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“These hard drives are superior at withstanding the typical shocks and abuse that players routinely apply to our games” Bensalem, PA – Merit today announced that it is extending the warranties on every ION hard drive to thirty months. This warranty extension is retroactive and applies to all IONs already in the field. For operators who remain current with the company’s software updates, the warranty period extends for 30 months after their last fully paid software update.
“By extending the warranty to thirty months from the date of the last software update, we have effectively guaranteed the hard drive for the life of the ION,” explains Colin Higbie, Merit’s Director of Marketing. The warranty extension emerges from improvements in the underlying hard drive technology the company uses. Starting with the ION, Merit has shifted toward a more rugged, shock-resistant, laptop-style hard drive. “These hard drives are superior at withstanding the typical shocks and abuse that players routinely apply to our games,” said Tom Krupp, Merit’s Vice President of Operations and the person responsible for Merit’s move to the new drive. “Of the thousands of these drives now in the field, operating in real-world conditions over the past several months, we’ve seen almost no problems.” “The new hard drives also sport an increased storage capacity of forty gigabytes for more full motion video, high quality digital audio, and database-intensive trivia and content games,” added Higbie. Dave Logan, Merit’s CEO summarizes, “The bottom line with the new drive is a more reliable game for our operators, with fewer service calls and less down time, all while providing larger storage capacity and increased content, ensuring overall greater coin drop and increased ROI.” For more than 27 years, Merit has ensured long-term return on investment for operators by providing continually high-earning equipment along with updates and upgrades for its products. With an installed base of over 250,000 touch-screen games garnering nearly 4.6 billion plays per year, Merit Entertainment is the worldwide leader in touch-screen entertainment devices. Merit Entertainment products appear globally in a wide array of venues and appeal to an almost limitless demographic. Merit continues to expand its position in the industry with ever-increasing entertainment, content and new games. The company maintains a Web site with all the latest information at www.meritind.com. (March 1, 2006) |
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