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• Media100 (www.media100.com)<br />
• iFinish RealTime MPEG Option. Editing software with MPEG-2<br />
video encoding add-on. Windows NT. $6,000 to $18,000.<br />
• Microcosmos/Nanocosmos (www.nanocosmos.de)<br />
• MPEG SoftEngine. MPEG-2 video encoding software for Windows,<br />
Solaris, and Linux. $250 to $3500.<br />
• Minerva (www.minervasys.com)<br />
DVD Production 145<br />
• Compressionist 110, 200, and 250. Professional MPEG-2 real-time<br />
encoding hardware. CBR and VBR. Mac OS host computer.<br />
$70,000. [No longer available.]<br />
• Publisher 300. Professional MPEG-2 video and MPEG Layer 2 audio<br />
real-time encoding hardware. CBR and VBR. Mac OS. [No longer<br />
available.]<br />
• Optibase (www.optibase.com)<br />
• MPEG MovieMaker 200. Professional MPEG-2 video and Dolby<br />
Digital audio real-time encoding hardware for Windows and Windows<br />
NT. CBR and VBR. $7,000 to $22,000.<br />
• Philips (www.philips.com)<br />
• DVS3110. Professional MPEG-2 video encoder for PAL and NTSC.<br />
CBR and VBR.<br />
• PixelTools (www.pixeltools.com)<br />
• Expert-DVD. MPEG-2 video encoding software. CBR and VBR.<br />
Windows. $2,000.<br />
• Simple-DVD. AVI-to-DVD conversion utility for Windows. $1,500.<br />
• Snell & Wilcox (www.snellwilcox.com)<br />
• Prefix CPP100, Prefix CPP200, NRS500, Kudos NRS50, and Kudos<br />
NRS30. Video preprocessors (noise reduction and image enhancement).<br />
• Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com)<br />
• SD-1000. Professional MPEG-2 video encoding hardware. CBR and<br />
VBR. Segment-based reencoding. Mac OS and Windows OS.<br />
$13,000.<br />
• DVD Fusion. Encoding/authoring plug-in for Media 100 and Quick-<br />
Time video editing systems. Hardware-accelerated version (velocity<br />
engine) encodes VBR and CBR in real time. Mac OS. $8,000 and<br />
$12,000.