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| Contact: Mary Anna Brown Public Relations Coordinator (615) 256-6619 ext. 120 maryannab@adtecinc.com |
| April 6, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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NASHVILLE, TN – Adtec Digital will unveil an evolutionary digital media appliance at NAB 2004, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 19-23. The new device, which will be unveiled at a press event in booth C10917 on Monday at 11 a.m., combines the functions of a digital video recorder, player, switcher and server in one device. "We expect this product to have broad appeal across a wide range of markets, including production and post-production, entertainment, digital signage, surveillance, news gathering and narrow market television," VP of Sales and Marketing, Ron Johnson, said. The appliance offers automated real time MPEG 1 and 2 encoding from analog or optical Serial Digital (SDI) sources as well as real time transcoding of DV formats from non-linear editors through IEEE 1394 (Firewire). The product offers users power features including multiple region text and graphic overlays, advanced video scaling and broadcast time delay (time shifting). "The applications for this product are endless," Johnson said. "An advertising agency can manage a national retail chain's digital signage network directly from their production studio. A cable or broadcast channel can integrate local origination programming such as, church services, city council meetings or sports events, into their line-up, either live or stored for later playback." Content is played back in Composite and YC or optional SDI formats by time or cue, enabling the device to function as a broadcast switcher or digital commercial inserter. Control is via the front panel, terminal, remote or web interface. The appliance also functions as a network server that retrieves and distributes content, boasting internal storage and optional external Network Array Storage (NAS) via optional Gigabit Ethernet. Support for Dolby Digital audio and SDI embedded audio are available options for the product. "It's a self-contained digital media engine," President, Kevin Ancelin, said. "You don't need a room full of expensive hardware and software because this one product does it all." Adtec Digital is a world-leading manufacturer of professional MPEG 2 based solutions including decoders, encoders, multiplexers, commercial insertion systems and digital cable headends. For more information about Adtec and their products, visit www.adtecinc.com. |