Optibase is soon to release DVD Fab!, the first single-workstation DVD authoring system for Windows NT. Priced at $125,000, DVD Fab! includes Optibase's MPEG Fusion real-time MPEG 2 encoder and Daikin's Scenarist NT DVD authoring software. DVD Fab! supports both constant and variable
bit-rate encoding of MPEG 1 and 2 video, as well as linear PCM and Dolby Digital on the audio side. DVD Fab! will be available in the first quarter of 1998.
Optibase (408) 260-6760
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Diamond Multimedia introduces the SupraSonic II, offering a (theoretical) 112Kbps modem by way of hooking up two 56Kbps modems, each connected to a separate phone line. To let the modems talk in tandem, Diamond currently uses proprietary technology from Ascend -- a leading vendor of switches -- so most ISPs are already equipped to support these speeds. Both companies, along with 3Com and other vendors, are working on a standard Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP) for dual
channel bonding. Diamond's own technology lets the SupraSonic II drop the second line for phone calls or during periods of low traffic. The new modem will be available early next year for $199.95.
Diamond Multimedia (408) 325-7000
Bitstream announced JET (Java-based Extendible Typography), a font engine written in Java that supplements the basic font support in the standard Java Developer's Kit. JET incorporates Bitstream's TrueDoc technology, which lets users view a document's TrueType, Postscript Type 1, and multilingual fonts without actually giving them the fonts. In addition, JET provides font scaling and anti-aliasing. A beta version of JET is currently available from Bitstream; a commercial version is scheduled for the first quarter of1998.
Bitstream (617) 497-6222
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