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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INNOMEDIA'S BREAKTHROUGH 'INFOVIEW™'
Innovative Video
Conferencing System Uses Standard TV and Telephone Lines,
Delivering a State of the Art Communications System for Home or Office
LAS VEGAS, NV -- January 7, 1999
-- CCES Booth # 4749 LVCC North Hall -- Now you can have
face-to-face, full motion video conversations with distant friends, family
and colleagues -- without
using your PC! The innovative InfoView™ video conferencing system
from InnoMedia turns ordinary
televisions into sophisticated, high-quality video telephones that work
with regular phone lines,
allowing you to see both the face and the body language of people you
call either from home
or the office.
Just turn on your TV and InfoView video camera, dial the desired number
from your regular
telephone, press the pound key to activate InfoView's on-screen menu,
and press a number
on your telephone key pad to activate InfoView. When your call is connected,
you'll see both
yourself and your connecting party simultaneously on a split screen. If
you want to view only
your connecting party, simply press the appropriate code on your phone
keypad and your own
image will disappear. InfoView's protective security features will also
prevent unauthorized users
from connecting to your InfoView unit through a user defined password
access code.
There's no need for an extra telephone or special ISDN line because InfoView
transmits both voice
and video simultaneously over the same standard telephone line. The system
provides optimum
image clarity and image refresh rate, and it has the unique ability to
adjust to changing telephone
line conditions to maintain the best possible video image quality. You
can also manually tune the
system to adjust the video to your preference by pressing a combination
of phone keys at any time
during your InfoView connection.
The camera has remote zoom, pan, and tilt capabilities for both the local
and remote InfoView, again
controlled through your telephone keypad. When used with the InfoView
Auto Answer mode, this
function allows you to call your home or business from a remote location
for security or surveillance
purposes. Parents can call home to check on their children and their babysitter;
telecommuters can
call work to hold a video conference from their home office. An on-screen
user friendly menu allows
users to easily access all features of InfoView.
A "picture shot" feature makes it possible to capture and present high-resolution
still-frame pictures
that can be saved on videotapes as still-frame pictures for later reference.
For maximum flexibility,
you can even plug in an external video camera or camcorder and play recorded
tapes to viewers on
the other end. InfoView allows users to remotely switch the 2 camera sources,
between the internal
built-in camera and an external video source.
InfoView also lets you record video calls or maintain remote monitoring
tapes with a conventional
VCR. This feature, controlled through the on-screen menu, is helpful in
business situations where
you cannot be part of a meeting but would like to record the proceedings
for later viewing.
"With InfoView, adding video to a phone call has become truly simple for
the first time," said
Mr. Kai-Wa Ng, InnoMedia's CEO and Co-founder. "There is no longer a need
to use a PC as an
intermediary or to bring additional bandwidth into the home or office.
Talking face to face is now as
easy as turning on your TV and making a phone call."
InfoView is FCC approved and supports the internationally recognized ITU-T
H.324 standard, enabling
it to communicate with other InfoView units as well as conventional PC-based
H.324-compatible video
conferencing systems.
InfoView Features
The InfoView system includes a high-quality _" CCD color camera and a
unit about the size of a cable
TV box with a built-in, pre-programmed V.34 33.6 Kbps modem and all the
firmware needed to make
the system work. It plugs into any non-digital phone and TV. Future product
upgrades will be
downloadable from a dedicated InnoMedia dial-up server utilizing the user's
phone line; no PC will be
required. Additional InfoView features include:
- On screen user-friendly graphic-based selection menu for easy navigation
- Dual-screen standard mode to view self and other party simultaneously
- High quality video output to TV or VCR
- High quality image freeze and transfer
- Password-protected Access security option
- Automatic answer mode
- Advanced motion estimation to optimize the compression needed for each user
- Local and remote digital zoom, pan and tilt control capability
InfoView is available through InnoMedia's
distributors/resellers and has an MSRP of $349.99.
For more information, call 408-432-5400 or visit www.innomedia.com.
About InnoMedia
Founded in 1995, InnoMedia is a privately held multinational organization
with operations in the
United States, Singapore, Taiwan and China. InnoMedia is leading the IP
telephony revolution by
developing, manufacturing, and marketing next generation Internet enabled
communication devices
and providing a global IP telephony service through the InnoSphere network.
These products and
services incorporate InnoMedia's expertise in IP telephony, videoconferencing,
and wireless networking
technologies and are targeted for consumers, enterprises, service providers,
and OEM customers.
Visit InnoMedia on the Web at www.innomedia.com.
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InnoMedia, InfoView, and the InnoMedia logo are trademarks of InnoMedia Incorporated.
