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OCTV will crush PL technology!
READ THIS!
http://www.pedagog.com/octv.htm
http://www.pedagog.com/vid_gsm.htm
This is the best page: Check out the ABC clip!
http://www.shawley.co.uk/video.htm
Quite simply, OCTV™ describes Shawley's ability to transmit video from anyplace to anywhere in the world over mobile phone networks (GSM/PCN), or traditional wired systems, as a complete end-to-end solution.
The ease of installation and flexibility of operation of OCTV™ makes it an ideal choice for all surveillance applications. OCTV™ has been developed in close collaboration with UK police forces, and can be relied on to provide "evidential video quality" with full traceability and security of images made possible by our unique tagging and encryption systems.
For transmission of video and telemetry OCTV™ can be seamlessly integrated with mobile phone networks, PSTN land lines, ISDN, or even ethernet, providing the flexibility to exploit whichever connectivity solution best suits the particular application environment.
Using technology developed by our sister company, Pedagog, the wireless connectivity of OCTV™ lends it unparalleled versatility of application and yields substantial savings in the cost of installation and monitoring over a conventional CCTV solution.
Find out more about the range of options available for cameras and monitoring, or, if you're looking for answers, try the OCTV FAQs.
To see what the press think you can check out the BBC News and Channel 5 News features on OCTV, or discover what ABC's Good Morning America had to say about the innovative use to which Parentwatch are putting our video over GSM technology.
Looks like OCTV is the new word on WIRELESS SECURITY!
Peace & Happy Posting!
World's First Video-over-GSM Security System
The first open-circuit television (OCTV) security system which allows anyone with a mobile telephone and a computer (whether desktop, laptop or hand held) to transmit and receive high quality video pictures around the world has been developed by Shawley LTD, a British company.
The system provides remote surveillance via the mobile phone network over any distance through a camera fixed to the wall or ceiling in homes and offices or hand held. Monitoring can be carried out at any time by authorised personnel with a mobile phone and computer, and the appropriate PIN. The system can also be used with traditional wired telephone systems.
Applications include the replacement of CCTV systems in town centres, covert surveillance by security services, access control on building sites and anti-vandal surveillance in schools, sports stadiums and other public places. The system will even allow users to watch their homes from tens of thousands of kilometres away. Cost savings over CCTV systems can be as high as 80%, as there is no need for expensive wiring, special monitors, or burying of cables.
OCTV transmits colour video over GSM and PCN networks and through any other network that allows the transmission of data. The video pictures are stored at the camera end but compressed and transmitted to the monitor for remote storage and viewing. They use analogue colour and black and white twin CCD cameras for the pan, tilt and zoom heads and static cameras, and digital cameras for handheld or palm PC devices.
All images are encrypted on receipt before transmission and before storing on local camera positions. All hardware is encoded so that only specific monitoring positions can access specific camera positions. Replicating the hardware will not give 'hackers' access to the image even if they have the OCTV software.
Shawley LTD
Suflex Estate
Risea
Newport
United Kingdom
NP1 1 6YD. Contact Dr Olinga Taeed.
Tel: 00 44 1633 619999
Fax: 00 44 1633 619977
E-mail: Shawley_CCTV@compuserve.com
http://www.britainzw.org/information/issue1-Feb-2000.htm
Diverdan.....
Per your leader RLM.....
I have my 1st amendment right to post here! LOL
Actually this is good therapy for me, I truly enjoy posting my views on SEVU and secureview. Negative is not part of my life at all, Ensuring SEVU keeps in line, well that is another story! LOL
I have as much right to post my view as you do yours!
Happy Posting! -----
Diverdan how about that huge PR & 2% pop today! LOL!
Check out these 2 cameras!
http://www.spooktech.com/prowirelesstransmitters/index.shtml
WIRELESS VIDEO SYSTEM
The NEMA4-HPU is a long range weather proof outdoor video transmitter. The NEMA4-HPU is perfect for pole cam operations or anywhere a outdoor transmitter is needed. The unit has been tested at over 15 miless line of sight.
Complete In House Design & Engineering
Let our technical department design and build you a custom system. From system integration to custom product design & manufacture our engineers can build a solution for you!
___________________________________________________________
CYBEREYE IMAGE
DIGITAL PIR CAMERA
Your Electronic WatchDog!
How many times have you walked up to your NEW car, only to noticed that someone cowardly Keyed it?
Wouldn't you like to Catch them in the Act?
You called the COP'S to report the vandalism; only to be asked if you have a witness?
If you answered "YES" to any of the above questions, then you need the CAR CAM!
You know the cliche' "A picture is worth a thousand words"....... with CAR CAM, a PICTURE with Date Time Stamp is a Guarantee CONVICTION!
Let the CAR CAM, be your silent witness!
http://www.spooktech.com/security/digitalcamera.shtml
Both very interesting cameras!
I am still amazed at how the hype flies around these boards, Look at what happened today, SEVU biggest PR ever, 2% gain on light volume...investor Confidence?
JMHO
JP
PL Video Security company
Now this company looks like it is a direct competitor of SEVU, Check this site out!
http://www.powerlinenetworks.com/msie/security.html
Do you have a baby that you want to keep an eye on while you watch TV? Do you want to know who is at the door without getting up from the TV? Would you like to keep an eye on your baby sitter while you are away?
With Power Line Networks Home Security group of products, you can.
You already have a TV and a video camera. Why buy an expensive home security system?
Use the devices that you already have to create a custom security system that can change and grow, as you need it to. Use it in conjunction with other PLN product groups and you can watch your house, via the Internet, from anywhere you have web access. You can also have the computer call the fire or police department if something is wrong.
Watch for these exciting Home Security Products from Power Line Networks
Thank you ub43 from RB! Nice find!
LOL you are 2 much dk76!
All of this job stuff you guys post just shows what you will do in order to silence the TRUTH!
My job is better everyday, Every week, Every month, Every year! Typical SEVU long post, Make up some lies to detract from the truth and FACTS!
As YOUR leader would say...I have my 1st amendment right to post on this board! LOL!
JP
Gotinearly lets not forget this post from Bill Branum.
Not only did SEVU report the sales as revenue they included this GEM in the filing!
Posted by: BillBranum
In reply to: BillBranum who wrote msg# 10232 Date: 7/22/2001 12:30:54 AM (ET)
Post # of 10442
In fact, SEVU itself stated it
From the 10Q (quarterly report for the quarter ended June 30, 2000) filed with the SEC on August 14, 2000:
“REVENUE RECOGNITION. Revenue is recognized at the time of product shipment. Such revenue is recorded net of estimated product return. At June 30, 2000, estimated amounts for returns are not considered material.”
http://www.freeedgar.com/search/ViewFilings.asp?CIK=894536&Directory=1016843&Year=00&SEC....
Wow, it seems SEVU can’t even claim the “mis-information” was out of ignorance of proper accounting procedures. OK, if it wasn’t a “mistake” then it must be ………..???
Bill Branum
GET REAL! SEVU must compensate shareholders who purchased shares based on the fraudulent filings. Does not matter if insiders made money, The shorts have nothing to do with it. The filed 8k says it all! PERIOD!
JP
RCA, GE, and PROSCAN have video over PL products coming to market!
http://www.thomson-multimedia.com/frv/fr/06/c00/000417.htm
INDIANAPOLIS, IN and DRAPER, UT - April 17, 2000 - Thomson multimedia (NYSE: TMS) and INARI (formerly Intelogis) today announced a business relationship to launch a new line of computer network adapters utilizing Inari’s second generation 2Mbps Powerline chipset. The new network adapters will allow consumers to easily send computer data throughout the home over their current powerlines. Inari’s second-generation 2Mbps Powerline networking chipsets make home networking an easy plug-and-play process for home computers and other devices.
As part of the new business relationship, Thomson will also take a 5% stake in Inari, the leading developer of powerline networking technology. Later this year, Thomson (the manufacturer and marketer of RCA, GE, and PROSCAN-brand home electronic products) will launch the new line of accessory products under the RCA brand, integrated with Inari’s Powerline networking chipsets. These new products will link multiple home computers to allow easy sharing of Internet access, printers, and other home network applications. The new adapters will communicate at 2Mbps over the home’s existing electrical wiring and will connect to PCs and printers via USB and parallel ports.
"Thomson strongly believes in the future of the networked, plug-and-play home, and that consumers must be able to use existing home wiring to link devices together. Thomson's relationship with Inari will be a key step in helping make that future dream a reality,” said Mike O’Hara, Americas Senior Vice President of Thomson. “With many homes already having at least two PCs, consumers find they need to share devices and services in the home. But no one wants to run new wires, and that’s where our Inari-powered accessory line will help the consumer.
With these accessories, Thomson multimedia and Inari seek to provide end-users with the most easy-to-install and user friendly solutions to make digital devices interoperable. Thomson and Inari also plan to offer advanced networking products that will allow broadband digital audio and video streaming to travel through the powerlines of a house, with the introduction of a 10Mbps powerline networking chipset from Inari in the first half of 2001.
