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Ritz Camera Offers YesVideo DVD
Transfer Products and Services
SANTA CLARA, CA – (MARKET WIRE) – May 8 , 2005 - YesVideo, Inc. (www.yesvideo.com), the
leader in professional digital authoring, is teaming up with Ritz Camera
Centers, the largest national camera and photo chain, to bring DVD transfer
services to its Ritz Camera and Wolf Camera stores nationwide. The new
offering will include a combination of same-day DVD services performed in
store from videotape and digital photos at select Ritz Camera stores and
transfer of movie film, 35mm slides, all common videotape formats, and
photographs to DVDs, with centralized production at YesVideo's Santa Clara,
CA, headquarters, offered at all 1,100 Ritz locations.
Now, customers of the Ritz Camera Centers can bring in their precious
memories on almost any format for direct conversion to DVD. The DVD format
offers the versatility of playback on either a TV (DVD player) or a
personal computer. With DVD players in 81% of U.S. households, DVD is the
preferred way to view home movie and photo memories. The YesDVD format
provides professional DVD features that allow consumers to access, view,
and share their personal content easily.
YesDVD authoring adds an array of value-added DVD features:
-- Chapters automatically detected at the beginning of new scenes
-- DVD menus with images depicting the content in each chapter
(chapter thumbnails)
-- One-minute music video highlights - best scenes from the customer's
footage set to the beat of three music samples.
-- Personalized DVD title on the DVD packaging and main menu screen
-- Chapter thumbnail images printed on the DVD case coversheet
-- YesVideo Digital Scrapbook multimedia software enables the consumer
to edit and share their favorite memories by inserting the YesDVD in
their Windows PC DVD ROM drive. With the editing software embedded
on the YesDVD disc, Digital Scrapbook eliminates the need for
complex or expensive editing suites or the need to install any
software on your PC.
YesVideo Digital Scrapbook offers these valuable features:
-- Creates multimedia storyboards, complete with transitions, title
screens, and the user's music
-- Captures digital photos from videos or old movie film
-- Edits video (Modify start and end points)
-- Edits photos (Rotate, zoom, crop, and adjust brightness and contrast)
-- Prints and e-mail photos and images
YesVideo will install in-store DVD minilabs in 326 select Ritz Camera
Center locations. Ritz photo associates will operate the YesDVD Generator
minilab systems to produce YesDVD products from VHS, camcorder tapes,
digital camera memory cards, and photo CDs. Onsite production allows these
locations to offer same-day transfer services to Ritz customers. In
addition, centralized DVD production services will be offered at all 1,100
Ritz Camera Center locations for all common media types, including VHS,
camcorder cassettes, BetaCam tapes, 8mm movies, super 8 movies, 16mm
movies, photo prints, and 35mm slides.
"Home movies stored on VHS tape or camcorder cassettes have finite life and
old movie film is very difficult to play back," said Greg Ayres, COO of
YesVideo. "Authorities on the subject of magnetic videotape media state
that tapes can significantly degrade in as few as fifteen years. Through
this relationship with Ritz Camera Centers, we are offering consumers a
professionally featured DVD from their home movies that provide a better
way to view them, share them, and organize them."
YesVideo services will enhance Ritz and Wolf's existing array of video and
photo services. More and more consumers want to protect home videos or
recordings against further degradation. Videotape picture quality degrades
over time, while film and slide projectors are giving way to digital
projectors. Moreover, many consumers are using their PCs or laptops as
media centers.
"We are excited to offer YesVideo's in-store and centralized transfer
services as an added convenience to our customers," says Rich Tranchida,
Executive Vice President, Ritz Camera Centers. "Our customers expect the
best products and services from Ritz Camera. YesDVD is a perfect addition
to our comprehensive digital media offerings."
About YesVideo
YesVideo, Inc. is dedicated to providing its customers with easy and
affordable solutions to preserve and enjoy their video and photographic
memories. As the leader in automated digital media authoring, YesVideo
develops and utilizes best in class video engineering and state of the art
software technology to enable top-quality, on demand DVD and CD video
publishing. Founded in 1999 by Sai-Wai Fu, a pioneer in digital video
compression Technology, YesVideo is a privately held company, with
headquarters in Santa Clara, California. For More information about
YesVideo, visit http://www.yesvideo.com.
About Ritz Camera
Ritz Camera Centers, headquartered in Beltsville, MD, is the largest retail
camera and photo chain in the United States with approximately 1,100
locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The chain of stores
now includes Ritz Camera, Wolf Camera, Kits Camera, Inkley's and The Camera
Shop. All stores have Big Print Central Departments offering both
traditional and digital prints "in minutes." The Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.
website, www.ritzpix.com offers customers a one-hour printing and in-store
pick-up service. Ritz Camera Centers, Inc. also owns and operates Boater's
World Marine Centers, a leading marine specialty retail chain with 125
stores nationwide.
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