Monsoon Multimedia Announces Streaming HD Video Over WiFi With HAVA

Monsoon HAVA First to Stream True 1080i Video to any PC Throughout a Home
Wireless Network

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative
digital video solutions provider, today announced HAVA as the first consumer
solution to stream HD video throughout a home 802.11n or wired network.
Customers can now enjoy the full glory of HD video on multiple PCs throughout
the home or view and control live home TV from anywhere in the world on a
broadband-connected PC, Windows Mobile phone or handheld computer.
The HAVA wireless hardware setup is fast, easy and eliminates the need to
run ethernet cables, or purchase costly HomePlug or PowerLine adapters
required by similar place-shifting solutions. The included HAVA Player
software includes a wide range of familiar virtual remote control designs
allowing users to change channels and control other features of their video
source as if they were sitting at home.
Combined with 802.11n-enabled laptops, Monsoon's breakthrough technology
in streaming true HD offers households a viable alternative to the traditional
TV set. Users can enjoy television and video content on their laptops as a
portable, hi-resolution alternative that brings together all of the features
of a television and the power of a PC.
"Wireless-N technology with notebook computers based on Intel(R)
Centrino(R) processor technology featuring 45nm Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo
Processor delivers the speed and coverage needed for consumers to wirelessly
enjoy their digital entertainment in full HD," said Erik Reid, Director of
Marketing, Mobile Platforms Group, Intel Corporation. " Our wireless-N
technology improves the home network experience -- especially when multiple
people access their wireless network simultaneously and enjoy bandwidth
consuming applications such as full HD video entertainment."
Monsoon's HAVA also allows a PC to operate with TiVo-like functionality.
Customers can pause, fast forward, rewind and record live TV to a PC hard disk
and burn the recorded content to DVD for archiving purposes. In addition, the
HAVA can employ WiFi to serve as a wireless network TV tuner for Media Center
PCs within the home allowing customers to enjoy the full functionality of
their Media Center XP or Vista PC without having to install a TV Tuner Card or
place their PC in the living room.
"Wirelessly streaming HD TV to PCs and other portable devices throughout
the home has been a dream until now," said Colin Stiles EVP, Sales and
Marketing at Monsoon. "Our world class engineering team continues to enrich
the consumer TV experience, by mobilizing HD TV content with 802.11n and
eliminating the inconvenience of wires or costly power-line adapters.
Monsoon's leadership position in place-shifting technology is really TV Set
Free"
HAVA features Monsoon's vBooster technology which provides superior
picture quality and enables multicast video allowing an unlimited* number of
PCs connected to a home network to view video content while simultaneously
transmitting video to a broadband-connected PC or mobile phone anywhere in the
world. Monsoon's vBooster technology allows the local MPEG-2 video streams to
bypass the router, effectively doubling the available bandwidth, while
simultaneously keeping the PC connected to the router for non-video traffic.
Monsoon HAVA Features:

-- Stream Live 1080i, 720p and 480p HD TV to multiple PCs within the home
(Multicast)
-- ATSC/NTSC hybrid tuner to receive off-the-air HDTV broadcast
-- Component input and support for HD video source (1080i, 720p,
480p/576p) played back in the native 16:9 aspect ratio on the client
display
-- Supports Windows Vista
-- Functions as a wireless networked TV Tuner for Microsoft Media Center
PCs on home network
-- Connects to any TV source including Cable, Satellite, DVD, TiVo or a
Camcorder
-- Enables TiVo-like functionality on the PC. Users can record, store,
pause, rewind and fast forward stored video
-- Schedule and record programs for later viewing
-- Allows archival of recorded material to DVD
-- All inputs include a pass-through connector, eliminating the use of
splitters when connecting HAVA to home video equipment
-- Streams video at an average of 18-20Mbps directly to PCs in a home
network in MPEG-2 at HD resolution up to 1920x1080
-- Streams MPEG-2 format over the home network, MPEG-4 format over the
Internet
-- Supports Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0 cell phones and PDAs

Pricing and Availability
The Monsoon Multimedia HAVA with true HD streaming will be available
Spring 2008 through select retailers and etailers nationwide as well as
directly through Monsoon's e-tailing division at http://www.myhava.com
About Monsoon Multimedia
Monsoon Multimedia provides advanced, standards based multimedia products
and technologies for the PC and Consumer Electronics industries. Monsoon
licenses highly optimized multimedia solutions compromised of applications,
drivers, frameworks, middleware and reference designs. Monsoon customers and
partners are semiconductor companies, PC manufacturers, software suppliers and
consumer electronics companies. Founded by the founders of Dazzle and Emuzed,
Monsoon Multimedia is headquartered in Noida, India with offices in California
and Russia. For more information, please visit
http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com.
* The number of PCs is based on available network bandwidth

Media Contact:
Anders Steele
FortyThree, Inc.
831.239.0960
monsoon@fortythreepr.com

SOURCE Monsoon Multimedia

Anders Steele of FortyThree, Inc., +1-831-239-0960, monsoon@fortythreepr.com,
for Monsoon Multimedia