"The agreement with Thomson is an important validation of our Powerline networking technology and the future role it will play in the connected home," said Tod Frohnen, president and CEO of Inari. "We anticipate Inari's industry-leading Powerline technology will be embedded in a wide-variety of computing and consumer electronics products that will make up the connected home. Inari is the recognized and established leader in powerline home networking and we believe its Powerline technology will play a key role in connecting all electronic devices in the home."
About Thomson multimedia
The world’s fourth largest producer of consumer electronics with sales of Euro 6.7 billion ($6.4 billion US) in 1999 and 55,000 salaried employees in more than 30 countries, Thomson multimedia has four principal activities: Displays and Components, Consumer Products, New Media Services, and Patents and Licensing. The Group engineers, manufactures, and markets display components and consumer products such as televisions, VCRs, camcorders, digital decoders, DVD players, audio and communications products, as well as professional video equipment. Thomson multimedia is listed on the Paris stock exchange (SICOVAM:18453) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:TMS). Thomson multimedia is the parent company of the U.S.-based Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. Visit Thomson multimedia on the Web: http://www.thomson-multimedia.com/.
About Inari:
Founded in 1997 with headquarters in Draper, Utah, Inari (formerly Intelogis) is the leading developer of powerline networking technology. The company’s core technology, which transmits high-speed digital signals over existing AC electrical wiring, was developed by its engineers while part of Novell’s Embedded Systems Technology (NEST) division. As Intelogis, Inari became well known for its PassPort Plug-In Network™ home-networking product. Inari provides powerline chipsets to PC, Internet appliance, networking and consumer electronics vendors to embed into their products making them powerline-network ready.
For additional information on Inari or to inquire about the company’s Powerline chipsets, visit http://www.inari.com or call 877-468-3564.
Disclaimer:
Except for historical information contained here, the matters discussed in this new release contain forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the management of growth, and other risks detailed from time to time in the companies’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Media Contacts :
Thomson multimedia
Dave Arland
Telephone: (317) 587-4450
E-Mail: ArlandD@tce.com
Or
Inari
Lori Page
Telephone: (801) 571-4000
E-Mail: lpage@inari.com
Mark Molzen
Brodeur Worldwide
Telephone: (801) 765-1500
Email: mmolzen@brodeur.com
You guys make me Laugh Out Loud!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
TAfirehawk, Bigbizz, DK76, FG, Gotinearly, Do you really think anyone believes the hype you post here? You guys just post hype, ALL hype. I have never seen any of you back up anything at all, Except maybe FG from time to time. Do you guys really ever read what you post? It is embarrassing! LOL
SEC investigation not yet closed
Class action lawsuit still not settled
Founder, Ex-CEO and largest Shareholder on Felony Fraud Probation
The list goes on and on. This is just a sampling of the PRESENT situation SEVU finds itself in.
WOW, Come on guys, GET REAL!
LOL
JMHO
HAPPY POSTING!----
JP
Looks like the MM's are lining up to take er down....
http://www.otcbb.com/asp/mp_quotes.asp?Sort=4&Quotes=sevu&Board.x=32&Board.y=5
Interesting FACTS? NAIB has been on the ASK all week, I thought this was the "cheating" MM? Looks to me like they are holding your little SEVU up.
Look at the bid prices under .40, If she breaks .40 WATCH OUT BELOW.....IMO of course...
Evertime we get close to a filing the MM's bring er down hard, IMO the shorts know that SEVU filings are full of suprises,
IMO of course......
I have worked with a firm on a Class action suit.
Not any SEC or stock suit, but I did the GDC suit. We were contacted to print & mail to ALL who bought property over the class period informing them of the litigation and asking them to call the lawfirm for more details. The list was generated by tax deeds, anyone who bought property from GDC over a 2 year period we sent them a letter. The law firm got the data from 6 counties in Florida for like nothing, Public information Tax rolls had the seller as GDC. The General Development Class action had over 80000 plantiffs, We made a bundle from the law firm on that one.....
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LOL DIVERDAN DUDE!
At least you seem to be able to make a joke without the blantant vulgar personal ATTACK!
My FIRST ex-wife had some sort of mojo she used pretty effectively! LOL
Happy Posting! ----
This article is close to one year old......
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-3727387.html
Comdex charged about long-awaited electric networking
By Wylie Wong
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 16, 2000, 12:50 p.m. PT
comdex LAS VEGAS--A pipe dream is about to turn into reality: connecting PCs and other electronic devices to the Net by plugging them into existing power outlets in your home.
Motorola, Phonex Broadband and Sonicblue--the maker of the popular Rio MP3 music player--showed off new technology at Comdex this week that lets people use their homes' internal electrical networks as the medium to share Net access, play video games, and enjoy movies and music throughout the house.
Companies have long envisioned a future in which all appliances with power cords can be networked in the home--PCs, telephones, stereos, even refrigerators. It was once thought of as stalled technology after several years of fruitless development efforts by companies such as Intel. But now companies are proving the technology works.
Demonstrations at Comdex showed how to plug a computer filled with MP3 music downloaded from the Net into a regular electrical outlet in the den and then listen to the music by plugging the Sonicblue Rio music player into a power outlet in the bedroom.
"It's becoming reality," said analyst Kurt Scherf of Parks Associates.
A consortium of about 60 companies that includes Cisco Systems, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic and Sharp have been working together to create a common way for electronic devices to communicate through the home electrical line. The group, called the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, recently chose a technology by little-known company Intellon as the basis of its standard.
The group expects to make final a "power line" standard by next March, and the first products using the technology are expected by next summer, said Rich Lockwood, a HomePlug board member.
Analysts expect the emerging home networking market to take off in the coming years as more consumers get high-speed Net access and want to link their computers and electronic devices, such as Web pads, together. This linking allows people to share a single Net connection, swap files, and share printers and other peripherals.
Analysts expect consumers will use a mix of home networking technologies: power line, wireless and phone line technology, which allows people to network PCs together using regular phone jacks.
So far, companies have sold individual networking kits for each of the three technologies to allow people to connect their PCs together. But Cisco Systems, 3Com and others are building new home appliances, called "residential gateways," that will eventually bundle all the networking technologies together.
The new product will serve as an all-in-one appliance that allows consumers to securely connect their PCs, appliances, electronic devices and security systems with their phone service and high-speed Net access.
HomePlug members say the initial power line products will include home networking kits that connect PCs together; Internet appliances such as Web tablets, and regular home appliances such as Internet radios.
At Comdex, Motorola showed off a new cable modem, and Phonex demonstrated new electrical adapters that will allow people to quickly network their electronic devices using the new technology. For example, when consumers plug in Motorola's new cable modem in the future, they will be able to share the Net connection with their PCs and other electronic devices by simply plugging those devices into any power outlet throughout the house.
Phonex's forthcoming electrical adapters include a universal serial bus (USB) port that allows people with PCs and laptops to easily link to the electrical home network.
It is going to be interesting to see the listed power line companies above compete with SEVU, These guys can spend more than SEVU has made over its liftime on R&D and not even notice the cost!
JMHO
Some good stuff from Sony, Sun & Phillips....
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-337501.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-1436130.html
The electronics giant has a partnership with Sun Microsystems, as the two have been working together since January on consumer electronics devices such as stereos and video cameras that can communicate over home networks. Yet recent deals with Sun rival Microsoft show that Sony isn't willing to put all its eggs in one basket.
Sun and Sony expanded their partnership yesterday by announcing a program to develop software that will connect home networks to the Internet. Not only that, but Sony chief executive Nobuyuki Idei and Sun cofounder Bill Joy are scheduled to share the stage next week at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas.
But the deals shouldn't be taken as a complete endorsement of Sun technology, such as Jini "spontaneous networking" software that allows gadgets network together. Less than two weeks ago, Sony emerged as one of the companies that will help to define a competing technology from Microsoft called Universal Plug and Play.
"Sony is positioning itself to be a partner with all the power brokers," Cahners In-Stat analyst Michael Wolf said. The company doesn't care so much about which networking standards will emerge as it does about making sure it retains its powerful position in selling consumer electronics devices.
"Sony would like in the future to control the digital living room," he said.
At stake is who gets to control home networking standards of the future and, consequently, who benefits from product revenue or royalties. Many analysts expect home networks to be a huge business, though so far the concept is cluttered with dozens of technologies and competitors and still has yet to expand much beyond connecting PCs and printers.
"The only uncertainty is how quickly the market will adopt the notion of having different types of devices connecting to the Internet," said Parks Associates analyst Hongjun Li. "The PC is still the major device people use to get Internet access, though more and more are using cell phones or PDAs. I don't know how many people want to connect stereos or TVs to the Internet."
45 days not 30?
You are correct in the time line, I still have to wonder why it takes SEVU to the very last minute to make filings. You read the PR over 2 weeks ago claiming the 55% revenue increase number, The "new" financial software, The hiring of a CFO, Yet SEVU still comes down to the wire keeping investors on the hot seat hoping they file on time.
