CINEMA CRAFT and NetBlender Launch High-End Blu-ray Solution

Alexandria, VA and Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2009

NetBlender and CINEMA CRAFT USA announced today the immediate availability of a new high-end Blu-ray solution that combines the award-winning CC-HDe Encoder with NetBlender's proven, professional DoStudio Authoring system. The new solution, called CC-HDe/a, satisfies the high-end Compression and Authoring (C&A) market's need for pristine, highly-configurable Blu-ray compression and full spec, cost-effective and user-friendly Blu-ray authoring. CC-HDe/a is available exclusively through CINEMA CRAFT USA.

"A comparable solution from other vendors would have cost more than $100,000 in license fees, required weeks in dedicated authoring training and would have meant lengthy production cycles. The CC-HDe/a solution from CINEMA CRAFT USA saves me more than 50% in upfront cost, delivers the fastest and most importantly, the highest quality AVC encoding for Blu-ray. And now, combined with the professional authoring features and ease-of-use DoStudio, this bundle really delivers the end-to-end package," said Tony Laughton, CEO, PROMO SCAPE-Melbourne, Australia.

"This customer-driven solution changes the economics of Blu-ray, and not a moment too soon. Unlike DVD, Blu-ray faces several home video competitors. If Blu-ray is to take its rightful place as the dominant home entertainment format, Blu-ray disc prices have to come down. The only way that will happen is if content creators and the post-production community that serves them have access to cost-effective solutions that reduce production cost and time, and most importantly without compromising high quality. That's what CC-HDe/a is all about," said, Ray Wallick, President, CINEMA CRAFT USA.

"Our partnership with CINEMA CRAFT represents the next step in NetBlender's mission to cut the drama out of Blu-ray production. Since the launch of DoStudio Authoring in 2008, it has been used to author hundreds of mass-replicated titles worldwide, increasing the supply of BDs and bringing their shelf-price closer to DVD. With DoStudio Workflow Suite, announced at NAB 2009, we eliminated the Blu-ray-compliant encoding bottleneck for the independent post production and corporate markets. This partnership with CINEMA CRAFT offers high-end and mid-level C&A facilities a "right-priced," fast and easy-to-use Blu-ray solution," said John Harrington, CEO of NetBlender.

About CINEMA CRAFT USA
For over 10 years CINEMA CRAFT has developed innovative high-end software toolsets for DVD and Blu-ray studio professionals who demand pristine picture quality. CINEMA CRAFT Software and Turnkey Systems include solutions for Film Restoration with--Reneat; Standard-Definition MPEG-2 Encoding with--CCE-SP2, CC Xtream, and CCE-MP); and High-Definition AVC/H. 264 Encoding with--CC-HDe. A vast majority of the Hollywood "A list" DVD and Blu-ray Titles have been encoded using CINEMA CRAFT. For more information, please visit: http://www.cinemacraftusa.com

About NetBlender
NetBlender was founded in 2005 by a team of veteran interactive media producers. The company designs and develops practical and professional Blu-ray technology solutions for the global BD production community. NetBlender's Blu-ray solutions include DoStudio BD Authoring Edition (DSA), a complete Blu-ray authoring tool designed for DVD authors moving to Blu-ray Disc, DoStudio BD Workflow Edition (DSW) which integrates with DSA Blu-ray encoding, subtitling, playback, burning and formatting, and BD Touch, an acclaimed solution that lets end-users interact with BD content through their iPhone and iPod Touch. For more information, please visit: http://www.netblender.com

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