LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Digital Vision proudly announces the sale of a High Definition AGR-IV Grain and Noise Reducer, and a High Definition ASC-II+ Scratch Concealer to IVC High Definition Data Center.
Headquartered in Burbank, Calif., IVC High Definition Data Center (International Video Conversions, Inc.) is one of the world's largest HD mastering, restoration and conversion facilities. IVC has been a pioneer of and continues to break new ground in HD.
"We have been supporters of real time image processing for years. Digital Vision continues to manufacture solutions that allow us to customize our services for each individual client," explained Howard Lukk, Chief Engineer at IVC. "When we got the opportunity to test the system late last year, we realized that the AGR-IV and ASC-II Plus would be welcome additions to our suite of image restoration and enhancement tools. Digital Vision continues to manufacture some of the industry's best real time solutions and we are happy to announce our continued support for their products."
"We are proud to have IVC as one of our most important customers in North America" said Thorbjorn Gustafsson, Managing Director at Digital Vision in Los Angeles. "This purchase by IVC continues to enforce Digital Vision's standing in the market as an industry leader in state-of-the-art image restoration and image processing technology. IVC has long been a supporter of our technology, and we look forward to their continued feedback for the future development of our products."
The AGR-IV is Digital Vision's fourth generation real-time film grain and electronic noise reducer that was released in late November of 2001. AGR-IV is designed for film or videotape restoration and MPEG pre-processing. The AGR-IV's advanced motion processing and newly developed adaptive 3-D filters including an Edge Preserving Spatial Filter, allow facilities to produce even cleaner and sharper pictures from film and video originated material than ever before.
The ASC-II is based on Digital Vision's five years of experience with the original ASC. It effectively removes, in real time, the disturbing effects of film dust, dirt and randomly dispersed scratches with a minimum of side effects. The ASC-II also effectively deals with pure emulsion scratches. ASC-II processing is useful in tape-to-tape rooms as well as in the telecine suite. The ASC-II+ is an enhanced version of ASC-II aimed for HD productions.
Digital Vision's business concept is to offer state-of-the-art technology and products to clients in film/video, multimedia and the distribution of digital television within three business areas:
-- Media Mastering, e.g. the digital mastering of feature films, T.V.
shows and commercials and the adaptation of these to DVD
-- Media Networking, the adaptation of images and sound to digital
transmission networks
-- Digital Cinema, the digitalisation of traditional film for cinemas
Digital Vision was founded in 1988 and today the company is
comprised of the Swedish parent company and a sales company in the
U.S. The company is dedicated to the development, the production
and the sales and support of systems. Production is primarily
managed through outsourcing. Digital Vision is listed on the
Stockholm stock-exchange.
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