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Apex Digital Announces Final Specifications And Partners For Its Revolutionary ApeXtreme DVD Player And PC Game Console

26-Mar-04

Apex Digital Inc. has finalized the specifications of its revolutionary ApeXtreme (pronounced Apex Extreme) DVD player/Personal Video Recorder/PC game console, it was announced by company President Steve Brothers. At the heart of the system will be AMDís AthlonXP2000+processor chip; video will be supplied by NVIDIAís nForce2 IGP graphics processor; all of which will be integrated on a motherboard produced by Biostar. The ApeXtreme will also utilize NVIDIAís GeForce4 MX graphics card to supply smooth, crisp graphics. Additionally, the company has added Personal Video Recording (PVR) functionality to the device since it was originally unveiled at this yearís Consumer Electronics Show. ìBy creating the first game console that will play PC games and combining it with a full-featured DVD player and a Personal Video Recorder, Apex is defining a new product category,î said Brothers. ìAnd just like with all of our other products, we want to provide the best technology at a price that makes sense to the average consumer. Working with AMD, NVIDIA and Biostar allows us to do that.î The ApeXtreme is the first device of its kind. It functions as a full-featured home DVD player, a hard-disk-based Personal Video Recorder and a home game console designed to play any PC game -- all in one attractive device. The device moves PC versions of electronic games out of the computer room and into the TV room, giving gamers the ability to play their favorite ìPC-onlyî games on a console machine, with a bigger game image -- on their standard TV. The enhanced CPU and graphics hardware will deliver game performance and graphics superior to existing game consoles for gamers of all skill levels. With the newly announced PVR capabilities, users will have near-total control over their TV viewing. PVR allows them to easily record television programs to the internal hard disk for later playback, or to record, pause and/or rewind ìliveî television programs as they watch them. Introduced at this yearís Consumer Electronics Show, the ApeXtreme was honored as the ìBest of CESî in the ìHome Audio & Videoî category, as well as being a CES Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase Honoree. The ApeXtreme will be available to consumers in select markets this Spring. The device will be available everywhere in third quarter of this year. Suggested retail price is $499. Another major advantage the ApeXtreme will have over existing game consoles is the large library of games available for the device. There are already thousands of PC game titles that can be played on the ApeXtreme -- many of which are not even available for existing game console systems. Just like proprietary game consoles, there is no waiting to play games on the ApeXtreme. Unlike personal computers, thereís no ìboot-upî time with the ApeXtreme -- turn it on, drop in the unmodified PC game CD/DVD and youíre ready to play. The deviceís unique game-play ability is made possible by a patented ìDrop & Playî Engine, developed by Digital Interactive System Corporation (DISC). Apex has partnered with DISC to be the first to bring this groundbreaking technology to market. The ApeXtreme combines all the most popular features of Apex Digitalís successful line of DVD players such as Component, Composite, S-Video, Scale up Video Output, and Digital Video outputs with everything a gamer could want in a game console like powerful central and graphics processors, dual channel 256 MHz DDR SDRAM, 40 GB hard drive and networking capabilities. The device also boasts 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio output, as well as the ability to playback a variety of CD and DVD formats. The ApeXtreme marks Apex Digitalís first PVR-capable device. For more information, please visit www.apexdigital.com.

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