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888-926-1008
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Contact: Ivan Randall FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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MEDIA ALERT

August 31, 2009

PYRO AV DROPS PRICE ON 3G14DA TO $369

WHO: Pyro AV, a developer of high-quality video capture and conversion technologies for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets.

WHAT: Pyro AV® today announced a price drop for 3G14DA a HD/SD-SDI distribution amplifier. MSRP is now $369.99 US through the end of the year.

WHEN: Immediately

WHERE: Through a variety of Pyro AV dealers and distributors: http://www.pyroav.com/wheretobuy/dealers.html

CONTACT: For press inquiries, please contact Ivan Randall at ivan@pyroav.com. For sales inquiries, please contact Alfred Bantug at alfred@pyroav.com.

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Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact:
Ivan Randall                                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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888-926-1008
ivan@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (March 18, 2009) - Pyro AV today announced that it is now shipping its VT600 USB video capture solution which allows you to record and stream SDI video from any broadcast deck, camera or other analog source over the Internet with Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and even to YouTube. Unlike traditional internal solutions, VT600 connects to your workstation via USB 2.0 giving professionals the flexibility to use it with a desktop or notebook.

VT600 features 10-bit SDI, YUV/RGB component, S-Video and composite video inputs, bringing in audio via embedded SDI, 4 channel balanced audio or stereo AES/EBU inputs. Designed for Windows 2000, XP and Vista, VT600 installs in seconds via USB 2.0. With full support for Adobe Flash Media Encoder and Microsoft Expression Encoder, VT600 also includes VideoTizer, an application which allows you to stream live video or record the video for future editing, VOD or other needs. Within these applications, you can manipulate settings such as video resolution, frame rate, color correction, compression formats and more, directly from the GUI.

“VT600 offers incredible flexibility,” explains Alfred Bantug, Pyro AV Director of Sales. “It streamlines broadcasters’ ingestion needs, capturing video through analog composite, S-Video, YUV and SDI, all in one external capture device. This will allow news organizations, religious broadcasters, educational institutions and other broadcasters to deliver their media more efficiently.”

Features

• Full frame, live motion video capture
• 10-bit digital video processing
• Adaptive de-interlacing
• Adaptive median filter
• 48KHz 16-bit stereo dual independent audio channels
• USB 2.0 connectivity
• Rackmountable design fits any environment
• VideoTizer software included for local encoding and network streaming
• Support for Adobe Flash Media Encoder, Windows Media Encoder, Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 and other popular streaming solutions

Pricing and Availability
VT600 is now shipping and is available through Pyro AV’s network of retailers and online dealers, with an MSRP of $1299.95. A total solution, VT600 includes the VT600 USB video capture device, a 6’ USB A to B cable, a 12V DC power supply, a rackmount kit including easy to install mounting brackets and screws and an installation CD containing device drivers and VideoTizer media streaming application as well as Pyro AV’s 2-year warranty.

About Pyro AV
Pyro AV is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters. For more information, visit www.pyroav.com.

Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (February 18, 2009) - Pyro AV® today announced that it is now shipping its Capture Express USB video capture solution which allows you to capture video as well as still frames from your home videos. Leveraging their experience in media conversion solutions for consumers and professionals, Capture Express USB is designed to extend the lives of old analog videos, converting them to DVD and other digital formats.

“Video tapes have a short life span,” explains Alfred Bantug, Pyro AV Director of Sales. “With so many precious moments still trapped on tape, our new Capture Express USB gives consumers an easy way to transfer and preserve their videos on DVD, and even share them on websites like YouTube and Facebook.”

Easy to install, the Capture Express USB connects to a computer via hi-speed USB 2.0, while connecting to VCRs, camcorders or any other video source via composite (RCA) video or S-video and stereo left and right RCA audio connectors. Once installed, the included ArcSoft TotalMedia application gives consumers the tools they need to capture their videos, edit out unwanted parts and then archive the video onto DVD or export the video to their Apple iPod or other portable media player, preserving the videos for eternity.

Pricing and Availability
Capture Express USB is now shipping and is available through Pyro AV’s network of retailers and online dealers, each with an MSRP of $59.95. A total solution, Capture Express USB includes the Capture Express USB video capture device, AV cables, a CD containing device drivers and ArcSoft TotalMedia, a quick installation guide as well as Pyro AV’s 2-year warranty.

About Pyro AV Pyro AV is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters. For more information, visit www.pyroav.com.

Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

MEDIA ALERT

December 8, 2008

PYRO AV DROPS PRICE ON PYRO KOMPRESSOR HD TO $1495

WHO: Pyro AV, a developer of high-quality video capture and conversion technologies for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets.

