History

Based on scientific know-how DVS was founded in 1985 by the three managing directors. With a safe feeling for the development in the video and image processing they identified technologies like HDTV resulting in 2K and 4K resolution.

Providing image processing and video coding applications for research and development in the beginning, in 1994 DVS started to market studio products for video graphics, animation, broadcast, and post production facilities. In 1997 the second DVS Headquarter was founded in Burbank, California to meet the large request for DVS products from Hollywood.

Again and again DVS was pioneer in several areas of digital video technology and developed products with the cachet "world`s first" – an absolute unique selling point of DVS. DVS and its innovative and reliable products established with exceeding success in the high-end video technology market.

History Overview

2009:

  • DVS introduces a hardware-accelerated RED workflow for CLIPSTER®. RED camera data can be processed in real time
  • DVS unveils the VENICE video server – a new system specially suited for the broadcast market
  • CLIPSTER® wins the POST PICKS award at NAB 2009
  • At the BANFF World Television Festival, DVS is honored with the 2009 Deluxe Outstanding Technical Achievement Award

2008:

  • A new conforming tool optimizes the performance of the DVS flagship CLIPSTER®
  • DVS introduces Pronto3 – the new generation of digital disk recorders
  • SpycerBox can be used as cluster solution thanks to SpycerLink technology

2007:

  • With the DI workstation CLIPSTER® DVS clears the way for Digital Cinema since the DVS flagship carries out essential steps in DCI mastering
  • The new I/O board Hydra offers customers decompression of SD, HD and 2K in real time
  • DVS unveils the world’s first player for uncompressed 4K material with 60p frame rate
  • DVS Digital Video Systems AG becomes legal successor of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH

2006:

  • The content management system Spycer® is unveiled and wins the „Pick of Show award from IBC 2006“ of the TVBEurope magazine
  • The new line of disk recorders Pronto2K.2 and ProntoHD.2 enable real-time multi-resolution capture and play and full conforming

2005:

  • In 2005 the DI workstation CLIPSTER® is declared winner of Digital Cinematography Award at NAB 2005 for its advancement in the art and science of Digital Cinematography.
  • In addition to its cooperation with Hollywood film studios DVS teams up with companies such as The Mill, Midnight Transfer, Sony, Kodak and Bang and Olufsen

2004:

  • Improvements for the DVS flagship CLIPSTER® making it the ultimate solution for every post production facility
  • Release of new OEM board Centarus® based on PCI-X bus architecture, providing video processing in SD, HD or 2K for OEM customers
  • ProntoHD/Pronto2K product line release

2003:

  • Release of on-set capturing video system DVS CineControl and its portable and outdoor-proof disk array, the DVS CineReel
  • First version of CLIPSTER introduced: the new real-time editing workstation for uncompressed video up to 2K

2002:

  • First multi-channel server for uncompressed HD (HDXWay)

2001:

  • First RGB-HDTV workstation based on a PC with Windows NT operating system (HDStationRGB)

2000:

  • Extension of HDTV workstation by film rasters
  • First PCI board with dual-channel SDTV I/O for video board customers (SDStationOEM)

1999:

  • HDTV PCI Board HDStationPRO
  • First HDTV workstation based on a PC with Windows NT operating system (HDStationPlus)

1998:

  • First Super-HDTV (cinema resolution) disk recorder

1997:

  • Subsidiary founded in Burbank, CA, USA
  • First Video Server and HDTV disk recorder

1995:

  • First D1 uncompressed PCI Video I/O Board

1994:

  • TV Studio Products (D1 DDR, SCSI/Video Compression Boards)

1992 – 1995:

  • Participation in the MONALISA EU project (Virtual Studio)

1990:

  • Development of workstations for image sequence processing

1988:

  • Production of workstations for image processing

1986:

  • First Image Sequence Processor (ISP 256)

1985:

  • DVS is founded in Hanover, Germany by Siegfried Beyer, Peter Spoer, and Hans-Ulrich Weidenbruch