Background:

Being 1st provides tremendous advantages, yet it often poses significant hurdles in addition to subtle disadvantages. Regardlessly, it validates one's courage in challenging and overcoming the unknown; so in a sense, even our failures are successes!

Formerly known as Front Porch Video, Silicon Philosophies was established in Philadelphia (USA). Since our inception, we have been instrumental in pioneering several unique applications while servicing and supporting the Film, Broadcast, Video, Internet and Art communities. We have since relocated to Germany, to capitalize on opportunities existing in the European market.

Though others might falsely claim credit, our reputation and achievements throughout the DVD community, speak for themselves:

· Engineered the world's 1st DVD studio encoding system at the Toshiba Research center in Princeton (1996), which is installed at Time-Warner's California Video Center and won Toshiba an Emmy

· Developed Microsoft's web video application, "Netshow"

· Authorized Sales, Competency and Technical Support Center for Daikin US Comtec Labs

· Trained and supported all the major East Coast DVD facilities in the use of the Scenarist authoring application

· World's 1st on-site demonstration of DVD title premastering (DVD Pro- Orlando 1998)

· Developed MPEG2 and Dolby AC3 encoders for FutureTel and Worldgate Communications

· Authored interactive DVD of Panasonic's 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games

· Beta testers for hardware and software encoders developed by FutureTel, Optibase, MpegRich and Custom Technology

· Developed the Berkley Encoder (DirectShow) for IBM Research and Sarnoff Labs

· Authored IBM World Book (Interactive Encyclopedia on DVD)

· 1st in the world to use DVD in a major art exhibition (I Love New York - Cologne 1998)

· Developed application for PC 99 DVD Conformation Testing for Intel and National Testing Labs

· Venice Biennale 1999 - Video installation, German Pavilion - Gardenia (Rosemarie Troeckle)

· Developed Enhanced DVD (DVD/Web Interphase) for Turner Broadcasting

· Developed an automated DVD Authoring and Premastering application for Sarnoff and Life Clips/Great Home Video

· Developed an automated workstation for streamlining DVD authoring and video archiving

· Venice Biennale 2001 - Winner Gold Lion Award - Video installation, Arsennalle (John Pilson)

· Authored over 150 DVD titles for installation in galleries, museums and sale to private collectors and general distribution worldwide

· Encoded hundreds of Hollywood trailers of feature films, for viewing in video rental outlets and in kiosks