CUPERTINO, California—October 17, 2000—Apple® and Pinnacle Systems today announced the immediate availability of an uncompressed, standard-definition (SD) video editing solution for less than $10,000. Available exclusively on Apple's blazingly fast Power Mac™ G4, the solution includes Apple's award-winning Final Cut Pro® video editing, effects and compositing software and Pinnacle Systems' TARGA Cine uncompressed SD video board.
“The Power Mac G4 with Velocity Engine has become the state-of-the-art professional video editing platform,” said Philip Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Apple, working together with Pinnacle, is delivering the first complete pro desktop video editing solution capable of scaling from uncompressed standard-definition video to high-definition video. This breakthrough solution starts at less than $10,000 and is available only on the Power Mac G4.”
“The Power Mac G4 is the professional video editing platform of choice and we're thrilled to bring the power of TARGA Ciné exclusively to the Mac,” said Mark Sanders, Pinnacle Systems' CEO. “This is an incredibly powerful solution at a price point never offered before.”
The uncompressed SD video editing solution exclusively for the Mac® provides video acquisition in all major standard-definition formats (DV, composite, component and D1) and features:
Complete solutions including a Power Mac G4, Final Cut Pro and the Pinnacle TARGA Ciné are available immediately through The Apple Store™ (www.apple.com). Base configurations start at US$9,999. An optional digital interface, the Pro Digital breakout box, is available for an additional US$999.
Additional build-to-order options include: 450- or 500 MHz dual processor Power Mac G4s; up to 1.5GB of memory; a 40GB ATA hard drive; 2x 72GB Ultra 160 SCSI drives; Apple's revolutionary AirPort™ wireless networking technology; DVD-RAM and ZIP drives; a 56K V.90 modem; the 15-inch Apple Studio Display active matrix TFT flat panel with pure digital interface, and the 22-inch Apple Cinema Display™, the largest all-digital LCD flat panel display ever brought to market.
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Nathalie Welch
Apple
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