Focus Enhancements Announces Expanded Product Offerings for the ProxSys(r) PX-1 Production Media Server at InfoComm`07
Released on = June 14, 2007, 4:33 pm
Press Release Author = Ramin Ekhtiar
Industry = Electronics
Press Release Summary = The PX-1 product offering is expanded to include several new storage configurations
Press Release Body = Infocomm 2007, ANAHEIM, CA - June 19, 2007 -- Focus Enhancements Inc (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology, today announced several new product offerings for its recently released PX-1 Production Media Server. The PX-1 is the industry's first entry-level turnkey Media Asset Management (MAM) system that fully integrates both hardware and software into an easy-to-setup and use solution.
The PX-1 Production Media Server is now available with internal capacities of 1, 2, or 4TB, along with an optional integrated LT03 tape drive for content back-up and archive. The 4TB option provides thousands of hours of on-line SD storage and/or hundreds of hours of on-line HD storage; by utilizing the tape back-up, the amount of storage hours is essentially unlimited.
The PX-1 and entire ProxSys family will be on display in the Focus Enhancements booth (#6400, Hall B) at InfoComm'07 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
"The response to our PX-1 Production Media Server has been tremendous, confirming our belief that affordable media asset management has become mission-critical to the HD workflow, as acquired media continues to grow at staggering rates," stated Robert Caldeira, senior product manager for Focus Enhancements. "In response to our customers detailing their needs, applications and HD tapeless acquisition workflows, we have expanded the PX-1 product line to include more storage options and greater flexibility."
Designed to service small-to-medium sized production groups, the PX-1 offers digital media professionals the ability to assign timecode-based metadata to their SD or HD video content which, when combined with its MPEG-4 proxy preview, enables lightning fast search and retrieval. Through its intuitive web browser interface, users can create projects and containers from which content can be copied, transferred, shared, or deleted.
The PX-1 can simultaneously manage up to ten concurrent clients (users) connected anywhere in the world. It supports nearly all SD and HD video formats, popular graphic and audio formats, and many data formats, including PowerPoint and Word documents.
Also included with the PX-1 is the Focus Enhancements Capture Suite and Media Import software. These client-based software programs give users the ability to capture live video, import existing digital media folders and files, or seamlessly import from FireStore and/or Panasonic P2 MXF format while preserving all native metadata.
PX-1 is available now and starts at $19,950 MSRP. It can be purchased through Focus Enhancements' worldwide dealer and distributor network. Through June 30, 2007, Focus will be accepting applications for the PX-1 Reference Account Program. Chosen participants will receive the PX-1 at a 50% discount, in addition to free software upgrades for six months from date of purchase. For more information on the Reference Account Program or ProxSys PX-1 Production Media Server, please visit focusinfo.com.
About Focus Enhancements, Inc. Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ CM: FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video and wireless video technologies. The company's Semiconductor Group develops integrated circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the video convergence market, including IPTV set-top boxes and portable media players. Focus Enhancements is currently developing a wireless IC chip set based on the WiMedia UWB standard and designed to be compatible with Wireless USB, and used in personal computer (PC), consumer electronics (CE), and mobile electronics applications. The company's Systems Group develops video products for the digital media markets, with customers in the broadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset management markets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page at http://www.focusinfo.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Statements in this press release which are not historical including statements regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations, representations, plans or predictions about the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such factors include statements about the company's recently introduced Proxsys PX-1 Media Server. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include customers' acceptance of recently introduced products, changes in customer order patterns, the performance and acceptance of the PX-1, and the risk factors specified in the company\'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2007 as well as other filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of June 19, 2007 and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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