DVvideo.com Ships HotSwap FireWire Enclosure

DVvideo.com announces HotSwap IEEE 1394(FireWire, iLink) Hard Drive Enclosures

LAFAYETTE, Calif., May 14, 2002-DVvideo.com, the digital video starting
point, announces the availability of the HotSwap IEEE1394/FireWire/iLink
hard drive enclosures.
DVvideo.com HotSwap Hard Drive Enclosures are a pro-grade product
delivering a convenient, speedy, scaleable and portable alternative to the
complexity of installing internal hard disk drives in a computer.

Offering plug and play ease-of-use and additional trays at $29, users will
appreciate the significant value and convenience this product provides.
“Its speed and scalability allow the HotSwap solution to fill a storage
void for many digital video editors and media creators,” said president and
founder of DVvideo.com, Ben Miskie. “Because of it’s industrial strength,
speed, and hotswap-ability, the HotSwap Enclosures can be especially useful
for digital video editors and media creators whose storage needs grow very
rapidly.”

DVvideo.com HotSwap Enclosures offer the highest performance and durability
available equipped with an included premium heavy-duty gold plated
6pin/6pin cable, a triple fan cooling system, complete compatibility with
both Mac OS9/OSX and Windows platforms, ATA-6 compatibility, and the
ability to insert and remove hard drives while the computer is running.
Because the HotSwap Enclosures are external and connect via FireWire, they
can complement perfectly any computer requiring external high performance
storage, such as an iMac or any laptop.

“Just like the DVvideo.com Premier Enclosures ($139), the DVvideo.com
HotSwap Enclosures take advantage of the 2nd generation Oxford 911
chipset,” Miskie added. “Using the Oxford 911 chip and an enhanced firmware
enables our product to achieve real world transfer speeds of up to 40 MB/s,
fast enough to directly capture DV video.”

Pricing and Availability

DVvideo.com HotSwap IEEE1394 Hard Drive Enclosures are priced at $225 and
are available immediately at DVvideo.com. For more information visit:
http://www.dvvideo.com/shop/storage/buyHotSwap.htm

About DVvideo.com

DVvideo.com started in January 2000, offering an educational resource for
beginning to medium-level filmmakers. Since then DVvideo.com has grown,
offering a store to buy DV video related products, industry news, related
product reviews, online films created in DV format, and a forum for digital
filmmakers to converse. Located in Lafayette, CA, DVvideo.com can be found
on the web at (http://www.DVvideo.com/).