FOCUS Enhancements Provides Video Blending for the Sony CoCoon Video Recorder/DVD Writer; FOCUS FS460 Video Processor/Blender Chip Powers Home Entertainment Unit.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ SC: FCSE), a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced that its FOCUS FS460 set-top-box video processing chip provides video blending capabilities in the NDR-XR1, part of Sony's CoCoon(TM) line of digital video recorders (DVRs). The FOCUS chip provides the unique capability of merging computer generated graphics with two additional video streams and displaying the composite studio-quality image on one TV display. By using the FS460, Sony was able to create the graphical user interface images in computer space and perfectly convert them - pixel-by-pixel - directly into the TV video space, providing a very functional and attractive user interface expected from a Sony product.

CoCoon(TM), or Connected COmmunity On Network, is a series of products that provide a new style of audiovisual (AV) entertainment centered around the home television and create entertainment appropriate for a new merged multimedia era. CoCoon is an evolving family of home AV gateway products that are equipped with a large capacity hard disk that enables consecutive recording and playback of video and a broadband internet connection that provides access to a variety of network services. The NDR-XR1 includes an 80 Giga Byte hard disk which will provide up to 90 hours of recording time. A DVD-R/-RW is also included to create DVD's for archiving home video or VCR recordings, or burning a DVD of the kid's recital for the grand parents. Among the extremely clever features of the NDR-XR1 is the ability to set up and activate the PVR remotely, over the internet, from a computer or using a cellular telephone.

"Sony continues to be an innovator in the home entertainment space and the CoCoon(TM) series does a masterful job of combining the best of personal computer technology and consumer electronics products. The FOCUS presence in this emerging line of consumer appliances aligns perfectly with the strategic convergence markets we are targeting," said Tom Hamilton, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the FOCUS semiconductor group. "We are pleased that the design elements and ideas that went into the FS460 helped Sony efficiently achieve their goals."

"Our products not only have to work well - they have to be easy to work with by our customer's design engineers," said Bill Schillhammer, Vice President of Sales, FOCUS semiconductor group. "We believe one reason the FS460 was selected by Sony for this Linux-based CoCoon product, was because it had been developed with Intel for a Media Center Reference Design, specifically for home entertainment applications. Linux drivers had already been worked out and it was completely ready for implementation with Intel processors." Windows CE and XP drivers are also available for the FS460. Sony was able to easily convert bitmap user interface images directly into alpha masks (images to be combined with other video or graphics) using a simple Java(TM) application that interfaced conveniently and directly with to the FS460 drivers. FOCUS' unique blending technology provided the path to this straightforward and elegant process.

The FOCUS FS460 is a member of a family of low cost, high performance video processors used to convert high-resolution computer graphics into stunning TV images, in both Standard and High Definition formats. The FS460 has a three channel mixer, special effects processor (for fades, wipes, sizing and moves) and Macrovision 7 protection. Set top box applications are most popular with the FS460, but it also can be used in game consoles, point-of-sale terminals and information appliances, and more.

About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ SC: FCSE) is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video technology. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, FOCUS Enhancements designs, develops, and markets video solutions in two distinct markets: advanced, proprietary video scan conversion ICs (Integrated Circuits) and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include designs for PCs, Game Cards, Internet TV, set-top boxes, Internet appliances, and interactive TV applications, and they are sold globally through distributors to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). FOCUS' complete line of video presentation and video production devices are sold globally through resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production and Home Theater markets. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.FOCUSinfo.com.

Statements about future results made in the above referenced press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. The Company cautions that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such projections are based upon many estimates and are inherently subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of management of FOCUS. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002 and other filings with the SEC by FOCUS.