Press Release
- 2002
ATI's Limited Edition "Entertain Your Mac" Combo Delivers A Party To Your Desktop
Popcorn not included
Wednesday March 27, 2002
MARKHAM, Ontario - For
a limited time, ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT)
is offering the "Entertain Your Mac" Combo for Apple
Macintosh computers just in time to gather friends to watch
Major League Baseball, NBA finals, TV show season finales, or
any other TV special event. In addition, the "Entertain
Your Mac" Combo brings great graphics to the desktop --
the perfect way to take a break with a computer game or video.
More details are available at http://www.ati.com.
The "Entertain Your Mac" Combo consists of ATI's
Radeon™ 7000 Mac Edition, a mainstream graphics solution
for Apple users featuring dual display support, and ATI's
Xclaim™ TV USB EDITION, an external TV tuner offering
a host of great TV features. With a manufacturers' suggested
retail price of (US) $199, the "Entertain Your Mac"
Combo offers more features and value than any other multimedia
offering in its price range. It will begin shipping today
to distributors and retailers and will be on shelves next
week.
"The 'Entertain Your Mac' Combo was designed to provide
consumers with a great multimedia experience right on their
desktops," said Stan Ossias, Product Manager, Mac Products,
Desktop Marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "This limited
time offer will give Mac users the best of both worlds - the
ability to view great TV programs and events while enjoying
fun computer games and videos."
The Radeon 7000 Mac Edition is ideally suited to users with
older Power Mac systems wishing to increase their display
real estate, update their graphics capability or increase
their overall system performance. It also enables newer, AGP-based
Power Mac owners to add one or more displays to their systems
using one of the available PCI slots. The Radeon 7000 Mac Edition is ideal for mainstream Mac users by delivering solid
3D performance, integrated TV-out and ATI's Video Immersion
technology for industry-leading DVD playback.
XCLAIM TV USB EDITION is ideal for Mac users to watch TV
on Apple desktops or mobile systems through an easy, single
cable installation into the computer's USB (Universal Serial
Bus) port. Features include: Channel Preview for quick previews
of "what's on"; Hot Words to identify key words
and phrases in a desired TV program using the closed captioning
stream; and parental control to allow parents to lock in or
lock out selected channels and monitor or limit their children's
exposure to adult programming. Xclaim TV USB EDITION enables
Mac users to easily multitask by watching TV while downloading
from the Internet or keeping an eye on a favorite TV show
while responding to e-mail messages. Xclaim TV USB EDITION
allows for analog video and audio recording which provides
an alternate way for users without digital video cameras to
create iMovies.
XCLAIM Video Player, ATI's capture application, includes
support for software post-compression using standard QuickTime™
codecs (compressor/decompressor) therefore reducing the space
required to store a captured movie.
XCLAIM TV USB EDITION adds TV capabilities to Apple systems
that have a USB port, including the iMac™, PowerBook®,
iBook™, or G3/G4 Macintosh®. No additional power
supply is required. A cable TV signal or amplified antenna
is also required. The OS support includes Mac OS 8.6 to 9.1
and QuickTime 4.0 or higher.
Copyright
2002 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI
product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and product
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are
subject to change without notice.
Company Background
Founded in 1985, ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in
the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions for the
personal computer and Mac platforms. The pioneer, innovator
and market leader in the graphics industry, ATI provides cutting-edge
technologies for the PC, workstation, set-top box, game console
and other consumer appliances markets. The Company has more
than 1,900 employees supporting customers from its headquarters
in Markham, Ontario, Canada, as well as from offices in Barbados,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the United
Kingdom and the United States. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ
(ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).
Contact Information
For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site
at http://www.ati.com or contact:
Pedro Cabezuelo, Senior Counsellor, BenchMark Porter Novelli,
at (416) 422-7164 or pcabezuelo@bmporternovelli.com
For Information:
John Swinimer, Public Relations Manager, Consumer Products,
at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 8456 or jswinime@ati.com
For investor relations support, please contact:
Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies
Inc., at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or jcraig@ati.com
