Chris Pfaff
Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC
201-218-0262
c.pfaff@att.net
NAB 2006 Booth# C6932
OVALROCK ANNOUNCES
SUPPORT FOR HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE; WORKSTATION TO USE INPHASE TECHNOLOGIES
TAPESTRY™
DRIVE
OvalRock Dynamic Workstation Capable of Record and Playback of
SD, HD, 2K, VTR, DDR Data; Can Act as Server
Emulator, Compatible with Most Broadcast Software
FOR RELEASE ON:
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006
LAS
VEGAS – OvalRock, a leading designer and developer of convergent broadcast
video applications, today announced at the National Association of
Broadcasters (NAB) convention that it will offer a holographic video
recorder, the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation. OvalRock will show the
workstation, which incorporates the Tapestry™ technology from InPhase
Technologies, the world’s leader in holographic data storage, at the
Maxell Booth #C6932 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Shipping to customers in the third quarter of 2006, the
OvalRock Dynamic Workstation enables broadcasters, and video
professionals, to record and play back source material from a variety of
formats, including videotape, Blu-Ray disc, data disc recorder (DDR), and
holographic drive. The initial workstation will ship with tape drives,
with holographic drives to be added in later versions.
Representing a new generation of powerful servers that can emulate a wide
variety of media source types, and is compatible with most major broadcast
software programs, the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation is designed to
duplicate the function of most major pieces of
television production equipment. Each
component of the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation can integrate data from a
variety of sources, process it in real
time for a variety of functions, and store it onto local or remote hard
disc drives or store it to holographic disc, videotape or Blu-Ray
disc for archive and transport.
“Today’s broadcast facility is experiencing a massive shift
from legacy analog equipment to the latest digital systems, and the
OvalRock Dynamic Workstation enables video professionals of all types to
protect their equipment investments while migrating at a reasonable pace,”
said Algie Abrams, CEO of OvalRock.
Continued Abrams, “Integrating the first holographic video recording
capability, with InPhase Technologies, is a unique feature of the OvalRock
Dynamic Workstation that enables us to provide a seamless method of
integrating existing AV signal systems and workflows into high-performance
IT processing and storage environments. With the OvalRock Dynamic
Workstation, customers don’t have to move their data to another piece of
equipment, they merely have to change the application.”
Designed with a familiar VTR controller front panel design, with jog and
bump commands, the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation includes a high-quality
LCD monitor to view input and output video, waveform and vector displays,
and file, bin, and edit information. With full VTR editorial functions,
the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation can be externally controlled by networked
or SP-DIF functions. A fully-functioning virtual VTR, capable of storing
both compressed and uncompressed standard- and high-definition video data,
the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation operates on an x86 platform, so that all
hardware, operating systems, and applications that conform to those
standards can be utilized in the system.
Continued Abrams, “A facility may have many flavors of analog
and digital equipment, which perform specific functions or tasks. The
OvalRock Dynamic Workstation workstation can emulate VTRs, DDRs, network
servers, edit and effects and character generators, and can also provide
simultaneous file and signal type translations. So, for example, a
customer may have an OvalRock Dynamic Workstation running a Windows-based
application for one task, but may be running a LINUX-based application for
another task.”
The OvalRock Dynamic Workstation SD Dynamic Workstation is a server
emulator than can record and play back source material from standard-definition(SD),
high-definition (HD), 2K (or, Academy 2K, which is
1828 x 1332 pixels),
videotape recorder (VTR), data disc recorder (DDR), or act as a server
emulator. It can be configured with up to 6.4 TB of hard-disk drive (HDD)
RAID arrays.
The OvalRock Dynamic Workstation is compatible with a wide variety of
broadcast software applications, including: Adobe Premier; Avid Express;
Matrox; Sonic Solutions; SAI; Louth Systems; Omnibus; Adobe After Effects;
Maya; 3D Studio Max; Combustion; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Illustrator;
Windows Media; Real Networks Helix; Digidesign ProTools, and all MPEG and
ASI applications.
“With the OvalRock Dynamic Workstation, the broadcast industry will have
a video recorder solution that incorporates holographic storage
technology, and will enable cost-effective access to legacy data,” said
Liz Murphy, vice president of marketing for InPhase Technologies. “The
OvalRock Dynamic Workstation enables our customers to integrate
holographic storage for today’s applications, in addition to a
highly-reliable solution for archival material.”
About OvalRock
OvalRock is a
broadcast and electronic media designer and developer that specializes in
the convergence of Electronic Media, Information and Telecommunication
Systems. The company’s customers are end-users and vendors that require
both strategic and tactical knowledge for the development of
next-generation systems that merge a wide variety of technologies.
OvalRock’s services range from design consulting and manufacturing to
direct marketing. The company, based in
Vista,
California,
was founded in 2003. For more information, visit the company Web site at
www.ovalrock.biz.
About InPhase
Technologies
InPhase Technologies
is the leading developer of holographic data storage (HDS) recording media
and systems. Based in Longmont, Colorado, InPhase was founded in 2000, and
is comprised of some of the storage industry's leading executives and
scientists. InPhase is funded by venture capital investors New Venture
Partners LLC, Signal Lake Ventures, Newton Technology Partners, Yasuda
Enterprise Development, Japan Asia Investment Company, Nanotech Partners
and Mr. B.J. Cassin. Corporate investors are Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Bayer
MaterialScience AG, and ALPS Information Technology Fund. For more
information on InPhase, please visit the company's Web site at
www.inphase-tech.com.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: If you would like a color photograph of Algie Abrams, CEO
of OvalRock; Liz Murphy, vice president of marketing for InPhase
Technologies, or a color photograph of the InPhase Tapestry media or
holographic drive, please contact Chris Pfaff at
c.pfaff@att.net or 201-218-0262.