Not good management IMO
Happy Posting! ----
As to why I post that is really none of your business or the boards for that matter, As RLM your leader says, I have my 1st amendment rights! LOL!
Lets ALL be real on the Class action lawsuit!
I read the posts and almost get sick at the way you try to hide and twist this Class action lawsuit.
I understand you must do what you can to recover or break even on your investment, I understnad how hard it is to admit you made a bad decision.
The Class action lawsuit stems from the 8K filed by SEVU on March 19 2001. SEVU filed fraudulent reports pertaining to revenue to the SEC and in turn MISLEAD investors. SEVU now must compensate investors over the class period. It has nothing to do with insiders making money, Shorts making money, It is ALL about misleading investors! PERIOD!
A brief reminder:
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/010319/sevu.ob.html
March 19, 2001
SEAVIEW UNDERWATER RESEARCH INC (SEVU.OB)
form 8-K
Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
SeaView Video Technology Inc., in preparing its review of financial condition
and results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, has
determined that inaccuracies exist in the Company's unaudited financial
statements for the quarters ending June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000. Those
statements, previously filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, were part of a review of fiscal year 2000 undertaken by the
Company's newly-hired CFO. The inaccuracies occur in the recognition of revenue
as related to certain purchase orders received by the Company in connection with
its products. While the Company has not yet determined the full extent of the
inaccuracies, it is believed they are likely to materially affect the Company's
revenues and, consequently, its income, assets, and equity for the reported
periods, and the subsequent year-end statement.
The Company is working diligently along with its accountants and auditors to determine the scope of necessary financial restatements. The Company further intends to provide additional disclosures concerning this matter through appropriate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Form 8-K, on amended Forms 10-Q, and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2000.
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11.03 AM and still 0 volume?
What is going on? This does not look good for anyone holding ovwer 10000 shares IMO, You cant even dump small blocks if you wanted.
Looks like the MM's are going to walk her down heading into the filing.
http://www.otcbb.com/asp/mp_quotes.asp?Sort=4&Quotes=sevu&Board.x=39&Board.y=7
IMO
Happy Posting!----
JP
SEVU stock loss during class period....
This is from RB, Please if you listen to the Bigbizz guy, Govern your money accordingly!
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=SEVU&read=39899
bigbizz: You are way off base on the class action. Below is a listing of purchases of SEVU stock I made after the phony press releases on record one day sales of SECUREVIEW and the 80 million Tawain deal.
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.50000 -$4279.95 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.50000 -$4279.95 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.18750 -$4123.70 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.00000 -$4029.95 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.00000 -$4029.95 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.37500 -$4217.45 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.12500 -$4092.45 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.25000 -$4154.95 $29.95
11/14/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $8.03120 -$4045.55 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.31250 -$3686.20 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.43750 -$3748.70 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.00000 -$3515.00 $15.00
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.37500 -$3717.45 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.00000 -$3515.00 $15.00
11/13/2000 Buy 1000.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.00000 -$7030.00 $30.00
11/13/2000 Buy 1000.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.37500 -$7404.95 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.37500 -$3717.45 $29.95
11/13/2000 Buy 500.0000 SEVU SEAVIEW VIDEO TECH INC $7.43750 -$3748.70 $29.95
If you add it up it comes to 10,000 shares at an average price of $7.735 per share. On March 19 ($1.125 per share) I had a loss of $66,087.35. Now using your figures if you times my loss by 200 shareholders you get a claim in excess of $13,200.000.00...400 shareholders brings the claim to nearly $30,000,000.00.
I certainly hope SEVU is selling plenty of SecureViews to help pay legal expenses and possibly offer a settlement otherwise I believe the company will probably have no alternative other than reorganization under Chapter 11 if the SEC doesn't close them down first.
McBrides' lies have cost investors plenty. You can talk about shorts, MM's etc., but the fact is if they were involved all they did was ride on the coat tails of a CEO who lied to investors in just about every communication he put out.
BTW, those offering to serve as lead plaintiff had bigger losses than mine!
Get Real!
Viragen Reports On Stock Market Investigations
July 26, 2001 06:59:00 AM ET
Securities and Exchange Commission Reviews Complaints
PLANTATION, Fla., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Viragen, Inc. VRA today reported on its efforts to identify and take action against entities and/or individuals who appeared to be acting improperly and illegally in their stock market activities. This includes, but is not limited to, entities or persons that have disseminated false and misleading information or unreasonably dominate electronic media with the intent to adversely affect the price of Viragen's shares of common stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has advised Viragen that it is reviewing the complaints filed by Viragen against third parties for illegal manipulation of its stock.
Viragen's Chairman and CEO, Gerald Smith, stated, "The Company will continue to vigorously pursue violators to the full extent of the law which may include civil as well as criminal proceedings. While differing views, both positive and negative, should be exchanged in a free society, there is no justification for libel, slander or excessive use with intent to dominate any medium in order to manipulate the price of any company's stock one way or another. Viragen's management is determined to protect the Company and its stockholders against stock manipulation on any and all fronts."
Viragen agreed to withdraw its lawsuit against Pershing Corporation, a division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation. Pershing cooperated fully and completely in the matter and has committed to do so in the future by agreeing to respond to reasonable requests for documents in any pending court proceeding or regulatory investigation regarding the alleged manipulation of Viragen's stock. Pershing also agreed to reimburse Viragen for certain legal fees incurred by Viragen related to this lawsuit.
In other corporate developments, Viragen announced the completion and termination of a research evaluation project with Cryolife, Inc. Viragen continues to focus on the commercialization of natural interferon, anti-cancer monoclonal antibodies, cancer vaccine technology and avian transgenic technology for the cost-efficient, large-scale production of protein-based drugs.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:VRA&Feed=PR&Date=20010726&...
How come SEVU never lifted a finger to defend itself? The company lost millions from a@p and the RB bashers but never ever spent one plug nickel to defend itself nor did it at least log a PR campign against the attack. Makes you wonder?
Peace......
What ever happened with this license?
Malvern, Pennsylvania-based ELCOM TECHNOLOGIES CORP., which has developed a system to distribute video, voice, audio and data signals throughout a building or a home via existing electrical wiring without the need for additional cables or wires beyond the main signal source, has licensed KYUSHU KEISO CO., LTD. to adapt its products for the Japanese market and sell them. Covered by the agreement are ezTV and ezPHONE. Both systems consist of a transmitter linked to the signal source and a receiver that plugs into outlets in other rooms.
Looks like the technology is licensed in Japen long ago and before SEVU had its license?
http://www.jei.org/Archive/BR97/339x/339_USinJ_Telecom.html
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P.S. - FG LEAVE ME AND MY POSTS ALONE, Maybe I will get bored and leave for good! Evertime you burn a post, I want to post ten more times!
Investment: Elcom Technologies
His loss: $135,000
For most of his career, Lennart Hagegard was a middle manager in large multinationals like engineering giant A sea Brown Boveri and furniture retailer Ikea. Four years ago the 56-year-old native of Sweden, who lives in a Philadelphia suburb, retired to dedicate himself full time to fund startups. "You can make more of an impact on small companies," he says. "You can really make a difference."
It hasn't been easy. When Hagegard invested in Malvern, Pa.-based Elcom Technologies Corp. in January 1996, the chief executive took the money and scrapped his advice. So much for making a mark.
Founded in 1993, Elcom sizzled. Its products—ezPhone, ezOnline, ezTV—supposedly received audio, video and data signals over electrical wires. No phone lines or TV cable needed. A home with just one phone jack could use ezPhone in any room: simply plug it into the wall outlet.
Hagegard heard about Elcom in an angel network and was wowed by a demo in December 1995. "We made calls over the electrical wires. I had never seen anything like it," he says. A month later he put up $100,000 for just over 1% of Elcom stock. He was betting on Elcom's silver-tongued boss, Robert Vito, then 33, a former Price Waterhouse consultant. Vito had raised $22 million from more than 300 individual investors between 1993 and 1996.
After handing over the money, Hagegard tested some products at home and found abundant glitches. He says he warned Vito to spend more time on product development, but Elcom pushed ahead, putting prototypes into production.
The gizmos, priced at $100 to $150, hit the market in April 1996 and had a promising start. Elcom projected $10 million in sales over the next year. Three months later a local investment bank raised $7 million in venture capital finance for a 30% stake and set plans to take Elcom public in the fall. Hagegard put in $35,000 more.
Weeks later retailers started returning 50% of their inventory. Yet Elcom kept cranking out product, hoping the gadgets would improve. They didn't. "Vito's aim wasn't to create a successful company, it was to do a fast IPO," says Myrddin Jones, former vice president of strategy.
The company never got that far. In 1996-97 it spent $6 million to make 100,000 units; only half of those sold. In March 1997 the investment bank ousted Vito. One year later, with scant cash and a warehouse of dead products, Elcom filed for Chapter 11. Now it's out of business; the intellectual property, such as it was, got sold for $187,000.
