FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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, Boston Acoustics, Snell, 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. Boston Acoustics, with its signature Boston
Sound,™ is a leader in premium loudspeakers for home and audio markets. Snell is a
super premium speaker brand. 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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INFORMATION:
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