ArcSoft Provides Innovative Solution For Networked DVD Players; Broadcast Music, Movies and Photos Stored on Your PC to Your Networked DVD Players.

FREMONT, Calif. -- ArcSoft(R), Inc., a leading developer and provider of multimedia software and firmware solutions for personal computer, mobile device and consumer electronics manufacturers, today announced that its embedded technology solution for networked DVD players is now available.

ArcSoft's solution uses a consumer-friendly interface, similar to those found in set-top DVD players and PC applications, to give users the ability to view content over their home network without purchasing specialized hardware. Using a DVD player which has the ArcSoft solution, consumers can access the PC based multimedia content and enjoy it throughout his or her house without having to purchase expensive proprietary, non-standard electronics or struggle to connect multiple media devices or systems. ArcSoft's solution is designed to leverage the power of the PC to provide content to the DVD player in a format the DVD player can understand via a wired, wireless or power line based home network. This method effectively uses both the PC as a media content storage and management tool and the DVD player as a flexible, feature-rich, easy-to-use playback device.

Key Features:

--Designed to apply to existing low cost DVD player designs

--Supports a wide variety of AV formats playable in Windows Media Player 

--Works in single or multi-server, single or multi-client environments

--Extendable to UPnP, DHWG based systems

"We believe our technology offers a low cost, scalable, flexible solution to the emerging Home Multimedia Networking market that benefits end users, PC original equipment manufacturers and consumer electronics manufacturers," said Todd Rumaner, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ArcSoft. "We believe a key differentiator of the technology is that it complements existing technologies and brings them together in an innovative, non-intrusive way."

The complementary MediaMirror(TM) software includes real-time transcoding and rendering of PC-based content into formats the DVD player is designed to accept. This will allow the user to watch home movies, view photo slide shows, listen to custom audio collections or browse the Internet in the same way the user browses a standard DVD disc.

For more product information, please visit our corporate Web site: www.arcsoft.com.

Forward-Looking Statements 

The matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. ArcSoft disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.