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- SAN JOSE, California (13 April 1992)--Videomedia, Inc. today announced
- Animax, the new V-LAN compatible animation control solution. Animax is a
- software and hardware combination that makes professional-level animation
- control on the PC desktop accessible and affordable.
-
- Utilizing the industry standard V-LAN protocol, Animax provides frame
- accurate control for a single serial remote video device using SMPTE
- (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) or EBU (European
- Broadcasting Union) time code. Animax includes a single ISA slot card that
- plugs into any available slot in an IBM-compatible or Amiga computer and
- software downloadable device drivers for all video devices available on
- the V-LAN network. Animax will operate as an animation controller from
- within any graphics or animation software that includes a V-LAN driver.
-
- Animax provides the user with the option to expand to a full-featured
- multi-device control network simply by adding V-LAN compatible receiver
- modules. Animax can control up to 31 video devices on the V-LAN network
- with frame accuracy.
-
- "This new V-LAN board-level product established a new price point for those
- millions of PC owners who are moving into multimedia and desktop video,"
- said Don Bennett, president of Videomedia. "Now it's easy and affordable
- for anyone to create a professional video animation."
-
- Animax will be available as of June 1992 through Videomedia dealers
- worldwide and carries a suggested retail price of $1250. Animax works with
- any IBM-compatible 286, 386 or 486 computer or Amiga computer.
-
- Videomedia is a leading supplier of software and hardware for frame
- accurate control of video recorders by desktop computers and workstations,
- and is the developer of the industry standard V-LAN Universal Control
- Network. Videomedia has been manufacturing professional machine
- controllers and editing systems for industrial and professional broadcast
- applications for more than 15 years.
-
- For more information on V-LAN compatible products and desktop solutions,
- contact Videomedia, Inc. at 175 Lewis Road, San Jose, CA 95111, Phone:
- (408) 227-9977, Fax: (408) 227-6707.
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