Edutain Distribution/Alien Technologies, a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced a new digital photo solution under its Dazzle brand that allows consumers to share their digital snapshots in photo slideshows displayed directly on the living room television.
The new Dazzle Digital Media Reader, featuring Dazzle`s OnDVD software utility, enables consumers to quickly and easily transfer photos from a digital camera to a PC, create a photo slideshow and then burn it on a CD for playback on a DVD player. The new reader builds on SCM`s extensive experience and R&D capability in reader technology, and will be showcased by Edutain/Alien at this year`s Computer Faire.
To create a slideshow, consumers eject the digital media from their digital camera and insert it into the Dazzle Digital Media Reader for a quick and easy transfer of photos to the PC. Within seconds, they can begin selecting the photos they want, arranging them on the timeline and then recording the slideshow to a CD using a CD-Recorder. Dazzle Digital Media Readers are available for all types of media including CompactFlash Type I and II, IBM Microdrive, SmartMedia, SD Card, MultiMediaCard and Sony Memory Stick.
In addition to creating a slideshow that is playable on a home DVD player, Dazzle OnDVD creates an archive of the original, high resolution digital photos on a CD-R that can be read back from the PC`s CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. These original photos act as virtual negatives and can be printed and reprinted to high quality photographic paper and framed for years of enjoyment.
"Digital cameras have become ubiquitous, but until now there has been no way to share and archive digital photos with the same ease of inserting them into a traditional hardback family album," says Voula Philippides, MD of Edutain/Alien "The Dazzle Digital Media Reader with OnDVD solves this problem. It`s a fun, easy solution that gets those digital pictures off the PC and into a slideshow that can be watched on the living room TV, or a digital album that can be archived on CD."
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Edutain Distribution/Alien Technologies, local distributors of video technologies and streaming video peripherals, offer a wide range of extremely affordable, innovative, sought-after products of the highest international calibre and quality in terms of graphics and multimedia presentation to the reseller channel. For more information, please visit www.edutain.co.za.
Dazzle Digital Media Products
Dazzle digital media products are designed and built to be easy to use and help both amateur and professional users capture, edit and share digital video and photos with high quality results. The Dazzle family of innovative products includes the Dazzle Digital Media Readers, Flash Card Readers, Digital Video Creator Series, Dazzle DV-Editor Series and Dazzle DV-Bridge Series. Dazzle products are available from a nationwide network of retailers and resellers. The Dazzle brand of products is manufactured by SCM Microsystems, based in Fremont, California.
SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems is a leading supplier of solutions that open the Digital World by enabling people to conveniently access digital content and services. SCM`s advanced silicon hardware and software solutions enable secure exchange of electronic information for digital applications from e-commerce to broadband content delivery by providing controlled access points to platforms such as PCs, digital cameras, and digital television set-top boxes. Known as a premier supplier to OEM companies around the world, SCM also serves the retail market through its Dazzle product brands. Global headquarters are in Fremont, California, with European headquarters in Ismaning, Germany.
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