WHAT: Pyro AV® today announced a price drop for Pyro Kompressor HD® a PCI Express®-based accelerator solution that accelerates HD H.264/AVC encoding up to eight times faster than software-only video compression. MSRP for each Mac and PC version is now $1495 US through the end of the year.

WHEN: Immediately

WHERE: Through a variety of Pyro AV dealers and distributors: http://www.pyroav.com/wheretobuy/dealers.html

CONTACT: For press inquiries, please contact Christina Ito at christina@pyroav.com. For sales inquiries, please contact Alfred Bantug at alfred@pyroav.com.

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Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (November 20, 2008) - Pyro AV® announced today the launch of 5 new video encoders. Targeting a more pro-sumer customer, the product line aims to allow for easier integration between analog and digital AV devices.

“With such a variety of input and output connectors in both residential and commercial AV systems, there is a great need for conversion solutions to connect legacy devices to the digital world” explains Alfred Bantug, Director of Sales of Pyro AV. “These new converters will allow VARs as well as end-users integrate a wide range of components to with consumer ease and a consumer price.”

VIDEO2SVGA™ (PVC-980)
Display video output from DVD players, VCRs, game consoles (i.e.: Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, et cetera) on LCD or CRT monitors. Pyro AV VIDEO2SVGA™ converter accepts S-video and composite video input and displays the output on your SVGA monitor in real time. Currently shipping, VIDEO2SVGA™ has an MSRP of $79.99.

SVGA2VIDEO™ (PVC-982)
Convert video from your SVGA to a TV, VCR, DVD recorder and more with SVGA2VIDEO™. Ideal for presentations, training events, gaming, and even displaying photos & videos (DVDs, YouTube, Hulu, CinemaNow, etc) from PC to TV, SVGA2VIDEO™ outputs the computer’s desktop as analog video. Available now, SVGA2VIDEO™holds an MSRP of $69.99.

AV2HDMI™ (PVC-984)
The Pyro AV AV2HDMI™ converter upconverts standard definition, analog video (composite), to up to 720P HDMI output. Everything from DVD players, set top boxes, VCRs and gaming consoles can now be converted to HDMI Output. Recently released, AV2HDMI™is available for an MSRP of $139.99.

SVGACOMPONENT2HDMI™ (PVC-986)
SVGACOMPONENT2HDMI™ accepts video from VGA and Component (YPbPr) source and outputs 720p via HDMI. SVGACOMPONENT2HDMI™ is designed to connect devices that output component video like DVD players, game consoles (Xbox 360, PS2, Wii, etc…) & set-top boxes, to HD ready HDMI displays. With an MSRP of $139.99, SVGACOMPONENT2HDMI™ is shipping now.

COMPONENT2VGA™ (PVC-988)
The Pyro AV COMPONENT2VGA™ converter encodes component YPbPr to VGA, SVGA, XGA and SXGA. Ideal for consumer as well as professional applications, COMPONENT2VGA™ accepts video with resolutions from 480i to 1080p, and displays video on any VGA monitor (LCD/CRT). Priced at an MSRP of $99.99, COMPONENT2VGA™ is available now.

About Pyro AV Pyro AV is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters. For more information, visit www.pyroav.com.

Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (November 20, 2008) - Pyro AV® (www.pyroav.com) announced today the launch of 3 new eSATA add-on controller cards for Macs and PCs. The new family of Turbo eSATA™ products leverages Pyro AV’s experience in high-speed bus connectivity solutions.

“Designed to meet and exceed the demands of digital video and audio editors, our Turbo eSATA™ cards connect your existing workstation to eSATA high-speed hard drives, RAID arrays and other storage devices” explains Alfred Bantug, Director of Sales of Pyro AV.

Turbo eSATA™ 2 Port ExpressCard (PVC-612)
Compatible with both ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54 slots, Turbo eSATA™ 2 Port ExpressCard offers both Mac and PC users faster read/write speeds than USB 2.0 and FireWire solutions. The Turbo eSATA™ 2 Port ExpressCard is currently shipping at an MSRP of $39.99.

Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCIe Card (PVC-614)
Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCIe Card uses Silicon Image Sil3132CNU chipset, preloaded with the SATARAID5 BIOS, supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10 for maximum flexibility. Available now, Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCIe Card holds an MSRP of $39.99.

Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCI Card (PVC-616)
Supporting both SATA I and SATA II drives, Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCI Card is compatible with both PCI and 64-bit PCI-X slot. With a 2-year manufacturer’s warranty, Turbo eSATA™ 4 Port PCI Card is now shipping with an MSRP of $39.99.