Asked to comment, Vito says high return rates are common for breakthrough products. Given more time and money, Elcom would have gotten it right. Cell phones had high glitch rates at first, he notes. They exist today "because investors stuck with it and got the financial backing to make it happen."
Hagegard? He now says he should have hired an expert to evaluate the goods.
Looks like the technology has had a few stints on wallstreet, I understand it has evolved, but, you have to think about its past.
http://www.coolavenues.com/netprenuers/burned_angels.htm
JMHO
Despite turmoil, tech firm proceeds with IPO plans
Tom Hals Business Journal Staff Writer
MALVERN -- Elcom Technologies Corp. plans to raise roughly $24.2 million through an initial public offering for marketing its product, which allows voice, video and data to be transmitted over power lines.
The company is offering 2.42 million shares priced at $10 per share. The IPO is being underwritten by Pennsylvania Merchant Group Ltd. of West Conshohocken.
The company developed the Customer Premises Area Network system, or CPAN, which eliminates the need for consumers and small businesses to add extra telephone and cable television lines in their home or office.
A homeowner, for example, may have a telephone in the kitchen and want an additional phone line in the bedroom. Rather than paying the local phone company to add another line, the homeowner can plug Elcom's ezPHONE into an outlet in the kitchen. The phone line is plugged into ezPHONE and the telephone connection is transmitted throughout the house over the power lines. To add another phone, ezPHONE is plugged into the electrical socket in the bedroom and a telephone is hooked up to it.
The technology also allows cable television or computer networks to be broadcast on the electrical wires through an entire house or office.
The company is also developing an ezVIEW product that will allow video cameras hooked to an electrical socket to provide surveillance through power lines. Elcom also is developing ezGUARD, which reduces the risks of power surges.
Elcom had a net loss of $7.95 million last year on revenues of $523,000, according to a preliminary prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company did not generate any revenues prior to last year. Reported 1995 assets totaled $10.57 million and backlog as of Sept. 30 was $900,000.
The company is headed by Robert A. Vito, 34, the president, chief executive officer, treasurer and chairman. He will own 11.5 percent of Elcom following the IPO.
While Elcom has been recognized for its technology -- it won the 1995 Ben Franklin Emerging Business Award for most innovative new product -- it has also been engaged in an internal squabble over control of the company.
Charles Abraham, a native of Hungary, developed the technology on which the company was founded. He teamed up with Vito, who was previously with Price Waterhouse LLP, to launch Elcom in 1993.
In 1994, the pair began to disagree about the direction of the company and last year they ended up settling their differences in court. As a result of the litigation, Abraham, who had been the company' largest shareholder, left Elcom.
Abraham took with him his patents and continues to develop his ideas with VideoCom Inc., a company he founded in Wayne. Elcom continued to pursue similar technology developed by its staff engineers.
Abraham insists he holds the patents for transmitting video over power lines and said he would pursue a case of patent infringement if Elcom developed such a product.
Elcom currently offers five products: ezTV, ezPHONE, ezONLINE, ezAUDIO and ezREMOTE. The company markets its products through national consumer electronics and computer retailers, electronic distributors and catalog retailers. The company also sells its products through West Chester-based electronic retailer QVC Inc.
The preliminary prospectus identified risk factors connected with the offering, including lack of profitable operations, no assurance of successful product development, dependence on third-party manufacturers, technological change, government regulation and possible volatility of stock price.
The filing also cited current litigation. Last year, Phonex Corp. of Midvale, Utah, filed a lawsuit against Elcom, alleging patent infringement. The suit hasn't been settled, and Elcom states the suit could result in more than $500,000 in legal fees. If a judgment is made in favor of Phonex, Elcom could be barred from distributing the ezPHONE product.
Elcom has one patent for the ornamental design of one of its products. It does not have patent protection on any of its products, although patent applications have been filed.
In addition to Vito, executives in Elcom include: Myrddin L. Jones, 62, vice president of strategic planning; Louis J. Petriello, 41, chief operating officer, chief financial officer and corporate counsel; Stephen B. Pudles, 37, vice president of business development; C.B. Patel, 56, vice president of engineering; George Daly, 61 vice president of operations; Robert B. Sando, 36, vice president of finance and secretary; and Paul Kouch, 39, director.
All of the executives are selling shareholders, offering a total of 300,000 shares. Their stake in the company will be reduced from 31.9 percent before the IPO to 22.8 percent after the offering is complete.
The company employs 41.
Elcom has applied to have its common stock listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ELC
http://philadelphia.bcentral.com/philadelphia/stories/1996/11/04/smallb2.html
Interesting stuff! I look forward to hearing what you found out FG! Better be able to "prove it"! Would not want to have any of this "he told me" stuff! We want PROOF!
JMHO
So you are saying YOU DONT KNOW!
You deleted my posts because you need clarification! Please if that is not the typical FG style! delete it first, ask for clarification later!
I think you will find out the FACTS!
JMHO
LOL
JP
How is this person?
Name: LAWSON SHAWNETTE M
Title: Unknown
Source of Stock: SHARES PURCHASED AS IPO
Proposed Date Quantity Value Broker
04/27/01 3,800 $2,888.00 FIRST CLEARING CORPORATION
Is She related to Jennifer lawson of SEVU fame? How about the source "SHARES PURCHASED AS IPO" hmmmmmmmmm?
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/plandet.asp?Pval=10011&Symbol=sevu
Interesting how the 144 filers seem all to be interconnected to RLM? How many shares has he given away for favours, personal favours NO DOUBT!
JMHO
Charles Abrahm recieved and listed to sell 100000 shares....
This was payment for the license? The license you paid for again by giving RLM more shares?
In an original filing it seems to me that the Videocom deal was a "renewable 12 year option" maybe this was one payment? If Charles is as smart as some say I am sure he wanted more than shares for the future renewable payments? Looks like he sold at 8.90 or so, Smart man!
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/plandet.asp?Pval=10052&Symbol=sevu
Planned Sale Detail Return to Planned Sales Summary
Name: ABRAHM CHARLES
Title: Unknown
Source of Stock: RECEIVED STOCK AS PAYMENT
Proposed Date Quantity Value Broker
10/19/00 100,000 $893,810.00 DLJ INVESTMENT MANAGER SERVICES
Answer me a few "long" time questions?
No one can answer these simple questions or refute them?
· it cannot be used in place of an existing floodlight or emergency light, because it emits no visible light
· its image transmission is limited by the location of the electric circuit breaker panel in the particular building
· Its sole form factor, that of a standard floodlight, points in only a fixed direction.
· that the homeowner has an accessible floodlight fixture in the exact location desired for the camera to view
· that light from that bulb is not needed (SecureView does not cast visible light)
· that the homeowner intends to have continuous access to a single black-and-white monitor, in a single location, of a single image for security monitoring purposes
· that the monitoring location is accessible by an electrical circuit on the same sub-panel as the camera is placed
· that such a solution is worth $399 for a single camera (not including monitor), the SecureView price point
To date, Logis-Tech has not sold a single dollar’s worth of SEVU products to anyone or any entity
· Bounds, stipulated that SEVU never sold anything to the 7th ARCOM Divison in Europe , which directly contradicts this newest release dated Nov 2nd, 2000, in which the non-existent order from the 7th ARCOM Division is reaffirmed by SEVU.
· Mr Bounds also stated that regarding the Taiwanese Govt order, there never was an order for 80 million from any Taiwanese Govt, entity, corporation, or individual. He also stated that SEVU simply fabricated the entire event. Logis tech is indeed working with Taiwan on certain things but it is a completely unrelated contract and has nothing to do with SEVU and or it's products.
· The false PR that SEVU has released, along with SEVU’s refusal to correct the information on the Taiwanese "deal" effectively terminates their relationship.
http://www2.marketwatch.com/quotes/articles.asp?symb=SEVU&guid=%7B01A62180%2DE07B%2D4780%2D8790%...
data found on the www for ALL to see at http://www.insidetruth.com
Happy Posting!----
JMHO
Interesting RB post........
By: YesItsTrueII $$$
Reply To: 39773 by YesItsTrueII $$$ Wednesday, 25 Jul 2001 at 3:23 PM EDT
Post # of 39783
**** SEVU backlog = $0 In my opinion ****
I just looked at what sevu is required to tell its investors about backlog. They are required to disclose backlog in each filing (annual and quarterly). I looked at the latest filing for March, and guess what. No backlog. Not even mentioned. Conclusion - backlog = $0.
So, just like XXXXX Rich thought it was ok to tell his close circle of friends about his legal mishaps instead of the SEC, he's thinking that it's ok to tell shareholders in the little meeting, but not in the OFFICIAL filing. Yeah, the one that matters.
SEVU HAS NO BACKLOG. Or of course, the opposite could be true, they just forgot to put it in the report. Either way, the SEC ain't going to like it.
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=SEVU&read=39774
Happy Posting!----
JP
How about this FG.....
