WinTV for WebTV for Windows captures Microsoft EPG -electronic programming guide- wave - just scan and click to see whatever's on, quick - TV on the PC.HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1998--Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. (Hauppauge, NY subsidiary of Hauppauge Digital, Inc., NASDAQ: HAUP) announces support for the Electronic Program Guide (EPG EPG - Earnings Performance Group EPG - Electrical Power Generator (space shuttle) EPG - Electronic Program Guide EPG - Electronic Proving Ground EPG - Electronically Programmed Governor EPG - Electropalatography (speech science) EPG - Electropherogram EPG - Electrophotographic EPG - Embedded Planar Graph EPG - Emergency Power Generator EPG - Emergency Procedure Guidelines EPG - Eminent Persons Group (APEC subcommittee)) features of Microsoft Windows 98 A major upgrade to Windows 95. Introduced in June 1998, it included numerous bug fixes, performance enhancements and support for more hardware, including the Universal Serial Bus (USB). It added support for two monitors, which helps developers working in one resolution and testing in another. Windows 98 tightly integrated Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser into the desktop. Windows Second Edition and Windows ME were two upgrades to Windows 98. in its line of WinTV cards. The EPG wraps third-party-provided localized program information around the WinTV on-screen computer window that displays a selected channel. Clicking on any currently showing selection in the EPG instantly switches the 125-channel cable-ready tuner built into WinTV to select and display that channel. "This turns your program guide into your channel changer," says Hauppauge CEO Ken Plotkin. "You can preview a few choices in the smaller window, then when you're sure of which you want to watch, just click and it will fill the screen." Windows 98 weaves in software support for watching TV on a PC desktop; Hauppauge WinTV offers the necessary hardware, from tuner to display interface, to make TV viewing possible in a resizable window or full-screen on a PC monitor. All but one of the TV tuner cards to receive initial Windows 98 compatibility certification from WHQL WHQL - Windows Hardware Quality Labs (Microsoft) are Hauppauge WinTV cards. Under Windows 98, clicking on a small TV set icon brings WinTV and the EPG onto the screen, instantly. WinTV under Windows 98 also supports WebTV for Windows, which displays additional information and content in a frame surrounding a standard television picture. The necessary Windows 98 software drivers ship with new WinTV cards, and are available free from the Hauppauge Web site for existing WinTV users who upgrade to Windows 98. The economy-priced WinTV model 404 is $79.95 (all prices suggested US resale at participating resellers). WinTV model 400 adds dbx stereo sound at $99.95. The most popular WinTV card is model 401, which includes all the basic WinTV features plus dbx stereo TV sound and a built-in stereo FM radio for $129.95. The WinTV card occupies one computer PCI slot and lets users watch TV (or other video sources) on a PC running Microsoft Windows (95, 98 or NT), in a resizable window or full-screen. It includes a cable-ready 125-channel tuner and immediately supports the new WebTV for Windows standard that arrived in Microsoft Windows 98. (WinTV cards are WHQL certified as compatible with Windows 98). It also supports motion and still video frame capture, offers compatibility with Microsoft NetMeeting and receives Intercast An earlier technology from Intel for broadcasting HTML content via the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of a TV signal. Data were transmitted at a maximum of 10.5KBytes/sec in 10 of the 45 lines of the VBI. Requirements for the consumer were an Intercast TV board for the PC or set-top box for the TV. See TV board. and WaveTop transmissions of data within television signals. About Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc., is the leader in TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers. This wholly owned subsidiary of Hauppauge Digital, Inc. designs and manufactures computer peripheral digital video boards for TV-in-a-window, digital video editing and video conferencing. The company has headquarters in Hauppauge, Long Island (New York, USA) and sales office in Dusseldorf and Freiberg Freiberg (frī`bĕrkh), city (1994 pop. 46,540), Saxony, E Germany. It is an industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include machinery, electrical and precision instruments, leather, textiles, and porcelain. Lead and zinc are mined in the region. (Germany), London (UK), Paris (France), Stockholm (Sweden), Eindhoven (Netherlands) and Pleasanton (California, USA. The company's Web site is http://www.hauppauge.com STATEMENT: The forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on management's current expectations. In light of the assumptions and uncertainties inherent in forward looking information, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the plans of the Company will be realized or that positive trends in financial results will occur. Future events such as changes in technology, new competitors, loss of major customers and currency fluctuations can cause the actual results to vary materially from current expectations. The Hauppauge logo and WinTV are registered trademarks of Hauppauge Digital, Inc. Windows and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
CONTACT: Hauppauge Computer Works
Ken Plotkin, (516) 434-1600 ext. 350
fax: (516) 434-3198
e-mail: kenp@hauppauge.com
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