Media 100 Ships On Apple's New Power Mac G4 Systems
First Real-Time Digital Video System Available On G4 Optimized For Streaming Media Performance Media 100 Inc. announced it has begun shipments of its Media 100 family of digital video systems for use with Apple Computer's new high-speed Power Mac G4. The G4, announced on August 31, 1999, includes technology that can improve performance of important functions like compression and decompression of video images, image rendering, and audio processing. Media 100 is the first real-time digital video system to support the new Power Mac G4 system. Media 100 models le DV, lx, xe, xs and xr now incorporate Media Cleaner EZ. Media Cleaner is the industry standard for Internet video compression and image optimization, providing the highest quality streaming video on the Internet. Media Cleaner supports output of all industry standard streaming media formats including QuickTime 4, RealSystem G2 and Windows Media. Media Cleaner is being tuned to take advantage of the G4 processor and will deliver substantial improvements in rendering time over the previous G3 platform. These optimizations will be provided via a free update that will be available in the near future. ""Media 100 customers always want the latest and greatest,"" said Caren Anhder, Product Line Manager for Media 100. ""The new Power Mac G4 systems deliver the performance and bandwidth required for professional video production and streaming media tools. With Media Cleaner's optimizations for G4, customers will experience increased productivity."" Media 100 le DV, lx, xe, xs, and xr systems that support the new Power Mac G4 platform began are currently shipping. About Media 100 Media 100 Inc. of Marlboro, Massachusetts (NASDAQ: MDEA) focuses on the digital content creation and delivery marketplace. Since 1993, its award-winning Media 100 and Finish digital video systems for Macintosh and Windows NT have redefined the digital video industry by making content creation easier, more productive, and more affordable for traditional video customers. With over 24,000 systems installed in more than 50 countries worldwide, the Company's digital video systems are used in the creation of programs for broadcast and cable television, education, corporate training, animation, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and streaming media for the Internet. For more information, visit www.media100.com. Terran Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media 100, develops and markets Media Cleaner Pro which is widely recognized as the industry standard application for preparing the highest quality streaming Internet video. Visit www.terran.com for information about Media Cleaner products. For more information about Media 100 content creation and delivery systems, as well as information on supported system configurations, see www.media100.com.