Twenty-five years ago, digital video was inconceivable; ten years ago video was in the infancy stages of linear (analogue) type application; now video has become the most popular form of communication since there are so many formats that are seamlessly compatible. What has made all this possible? The digital divide is the magic missing link.
Edutain Distribution/Alien Technologies will be at this year`s Computer Faire, once again leading the way in providing solutions that open the digital world.
Tape is for dinosaurs
Video now has no limits since it has reached the digital platform. Digital storage prices have decreased significantly for drives and DVD disks - therefore it has become more efficient and viable to utilise digital video.
Expensive video productions can be maximized to their full potential by publishing to the Web, burning to CD and transmitting via networks and satellite transmissions; especially in a corporate environment.
Wires are for wusses
The next big move in the near future in audio and video will be wireless. And this will mean wireless digital audio and wireless video production with multi-camera shoots wirelessly sending data via a drive that can capture numerous streams simultaneously.
HD arrives
In about five years time, HD cameras will be making an appearance, and will cost less than today`s DV cameras. The quality of the images will be so fine, that it will result in many TV presenters and actors considering facelifts - HD shows every detail! Surveillance cameras are also due for this type of enhancement.
The road to now
Today, various desktop solutions are available for easy consumer use, requiring minimum equipment. Dazzle products ship in kit form, providing a complete video studio in a box for the production of digital video. Dazzle, the leading brand in digital video capture and editing, uses the LSI Logic Dvexcel MPEG-2 codec as the key component for its new line of award winning Digital Video Creator products - the DVC 100 and DVC 150.
With the LSI Logic Dvexcel single chip device, Dazzle now brings plug-n-play video editing capabilities to a wider consumer base; appealing to the average computer user. This advanced technology quickly and easily converts video to digital format so that videos can be customised with 3D transitions and special effects; making the user feel like Hollywood producers.
The Dazzle DCS 200 is the industry`s first multi-input, all-in-one hardware and software solution for creating videos and photo slide shows to play back on a home DVD player. The DCS 200 allows consumers to capture DVD quality video from any camcorder, VCR or TV, as well as read photo and other files from flash card media. The device comes with a complete suite of Dazzle software, which enables users to capture and edit video as well as design and burn DVDs and photo slide shows. The DCS 200 also supports outputting video to video tape, video CD and the Web.
All these products will be demonstrated at Computer Faire 2003.
DVD is the fastest-growing consumer format of all time - it is changing the way people watch video, and is the perfect way to convert treasured memories from videotapes to digital format - wedding videos and family holidays, to corporate training material and other business-type videos. Edutain Distribution`s product offerings encompass the whole range of consumer requirements, from novice users to professional videographers.
The real potential of DV camcorders lies in their ability to streamline the video production process. For the first time ever there is a seamless solution from creation to distribution.
Activities at the show
Edutain is set to Razzle-Dazzle visitors with show reels and various other exciting displays demonstrating the art of DVD-making. This will take the form of a step-by-step video production for DVD - capturing the video, digitally editing with special effects, and then burning to DVD; the process is as easy as creating a text document.
Various slide shows and product videos will be available to view and take away. There will also be workshops with resellers. Visit Edutain Distribution in Hall 2 stand F20.
Special deals
Edutain`s Razzle Incentive Scheme will be launched at the show. Introductory offers will be available for the latest products, and point of sale material will be included in all deals with partners. There will also be a competition with a Dazzle DCS 200 up for grabs.
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.
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