Taipei, Taiwan----August 23, 2001----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video and multimedia streaming software, is pleased to announce that PowerVCR II will now come bundled with high quality graphics acceleration combo cards from ATI. Versioned as PowerVCR TV Edition in Japan, CyberLink's acclaimed TV recording software application, will be included with the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon and ATI TV-Wonder combo cards exclusively through ASK Corp.
As a result of this agreement, CyberLink and ASK Corp. are bringing new advanced features such as Sony's iEPG web-based Electronic Programming Guide, Time-Shifting Playback and the fastest MPEG-2 pure software encoder available from PowerVCR II to ATI Combo Cards available to the retail market in Japan.
According to Nobby Yoshida, President of CyberLink Japan, "This is great news to Japanese consumers who have been early adopters of digital video recording (DVR) technology on the PC. Offering a cutting edge new TV viewing lifestyle, ATI's combo cards together with CyberLink's award winning TV recording software deliver amazing picture quality and convenient scheduled recording technology. In addition to PowerVCR TV Edition's iEPG's Web based program selection feature, a unique technology provided by ReserMail lets users send the recording schedule command from the office or mobile PC to set the automatic recording from your ATI equipped home PC with one click."
"ATI Japan welcomes this great combination of All-in-Wonder and PowerVCR TV Edition. We are happy to be able to offer an EPG feature in Japan," said Ryohei Miyaji, Sales and Marketing Manager of ATI Japan.
About
PowerVCR II
PowerVCR II is designed to perform real-time, high quality, MPEG-1 and 2 video
recording, directly from any video source (such as TV tuners, VCRs, DV camcorders,
camcorders, and PC cameras) through video capture devices. PowerVCR II is the
fastest software encoder available. It can record 320x240 resolution video in
real-time on a Pentium II 450, and 720x480 resolution on a Pentium III 650.
It encodes multiplexed video/audio files faster than any other encoder available
on the market today. This capability is complemented by the MPEG-1 & 2 video
transcoding functions, video cut and merge, time shifting and pre-schedule recording
features. These, and many other features, make PowerVCR II the ultimate digital
video recording solution for the PC.
The
i-Power and CyberEPG Features
Embedded within PowerVCR II is an application that provides real time services,
and allows access to Internet resources for creating and publishing video. PowerVCR
II provides users with the most convenient Internet Electronic Program Guide,
CyberEPG, allowing flawless scheduled TV recording to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats.
About
CyberLink
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced
digital video and audio software products to market. The products are categorized
into two major lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions.
Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording
capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications
are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into powerful home
theaters and digital video centers. The company's Streaming Multimedia Solutions
offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich
contents over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's
solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October
of 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To
keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe
and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters
are in Taipei and its Web site is located at www.goCyberlink.com
CyberLink
programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Ty Ung or Manal
Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by
phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details. High resolution
product photos are available for download at
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