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- Apple Announces The PowerCD CD Player
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- Contacts:
- Tricia Chan
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-3886
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- Apple Announces The PowerCD CD Player
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- New Portable Three-in-One CD-ROM Drive Offers Portability, Photo CD,
- and CD-Audio Capabilities
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- HANNOVER, Germany--March 24, 1993--Apple Computer, Inc. today
- announced its plans for the first in a line of CD-ROM-based
- multimedia products from its Personal Interactive Electronics
- Division (PIE). PowerCD is a three-in-one CD player that enables
- users to play CD-ROM, Photo CD and audio compact discs. Apple
- expects the addition of PowerCD along with its existing AppleCD 300
- to further promote CD-ROM technology and enhance its offerings for
- the Macintosh personal computer family.
- Available as an external device, the portable PowerCD drive offers
- three-in-one capabilities. The combination of PowerCDs multiple
- features will offer users access to Macintosh CD-ROM titles on their
- computer, full support for Kodak Photo CD formats and the ability to
- play audio CDs, when connected to a television or Macintosh computer.
- The new PowerCD player offers users a flexible portable device for
- accessing CD-ROM or Photo CD discs for business presentations,
- reference databases, photo archives, learning programs and
- entertainment. The PowerCD is light weight and can be battery
- operated, thus making it a perfect peripheral for mobile
- professionals.
- "Building on the positive response Apple has received from our CD-ROM
- offerings, the availability of PowerCD is great news for mobile
- business professionals, home computer users and the CD-ROM community.
- Users will have a light weight, easy to use, portable CD-ROM solution
- that can access CD titles, view Photo CD images and play audio
- compact discs" said Gaston Bastiaens, vice president and general
- manager of Apple's PIE Division.
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- PowerCD Capabilities
- PowerCD has a built-in SCSI port to enable users to connect their
- Macintosh desktop or PowerBook computer and use it as a CD-ROM drive.
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- Viewing Photo CD Images on a Television or Macintosh Computer
- By connecting the PowerCD drive to a television, users can access
- photographic images stored on single and multisession Kodak Photo CD
- discs. By using the PowerCD remote control, customers will be able
- to zoom in, rotate, crop and view images in any order. A Photo CD
- image is a digitized version of a 35 mm photograph or negative that a
- user can also open and view on the Macintosh computer screen. With
- the PowerCD drive and a Macintosh computer running Apple QuickTime
- multimedia software, a user can easily access high-quality images,
- cut, copy, and paste the images into documents, and edit them using
- Macintosh graphics applications.
- In addition to the Photo CD capabilities, PowerCD also supports the
- ISO/High Sierra file format and the CD Digital Audio Format (CD-DA).
- These formats allow CD title developers to integrate audio, text and
- graphics. Business professionals will be able to take Photo CD
- presentations and play them on a television for customers, customizing
- a presentation to suit the customer's needs by preprogramming a slide
- sequence.
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- Playing Audio CDs
- The PowerCD player can be connected easily to a stereo system and
- headphones to play music compact discs for high-quality digital
- sound.
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- Pricing, Availability and Distribution
- The PowerCD is scheduled to be available in the summer of 1993
- through authorized Apple resellers. Pricing, availability and
- distribution will vary by country.
- The PowerCD drive is intended to include a remote control for Photo
- CD and CD playback, an AC adaptor and a CVBS cinch-style video cable
- to connect to a television.
- Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Apple is a leading supplier of
- computers to consumer, education, business and government markets
- worldwide. A recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal
- computer industry, Apple has been named first in customer
- satisfaction among business computer users in the United States for
- the past two years by J.D. Powers and Associates.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks;
- AppleCD, QuickTime, PowerBook and PowerCD are trademarks of Apple
- Computer, Inc.
- Kodak and Photo CD is a trademark of the Eastman Kodak Company.
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