Makes Available Full Range
of Deployment-ready Products for Electronics Manufacturers
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (July 28, 2004) '” Video
Without Boundaries, Inc. (OTCBB: VDWB), a pioneer in the emerging Broadband
Media Device market, is announcing its plans to license its MediaREADY™ 400,
MediaREADY™ 4000 and the MediaREADY™ Module to consumer electronics
manufacturers interested in deploying a variety of competitive broadband-enabled
devices. Both the MediaREADY™ 400 and the MediaREADY™ 4000 are tightly
integrated hardware designs which provide broadband media capabilities, fast
time-to-market and recurring revenue opportunities for licensees. The
MediaREADY™ Module is a low-cost small footprint module designed to empower
television sets and other consumer electronics devices with a wide range of
broadband media applications.
Global Information, Inc. in their 2004 Global
Broadband Report, estimates that broadband subscribers currently number over 100
million and that growth is accelerating. They assert that the market is set to
double within the next twelve months. It is expected that b y the end of this
decade over 700 million broadband access lines will be in operation globally.
'With the mass adoption of broadband connectivity
and in-home networking technology, it's now possible to access a wide range of
digital media over the internet and move that media around the home," said
Jeffrey Harrell, President of Video Without Boundaries, Inc. 'The world is
moving away from the storefront delivery of media to a new, all-digital
distribution system. Our solutions help bring the widest availability and
greatest control of digital media into peoples homes. We are well positioned in
the broadband media device market to deliver the most comprehensive and proven
technology solutions to consumer electronics manufacturers as well as consumers.
In addition to marketing our products through our own distribution channels we
feel that licensing the underlying technology to other manufacturers interested
in breaking into this category will allow us to achieve even greater
penetration, scale and profitability of our services going forward."
MediaREADY™ 4000 hardware:
The MediaREADY™ 4000 connects to a person's TV,
home stereo, home network and Internet, combining the best of digital media into
a single device. As media delivery continues to shift from tangible products to
electronic media, new capabilities are required from the essential entertainment
devices found in consumers' living rooms. The MediaREADY™ 4000 offers the answer
with an essential suite of easy to navigate, TV-centric media applications that
control all the user's various entertainment choices. In addition, the product
serves as an upgrade platform for future features and content, thus ensuring the
product's performance and enjoyment well into the future. MediaREADY™400
hardware: The MediaREADY™ 400 takes the best features and functionality of the
MediaREADY™ 4000 and encases them in a small, discreet enclosure. By offering an
integrated hard drive, smart card support, Ethernet connectivity,
USB/1394/superior A/V connectivity and a full go-to-market suite of TV-centric
applications, the MediaREADY™ 400 brings today's high speed internet users a
feature-rich solution to access their digital media.
MediaREADY™ Module:
The MediaREADY™ Module can be designed into many
different types of consumer electronics including televisions, DVD players, home
theater amplifiers and receivers, and a host of other devices. This design
flexibility allows VWB to provide a wide range of solutions for manufacturers
looking to expand the feature-set of their devices. In an era when
time-to-market is key, having a partner with proven hardware capabilities is
fundamental to success. VWB works with the top IC solution providers in the
world; what's more, no design or feature-set combination is too complicated for
MediaREADY™ design products.
Video Without Boundaries is making its MediaREADY™
technology available for consumer electronic manufacturers beginning in Q4 2004.
To learn more about the technology and discuss licensing terms, please send an
email to productinfo@vwbinc.com .
About Video Without Boundaries:
Video Without Boundaries (OTCBB: VDWB) is a leader
in the converging digital media on demand, enhanced home entertainment, and
emerging interactive consumer electronics markets. We are focused on delivering
broadband media products and solutions that are easy to use, easy to afford and
able to entertain in ways never before imagined. Our MediaREADY™ 4000 is a first
of its kind digital media center that allows you to fully access the widest
range of digital media and display it on any television in your home.
Website: www.vwbinc.com .
Forward Looking Statements:
Forward-looking statements and comments in this
document are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements relating to, among other
things, the prospects for the company to increase the level of sales, maintain
current sales levels, add new products and services and develop new Web sites
are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which are
significant in scope and nature, including risks related to the demand for the
company's products and services competition, and availability of capital.
MediaREADY™ is a trademark of Video Without
Boundaries, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
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