Storage: MARGI Systems Announces Fujitsu PC Corporation Will Offer DVD-to-Go as an Accessory for Select Lifebook Notebooks. PC Card Will Be Offered With Optional DVD Drive - Product Information

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, Nov 2, 1998

MARGI Systems, Inc., the premier developer of PCMCIA cards for the mobile computing market, Monday announced Fujitsu PC Corporation (FPC), Milpitas, Calif., will offer MARGI's DVD-to-Go, a PCMCIA Type II PC card that provides full color, full motion broadcast quality video playback and Dolby Digital Surround Sound, as an accessory for select LifeBook notebooks - enhancing power, performance and flexibility for FPC's mobile customers.

MARGI offers the most extensive line of PCMCIA Type II cards on the market today. In addition to the recently released DVD-to-Go, MARGI offers MPEG-to-Go for full color, full motion video playback and CD quality sound, and Capture-to-Go, which enables video recording, capture, editing and storage. Capture-to-Go and a DVD drive from MARGI will also be options for FPC's LifeBook customers, sold through the Fujitsu Notebook Accessories catalog. "MARGI's DVD-to-Go provides one of the highest levels of performance and video quality of any solution - including software DVD (1) that we've seen on the market," said Sara Nelson, director, product marketing for FPC. "We are consistently impressed with MARGI's easy and ready-to-use products, and with the dedication and support MARGI provides to its customers." MARGI also announced FPC has become a member of Team DVD, a consortium founded by MARGI to ensure seamless playback of DVD media on the notebook computer. To become a member of Team DVD, a company must offer products that are tested, qualified and recommended by MARGI, and guaranteed compliant with its PC Cards. "It has been a pleasure working with FPC on this partnership," said Shrikant Acharya, president, MARGI Systems. "We have the similar goal of bringing world-class multimedia solutions to market, so we feel FPC's decision to offer our cards with its select notebooks is one that will enable more power, flexibility and performance for the end user." Headquartered in Fremont, Calif, MARGI Systems is the premier developer of PCMCIA cards for the mobile computing market. MARGI leads the industry with several "firsts" including the first ZV-Port DVD PC card, the first MPEG PC card and the first Audio-Video capture card solution. It has offices in Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany and the U.K. For more information about MARGI Systems and its products, call 510/657-4435, or visit Margi's web site at www.margi.com. (1)Based on Total U.S. Mobile PC Shipments, International Data Corporation, 10/98