Date: 05/22 06:01 EST

OPTX International Demonstrates Revolutionary High-Color, True-to-Source Screen Capture for Windows 2000 at the RealNetworks(TM) Real Conference 2000

CHICO,  Calif., May 22, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --  OPTX International
demonstrates revolutionary new features for streaming screen capture software at
the RealNetworks(TM) Real Conference 2000. OPTX is the leader in perfect image
recording for streaming media. It is also the first production and software
company to offer high-color, true-to-source screen recording capabilities for
Windows 2000. New capabilities include 16-bit capture of over 65,000 colors that
can be streamed over a bandwidth as low as 24 kbs. See these revolutionary
features at Booth #736 at the Real Conference 2000, May 22 to 26, in San Jose,
California.

Over one year ago, OPTX introduced ScreenWatch software and partnered with RealNetworks to stream lossless screen recording over the Internet. ScreenWatch is a full-motion, screen-recording software for users with the ability to stream application output from a computer monitor over the Internet of intranet with perfect image quality. ScreenWatch also includes CODEC 2000 technology that significantly reduces bandwidth. ScreenWatch records computer screen activity using Windows NT and playback utilities in Windows '95, '98, 2000, and NT. Brian Meyerpeter, CEO and founder of OPTX International, "Our customers are going to be impressed with our new high-color, true-to-source recording because it gives streaming multimedia producers a broader range of applications to record. To see this option at work log on www.screenwatch.com and see how our ScreenWatch software opens new doors for streaming media. Our new high-color features will be released to the public by fall 2000."

ScreenWatch has a wide variety of customers including Merant University, Applied Materials, Siebel Systems, Datastream, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Maryland, Digital Lava, and the University of North Texas. For information about ScreenWatch and its revolutionary high-color, true-to-source screen recordings for Windows 2000, contact OPTX at 530-899-2100 or visit its website at www.screenwatch.com.

NOTE: RealNetworks is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. ScreenWatch is a trademark of OPTX International.

SOURCE OPTX International

CONTACT: Jan Britton of Britton Advertising, 530-896-1240; or Brian Meyerpeter of OPTX International, 530-899-2100 URL: http://www.screenwatch.com http://www.prnewswire.com

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