Wire21, Inc. was established in January, 1992 to develop, license, manufacture and market products that utilize the only coupler technology known to enable existing power lines to act as a multimedia highway for the simultaneous distribution of video, voice and high speed data.
Some of these products (acVideo, dcVideo, acLAN, dcLAN) are to be sold through distributors, resellers, consumer electronics outlets and OEM partners. These markets are stable, large in size and at a stage in their evolution where Wire21's technology would provide a unique capability to network multimedia services around premises over existing power lines at a reasonable cost.
Sounds like to me ANYONE can license, resell, distribute the technology! No word on the entire site of ANY exclusive deal with SEVU , nor a single mention of the company. If you re-call the "old" Videocom website had SEVU listed as the licensee of the technolgy, I assume this license has since run out, It is no longer listed ANYWERE! I imagine Charles and company needed to be paid x amount of dollars or per unit per year for 12 years and SEVU just was not cutting the mustard, Charles and Videocom needed NEW BLOOD IMO!
Peace........
How about this DrJ
Wire21, Inc. was established in January, 1992 to develop, license, manufacture and market products that utilize the only coupler technology known to enable existing power lines to act as a multimedia highway for the simultaneous distribution of video, voice and high speed data.
Some of these products (acVideo, dcVideo, acLAN, dcLAN) are to be sold through distributors, resellers, consumer electronics outlets and OEM partners. These markets are stable, large in size and at a stage in their evolution where Wire21's technology would provide a unique capability to network multimedia services around premises over existing power lines at a reasonable cost.
Wire21 has also developed a high speed data communications technology for use on the existing power line network (acWAN) that is to be licensed to utilities who wish to provide telecommunications services to their customers. acWAN licensing can be achieved directly or through system integrators that the utilities prefer to work with.
Patents OWNED by wire21.com NOT LEASED or LICENSED:
Wire21 has taken the necessary steps to protect its revolutionary technologies through patents. To date, six US and one EPO patent have been issued, three US patent applications are pending, and nine foreign applications have been filed.
The following patents have been issued to Wire21 to date:
1. US Patent No.: 5,351,272 issued on 9/27/94 covering high speed LAN communication over power lines.
2. US Patent No.: 5,559,377 issued on 9/24/96 covering the coupler technology for all electrical line communication applications.
3. US Patent No.: 5,592,482 issued on 1/7/97 and 5,625,863 issued on 4/29/97 covering video distribution over power lines and the remote control feature to change TV channels.
4. US Patent No.: 5,717,685 issued on 2/10/98 covering the coupler technology for all electrical line communication applications.
5. US Patent No.: 5,818,127 issued on 10/06/98 covering analog and digital video over AC and DC power lines.
6. EPO Patent No.: 0 470 185 B1 issued on 11/29/95 covering the physics concept of the coupler for all electrical line communication applications.
http://www.wire21.com
JP
The order form on the website says it ALL FG!
Read it and weep! It does not say YOU CAN NOT ORDER...It says to order fill out this form below! Therefore, Anyone can order the technology direct from wie21.com.
Orders of 100 or more email us for pricing!
What more do you want FG? It is posted on the www far ALL of us to see, even you can read? http://www.wire21.com go to the purchase tab, Order it! 100 or more CALL or email request!
What more do you want!
DIRECT CUT N PASTE FROM http://www.wire21.com
Please indicate the quantity:
Quantity Description Price includes UPS ground shipping within the USA
set of acVIDEO units with mono audio $350 per transmitter & receiver set
set of acVIDEO units with stereo audio $400 per transmitter & receiver set
number of additional receivers $200 each
number of additional transmitters $200 each
The above prices do not include IR remote control.
For orders over 100 sets, please e-mail us.
Please note: Delivery is within 30 to 90 days after receipt of orde
FACT
JMHO
LOL
HAPPY POSTING!----
JP
Here you go FG!
http://wire21.com
Please fill in the order form below, print it, and mail it with your check.
Currently we can accept only orders prepaid by check. We'll accept credit cards in the near future.
Name
Company Name
Shipping Address:
Street Address 1
Street Address 2
City
State Zip
E-mail
Tel.
Fax
Please indicate the quantity:
Quantity Description Price includes UPS ground shipping within the USA
set of acVIDEO units with mono audio $350 per transmitter & receiver set
set of acVIDEO units with stereo audio $400 per transmitter & receiver set
number of additional receivers $200 each
number of additional transmitters $200 each
The above prices do not include IR remote control.
For orders over 100 sets, please e-mail us.
Please note: Delivery is within 30 to 90 days after receipt of order.
AC Voltage:
110V (USA) 220 V (Europe)
How would you like it delivered?
UPS Ground DHL FedEx
Please contact me as soon as possible regarding this order.
Please print this completed order form, and enclose it with your check.
Please make checks payable to Wire21, Inc. and mail to:
Wire21, Inc.
PO Box 731
Clarksville, MD 21029
You can check the status of your order by e-mailing us.
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Copyright © 1999 Wire21. All rights reserved.
Revised: September 21, 2000 .
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acVIDEO DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION
The acVIDEO Base accepts a composite NTSC signal from a VCR, CATV set-top-box (STB), laser disk player or satellite receiver via a standard coaxial cable. The acVIDEO Base injects composite FM video and stereo audio signals onto the premises power line, making it available to all outlets in a single family home or apartment.
The signal is retrieved with an acVIDEO Receiver. The acVIDEO Receiver extracts the signal from the power line, making it available over the video and stereo audio baseband to a second TV. Multiple receivers may be used, multiplying the viewing ability in the home. All premium services provided through the set top box are available at the second TV, without the expense of additional permanent cabling and the monthly set-top-box fees.
Channel selection at the second TV is accomplished through the use of an integrated infra-red remote control. An infra-red detector attaches to the acVIDEO Receiver, and picks up all infra-red transmission from either a universal remote or manufacturers remote. It then transmits the signal back to the source, where an infra-red emitter located in front of the source transmits the information to the tuner (VCR, set-top-box, laser disc player, etc.).
Combining other product features, VideoCom has the ability to introduce several variations of the acVIDEO line. Combining the acVIDEO and the acPHONE capabilities provides a simple way to both authorize pay-per-view (PPV) events from the TV, as well as circulate the image around the home.
VideoCom's acVIDEO can be easily adapted to other television systems like PAL and Secam as well as to different voltage power lines such as 220 V.
acVIDEO Product Functionality
The acVIDEO Video Base plugs into an electrical outlet near the television in the primary viewing room. A composite video and stereo audio signals from any interactive home terminal (e.g., satellite receiver, CATV set top box, cable ready VCR, laser disc player) is accepted via a standard coaxial cable. The video signal is Frequency Modulated to a specific band in the 15-30 Mhz range and injected in the premises electrical wiring, making it available to every room in a single family home.
The acVIDEO Video Receiver may be plugged into a standard electrical outlet near a television in a secondary viewing room. A RF signal is extracted from the electrical line and Frequency Demodulated to baseband. The video and stereo audio signals are delivered to the secondary television via a standard coaxial cable.
In less technical terms, a program source, for instance, a VCR, can be connected to the base unit (transmitter) from the output side through the RCA connector and cable of the VCR. Whatever program that is being output from the VCR, whether it be a tape or a selected channel, is immediately available at any 110 volt outlet in the home. A TV can then be connected to a receiver unit through the RCA connector and cable plugged in anywhere in the house and receive the program being output by the VCR. The program source can be another TV, a satellite receiver, a CATV set top box, etc.
For optimal convenience, the acVIDEO Video System offers an integrated remote control capability. The acVIDEO Video Receiver accepts control signals via a miniature infra-red detector located at the secondary television. The infra-red detector connects to the acVIDEO Video Receiver via a standard headphone cable and phono plug. The control signal is frequency shifted to a specific band in the 5.5 Mhz range and injected into the electrical line. At the acVIDEO Video Base, the control signal is extracted from the electrical line and frequency shifted to the source band. A miniature infra-red emitter connects to the acVIDEO Video Base via a headphone cable and plug. The infra-red emitter is positioned at the infra-red detector of the interactive home terminal and secured by a reusable adhesive. The consumer may use either a manufacturer supplied or universal remote control to command the interactive home terminal directly in either the primary viewing from or from any acVIDEO Video Receiver location.
Primary Benefits
The acVIDEO Video System responds to the documented demand for two or more video outlets among interactive services consumers with the benefits of instant "cable-free" installation, location flexibility, and the increased pay-per-view buy rates associated with impulse pay-per-view technology convenience from any room in the home.
acVIEW Monitoring Product Functionality
The acVIEW Monitoring Base plugs into an electrical outlet near monitoring site. Baseband video and audio signals are accepted from camcorders or palmcorders via RCA phono cables. The video signal is frequency shifted to a specific band in the 6-30 Mhz range and injected into the premises electrical wiring, making it available to every room in a single family home.
