OT: Medion Launching New Kids' PC with Disney
Leveraging Long-Term Success in Europe, Medion Enters US Market
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Medion USA, a subsidiary of Germany-based PC and consumer electronics leader Medion AG, today officially announced the successful launch of its US sales and marketing operations. The company's latest offering is a joint Medion/Disney product, the Disney Dream Desk PC(TM), a Medion-built PC recently debuted in New York City.
The new product is the most recent offering in a number of jointly created Medion/Disney consumer electronics, and is one of many new Medion products scheduled to hit the American market over the coming months. Medion's fledgling US operations draw on the company's powerful German engineering and electronics background, as well as eye-catching hardware that marry form and function in products for today's emerging digital culture.
Respected in Europe for more than two decades for quality and customer care, Medion has consistently worked to deliver leading-edge technology with exceptional value. Medion has been successful in Europe, and is now bringing that same European quality to the American consumer. Medion's products meet or exceed the rigorous environmental standards set by the European Union, and provide discerning American consumers with the same top-notch components and features they are used to, but at a better price.
"Medion's multimedia products are the ideal fit for today's digital lifestyle in America. We have been proud to work with partners such as Disney in Europe, and now to expand those relationships to the US with new products," commented Brian Firestone, CEO of Medion USA. "With all of our products, the focus is on quality, reliability and end-user functionality. We look forward to introducing a number of new consumer electronics products under the Medion name for the American market, over the coming months."
Medion products include powerful multimedia systems that feature best-of-breed multimedia components from leading suppliers such as Sony(R), Seagate(R), Intel(R) NVIDIA(R) and Microsoft(R). These systems feature Intel's latest Pentium 4 processors which support the HT Technology 5xx sequence, as well as PCI Express graphics, DVD burners, 9-in-1 media readers, SATA hard drives, and 32-bit Azalia sound. These units integrate one of the most comprehensive audio/visual connection panels available on the market today, including ports for linking the PC to devices including digital audio in and out, standard RCA audio in ports, and 7.1 audio connections. A 2.1 flat panel speaker system with powered subwoofer is also included with most units.
Medion's M3 Director series PCs also come with Microsoft Windows(R) XP Media Center Edition and WinTV PVR by Hauppage(R) for watching and recording TV.
"Here at Medion, we only sell products that we would purchase for our own families and colleagues," asserted Gerd Brachmann, Chairman and CEO of Medion AG. "We are committed to providing the best quality, at the best price, with the best customer care, and this commitment is reflected across our broad array of products."
Medion has built a solid name for itself with blue-chip retailers in Europe as one of the world's best designers and engineers of a broad swath of successful technology, appliance and houseware products. With every product made, from PCs and notebooks, to plasma TV sets, DVD recorders and MP3 players, functionality and quality are combined with inspiring designs, and provided to consumers at an affordable price.
Medion has received numerous design and technology awards from top publications in Europe, Australia and the US for its products, and stands behind every product it will sell in North America with 12 months of free support from its US-based phone and online customer service center.
