Cinesite Hollywood Installs Digital Vision Hi-Def DVNR Image Processing System
Cinesite Hollywood Installs Digital Vision Hi-Def DVNR Image Processing System Las Vegas, April 19th, 1999 - Digital Vision is pleased to announce the installation of their HD-DVNR Image Processing System at Cinesite Hollywood's new high definition mastering suite. Cinesite, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company, has been in operation for over six years, and has become widely recognised throughout the entertainment industry as a provider of unparalleled digital film services. The new mastering room at Cinesite provides a gateway for the distribution of high- quality motion picture release prints and all video formats including HDTV, DTV, DVD and more conventional television formats in use worldwide. "It is important that filmed images look the best they can," explained Glenn Kennel, Director of Technology at Cinesite. "It has been our experience that Digital Vision offers the best line of image enhancement equipment available. Their high definition DVNR offers a good range of controls that allow us to fine tune the captured image. Digital Vision has a great deal of expertise in this area and are leaders in the field. Their DVNR system is ideal for the evaluation and removal of artefacts, film grain and scratches." Cinesite has installed the Digital Vision HDNR High Definition Adaptive Grain & Noise Reducer and the HDASC-II High Definition Advanced Scratch Concealer II components of the DVNR system. Digital Vision's Image Processing Workstation is comprised of a dozen components offering customers the flexibility to purchase only the equipment they need and providing the highest standard in image enhancement, colour correction, compression pre-processing and format conversion all in real-time for the full range of available formats from 4:2:2 to HiDef. Digital Vision is a leading manufacturer of digital processing equipment for the post-production, pre-mastering and telecommunications industries. The company was founded in 1988 and sells its products throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Digital Vision received an Emmy Award in 1992 for its work on advanced motion compensation technology as applied to standard converters. The company also holds the IABM Peter Wayne Award for New Technology for BitPack@, its MPEG2 pre-mastering workstation and the ITS Monitor Award in recognition for the Advanced Scratch and Dirt concealer. Digital Vision's headquarters is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company also maintains international sales and support offices in London and Los Angeles. Sales throughout the rest of the world are handled via a network of more than 25 distributors. Thus Digital Vision has a strong presence on the world market. For more information, please contact: Karin Cedronius, Digital Vision DV Sweden AB Upplagsvägen 1, S-117 43 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +46 8 18 24 65, Fax: +46 8 18 24 66 E-mail: karinc@digitalvision.se US contacts: Hugh Heinsohn, Digital Vision (US) Inc., +1 310 914-5200 or Linda Frank,Visible Ink, +1 818 249-8885 Web site: www.digitalvision.se ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/04/19/19990419BIT00440/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/04/19/19990419BIT00440/bit0002.pdf