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• Microboards (www.microboards.com)<br />
• DVD AuthorSuite. DVD-Video authoring/encoding for Windows NT.<br />
Uses Intec DVDAuthorQuick software, Zapex encoders, and Sigma<br />
Designs decoder. $25,000.<br />
• Minerva (www.minervasys.com)<br />
Minerva DVD authoring software was acquired by Pinnacle in 2000, so it<br />
is no longer generally available. Impression was re-released by Pinnacle in<br />
July 2001.<br />
• DVD-Professional SL and DVD-Professional XL. DVD-Video authoring/encoding<br />
systems for Windows NT. Includes Publisher 300 and<br />
Minerva Studio. $100,000.<br />
• Impression. DVD-Video authoring/encoding system for Windows.<br />
$10,000.<br />
• Minnetonka Audio Software (www.minnetonkaaudio.com)<br />
• DiscWelder Steel. Basic DVD-Audio authoring software. Windows.<br />
$500.<br />
• A-Plus. Basic DVD-Audio authoring software. Windows. $2,000.<br />
• DiscWelder Chrome. Professional DVD-Audio authoring software.<br />
Windows. $3500.<br />
• MTC (www.mtc2000.com, Multimedia Technology Center)<br />
MTC was acquired by SmartDisk in 2000.<br />
DVD Production 153<br />
• StreamWeaver Express and StreamWeaver Pro. Simple and midlevel<br />
DVD-Video authoring, and $900 premastering on Windows.<br />
$900 and $3,000.<br />
• DVDMotion. Authoring systems for Windows, oriented toward multimedia<br />
DVD-ROM production. Comes in three versions: Pro, SE<br />
(Standard), CE (Consumer). $1,000, $400, $95.<br />
• DVDMotion CE. Entry-level authoring system for Windows 98/NT4.<br />
$75.<br />
• NEC (www.nec-global.com)<br />
• DV Editor. IEEE-1394 card and and software, plus Sonic’s DVDit LE.<br />
Windows 98. Available in Japan only.<br />
• Optibase (www.optibase.com)
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