The acVIEW Monitoring Receiver may be plugged into a standard electrical outlet near a television in a secondary viewing room. A composite RF signal is extracted from the electrical line and frequency shifted to baseband. The video and audio signals are delivered to the secondary television via a standard coaxial cable.
Primary Benefits
The acVIEW responds to the rising demand in home and business security. The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) estimates that consumer installable security equipment is one of the fastest growing markets in consumer electronics. The acVIEW also responds to families that would like to monitor their infant, increasing the utility of pre-purchased video recording equipment. The acVIEW works in conjunction with camcorders and palmcorders to allow remote monitoring of infants, or potentially dangerous situations or locations, such as swimming pools or workshops.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Performance
PowerLine Configuration Dual Sided single phase - any house
Transmitter Video Input Signal RCA composite baseband
Transmitter Audio Input Signal RCA baseband
Receiver Video Output Signal RCA composite baseband
Receiver Audio Output Signal RCA baseband
Dynamic Range 70 dB
SNR +35 dB
Video Connector Type RCA
Audio Connector Type RCA
PowerLine Transmission Frequencies 7-24 Mhz
IR Detector Input Compatible with Universal Remotes
IR Emitter Output Works Like Universal Remote
IR Connector Type Stereo Jack
PowerLine IR Transmission Frequencies 5.5 Mhz
Environmental
Temperature -40 to +85 C
Case Material ABS, UL 94 V0 R
Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz or 220 VAC, 50 Hz
Transmitter Power Consumption 5W
Receiver Power Consumption 5W
UL Compliance UL 1409
FCC Compliance FCC Part 15
Dimensions
Height 6" (15 cm)
Width 3" (8 cm)
Depth 2" (5.5 cm)
Transmitter Weight 15 oz (425 gms)
Receiver Weight 15 oz (425 gms)
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a ICR Survey Research Group: EXCEL Omnibus Study, July 1994. Nationally projectable random sample of 1,003 respondents. Finding: 58% of CATV households reported two or more video outlet sites. 40% of multi-set CATV households reported being fully wired (60% opportunity). Horwitz Associates, Inc. and Marshall Cohen Associates: The State of Cable, 1993. Pure random sampling of 100 points in proportion to cable systems, sizes, chosen through Nth select model applied to Nielsen CODE run of all cable subscribers in the United States. Finding: Consumers highest level of interest is in those services that enhance the convenience and benefit of ancillary service..." CATV subscribers: #1 Whole House Cable; #2 Video-On-Demand PPV. (B) Non-Subscribers: #1 A la Carte Basic Service; #2 Video-On-Demand PPV; #3 Whole House Cable. SRI Home Technology Study, 1994. Finding: Multiset households television location: 33% Living Room; 16% Family Room; 41% Bedroom; 6% Kitchen
Paragon Cable, San Antonio, 1994: 255,000 subscribers; 85,000 addressable. Finding: 83% of buys with IPPV
acVIDEO DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATION
The acVIDEO Base accepts a composite NTSC signal from a VCR, CATV set-top-box (STB), laser disk player or satellite receiver via a standard coaxial cable. The acVIDEO Base injects composite FM video and stereo audio signals onto the premises power line, making it available to all outlets in a single family home or apartment.
The signal is retrieved with an acVIDEO Receiver. The acVIDEO Receiver extracts the signal from the power line, making it available over the video and stereo audio baseband to a second TV. Multiple receivers may be used, multiplying the viewing ability in the home. All premium services provided through the set top box are available at the second TV, without the expense of additional permanent cabling and the monthly set-top-box fees.
Channel selection at the second TV is accomplished through the use of an integrated infra-red remote control. An infra-red detector attaches to the acVIDEO Receiver, and picks up all infra-red transmission from either a universal remote or manufacturers remote. It then transmits the signal back to the source, where an infra-red emitter located in front of the source transmits the information to the tuner (VCR, set-top-box, laser disc player, etc.).
Combining other product features, VideoCom has the ability to introduce several variations of the acVIDEO line. Combining the acVIDEO and the acPHONE capabilities provides a simple way to both authorize pay-per-view (PPV) events from the TV, as well as circulate the image around the home.
VideoCom's acVIDEO can be easily adapted to other television systems like PAL and Secam as well as to different voltage power lines such as 220 V.
acVIDEO Product Functionality
The acVIDEO Video Base plugs into an electrical outlet near the television in the primary viewing room. A composite video and stereo audio signals from any interactive home terminal (e.g., satellite receiver, CATV set top box, cable ready VCR, laser disc player) is accepted via a standard coaxial cable. The video signal is Frequency Modulated to a specific band in the 15-30 Mhz range and injected in the premises electrical wiring, making it available to every room in a single family home.
The acVIDEO Video Receiver may be plugged into a standard electrical outlet near a television in a secondary viewing room. A RF signal is extracted from the electrical line and Frequency Demodulated to baseband. The video and stereo audio signals are delivered to the secondary television via a standard coaxial cable.
In less technical terms, a program source, for instance, a VCR, can be connected to the base unit (transmitter) from the output side through the RCA connector and cable of the VCR. Whatever program that is being output from the VCR, whether it be a tape or a selected channel, is immediately available at any 110 volt outlet in the home. A TV can then be connected to a receiver unit through the RCA connector and cable plugged in anywhere in the house and receive the program being output by the VCR. The program source can be another TV, a satellite receiver, a CATV set top box, etc.
For optimal convenience, the acVIDEO Video System offers an integrated remote control capability. The acVIDEO Video Receiver accepts control signals via a miniature infra-red detector located at the secondary television. The infra-red detector connects to the acVIDEO Video Receiver via a standard headphone cable and phono plug. The control signal is frequency shifted to a specific band in the 5.5 Mhz range and injected into the electrical line. At the acVIDEO Video Base, the control signal is extracted from the electrical line and frequency shifted to the source band. A miniature infra-red emitter connects to the acVIDEO Video Base via a headphone cable and plug. The infra-red emitter is positioned at the infra-red detector of the interactive home terminal and secured by a reusable adhesive. The consumer may use either a manufacturer supplied or universal remote control to command the interactive home terminal directly in either the primary viewing from or from any acVIDEO Video Receiver location.
Primary Benefits
The acVIDEO Video System responds to the documented demand for two or more video outlets among interactive services consumers with the benefits of instant "cable-free" installation, location flexibility, and the increased pay-per-view buy rates associated with impulse pay-per-view technology convenience from any room in the home.
acVIEW Monitoring Product Functionality
The acVIEW Monitoring Base plugs into an electrical outlet near monitoring site. Baseband video and audio signals are accepted from camcorders or palmcorders via RCA phono cables. The video signal is frequency shifted to a specific band in the 6-30 Mhz range and injected into the premises electrical wiring, making it available to every room in a single family home.
The acVIEW Monitoring Receiver may be plugged into a standard electrical outlet near a television in a secondary viewing room. A composite RF signal is extracted from the electrical line and frequency shifted to baseband. The video and audio signals are delivered to the secondary television via a standard coaxial cable.
Primary Benefits
The acVIEW responds to the rising demand in home and business security. The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) estimates that consumer installable security equipment is one of the fastest growing markets in consumer electronics. The acVIEW also responds to families that would like to monitor their infant, increasing the utility of pre-purchased video recording equipment. The acVIEW works in conjunction with camcorders and palmcorders to allow remote monitoring of infants, or potentially dangerous situations or locations, such as swimming pools or workshops.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Performance
PowerLine Configuration Dual Sided single phase - any house
Transmitter Video Input Signal RCA composite baseband
Transmitter Audio Input Signal RCA baseband
Receiver Video Output Signal RCA composite baseband
Receiver Audio Output Signal RCA baseband
Dynamic Range 70 dB
SNR +35 dB
Video Connector Type RCA
Audio Connector Type RCA
PowerLine Transmission Frequencies 7-24 Mhz
IR Detector Input Compatible with Universal Remotes
IR Emitter Output Works Like Universal Remote
IR Connector Type Stereo Jack
PowerLine IR Transmission Frequencies 5.5 Mhz
Environmental
Temperature -40 to +85 C
Case Material ABS, UL 94 V0 R
Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz or 220 VAC, 50 Hz
Transmitter Power Consumption 5W
Receiver Power Consumption 5W
UL Compliance UL 1409
FCC Compliance FCC Part 15
Dimensions
Height 6" (15 cm)
Width 3" (8 cm)
Depth 2" (5.5 cm)
Transmitter Weight 15 oz (425 gms)
Receiver Weight 15 oz (425 gms)
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a ICR Survey Research Group: EXCEL Omnibus Study, July 1994. Nationally projectable random sample of 1,003 respondents. Finding: 58% of CATV households reported two or more video outlet sites. 40% of multi-set CATV households reported being fully wired (60% opportunity). Horwitz Associates, Inc. and Marshall Cohen Associates: The State of Cable, 1993. Pure random sampling of 100 points in proportion to cable systems, sizes, chosen through Nth select model applied to Nielsen CODE run of all cable subscribers in the United States. Finding: Consumers highest level of interest is in those services that enhance the convenience and benefit of ancillary service..." CATV subscribers: #1 Whole House Cable; #2 Video-On-Demand PPV. (B) Non-Subscribers: #1 A la Carte Basic Service; #2 Video-On-Demand PPV; #3 Whole House Cable. SRI Home Technology Study, 1994. Finding: Multiset households television location: 33% Living Room; 16% Family Room; 41% Bedroom; 6% Kitchen
Paragon Cable, San Antonio, 1994: 255,000 subscribers; 85,000 addressable. Finding: 83% of buys with IPPV
FG people bent on touting, like yourself should never be listened to.
