ADS Technologies Bundles Sonic MyDVD with Digital Video Products Enables PYRO 1394 Users to Edit, Author and Record Their Videos on DVD.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARIN COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2001 Sonic Solutions Sonic Solutions NASDAQ: SNIC is a digital media company based in Novato, California, USA. It was created in 1986 by former Lucasfilm employees who developed the AudioDroid digital audio editing system as part of the Droidworks project. (Nasdaq:SNIC SNIC Singapore National Institute of Chemistry SNIC Snow and Ice Clearance SNIC Sub-Network Independent Convergence (functions) SNIC Standard Network Interface Card ) announced today that ADS Technologies, a world leader in Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) and IEEE-1394 (FireWire) solutions for the personal computer, is bundling MyDVD(TM) with its line of PYRO 1394 digital video products. The partnership allows PYRO users to drag-and-drop their edited video sequences, audio clips, graphics, backgrounds, and buttons into MyDVD! and then easily build an interactive DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. title and write it to CD-R/RW. "We're delighted that ADS has chosen to include MyDVD with their PYRO 1394 DV products," said Mark Ely, Vice President of Business Development at Sonic. "We believe Sonic MyDVD is the perfect complement to Pyro1394. Working with Sonic, ADS will be able to bring DVD technology to their rapidly growing base of customers eager to publish their DV videos on DVD." "Sonic has revolutionized digital video publishing with MyDVD," said Mike McCoy The name Mike McCoy may refer to two former NFL players with the Green Bay Packers:
DVD-Video is the fastest growing consumer electronics format in history. With over 23 million DVD set-top players and over 40 million DVD-equipped PCs in the market today, DVD is rapidly replacing tape as the video publishing format of choice for both video professionals and video enthusiasts. About PYRO 1394 Three-port OHCI-Compliant PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Host Card The PYRO 1394 host card was first introduced in June 1999 as PYRO 1394DV, the first affordable digital video editing system for all levels of DV enthusiasts. It hit the market at a time when digital video editing solutions were exclusive to DV professionals at a cost that was inaccessible to consumers. And while the prices of consumer digital video camcorders dropped, the quality and cost of the PYRO 1394DV made it so popular among DV users that the PYRO 1394 host card is now the number one selling consumer 1394/FireWire upgrade card in the world. ADS Technologies has since introduced a number of popular PYRO digital video products including: PYRO ProDV, PYRO Basic and PYRO 1394DV For Notebooks, and its latest PYRO PlatinumDV featuring Adobe(R) Premiere(R). About Sonic MyDVD The first DVD authoring application for consumers, MyDVD makes it easy to capture "your life on DVD." With its remarkably friendly user interface and intuitive authoring, MyDVD makes it possible for home video enthusiasts to take video, music, digital photos, and scanned artwork and create their own interactive movies. Users can record their finished DVD projects to low-cost CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. devices, and MyDVD automatically writes a software player on the disc, making it easy to publish interactive videos on universal, low-cost media and play them back on virtually any PC. More information about MyDVD is available at mydvd.sonic.com. About ADS Technologies, Inc. ADS Technologies of Cerritos, California is a world leader in Universal Serial Bus and IEEE-1394/FireWire solutions for the personal computer. Since the company's inception in 1992, the cornerstone of the company's success has been to introduce niche or high-end technologies to the consumer marketplace with quality devices sold at a reasonable cost. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. manufactures USB and 1394 hardware, and scan converters for both PCs and Macs. For more information visit the ADS Technologies' website at http://www.adstech.com. Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most & Marketing Contact: Christina Cu-Ito, ADS Technologies christina@adstech.com., 800-888-5244. About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC) Based in Marin County, California Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289. , Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD publishing. Sonic DVDit!(TM) (http://www.dvdit.com) is the first application for DVD authoring targeted at videographers and corporate video producers, and is bundled with major video editing, capture, encoding and media production systems. Sonic MyDVD(TM) (http://www.mydvd.sonic.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, making it easy to capture "your life on DVD." Sonic DVD Creator(R) and Sonic DVD Fusion(R) are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. SonicStudio(TM) HD is the leading digital workstation for preparing audio for release on CD and is the first for creating content for the new DVD-Audio format. Sonic is also a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format. The above paragraphs of this press release contain forward looking statements that are based upon current expectations. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties including, among others, the timely introduction and acceptance of new products, costs associated with new product introductions, the transition of products to new hardware configurations and platforms and other factors, including those discussed in the Company's annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain a more detailed discussion of the Company's business including risks and uncertainties that may affect future results. Sonic, Sonic Solutions, the Sonic logo, DVDit!, and The Easiest Way to Publish on DVD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice. |
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