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RAW Video-In On the Mac Moves to a New Level... at $89!
XLR8 XtraView USB boasts expanded features and new low price...
Game consoles, TV viewing, VHS and DVD all connect at $89

Suwanee, Georgia, June 1, 2007 - Daystar Technology, a leader in real-time video capture, is delivering more advances in Mac based multimedia creation. It is announcing the expansion of features and a new lower price on its XLR8® XtraView™ USB, the video-in solution for Mac® OS X.

Since its introduction last year, this simple USB 2.0 device has provided, easy to use, plug and play video on the Mac. Now, with its new features and price, XtraView USB is fully Mac Universal, supports over 30 third-party add-ons (see http://xlr8.com/applications ) and is able to work as a high-performance security system, TV viewer / recorder, video digitizer or game console monitor.

"XtraView USB is the only device under $200 that can connect full-screen, real-time, raw uncompressed video to the Mac.", said Gary Dailey, president of Daystar. "It stands alone as a high quality, pro device... without the sync glitches seen using competitive compression based devices costing up to three times more!"

New Features and Price.

  • Game Console support in real-time, uncompressed.
  • PowerPC and Intel Universal.
  • Full-screen TV viewing from any tuner or player.
  • Perfectly synced recording to QuickTime.
  • Now only $89!

Everything you need.
XtraView includes everything users need to capture, edit and create:

  • Both audio and video connect via the single USB 2.0 device.
  • XtraView Capture software with a simple "click and record" interface to transform any S-Video or RCA audio/video source into QuickTime movies.
  • XtraView Exporter software enables full QuickTime Pro export capabilities.
  • ArcSoft's VideoImpression 2.0 capture / editing software allows capture / editing at any size (iMovie requires large DV Streams).

Supported Systems.
XtraView is designed to work with all modern Apple systems. It requires only USB 2.0, and Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later.

About Daystar Technology and XLR8 Brand Products
Daystar originated as the creator of Mac CPU upgrades and multiprocessing on the Mac. The company continues to specialize in integrating leading technologies on the Apple platform. Its XLR8 brand products currently focus on CPU and video creation solutions, pushing the envelope in capabilities and performance for multimedia centric users.

Daystar operates as an Apple Authorized Reseller and Service center, and maintains a staff of Apple Certified Technicians. Daystar currently distributes/resells Apple, XLR8, Giga Designs, QuickerTek, Northstar and a variety of leading brand products via its store front and web store at http://Daystar-Store.com. It's XLR8 brand products are also exclusively distributed via Victory Multimedia / Ingram Micro. It also sells and services Apple products via its store-front in Suwanee, Georgia.

Additional information on Daystar Technology and XLR8 can be found via the Daystar website at: http://daystartechnology.com/about/ and http://daystartechnology.com/news/

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XLR8, XtraView, XtraView USB, and Daystar Technology are trademarks or registered trademarks of Daystar Technologies, Inc.