You have credibility, Look at your own posts from last year, even 6 months ago, Look at what has transpired. Look at the posts you have dleted here that have come to pass as the TRUTH. You FG not me have lost all credibility!
you want proof that the license is not EXCLUSIVE?: http://www.wire21.com
Here it is for the world to see! Anyone, Any company can buy out right the technology SEVU claims is exclusive! PERIOD! FACT!
you say "As claimed by McBride" LOL, Huge big RED FLAG!
In the meantime, your posts will be viewed for what they are: attempts by a shareholder at misleading genuine investors for personal gain...
JMHO
LOL
HAPPY POSTING!----
JP
FG this part of your post says it ALL!
"According to McBride"
Have'nt you learned anything FG?
LOL
JMHO
HAPPY POSTING! ----
JP
OK KoKo......
Tell us exactly what the one million shares was for?
Did you already pay Videocom 100000 shares for and then RLM got paid again for the same thing? The fleecing continues IMO...
Peace....
Very true Mad hatter
IMO, The shareholders paid 1 million shares for Patent pending items, Licensed patents that Videocom/wire21 owns, SEVU paid at least 100000 shares to them already. The deal is shady to say the least. What di you get for the one million shares that you already did not have and pay for?
IMO RLM needed more shares to secure some loans etc. Margin call if you will. The share price toppled and the bank or loanee needed more to collateral.
IMO of course. either way the shareholders paid Videocomm with shares and RLM for the same thing? The fleecing continues?
IMHO
JP
Patents and Patent Applications:
Patents:
First off, lets understand that one does NOT need a patent in order to produce and sell a product. You are free to make and sell a product anywhere in the world, so long as you are not infringing someone else's patent. A patent allows you to stop other people from copying your device.
Having said that, let's look at patents and patent applications. A "patent" is a document issued by a national government granting the patentee the exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell the invention described in the patent for a prescribed interval of time.
After that interval of time has expired, the invention is "in the public domain", which means that it is free for anyone to use without payment to the patentee. We are talking here about "utility" patents, which cover the structure and function of an invention. A "patent Application" is a document which a person files with a national government requesting that a patent be granted covering a particular invention. A "provisional " patent is a temporary device which allows the patentee to mark the invention "patent pending" for one year. Click HERE for more information on the pros and cons of filing a PROVISIONAL PATENT.
Protection:
In a Utility patent, the claims are the legal definition of the protection provided by a patent. Also, a patent is a public document. Therefore, as soon as the patent issues, anyone can get a copy of it and use it as a blueprint to design around it - and that's fair game! Furthermore, if they decide to ignore your patent and to go ahead and copy your device, what you've got is a license to sue! Unfortunately, patent litigation is h-o-r-r-e-n-d-o-u-s-l-y expensive. It will cost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to fight a patent lawsuit. I have been involved in three litigation cases and, in each of them, we have had over one million dollars invested before we ever got to court!
Moreover, since there is that much money involved, there will be appeal on appeal on appeal.. So your hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars will be tied up for years on end. For most individual inventors, this is not the real world!
In my opinion, the protection afforded by a patent application is greater than that of an actual patent, despite the fact that you cannot sue for infringement of a pending patent application. Why? Because the Patent Office is required by law to maintain patent applications in absolute secrecy! Therefore, no one can find out when you filed your application or what it actually relates to - unless you tell them, which you never should. When you have filed your application and put your product on the market, if someone sees it and thinks they might like to copy it, they will see that it is marked "Patent Pending" and they will think, "Gee, if I go to copy that, I may get lots of money tied up in prototypes, tooling, production, inventory, marketing and distribution and, then, just when I am ready to go on the market with it, their patent might issue and I would have to stop - Maybe I'd better copy something else."
Now, this protection is IMMEDIATE - because it takes only the length of time needed for them to go through this mental process and decide they had better copy something else. It is BROAD - because when they look at your device and try to decide what might be patentable about it, for their own protection, they have to give it a broad interpretation.
Finally, it is CHEAP - because it costs nothing more that the cost of filing the application and paying for amendments to keep it alive. Furthermore, this protection comes during the critical period when you are trying to get your product on the market and establish a market position.
Parts of a Patent Application :
In order to obtain a serial number and filing date, you must have a complete application, which consists of a specification including at least one claim, a drawing, the formal papers and a check in the amount of the filing fee.
Specifications :
The specification is the descriptive part of the application. It usually has a short title and a brief opening paragraph which broadly tells the subject matter of the invention. This helps the Patent Office decide where the invention fits into their classification system and, hence, which art unit or examining division will handle the application. After this, the specification contains what I call the "salesmanship" part, in which you tell why the invention is needed or what problems it solves.
After this, comes a brief description of the drawings and, then, a detailed description of the invention. The detailed description refers to the reference numbers in the drawings and tells how the invention is assembled and how it works. Sort of "The kneebone 10 is connected to the leg bone 12 which is connected to the ankle bone 14, etc.".
The specification usually ends with a "catchall" paragraph saying something like "Obviously, numerous variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.Therefore, it should be clearly understood that the form of the present invention described above and shown in the figures of the accompanying drawing is illustrative only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. What is claimed is:" In other words, you are NOT LIMITED by what is described in the detailed description or shown in the drawings.
Many inventors are concerned about variations, but it is not a problem, especially if your application contains a "catchall" paragraph. Finally, the specification must contain at least one claim. We will discuss patent claims later.
Drawings:
First, let's have a word about the drawings. In order to obtain a serial number and filing date, you must have a complete application and a drawing is one part of a complete application. The drawing must be adequate so that, taken with the detailed description, the Examiner can understand the invention sufficiently to make a search. We don't need formal drawings.
Claims:
Now, let's talk about the claims. As stated above, the specification MUST contain at least one numbered paragraph, which we call "claims". In a patent, the claims are the legal definition of the protection provided by the patent. In a patent application, the claims define what the inventor is trying to protect.
A patent claim is, basically, a one sentence structural and functional definition of the invention. It is required by law to be sufficiently detailed to distinguish your invention from anything that has been known before. At the same time, you want to be broad enough so that, if someone decides to copy your invention, they will either be covered by the claim and, therefore will infringe your patent, or their device will be so different that you don't care. However, there are numerous specialized terms and techniques which patent professionals use in writing claims which are totally unknown to the general public.
For example, the terms "comprising". "consisting of" and "including". You might think that these terms are synonymous. However, in patent language, each term has a special and unique meaning. The term "comprising" means that the device has the components listed in the claim and may or may not have other components. The term "consisting of" means that the device contains only the listed components.
Finally, the term "including" means that the device contains the listed component and definitely does contain other components. Therefore, patent claims are extremely difficult to write! It takes many years of training, in a patent law office, to learn to write good claims. The U.S. Supreme Court has called patent claim writing "The Art of Specific Vaguery". I cannot stress too strongly that you should never try to write your own patent claims! I honestly believe that, if you try to write your own patent claims, you will only hurt yourself. Therefore, I STRONGLY recommend that you get professional help in writing a patent application.
Formal Papers and Check:
The formal papers needed to complete a utility patent application are a Declaration or Oath and, usually, a Small Entity Declaration Form. The Declaration or Oath is a form in which you swear that you believe that you are the original and first inventor of the claimed subject matter and in which you identify any other applications which you have filed relating to the same subject matter.
The Small Entity Declaration Form is one in which you state that you are NOT a major corporation, such as General Motors, Inc. This is important, since the Patent Office has two sets of fees and the fees for Small Entities are HALF those for large entities.
The last part of a complete patent application is a check, made payable to Hon. Commissioner of Patents, covering the filing fee. At the moment, the basic filing fee, for small entities, is $355, however, this can vary, depending on the number and type of claims.
COST OF OBTAINING A UTILITY PATENT
To obtain a Utility patent through InventionAid.com:
The total cost (Including attorney's fees, draftsman's fees and governmental fees) will be about $6000-$8000 spread out over five or more years. I request a retainer of $2500 at the time you authorize us to prepare a Utility patent application. Due to backlog, it will take a month to prepare a draft of what we propose for the application, together with sketches of what we propose for the drawings. You can review the draft and, if you want changes, you are entitled to one rewrite in the original estimate. If multiple rewrites are necessary, we must charge $400 per hour for preparing each additional rewrite. When you are satisfied with the draft, the $1500 balance of our fee is due, together with the draftsman's fee of $100 per sheet, if you are going to use our draftsman. It then takes about three weeks to get the application in final form, ready for you to sign and mail to the the Patent Office with the governmental filing fee of $355.
