Competitive Comparison

Company: Product Name: Feature/Benefit Axonix® SuperVue™ VOD Server VBrick® VBVoD MPEG 2 Video Server
Retail Base Price $3,195 $14,995
Allows hundreds of individual users simultaneously watch any video, anytime? Yes No--Limited by the required >4Mbps. streaming bit rate. MPEG2 is not truly “stream-able”
Only requires 400 Kbps of bandwidth to watch videos? Yes No–-Requires > 4 Mbps per video or 10 times more bandwidth.
Single all in one appliance? Does not require separate hardware components. Yes No--Requires separate encoder, storage server and decoder.
Compatible with all Windows and Macintosh PCs without additional client software? Yes No--Requires special client software to be loaded-only works on some Windows OS PC’s.
Internally stores hundreds of hours of videos? Yes No—limited to storing only a couple dozen videos.
Supports unlimited scalable network attatched video content storage? Yes No--Limited to local storage.
Supports both analog and digital video input sources? Yes No--Only analog video source.
Includes integrated Windows networkeideo file backup? Yes No
Supports both low cost (under $100 analog TV and digital monitor outputs? Yes No—Only NTSC TV with optional $7,495 VBrick 4000 MPEG2 decoder appliance.
Supports Video-on Demandover the Internet plus integrated Web server? Yes No -- Requires separate MPEG2 to WMV “VBX” Transcoder-additional cost (+$5,000. No Web server.
Supports both simultaneous live and recordeideos with multiple bit rates? Yes No
Allows you to import, convert, store and stream existing digital videos such as Quicktime and AVI? Yes No
Allows scheduling of TV show recordings from cable/Sat and antennae TV broadcasts? Yes No
Supports multiple encoding and transcoding formats including WMV (MPEG4 class, MPEG2 and DivX? Yes No -- Only supports either MPEG1 or MPEG2.
Anywhere full remote administration including content transfers & backup? Yes No
Offers optional Gigabit Ethernet? Yes No
Exportable videos to PDAs? Yes No
Specifications are subject to change without notice