Is multimedia's future bleu?

Article Abstract:

Be Inc's BeBox PowerPC-based system runs on the company's BeOS operating system, which offers several advantages over existing operating systems, especially for multimedia tasks. It is a multitasking, multiprocessing system for high-throughput applications and can play several audio and video windows at once. It allows real-time interaction with streaming data and has an integrated database. The BeBox has a CD-ROM drive, Fast SCSI support, 16-bit audio, standard PCI and ISA slots and many media I/O slots. BeBox's starting price of $1,600, with a fully-configured system costing about $2,500, compares favorably with $8,000 Mac, Windows, NT and UNIX workstations. The 30-person Be has sold 800 BeBoxes to developers specializing in music, video and Internet applications, and it has brought in $14 million in venture capital in Apr 1996. Large developers like Adobe, who are searching for low-cost, high-performance platforms, are also interested in Be.

Microcomputers, PowerPC-based system, Macintosh computers, PowerPC based computers, PowerPC processors, Be Inc., Be BeBox (PowerPC-based system)

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Nonlinear video reigns at NAB

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Eight video editing systems demonstrated at the National Association of Broadcasters show are discussed out of which six are non-linear systems and two linear/non-linear hybrid systems. Seven range in price from $8,000 to $49,000, while the eighth, a truly versatile system called Media Spectrum made by Avid Technology Inc, sells for $675,000. Scitex Digital Video Inc's ImMIX Microsphere system with True Vision's latest Targa 2000 RTX dual-M-JPEG code board and Apple Macintosh editing software costs $13,500 for the basic system to $29,500 for a Power Mac 9500 turnkey system. PostSuite, a Windows-based workstation made by D-Vision Systems using the DigiMotion card, lies in the price range of $23,500 to $49,900, depending upon the type of processor used in the turnkey system. Avid Technology Inc's MCXpress costs $14,995 for board-and-software or $27,995 for the complete system.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product development, Video processing equipment, Video capture boards, Avid Technology Inc., AVID, Truevision Inc., Pentium-based system, Pentium based computers, Full-motion video board, Full motion video boards, Scitex Digital Video Inc., D-Vision Systems Inc., Truevision Targa 2000 RTX (Full-motion video board), Scitex ImMIX MicroSphere (Full-motion video board), D-Vision Systems PostSuite (Pentium-based system), Avid Technology MCXpress (Video processing equipment)

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