Ovation Software Wins DVD Association Excellence Award For ""AVIA Guide To Home Theater""

19-Mar-01

The DVD Association has honored Ovation Software's ""AVIA Guide To Home Theater"" (DVD1001) with an association 2001 ""Excellence"" award, citing it for the disc's ""Added Value"" and ""Extra Features."" The industry awards are bestowed to recognize skill, creativity, and craftsmanship in various aspects of DVD creation, authoring and publication. Ovation, the company that created and publishes the AVIA disc shares the award with Alpha DVD, the company that did the actual authoring.The ""AVIA Guide To Home Theater"" is considered one of the most complex DVDs ever produced. It includes 90 minutes of total audio content, 90 minutes of total video, and provides more than 40 minutes of live action audio/video. In addition, the program uses 2-D and 3-D graphics extensively, with more than 1,000 graphic elements created specifically for the project. While navigation is simple and intuitive, the AVIA Guide has more than 2,400 ""buttons"" which provide more than 8,000 possible navigation commands.The AVIA disc aids those just getting into home theatre, as well as to those sophisticated enthusiasts and professionals who will use the disc to assure optimum performance of their systems. The disc utilizes a script written by Sound & Vision's Technical Editor, David Ranada, who also created its audio test tones. Ovation President, Dr. Guy Kuo is responsible for the video calibration patterns and related text.""We knew we were dealing with enormous amounts of dense and complicated material,"" says Ovation Executive Vice President Tony Stump. ""But we wanted to present the material in a way that could be easily accessed and understood.""""By exploiting the non-linear access capabilities of DVD, Ovation has produced a tool for the users to get as much information as they want. By using 'hot buttons' to get to additional information, the novice can decide what he or she wants more information about. Also, advanced users can avoid the elementary sections, and go straight to specific technical segments,"" Mr. Stump said.The ""AVIA Guide To Home Theater"" comes with a set of three color slides for optimal video color balancing and has a suggested retail price of $49.99. It is available in stores around the country, from e-tailers, and can be ordered directly from Ovation by phone at 800 572 3917 or via the Ovation Web site, www.ovationsw.com.

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