Video-Wiz launched as worlds leading video organizing software.

Montreal – Do you have stacks of unlabeled videotapes with no idea whats on them? Cant find the video you shot of your childs birthday or the show you taped last week? Ever accidentally recorded over something you wanted to keep? Cant remember who borrowed the season finale of your favourite show? Cant decide what you feel like watching tonight? No worries, Video-Wiz has arrived!

Video-Wiz was formally launched today by Third Wave Ideas, a software publisher co-founded by Marc Proulx and Brian Bradley. Video-Wiz is a powerful yet easy-to-use program that makes it simpler than ever to catalog entire videotape collections. At last, there is top-quality software designed to help people get their videotape collections under control.

If youre like most people, you have a great collection of recordings youve taped over the years, but youre not sure whats where on your tapes," says Proulx. With Video-Wiz, you can keep track of all your recordings quickly and easily." Bradley adds, Video-Wiz is custom-designed from the ground up to deal with all the specific needs of people who record videotapes on a regular basis."

According to test trial results, video enthusiasts have given a thumbs up to Video-Wiz. In fact, many are already hailing it as the worlds best video organizing software.

Features of Video-Wiz include the ability to perform customized searches for specific recordings, keep an alphabetized printed list of your whole collection next to the VCR for general browsing or to quickly find exactly what you want to watch, and make sure you never tape over something you want to keep. Whats more, you can even print great-looking labels and keep track of any tapes you loan to anyone else.

A unique feature that has garnered much praise is the Virtual Videotape Bar. It displays a graph of all the recordings on each tape relative to the space they occupy. You can see at a glance how much of the tape each recording is taking up and how much empty space is available in any recording mode. It is also quite functional, allowing you to easily navigate through all the information youve entered.

Video-Wiz is available for $39.95 (US). For more information or to order Video-Wiz directly on-line, visit their web site at http://www.thirdwaveideas.com

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