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ESCIENT® ANNOUNCES
“QUIKFIRE” MUSIC LOADING SERVICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GET DIGITAL
-- Dealers Can
Offer Clients a Value-Added CD Encoding Service that Quickly Brings Users the
Full Benefits of FireBall Music Management Right Out of the Box --
March 28, 2005 – Escient, a
world leader in advanced digital home entertainment solutions, announced today
that it has teamed with Get Digital, Inc., the premier provider of CD ripping
and high quality data tagging services, to provide retailers who sell Escient
FireBall™ music management systems with a quick and efficient way to upload
their clients’ CD collections into a FireBall system’s music library. The new
value-added QuickFire Music Loading Service combines CD ripping, encoding and
FireBall loading with accurate album and artist information provided by Get
Digital’s DataFix™ process. In addition to giving retailers and installers a
convenient, hassle-free method for quickly uploading their clients’ CD
collections, the service also provides users with value-added extras such as a
three-ring bound color catalog of their CD collection and MP3 library backup on
DVD-R’s.
Noted Escient VP and General Manager Bill Carson:
“Escient is committed to supporting our valued retailers and custom
installation partners in every way possible. By teaming with Get Digital for
the QuickFire CD Loading Service, we’re providing dealers the opportunity to
enhance the experience of FireBall music management for their clients. Many
custom installers pre-load their clients’ CD collections themselves. Using
QuikFire provides a turnkey encoding solution that saves time and adds great
value for FireBall customers.”
How QuickFire CD Loading Service Works
All dealers and installers of Escient FireBall systems will be offered the
opportunity to participate in the QuickFire Music Loading Service program.
There are multiple dealer options with QuikFire. Most often, when a FireBall
purchaser decides to take advantage of the service, the dealer or installer
simply sends the client’s CD collection to the Escient QuikFire Encoding Center
(using the customized, fully insured and pre-paid shipping containers
provided). The Client’s CD library is loaded into the FireBall in MP3 format
(320k, 192k, 160k, 128k) or in FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) format. The
FireBall system and CD collection is then shipped back to the dealer, ready for
use.
As part of the service, all of the client’s MP3’s
are permanently archived on DVD-R discs and returned in a color printed music
catalog containing Artist, Title, Track and Cover Art of the clients library.
In addition, all CDs are insured, visually inspected, and cleaned if needed. A
log of all damaged discs is returned with the client’s CDs. There are two
levels of QuickFire service available. Standard QuikFire Service includes a
5-day library encode with all ground transportation, insurance and materials.
Platinum QuikFire Service enhances Standard Service by offering 2-day library
encode and complete next day air shipping. Both service offerings are available
starting at 200 discs with pricing in 100 disc increments.
Escient FireBall Music Servers – The Complete
Music Management Center
Escient’s award-winning line of FireBall digital music managers are
entertainment products that manage users’ entire music collection and
seamlessly integrate into both their existing home theater system as well as
the local area network (LAN). FireBall Music Management Systems can handle huge
collections of digital music files stored on the internal hard drive, as well
as over 1200 CDs (stored in up to three mega-changers controlled by the
FireBall) – all through a sophisticated and elegant onscreen interface that
makes it simple to find and play any song, album, playlist or artist in the
user’s collection. The FireBall series also features built-in CD/CD-RW allowing
users to conveniently rip CDs directly to the internal hard drive as well as
effortlessly create customized CDs.
About Escient
Escient is a division of D&M Holdings U.S., Inc., and is the pioneering
leader in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, sales, distribution
and support of a groundbreaking category of audio/video products that meld the
power of the Internet seamlessly with intuitive home-entertainment devices.
Escient’s products and services are designed to enhance the entertainment
experience by providing previously unheard-of ways to access music, movies and
related content throughout the home. The company possesses a deep portfolio of
designs for new products including media servers, DVD systems, remote players
and networking and streaming devices, that are brought to market under the
Escient brand through a channel of over 800 locations throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe and Mexico, and in partnership with other leading global
consumer electronics brands.
About Get Digital, Inc.
Founded in 2003, Get Digital, Inc. provides a fast, cost effective, and
easy-to-use solution for converting CD collections to computer file formats
such as MP3, WMA, and others. Get Digital utilizes custom software and
equipment to automate this process and provide the most efficient method
accessible to anyone that supports all the MP3 devices available today. Get
Digital brings together a team of professionals who have helped pioneer the
digital audio industry through experience with companies such as Escient,
Thomson and Texas Instruments. Get Digital is supported by a software
development team with expertise in digital media devices, application
development, and database management. For more information, please visit
www.getdigitalinc.com.
About D&M Holdings Inc.
D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE II: 6735) is based in Tokyo and owns the Denon,
Marantz, McIntosh Laboratory, D&M Professional, ReplayTV®, Rio® and
Escient® brands. Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and D&M Professional are global
industry leaders in the specialist home theater, audio/video consumer
electronics or professional audio markets, with a strong and long-standing
heritage of manufacturing and marketing high-performance audio and video
components. The ReplayTV, Rio and Escient brands represent award-winning
technologies in digital home entertainment. Additional information is available
at www.dm-holdings.com.
DISCLAIMER
Statements in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may
include forward looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the company. We wish to caution you that such
statements are just predictions and that actual events or results may differ
materially. Forward looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties surrounding competitive and industry conditions, market
acceptance for the company's products, risks of litigation, technological
changes, developing industry standards and other factors related to the
company's businesses.
Escient and the Escient logo are registered trademarks and FireBall is a
trademark of Digital Networks North America, Inc.
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