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VBox Announces Cat’s Eye eDTA-164, A Dual-Tuner PCI Express card
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Cat’s Eye eDTA-164 supports ATSC Digital High Definition television reception
Las Vegas NV, VBox Communications, a private company partially held by Optibase (Nasdaq:OBAS), a leading provider of digital broadcast receivers, today announced its latest generation of Digital TV ATSC/NTSC devices – the Cat’s Eye eDTA-164.
VBox Cat’s Eye eDTA-164 card when operates with Windows XP Media Center Edition or MediaCenter applications e.g. BeyondTV enables users to watch and record simultaneously, or record two programs at once without facing scheduling conflicts. Such Media Center applications deliver easy-to-use integrated digital entertainment including live and recorded television, movies, music, photos and radio. The customer’s digital media is all in one place, accessible on either a PC monitor or television display, using a single remote control.
Cat’s Eye eDTA-164, plug-in PCI Express board with Dual ATSC/NTSC reception front-end, allow digital and analog broadcasting reception. In addition to high-definition ATSC signals, Cat’s Eye e154 can receive conventional analog TV, allowing viewers to tune in to both analog and digital broadcasts in North America and South Korea. The Cat’s Eye eDTA-164 utilized Micronas technologies including DRX 3941H, a demodulator for ATSC/QAM/NTSC, AVF 4913A, an audio/video decoder frontend and nGene® APB 7202A, a dual-channel PCIe multimedia controller.
Cat’s Eye eDTA-164 with BDA drivers will be available in the first quarter of 2006.
“It’s a pleasure to cooperate with our partner VBox on this product.” said Kai Scheffer, director media home of Micronas. “The customers will benefit from both: the experience of VBox as a leading provider of Digital TV and Data Broadcast receiver equipment for Video and Data applications, and Micronas’s profound skills in consumer electronics TV chips paired with nGene’s robust certified PCI Express power.”
“Micronas is truly a leader in TV signal acquisition, decoding, and PCI Express interfacing, combining exceptional technical support with outstanding products. We plan further enhancements in PC-TV products utilizing both companies’ expertise”, said Mr. Yosi Brosh, VP Marketing & Sales of VBox.
About Micronas
Micronas (SWX Swiss Exchange: MASN), a semiconductor designer and manufacturer with worldwide operations, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge IC and sensor system solutions for consumer and automotive electronics. As a market leader in innovative, global TV system solutions, Micronas leverages its expertise into new markets emerging through the digitization of audio and video content. Micronas serves all major consumer brands worldwide, many of them in continuous partnerships seeking joint success. While the holding company is headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland), operational headquarters are based in Freiburg (Germany). Currently, the Micronas Group employs about 2000 people. In 2004, it generated EUR 624/USD 777/CHF 963 million in sales. For more information on Micronas and its products, please visit www.micronas.com.
About VBox
VBox Communications Ltd. is a provider of customer-premises receiver solutions for digital TV and data broadcasting networks. VBox’s PCI cards and USB boxes provide a whole range of digital TV reception capabilities, including handling of encrypted content for Pay TV services and delivery of high-quality video, audio and data services. VBox also provides routers and gateways for the reception of data and high quality digital content from digital broadcast infrastructures and their distribution over LAN.
For more information, please contact:
Yosi Brosh, Email: yosib@vboxcomm.com, Website: http://www.vboxcomm.com
(C) Copyright 2006 VBox Communications, Ltd. nGene is a registered trademark of Micronas GmbH. Other company and brand names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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