Wave Issue 9808 4/15/98 Article 8-01

*** Multimedia

Dazzle Multimedia announces rewritable CDs
(March 4)

Dazzle Multimedia (formerly LA Vision) announced the Video CD-
ReWriter, an all-in-one multimedia solution that allows you to
record and edit data and multimedia files on an erasable
(rewritable) CD.

Video can be digitally captured and edited from any video
source, including a camcorder, VCR, TV, or DVD player. Audio
can be digitally recorded and edited from a music CD, LP or
cassette.

The Video CD-ReWriter kit includes Dazzle Multimedia's Snazzi
MPEG video capture card, the Philips 2xWrite, 6xRead ReWritable
CD Drive, TDK Certified Plus CD-R and CD-RW disks, and all the
software needed to produce multimedia CDs. When installed on a
Windows 95-based PC, the user can record and edit up to 8-1/2
hours of CD-quality audio, 72 minutes of full motion video, or
up to 20,000 color snapshots.

Custom audio CDs can be created by converting old record albums
to CDs or by recording an assortment of favorite tracks from a
CD collection onto one CD. These custom CDs can then be played
back on any standard audio Compact Disc player. CDs can be
rewritten to up to 1,000 times. The cost of an erasable CD-RW
disk is about $15 and recordable CD-R disks are available for
less than $1 each. The Dazzle Video CD-ReWriter is available
now at a suggested retail price of $599.

www.dazzlemultimedia.com

Intergraph to Deliver RealNetworks RealSystem 5.0
(March 11)

Intergraph Computer Systems and RealNetworks announced an
agreement to deliver RealNetworks RealSystem 5.0 and
RealPublisher with Intergraph's InterServe Web Servers.
Intergraph is targeting the needs of Internet Service Providers
(ISP's) and Web content providers for streaming content over
the Internet. This Windows NT based solution provides an
efficient and cost-effective method for customers to deploy
streaming media systems in the rapidly growing market for video
and audio-enabled Web sites.

Shipped in November, RealSystem 5.0 is a client/server
streaming media system that includes RealPlayers, RealServers
and publishing tools. RealSystem 5.0 provides a suite of high-
quality products for viewing and delivering real-time
multimedia (video, audio and animation) over the Internet and
corporate intranets. Improvements in version 5.0 include
superior audio quality (near-CD quality over 28.8 modems),
full-screen video at 100 - 300 KBPS, animation synchronized
with RealAudio and new commerce features such as advertising
insertion, pay-per-view and secure user authentication.
RealPublisher, which will be delivered with Intergraph's
InterServe Web servers is a streaming media tool which provides
one-click publishing of streaming RealAudio and RealVideo to
any ISP personal page, Web server or RealServer.

The InterServe family of web servers delivers the right level
of power and performance with flexible configuration options
when choosing the 333 MHz Pentium II-based InterServe Web 80 or
the 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based Web 8000. Every InterServe Web
server provides WebScale, a scalable web cluster software
solution for Windows NT that provides scalability and fault-
tolerance for business and Internet sites. WebScale
capabilities include automatic load balancing and fail-over
protection to ensure maximum streaming video and audio
performance and availability as well as built-in management
tools and a content replication utility for easy implementation
and administration.

Available in May, customers can order the InterServe/RealSystem
streaming media solution in a variety of hardware
configurations that best suit their needs. Pentium II-based
InterServe servers with RealSystem 5.0 will have an approximate
starting price of $13,500 (U.S.).