miroVIDEO DC30 plus Now Available; $999 PCI-based Windows Solution Speeds Workflow Through AVI Acceleration and Enhanced Video Signal Processing.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1997--Extending its lead in the desktop digital video editing market, miro Computer Products has begun shipping the miroVIDEO DC30 plus for PCI-based Windows 95 systems. This new version of miro's professional video editing solution offers improved performance through 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. acceleration and assembly, and improved video signal processing. The DC30 plus editing solution with PCI bus mastering delivers studio-quality video and on-board, CD-quality audio with data rates up to 7 MB/second. It also includes real-time video overlay, video editing acceleration and CCIR See ITU. 601 support. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus is available now for an unrivaled price of $999, including the full version of Adobe Premiere 4.2 (a $795 value). The miroVIDEO DC30 plus' new AVI acceleration tools let users overcome the 2GB AVI file size limitation when outputting to tape. Adobe Premiere's Make Movie process has been replaced with a miro INSTANT Video export function, a Premiere plug-in which lets users play productions directly from Premiere's construction window, greatly reducing final production rendering time and eliminating redundant data storage. Also, a new miroVIDEO Assembly tool assembles separate AVIs into one seamless production, giving users another way to work with digital videos of any length, at a high data rate. As before, the DC30 plus accelerates Adobe Premiere to display thumbnails rapidly and to speed drawing and rendering times dramatically. miro has also incorporated new video input and output silicon which substantially improves video signal quality. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus uses the new Zoran ZR36057 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). interface chip to deliver breakthrough performance. With PCI bus mastering technology and improved data rates up to 7 MB/second, the miroVIDEO DC30 plus offers 4:2:2 YUV The color encoding system used for analog television worldwide (NTSC, PAL and SECAM). The YUV color space (color model) differs from RGB, which is what the camera captures and what humans view. TrueColor support and Motion-JPEG compression up to 2.5:1 to give users outstanding professional studio-quality video. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus processes full 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. (704 x 480), PAL and SECAM (SEquential Couleur Avec Memoire, Sequential Color with Memory) A color TV standard from France that was officially introduced in 1967. Although development began in 1956, it took time to convert from the earlier French 819-line system. (720 x 576) resolutions at full frame and field rates with square pixels. It also supports CCIR 601 rectangular pixels (NTSC 720 x 480; PAL and SECAM 720 x 576) for broadcast-compatible video. In addition, miroVIDEO DC30 plus delivers optimized lip synchronization with on-board audio support. Audio is captured in CD-quality, 16-bit stereo with up to a 48 kHz sampling rate. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus also offers real-time video overlay for display of full-motion video directly on the PC monitor using a Direct Draw-compatible graphics board, so an additional video monitor is not required. For added flexibility, miro's digital video solution provides connections for S-VHS (Super-VHS) A VHS recording and playback system that increased resolution from 240 to 400 lines and used a higher-quality cassette. S-VHS introduced the S-video interface, which separated the luma from the color (see S-video). , Hi8, VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. and Video8 formats. With the miroVIDEO DC30 plus, miro continues to deliver non-linear video editing See nonlinear video editing. products which are easy to use and offer fast, plug-and-play installation, allowing users to be up and running quickly. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus streamlines set-up by automatically analyzing system performance to determine optimal capture rates and compression levels for each system. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus is ideal for professional and semi-professional video enthusiasts who create industrial, commercial, educational and corporate videos, training tapes and high-quality personal videos. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus comes with the full version of Adobe Premiere 4.2 which combines complete control of real-time digitizing, convenient editing functions, titling, and an extensive variety of special effects. Also included is Asymetrix 3D F/X F/X Effects animation software for designing impressive opening credits and integrating computer animation into video productions. To make installation easy and to get users up and running quickly, miro is including the miroDEMO CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). giving users step-by-step installation instructions along with techniques for successful video editing. For video editing practice, miro is including footage from the successful "Highlander" television series. PC systems require a Pentium-compatible processor, one available 32-bit PCI slot with bus mastering, 16MB RAM, 500MB available hard disk space, and a 16-bit graphics card. The miroVIDEO DC30 plus is available now for a suggested retail price of $999 through distributors and retailers nationwide. miro Computer Products is a leading global manufacturer of advanced multimedia products designed to accelerate the movement of information and ideas. miro has a thirteen year history of award-winning digital video editing, multimedia, communications, CAD and graphics products. miro sells to distributors, OEMs, systems integrators and VARs through nine subsidiaries throughout Europe, Asia and North America. For more information contact miro Computer Products at 955 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, Calif. 94303; phone: 800/249-6476, email: info@miro.com , or World Wide Web: http://www.miro.com . -0- Note to Editors: miro is a trademark of miro Computer Products AG. All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners. 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