BOXX Announces HDV [pro] with CineForm’s Aspect HD for Affordable Real-Time HD Video Editing

AUSTIN, TX – BOXX Technologies delivers technology to theinnovators in the digital media community with flexible,high-performance workstations designed to enhance creativity and fuelinnovation. Today BOXX introduces the HDV [pro] editing workstation andsolidifies a new business relationship with CineForm, Inc. to offerAspect HD as an add-on option to the new system. With prices startingat less than $3,200, HDV [pro] gives price-sensitive customers apowerful way to quickly and seamlessly incorporate HD video into theirworkflow.

Visit BOXX (booth #SL1755) at NAB 2004 in Las Vegas for a firsthandlook at CineForm’s Aspect HD on a BOXX HDV [pro] system.

Aspect HD uses a visually-lossless CFHD codec to deliver four ormore HD video streams for real-time editing, including transitions,effects, color adjustments, title and graphic overlays and motion. Thesystem captures directly from JVC’s JY-HD10U and GR-HD1camcorders and JVC’s high-definition D-VHS deck over 1394Firewire and exports to a variety of HD or standard definition outputformats such as MPEG2-HD, Windows Media 9 and standard DVD.

“As the use of HD expands, new products continue to enter themarket with a promise to simplify working with HD video footage,”says Ed Caracappa, director of sales and marketing at BOXX.“CineForm’s Aspect HD software delivers on that promise byseamlessly working with Adobe Premiere Pro to edit high-definitionvideo in real time. We’re so impressed with this solution; webelieve it is a powerful extension to our robust suite of digital videoediting workstations.”

“CineForm’s Aspect HD continues to take the HD world bystorm,” said David Taylor, CEO of CineForm, Inc. “Bycombining Aspect HD with the power and quality of the BOXX editingsystems, BOXX is able to provide an unprecedented level of priceperformance for post-production professionals.”

BOXX workstations and rendering systems deliver the performance andreliability digital content creators demand and are ideal for anythingfrom animation, game development and CAD to DV, SD and HD. Available insingle-or dual-processor configurations featuring the latest AMD Athlonand Opteron processors and Intel Pentium 4 and Xeon processors, BOXXworkstations and render nodes support popular software from companiessuch as Adobe, Alias, Autodesk, Discreet, Newtek and Softimage.

Pricing and Availability

HDV [pro] with Aspect HD is currently shipping, with pricingstarting at less than $3,200. For more information, visit the BOXXwebsite at www.boxxtech.com, oremail sales@boxxtech.com, or call 877-877-BOXX or 512-835-0400 (outsidethe U.S.)