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| March 11, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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 NASHVILLE, TN – Adtec Digital's Soloist 2 Broadcast MPEG 2 players are allowing Nashville a glimpse into the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.The Nashville Public Library recently opened its newly enhanced Civil Rights Room, incorporating multimedia presentations to capture the drama and history of a time when thousands of Nashvillians came together in a nonviolent campaign to eliminate racial segregation throughout the city. The library now stands in place of several downtown restaurants refusing to serve African-Americans before the historic sit-ins. The Civil Rights Room includes a video-on-demand viewing area for the library's collection of civil rights documentaries and a classroom equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual presentation equipment. "We chose to use Adtec's Soloist 2 for the video playback because it is easy to use," Technical Innovation Systems Integrator, John Brooks, said. "My programmers and installers are familiar with the technology and it integrates easily with other audiovisual components into a total system for the client." Adtec's Soloist 2, triggered by a Crestron controller with a touch screen, is delivering video-on-demand to a 50" Panasonic plasma display. "The Soloist 2 plays the program chosen by the viewer on the touch panel menu," Brooks said. "It also allows the documentary programs to loop all day." "There is virtually no time delay between pressing the touch panel and seeing the video begin to play," Adtec's VP of Sales and Marketing, Ron Johnson, said. "The Soloist 2 is extremely responsive because of its unique, non PC-based operating sytem." Adtec also encoded the content for the Civil Rights Room from VHS and DVD formats to broadcast-quality MPEG 2 video. The programs, up to one hour each in length, include documentaries aired nationally by CBS and NBC, as well as PBS. "The Soloist 2's high capacity hard drive easily accommodates the large file sizes required for the full length programs," Brooks said. Program titles include "Anatomy of a Sit-in," "Ain't Scared of Your Jails," "I Have a Dream" and "We Shall Overcome. "The videos are powerful reminders of what took place during this historic movement," NPL's Community Affairs Administrator, Pamela Reese, said. "Adtec has over 15,000 units in service worldwide, so it's nice to have a few of them so close to home," Johnson, a long-time Nashville resident, said. "Adtec is pleased to have our equipment utilized for this historic project in our own city." The Nashville Public Library system consists of 20 branch libraries, the downtown Main Library, Metropolitan Government Archives, Special Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the Talking Library, a radio reading service for the print disabled. For more information about the Nashville Public Library system, its collections, services, special events, and hours of operation for libraries, please visit www.library.nashville.org/. Technical Innovation provides broadcast and strategic visual communications solutions to Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 customers across the southeast, with offices located in Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Virginia Beach. For more information about Technical Innovation, visit www.tillc.net. Adtec Digital is the world's leading manufacturer of MPEG2-based digital video players, single channel commercial insertion controllers and automated video control systems. For more information about Adtec and their products, visit www.adtecinc.com. |