DV Studio Technologies, LLC (www.dv-studio.com) will present its business plan to the California Venture Forum on November 10 at Claremont McKenna College. At the same time, DV Studio will highlight its newest product, the Apollo Expert DVDerô encoder and authoring software, which was formally introduced at DV Expo on October 21. Apollo Expert DVDer provides for all the necessary steps to make a DVD. Most DVD authoring software is priced between $5,000 to $30,000 - without any hardware. Apollo Expert DVDer includes MPEG-2 real-time encoding hardware, video editing software and the authoring software for just $1,995 MSRP. Now that the Pioneer DVR-S201 writer drive is available at $5,400 MSRP, a whole DVD disc creation system can be assembled for $7,395. This is less than the cost of most of DVD authoring software alone. ""There is a large market for the type of products we can offer, and we're delighted to have the opportunity to tell our story to members of the California Venture Forum,"" said Dr. Ash Pahwa, President and CEO of DV Studio. DV Studio Technologies, LLC, produces state-of-the-art real-time MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 encoders at affordable prices. These products enable users to produce digital video content for DVD, Super DVD, DVD-ROM, broadcast, video conferencing and Internet applications. The main sales channels are OEMs and resellers. The company headquarters are located at 15375 Barranca Parkway, J-103, Irvine, California 92618. Phone: 949 453 1702. FAX: 949 453 1311.