VideoLogic Scores Design Win With Memorex Using Sigma Designs' Single-Chip REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 Decoder.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1999-- CeBIT 99 VideoLogic's DVD Player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. , With Sigma's REALmagic EM8300 Decoder, in New Bundle With Memorex DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. Drive Sigma Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in 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. decoder solutions for personal computers, and VideoLogic today announced that Memorex will include VideoLogic's DVD Player MPEG-2 decoder card in its easy-to-use DVD retail kit, Memorex-632R. DVD Player, based on Sigma's EM8300 REALmagic DVD/MPEG-2 decoder chip, is a low-cost PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). add-in card that elevates any standard PC with a DVD-ROM drive to a powerful DVD movie player. VideoLogic is an international company that develops, designs, and supplies market-leading 2D/3D graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. and audio products for PCs, game consoles, and arcade entertainment machines. The Memorex-632R bundle will be available in April 1999. It was demonstrated at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 18-24 at the Memorex booth. "We are delighted to have signed this deal with Memorex, one of the world's leading consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and brands," stated Kevin Dale, marketing and sales director for VideoLogic. "This agreement will considerably increase the penetration of our DVD Player product across continental Europe." "The DVD Player MPEG-2 decoder card offers us multi-language support, stable drivers, and high image quality," stated Ilona Maas, marketing centre manager with responsibility for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for optical storage products at Memtek, which markets the Memorex brand. "The presence of this card and the VideoLogic branding within the consumer-targeted package will add substantial value to this high-quality product. The combination of our 6x32 DVD-ROM drive with the DVD Player MPEG-2 decoder card is the ideal introduction to DVD movies for PC users. This solution guarantees that end users will have the best technology at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. ." The VideoLogic DVD Player uses Sigma's latest generation of integrated decoders to combine low cost with exceptional digital video quality, providing high-definition, full-screen, full frame rate DVD/MPEG-2 video with Dolby Digital audio for a complete home-cinema experience, even with a Pentium 133 class machine. A comprehensive second-generation solution, DVD Player works with the consumer's existing graphics card to provide superior picture and sound quality, on a par with expensive stand-alone DVD players. "VideoLogic and Sigma are very pleased to welcome an innovative, highly respected company such as Memorex to our customer circle," stated William K. Wong, Sigma's vice president of marketing. "Sigma believes this is an important European design win. The success of VideoLogic and Memorex in global marketing may result in distributing our technology throughout Europe, which would increase our installed base in that geographic region, dependent on the acceptance and use of DVD Player in the marketplace. Our EM8300 silicon and reference design for DVD decoder cards provides an integrated, flexible, and cost-effective solution for the PC upgrade market. The VideoLogic DVD player is the solution for the user who wants to put together a DVD playback system," Wong concluded. VideoLogic has recently won trade press awards for DVD Player. The February 1999 issue of PC Review gave the decoder card a "Recommended Award," stating -- "You will find that the DVD Player has the quality and the output options needed for a versatile DVD entertainment system ...the card is a great solution if you already own a DVD drive." The December 1998 issue of MCV MCV mean corpuscular volume. MCV abbr. mean corpuscular volume Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) A measure of the average volume of a red blood cell. and Video Games stated, "Playback over the TV was excellent." To facilitate development of systems based on the EM8300, a complete turnkey reference design is available from Sigma Designs. A comprehensive hardware and software solution completely ready for manufacturing, the reference design includes an evaluation board, schematics, Gerber printed circuit board plots, drivers, and Sigma's DVD-Station software. The VideoLogic DVD Player supports all DVD audio formats, including Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic See Dolby Surround. , MPEG-2, and stereo. It can be used with a Dolby Digital decoder/amplifier to drive a complete six-speaker (5.1 channel) surround system, with a Dolby Pro Logic decoder/amplifier, or with a PC sound card such as SonicStorm from VideoLogic. DVD Player can be connected to either a PC monitor or a television set (both 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. and PAL modes) for a real home cinema experience. Movie titles are already available from Time-Warner, MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. , and other major studios. About VideoLogic VideoLogic Group plc is an international company that develops, designs, and supplies market-leading 2D/3D graphics accelerator and audio products for PCs, game consoles, and arcade entertainment machines. Since it was founded in 1985, the company has introduced a succession of silicon chips and add-in boards that have played a major role in the development of multimedia and computer-based entertainment systems. VideoLogic has its corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . About Sigma Designs Sigma Designs entered the multimedia market in 1993 with products based on the 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). (Moving Picture Experts Group (compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body) Moving Picture Experts Group - (MPEG, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An ISO committee that generates standards for digital video compression and audio. Also the name of their algorithms. ) standard for compressing and decompressing de·com·press v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es v.tr. 1. To relieve of pressure or compression. 2. digital audio and video signals. Since then, Sigma has been a driving force behind advancement of the MPEG technology used in most multimedia products on the market today. Sigma Designs' products include affordable MPEG video and audio decoding hardware. All Sigma Designs products are sold worldwide through a network of dealers, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For additional information, call 800/845-8086 or 408/262-9003, fax 408/957-9740, or visit Sigma's web site at http://www.sigmadesigns.com Editors and Analysts: For further information, photographs and interviews please contact Marken Communications. |
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