Once your application is received by the Patent Office, you will be "Patent Pending" until a patent issues or the case becomes abandoned. Since the Patent Office has about a three year backlog, it will take about that long before we receive an Office Action. Normally, the first Office Action will be a rejection, based upon earlier patents. However, we are allowed to argue that the earlier patents are not really pertinent or to wordcraft the claims to distinguish from them. When we receive an Office Action, we will send you a copy of the Office Action and patents cited and will ask for your comments and suggestions on how to respond, on the theory that two heads are better than one. You look at it from a technical standpoint, while we look at if from the standpoint of a patent professional. We have three months to respond to the Office Action and, if necessary, can buy up to three additional months. The responses are called "amendments" and we charge $750 for preparing each amendment. Finally, if you are going to receive a patent, there is a government Issue fee of $620 and they allow you to order ten or more advance copies of your patent at $3.00 each (total $30.00) and we charge $1000 to administer transmission of the issue fee and to monitor the case to make sure that they actually DO issue the patent. They have a bad habit of losing cases after the issue fee has been paid and it has often taken over a year of biweekly phone calls to get the cases actually issued.
http://www.123patent.com/patents.html
JP
The Easy Way to 'Patent Pending' Status
Filing a provisional patent application guards against rip-offs while buying time to file a regular patent application.
Inventors know that inventions are often new solutions to old problems. An invention by Congress -- the Provisional Patent Application -- is a good example. It provides an excellent solution to a nettlesome issue for independent inventors: how to show their brainchild to potential manufacturers without getting ripped off.
The Problem
Although most potential manufacturers can be trusted to play fair, few inventors wish to rely exclusively on trust when disclosing an invention. But for a variety of sensible reasons, most manufacturers are unwilling to sign binding non-disclosure agreements before even seeing an invention.
To resolve this standoff, inventors have traditionally used two approaches to protecting their invention when disclosing it to potential manufacturers.
Some build and test an invention before arranging a show-and-tell session with a potential manufacturer. If they have carefully documented the building and testing process, they can later disprove the manufacturer's claim to be the true inventor if a ripoff is attempted.
Or, an inventor may file a patent application and mark the invention with a "patent pending" label before shopping it around. Few manufacturers will risk ripping off an invention if they realize they may later be hit with a patent infringement lawsuit if the patent is ultimately issued.
Unfortunately, both of these approaches are increasingly flawed. As technologies become more complex -- biotechnology, nanotechnology and software development come to mind -- independent inventors find it harder to build and test inventions based on them. And filing a regular patent application is a lot of work and can be very expensive if an attorney is used.
The Solution
Congress gives inventors a third approach: File a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) on the invention. Filing a PPA allows an inventor to claim patent pending status for the invention but involves only a small fraction of the work and cost of a regular patent application. All that is required to file a PPA is a $75 fee ($150 for large inventors) and:
a detailed description of the invention telling how to make and use it (the legal standards for the description are the same as those for a regular patent application)
informal drawing(s), if they are needed to understand how to make and use the invention
a one-page cover sheet, and
an appropriate small entity declaration (or declarations) if you wish to pay $75 rather than the $150 fee.
The detailed description of the invention can even be a technical paper you have written for a journal, if the paper meets the legal standards for describing how to make and use the invention.
Because the PPA is considered a legal substitute for building and testing the invention (called "actually reducing the invention to practice") and is not intended to be a regular patent application, you don't need to include:
an abstract or summary
patent claims
a Patent Application Declaration (a statement under penalty of perjury that you are the true inventor and have disclosed all information you know that would be relevant to the examination of the application), or
an Information Disclosure Statement (disclosure of all relevant prior art known to you).
After You File a PPA
If you file a regular patent application within one year you can claim the PPA's filing date and can rely on its date if necessary for any the invention claimed in the regular patent application. Your regular patent application may include any new matter (technical information about the invention) that wasn't in the PPA, but you won't be able to rely on the PPA's filing date for any such new matter.
Two reasons you may wish to claim the earlier filing date on your invention are:
you want to rely on the PPA filing date to prove that your invention came before other developments that would block your claim to invention (prior art), or
a competing patent application claiming the same invention was filed after your PPA but before your regular patent application and the Patent and Trademark Office has declared an interference.
If you file a PPA so that you can claim patent pending status, and then fail to follow up with a regular patent application within a year, your PPA will be thrown away. You can still file a patent application later, but you won't be able to get any benefit from the earlier PPA filing date.
Fringe Benefits of a PPA
In addition to an early filing date and the right to claim patent pending status for your invention, filing a PPA can provide an important additional advantage.
The PPA filing date doesn't affect when the patent on the invention will expire. The expiration date is still 20 years from the date you file your regular patent application. So a PPA has the practical effect of delaying examination of your regular patent application and extending -- up to one year -- your patent's expiration date.
As with a regular U.S. application, if you want to pursue any foreign patent applications, you must do so within one year of your PPA's filing date.
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/pts/PCT5.HTML
JP
A patentee who makes or sells patented articles, or a person who does so for or under the patentee is required to mark the articles with the word "Patent" and the number of the patent. The penalty for failure to mark is that the patentee may not recover damages from an infringer unless the infringer was duly notified of the infringement and continued to infringe after the notice.
The marking of an article as patented when it is not in fact patented is against the law and subjects the offender to a penalty. Some persons mark articles sold with the terms "Patent Applied For" or "Patent Pending." These phrases have no legal effect, but only give information that an application for patent has been filed in the Patent and Trademark Office. The protection afforded by a patent does not start until the actual grant of the patent. False use of these phrases or their equivalent is prohibited.
JP
Is it on the "shelves" or just the website?"
You say "featuring"? I did not see a review or description of the product? Is there more than what you have posted and as well are they actually in the stores on the shelves? We all know about selling on the www. In store display will mean sales, on the web maybe not so many sales.
Either way, I am shocked and amazed by this, I have done work for Costco, They are a tough cookie when it comes to spending money, That I know. If anyone sees' one in the store let me know.
Peace.....
LOL
Anyone want to read the Secureview review? LOL
What they're saying ....
"Last week…I hooked up an XCam2 from X10 technologies, and found a useful, web-enabled gadget that’s great for home security, or for monitoring a child’s room from anywhere in the house or halfway around the world."
"If you’re looking for a camera for home or office security, or want to keep track of comings and going from the road, X10’s versatile package will do the job." -- Michael Himowitz, Baltimore Sun
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"Is your little one still napping? The XCam2 wireless color remote video camera, a hand-size indoor/outdoor unit, makes it easy to check. It is simple to set up, and plays live images on either your TV or computer." -- Good Housekeeping
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"Don’t you wish there was a way to safeguard your home while away without begging the local police and your neighbors to drive by every few hours to check up on the goings-on of your teens…X10.com has answered these wishes with its XRay Vision web surveillance system, a handy camera/remote unit/software set up that gives you several different option to check up on the homefront. And it’ll only set you back $130."
"…Its an inexpensive device that will let you travel with some piece of mind. I might even tell my kids where I hid the camera." -- Don Campbell, NW Airlines World Traveler
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"Wireless, the XCam2 is much more flexible than a standard PC Web cam." -- Robert Moritz, New York Magazine
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"The XCam2 from X10 Wireless technology provides a perfect solution ... We found the XCam2 and XRay Vision software very easy to set up and use." -- Laptop Magazine
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"A wireless PC Video Camera solution by X10 features a dazzling assortment of economical add-ons that can manage to achieve most any task you could ever ask of a video camera. If you want to do more with a video camera then just send video email, you'll want the X10."
"The X10 wireless XCam2 camera is indoor/outdoor ready and can be set up as easily as just plugging it in. Want to place the camera where an electrical outlet isn't available? Remember that this is the company that has it all. Battery packs for the X10 Xcam2 camera will instantly solve that dilemma"
"Setup is easy, simple and quick. If you feel you do need help with an installation for comprehensive home security monitoring, the X10 website offers up a list of local independent installers that you can call to assist you." - Windows-help.net
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"Wireless video got a little easier when X10 announced its new XCam2, a video camera that can transmit video and audio signals up to 100 feet. The XCam2 integrates a color analog video camera, a microphone, and 2.4-GHz transmitter into a single device that is smaller than a golf ball." -- Mark Brownstein, special to PC World
Now we ALL know that a review is a review. X-10 is not the only camera, Secureview is not the only camera. My opinion of x-10 is this. X-1O technology includes: Colr & audio, WWW access, Software, Multy camera functions, Remote access & PC connection. Secureview is a fixed position b/w camera with NO SOFTWARE, NO WWW ACCESS, NO PC CONNECTIONS & NOT VERSATILE.
Good enough?
Happy Posting! -----
LOL
JMHO