LAS VEGAS -- VBox Communications, a private company partially held by Optibase (Nasdaq:OBAS OBAS Ofotbanen AS (Norwegian) OBAS Optical Bench Alignment System OBAS On-Board ATM-Switched (communication satellite protocol type) ), a leading provider of digital broadcast receivers, today announced its latest generation of Digital TV ATSC/NTSC devices - the Cat's Eye e154. VBox Cat's Eye e154 card when operates with Windows XP Media Center Edition See Media Center Edition. or MediaCenter applications e.g. BeyondTV enables users to watch and record simultaneously, or record two programs at once without facing scheduling conflicts. Such Media Center applications deliver easy-to-use integrated digital entertainment including live and recorded television, movies, music, photos and radio. The customer's digital media is all in one place, accessible on either a PC monitor or television display, using a single remote control. Cat's Eye e154, plug-in PCI Express board with Dual ATSC/NTSC reception front-end, allow digital and analog broadcasting reception. In addition to high-definition ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. signals, Cat's Eye e154 can receive conventional analog TV, allowing viewers to tune in to both analog and digital broadcasts in North America and South Korea. The Cat's Eye e154 utilized Micronas technologies including DRX 3941H, a demodulator See demodulate. Demodulator A device used to recover the original modulating signal from a modulated wave. A demodulator is also known as a detector. for ATSC/QAM/NTSC, AVF 4913A, an audio/video decoder frontend and nGene(R) APB APB See Accounting Principles Board (APB). 7202A, a dual-channel PCIe multimedia controller. Cat's Eye e154 with BDA drivers will be available in the first quarter of 2006. "It's a pleasure to cooperate with our partner VBox on this product," said Kai Scheffer, director media home of Micronas. "The customers will benefit from both: the experience of VBox as a leading provider of Digital TV and Data Broadcast receiver equipment for Video and Data applications, and Micronas's profound skills in consumer electronics TV chips paired with nGene's robust certified PCI Express power." "Micronas is truly a leader in TV signal acquisition, decoding, and PCI Express interfacing, combining exceptional technical support with outstanding products. We plan further enhancements in PC-TV products utilizing both companies' expertise," said Mr. Yosi Brosh, VP Marketing & Sales of VBox. About Micronas Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. : MASN MASN Mid-Atlantic Sports Network MASN Mission Area Sub-Network MASN Seaman, Machine Accountant Striker (Naval Rating) ), a semiconductor designer and manufacturer with worldwide operations, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge IC and sensor system solutions for consumer and automotive electronics. As a market leader in innovative, global TV system solutions, Micronas leverages its expertise into new markets emerging through the digitization of audio and video content. Micronas serves all major consumer brands worldwide, many of them in continuous partnerships seeking joint success. While the holding company is headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland), operational headquarters are based in Freiburg (Germany). Currently, the Micronas Group employs about 2000 people. In 2004, it generated EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 624/USD 777/CHF 963 million in sales. For more information on Micronas and its products, please visit www.micronas.com. About VBox VBox Communications Ltd. is a provider of customer-premises receiver solutions for digital TV and data broadcasting networks. VBox's PCI cards and 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. boxes provide a whole range of digital TV reception capabilities, including handling of encrypted content for Pay TV services and delivery of high-quality video, audio and data services. VBox also provides routers and gateways for the reception of data and high quality digital content from digital broadcast infrastructures and their distribution over LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. . (C) Copyright 2006 VBox Communications, Ltd. nGene is a registered trademark of Micronas GmbH. Other company and brand names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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