Monsoon Multimedia Announces HAVA Gold HD

Monsoon Multimedia Announces HAVA Gold HD

Monsoon HAVA Gold HD Offers Full Featured Video Streaming, Time- and Place-Shifting With HD Support at $129

SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative digital video solutions provider, today announced HAVA Gold HD, a full featured video streaming, place- and time-shifting device that allows customers to view and control their home video and TV within the home, using an existing network or from anywhere in the world from a broadband-connected PC.

The Monsoon HAVA Gold HD features next generation video streaming utilizing VBooster technology, place- and time-shifting capabilities, full personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, Microsoft Vista and HD support and seamless integration with Microsoft Media Center Edition PCs. The HAVA platform is available immediately for OEM partnerships as well as direct from Monsoon.

HAVA Gold HD enables high-quality MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 streaming and recording of video content from any video source, including live TV, DVD players and TiVo, to multiple PCs in a home or business. Users can simultaneously connect to the HAVA using any Internet connection and begin enjoying their home TV with channel changing capabilities from any location.

HAVA also enables the PC to operate as a PVR with pause, fast forward, rewind and record functions and allows TV content on the PC to be stored and burnt onto DVDs. Windows XP Media Center Edition and Vista PC users can utilize HAVA as a TV tuner and add full multimedia capabilities to their PCs.

"The HAVA Gold HD is a great addition to our HAVA line of video time- and place-shifting solutions," said Vadim Dagman, CTO at Monsoon. "Our engineers worked hard to deliver best-of-breed features including HD support, PVR functionality and Microsoft Vista compatibility at a very compelling price point for existing and potential OEM and retail customers."

Monsoon HAVA Gold HD Features:

-- Component Input and support for HD video source (1080i, 720p,
480p/576p) played back in the native 16:9 aspect ratio on the client
display -- "HD capable"
-- Supports Windows Vista
-- Windows XP Media Center Edition integration -- appears as an installed
TV-tuner card
-- Connects to any TV source such as Cable, Satellite, DVD, TiVo or a
Camcorder
-- Enables TiVo-like functionality on the PC. Users can record, store,
pause, rewind and fast forward stored video
-- All inputs include a pass through connector, eliminating the use of
splitters when connecting HAVA to home video equipment
-- Streams video at an average of 8Mbps directly to PCs in home network in
MPEG-2 full D1 resolution, at 720 x 480 pixels
-- Streams MPEG-2 format over the home network, MPEG-4 format over the
Internet
-- Schedule and record programs for later viewing
-- Allows burning of stored material to DVD

Pricing and Availability

Monsoon licenses HAVA's reference designs and software to large OEMs. HAVA Gold HD is also available directly through Monsoon's e-tailing division at http://www.snappymultimedia.com/ for $99.00 (CES 2007 promotional price until January 31, 2007).

About Monsoon Multimedia

Monsoon Multimedia provides advanced, standards based multimedia products and technologies for the PC and Consumer Electronics industries. Monsoon licenses highly optimized multimedia solutions comprising applications, drivers, frameworks, middleware and reference designs. Our customers and partners are semiconductor companies, PC manufacturers, software suppliers and consumer electronics companies. Founded by the founders of Dazzle and Emuzed, the company is headquartered in Noida, India and has R&D facilities in California and Russia. For more information, please visit http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/ .

Source: Monsoon Multimedia

CONTACT: Anders Steele of FortyThree, Inc., +1-831-706-2722, or
anders@fortythreepr.com

Web site: http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/
http://www.snappymultimedia.com/

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