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Doremi Cinema LLC. Secures 200 Unit
Digital Cinema Server Order
from Christie Digital Systems, Inc.
Burbank, CA - November 18, 2005 - Doremi Cinema LLC is pleased
to announce that Christie Digital Systems, Inc. has ordered 200 Doremi
DCP-2000 digital cinema servers.
Doremi's cinema server will be part of a DCI-Compliant digital cinema system featuring Christie DLP Cinema® projectors and related hardware and software including Access Integrated Technologies' (AccessIT) (AMEX: AIX) Theater Command Center. The system will be deployed by Christie/AIX, a unit of AccessIT. Installation of 150 systems throughout the USA is anticipated by December 31, 2005.
The DCP-2000 cinema server from Doremi Cinema is the first commercially available server capable of playing DCI-JPEG2000 digital movies at up to 250Mbits/sec. The DCP-2000 features 800GBytes of RAID5 storage in a 3RU chassis with redundant power supplies.
Commenting on the announcement, Doremi Labs Marketing Director Ramzi Shakra said "We have been at the forefront of JPEG2000 technology integration since its introduction. The DCP-2000 server is the culmination of our effort to provide the Digital Cinema market with the first server capable of playing DCI-Compliant digital movies with JPEG2000 compression. We are proud to have Christie/AIX select our DCP-2000 server as an integral part of their digital cinema rollout nationwide."
About Doremi Cinema
Doremi Cinema LLC. is a division of Doremi Labs, Inc. Doremi Labs is a
leading developer and manufacturer of video disk recorders (VDR) and video
servers for the professional video and audio markets. Doremi's V1 family
of VDRs is a market leader with several thousand installations worldwide.
Over the last three years Doremi has expended its product line outside
the video server market. New products include the ORCA real-time HD MPEG2
video encoder, and the Nugget MPEG2 HD video player. The Nugget development
technology together with the ORCA encoder and the JPEG2000 based V1-HD
video server set in motion Doremi's entry into the Digital Cinema market
and the establishment of Doremi Cinema LLC. in 2005. Today Doremi Cinema
provides complete mastering and playback solutions for both the DCI-JPEG2000
standard and MXF Interop.
About Christie
Christie is a leader in visual solutions for world-class organizations,
offering diverse applications for business, entertainment, and industry.
A leading innovator in film projection since 1929 and a pioneer in digital
projection systems since 1979, Christie has established a global reputation
as a total service provider and the world's single source manufacturer
of a variety of display technologies and solutions. Christie offers comprehensive
solutions for cinema, large audience venues, control rooms, business presentations,
training facilities, 3D and Virtual Reality, simulation and education
as well as industrial and government environments.
About Access Integrated Technologies
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) is an industry leader
in offering a fully managed storage and electronic delivery service for
owners and distributors of digital content to movie theaters and other
venues. Supported by its robust platform of fail-safe Internet data centers,
AccessIT is able to leverage the market-leading role of its Theatrical
Distribution System (TDS) with its innovative digital delivery capabilities
and in-theatre software systems to provide the highest level of technology
available to enable the emerging Digital Cinema industry to transition
from film without changing workflows.
DLP Cinema® is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments.