Daikin And Matrox Ship A New Level Of DVD Authoring To The Non-Linear Editing Community

6-Apr-00

Daikin US Comtec Laboratories and Matrox Video Products Group announced the immediate availability of a new professional-level DVD authoring solution for Matrox DigiSuite DTV non-linear editing (NLE) customers at an affordable price. Since its inception, DVD production has been out of reach for the majority of video professionals and multimedia developers. Daikin's new entry-level DVD authoring solution, ReelDVD is now available to accommodate this market. ReelDVD is based on the award-winning professional Scenarist technology that set the standard in the DVD authoring market. ReelDVD delivers professional-quality DVD authoring software at an aggressive price, making it attractive to a large number of desktop NLE customers. This new authoring tool combines a user-friendly interface with simple workflow, allowing anyone to quickly create interactive DVD titles. Matrox's DigiSuite DTV is a real-time editing platform offering native DV, DV50 and MPEG-2 multi-format editing under Windows NT. DigiSuite DTV comes bundled with a complete software suite that includes Adobe Premiere RT for nonlinear editing. Combined with ReelDVD, it delivers a complete end-to-end acquisition, editing and DVD authoring solution. ""We have worked closely with Daikin to define the needs of our NLE customers for DVD,"" said Spiro Plagakis, Matrox Vice President, Sales and Marketing. ""This close collaboration has delivered a powerful, yet affordable DVD authoring package in ReelDVD, and we are proud to be able to offer this solution to our DigiSuite DTV customers through our Matrox dealer channel."" ""This combination of Daikin and Matrox DVD products adds a new dimension to nonlinear editing. The new solution will enhance creativity and offer new business possibilities and opportunities to NLE users,"" said Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, Director of Marketing Communications for Daikin. ""We can now deliver to the NLE community the same reliability and compatibility that has made Daikin's DVD authoring solutions the main choice of DVD professionals worldwide."" Matrox will be showing ReelDVD on DigiSuite DTV at NAB 2000. ReelDVD will be offered through authorized Daikin and Matrox dealers. About Matrox Video Products Group Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, and Web streaming applications. The award-winning Matrox DigiSuite product line is used by television broadcasters, post-production facilities, and project studios worldwide. The new Matrox RT Series of products is designed for corporate communicators, event videographers, and video enthusiasts. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Hong Kong. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video. About Daikin US Comtec Laboratories Based in Novato, California, Daikin US Comtec Laboratories is the center of operations for R&D, marketing and support for the worldwide distribution of the acclaimed series of DVD authoring and support tools, Scenarist, Scenarist EDK, ReelDVD, DVD Informer and ROM Formatter. Daikin US Comtec Laboratories is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. of Japan.

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