About Pyro AV
Pyro AV is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters. For more information, visit www.pyroav.com

Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (November 15, 2008) - Pyro AV® today announced that it is now shipping its Turbo 1394b PCI and Turbo 1394b PCIe controller cards with Unibrain ubCore™ drivers for Windows. Including ubCore™ with their line of 1394b (FireWire 800) products, Pyro AV provides a complete solution out-of-the-box, allowing end users to take full advantage of 1394b’s 800 Mbps transfer speed.

“ubCore™ unlocks the potential of FireWire for Windows users“ explains Theologos Sosonis, CEO of Unibrain. “With SBP2 disk, IIDC firewire cameras support and FireNet™ 1394 networking support, ubCore™ will allow Pyro AV to offer their customers a powerful tool to transfer data at speeds of 100 MBytes per second.” Digitally signed, ubCore™ supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server and Vista with full support for 64 bit Windows operating systems (AMD64 and Intel EM64t CPUs).

For nearly a decade, video and audio editors have adopted FireWire for their storage needs, connecting to hard drives and RAID arrays to their PCs. As the demands for faster storage progress, Pyro AV continues meet and exceed the needs of their pro-sumer customers with Turbo 1394b PCI and Turbo 1394b PCIe, offering reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions.

Turbo 1394b PCI card adds two 9-pin 1394b ports as well as a 6-pin 1394a port to a Mac or PC via a PCI or PCI-X slot. Designed for 64 bit machines, Turbo 1394b PCIe adds two 9-pin 1394b connectors and one 6-pin 1394a connector via a PCI Express (PCIe) slot.

Pricing and Availability
Turbo 1394b PCIe (PVC-815) and Turbo 1394b PCI (PVC-811) are now shipping and are available through Pyro AV’s network of retailers and online dealers, each with an MSRP of $39.99. Total solutions, both 1394b controllers include Unibrain ubCore™ 1394 drivers, a quick installation guide as well as Pyro AV’s 2-year warranty.

About Pyro AV

Pyro AV (www.pyroav.com) is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters.

Pyro AV
16617 Valley View
Cerritos, CA 90703
888-926-1008
www.pyroav.com

Contact: Christina Cu-Ito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pyro AV
888-926-1008
christina@pyroav.com

CERRITOS, Calif. (August 13, 2008) - Pyro AV® today announced that Pyro Kompressor HD® for Mac, a PCI Express®-based accelerator solution that accelerates HD H.264/AVC encoding up to eight times faster than software-only video compression, is now shipping. For time- and cost-conscious video production houses, this translates into a much speedier authoring workflow. Apple® Mac OS® X Leopard is supported. The solution is a price-performance breakthrough benefiting both video professionals and prosumers.

The product is qualified for Mac Pro workstations as well as Apple MacBook Pro laptops which have become extremely popular for field video applications. Because of Pyro Kompressor’s small size and power footprint, it is ideally suited as an accelerator for laptop based encoding, with an external PCI Express box such as Magma’s ExpressBox®.

The single-slot Pyro Kompressor HD board is powered by the Ambric Am2045TM, a massively-parallel processor with 336 RISC processors, delivering 1.2 teraOPS of video horsepower for consistently high throughput encoding, even for difficult, high-motion video content. A dynamic and affordable solution, Pyro Kompressor HD’s high-quality H.264/AVC codecs enable compression for DVD, Blu-ray Disk, web streaming media, archival storage, IPTV, and VOD. It is based on programmable chip technology, so that Pyro Kompressor HD hardware is “future-proofed” and can be updated as video compression standards evolve and other types of video processing become available.

The included Pyro Kompressor HD transcoding software application simplifies production and provides control over input, conversion, encoding, and output. Transcoding can be done from a wide variety of input formats using software decoders. The software features watch folders for job automation, up and down scaling, frame rate conversion, custom settings and a range of pre-defined settings, chapter support, batch encoding that allows for multiple tasks, file drag and drop ease, control over target output file size, and mux’ing streams from different input files.

It can read either uncompressed video input or import compressed files, using a wide range of included decoders to enable transcoding for DV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, AVCHD, AVC-Intra, VC-1, DVCPRO 25/50/100, DVCPRO-HD, JPEG2000, and YUV files, and QuickTime import.

Pricing and Availability
Pyro Kompressor HD for the Mac (Leopard) and PC (Windows XP) is now shipping and will be available through a variety of Pyro AV dealers with an MSRP of $3,495.00.

About Pyro AV
Pyro AV is made up of a team of dedicated engineers with more than 15 years experience designing and developing high-quality video capture and conversion technologies. Pyro AV develops solutions for the pro-sumer, broadcast and post-production markets and is currently shipping a line up of broadcast-quality video converters. For more information, visit www.pyroav.com

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