Henninger Video Expands DVD Production With Sonic

New Sonic SD-2000 Encoder Centerpiece For High-End DVD Services

14-Jun-00

Sonic Solutions announced that Henninger Video has expanded their DVD production capabilities with new systems and technology from Sonic. In addition to growing DVD production capabilities at its Arlington, Virginia headquarters, Henninger is capitalizing on the burgeoning DVD-Video and DVD-ROM market in Nashville, Tennessee by expanding its services with the addition of DVD Creator at the Henninger Elite Post facility located there. The new systems, based around Sonic's next-generation SD-2000 MPEG-2 encoder, will be utilized for high-end commercial production and feature film DVD encoding and authoring.""We are in awe of the quality of the new Sonic SD-2000 encoder,"" said Kurt Walther, Project Engineer at Henninger Interactive Media in Arlington. ""It beats out MPEG-2 encoders costing three times as much, yet comes with unique functionality like Direct-24p video encoding from 24p masters and direct integration with Sonic DVD authoring applications. We are enthusiastically building our DVD business with Sonic technology.""""We are extremely pleased to add a full line of DVD services using Sonic DVD Creator, including DVD-ROM and web-enabled eDVDô technology to our Nashville facilities,"" said Jason Wood, Manager of Henninger Interactive at Henninger Elite Post.""We are very pleased that Henninger selected Sonic DVD Creator to double their DVD production capacity,"" said Giles Baker, Product Manager for DVD Creator at Sonic. ""Sonic's new SD-2000 encoder represents the culmination of years of development and delivers what we believe to be the highest-quality MPEG video yet seen - initial customer feedback has been nothing short of phenomenal.""About Sonic DVD CreatorSonic DVD Creator is the world's leading system for DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM authoring. Winner of every major industry award for quality, design and innovation, DVD Creator is used by video professionals to create high-end DVD titles for feature film releases as well commercial and industrial video productions.About the SD-2000 EncoderSonic's new video encoder takes advantage of the latest developments in MPEG compression and video RISC processing technology. Utilizing IBM's high-end broadcast video encoder in conjunction with an array of programmable logic and video processing hardware, the new SD-2000 encoder offers a level of quality and functionality previously unheard of in the DVD production market.The Sonic SD-2000 includes:- Direct-24ô Support - Direct encoding of 24 fps video from telecine, tape or hard disk for 20 percent faster-than-real-time encoding for DVD dailies - Frame-Accurate Chapter Placement - GOP sequence headers may be placed at any video frame during the real-time encoding process, guaranteeing that DVD chapter marks are always exactly where you want them - Constant-Qô VBR - Sonic's patented technology for maximum quality video encoding, regardless of the quality of the video source material - AutoCadenceô IVT - For removing 3/2 cadence from film-sources content, AutoCadence guarantees 100 percent accurate field removal for a 20 percent improvement in video quality - Pre-Encoding Optimization - Integrated video pre-processing eliminates high-frequency noise prior to MPEG encoding - maximizing picture quality and delivering the most film-like MPEG video to date A single PCI card, the SD-2000 encoder includes SDI digital video I/O, multi-channel digital audio I/O and integrated RS-422 machine control and linear timecode reading. The SD-2000 includes real-time MPEG-2 VBR and CBR encoding and decoding, DolbyÆ Digital encoding and decoding, and support for complete DVD title de-multiplexing and proofing.About HenningerFounded in 1983, privately-held Henninger Media Services Inc., is one of the nation's ten largest production companies with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, and facilities in Washington, D.C., Nashville, Richmond, Virginia, New York City and Los Angeles, California. Since its formation in 1998, Henninger Interactive Media has encoded and authored DVD titles supporting a wide range of production services for more than 70 clients whose applications include film, music videos, corporate presentations, kiosks and training. HIM maintains one of the premier DVD production facilities in the United States, with a 2,000 square-foot editing facility with a six-suite DVD Center in Arlington, Virginia. About Sonic Solutions Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing and interactive, streaming video on the Internet. Sonic DVDit! (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at consumers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Streaming DVD is the first interactive technology based on DVD for content distribution over the Internet. Sonic DVD Creator and DVD Fusion are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

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