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Interact-TV to Leverage QuietPath Noise Reduction Technology for Telly Home Entertainment Server Line (8/9/2005)

Interact-TV(TM) , a leading developer of Linux-based home entertainment servers, has announced it will leverage EaglePicher Wolverine's QuietPath(TM) noise reduction technology in its high-performance line of Telly Home Entertainment Servers(R). QuietPath is a powerful technology solution that helps hardware OEMs, manufacturers and component designers develop quieter systems by more-effectively managing noise, shock and vibration (NSV).

QuietPath's systems-based approach delivers an optimized NSV solution that is low cost, easy to install and adaptable to existing technology/system designs. Through strategic application of viscoelastic thin-layer damping materials (as thin as .008") within the hardware enclosure, QuietPath eliminates resonant response sensitivity and "breaks" the source transfer paths that excite the enclosure (and cause unwanted system noise).

"Our goal is to provide the best-in-class noise, shock and vibration characteristics in home entertainment servers," said Ken Fuhrman, CEO of Interact-TV. "EaglePicher Wolverine has cooperatively developed with us an entire QuietPath package which addressed each of the sources and paths of noise and vibration in both the Telly MC1200 and TeraTelly(TM) products. The QuietPath approach was easily incorporated into our existing manufacturing process and will be applied to other systems as we expand our Telly product line." He further commented, "QuietPath is a significant breakthrough for products targeting the living room."

In addition to home entertainment servers, QuietPath can be used to optimize performance related to system noise and vibration in a wide range of applications, including desktop PCs, laptops, mass storage devices and MP3 players.

"Consumers are demanding more from their technology and as a result, are no longer willing to overlook or find homegrown solutions to noisy systems," said Dr. Chris Griffen, Director of NVH Applications Development at EaglePicher Wolverine. "By leveraging QuietPath technology, Interact-TV and its Telly Home Entertainment Server products are successfully addressing this critical challenge."

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