NEC Europe Chooses Sonic MyDVD and CinePlayer for DVD-recordable Drives.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2003 NEC's ND-1100 and ND-1300 DVD Recordable DVD recordable and DVD rewritable refer to DVD optical disc formats that can be recorded (written, "burned"), either or rewritable (write multiple times) format written by laser, as compared to DVD-ROM, which is mass-produced by pressing. Drives Powered by Industry's Most Popular 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. Software 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. (R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :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 NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Europe, one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions, has selected Sonic MyDVD(R)4 and Sonic CinePlayer(TM) 1.5 as the DVD creation and PC playback software to power their ND family of DVD recordable drive products. With MyDVD and CinePlayer, NEC MultiSpin DVD Writer A DVD drive that records/writes onto any combination of DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW media. Contrast with a DVD-ROM drive that only reads discs. See DVD and DVD burner. ND-1100 and ND-1300 users are able to quickly and easily create and watch DVDs of their favorite home videos and photos with Hollywood-style motion menus, animated buttons, and high-quality DVD slideshows. And with OpenDVD(R) technology, the DVD projects they create can be re-edited later at any time to add and delete content and change menus. NEC's MultiSpin DVD Writer ND-1100 is a quadruple-speed DVD-recordable drive supporting the DVD+R (DVD+Recordable) A write-once (read only) version of the DVD+RW optical disc from the DVD+RW Alliance. DVD+Rs hold up to 4.7GB of data per side and can be read by DVD-Video players and computer DVD-ROM drives. A DVD+R DL disc is a "dual layer" DVD+R that holds a total of 8.5GB. (W) format, and the new ND-1300 DVD-recordable drive is a quadruple-speed multi-format writer that supports both DVD+R(W) and DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) A write-once (read only) DVD disc for both movies and data endorsed by the DVD Forum. DVD-Rs are often called "DVD Dash Rs" or "DVD Minus Rs" to distinguish them from the competing "Plus R" format (see DVD+R). (W), and gives users the freedom to choose which rewritable DVD format See VOB and DVD. they want to use to create home movies, to record music or to store images and data. By using Sonic MyDVD, NEC MultiSpin DVD Writer users are able to quickly create, archive and share home movies on DVD. With Sonic CinePlayer, users of the high-performance DVD R drives are assured the highest-quality PC playback of their DVD and Video CD titles. "NEC Europe is dedicated to providing consumers with the best solutions for creating and watching DVDs," said Ralf Dajek, Product Manager, Peripherals at NEC Europe. "We chose Sonic, a company that has long been at the forefront of DVD technology, and their MyDVD and CinePlayer applications, because they deliver the easiest and most creative way for home users to cherish their precious memories on DVD". "NEC Europe is a major player in the consumer electronics arena, and we are very pleased to have been selected as the ideal DVD solution for their MultiSpin DVD Writer series drives," said John Newman John Newman can refer to:
The NEC MultiSpin DVD Writers are available now at retail outlets across Europe at the suggested retail prices of 349.- Euro for the ND-1300 and 269.- Euro for the ND-1100. About the NEC MultiSpin DVD Writer ND-1100 and ND-1300 The NEC MultiSpin DVD Writer provides a complete solution for data backup, storage and distribution -- from sharing films and music to archiving a massive 4,7 GB/side of content on one DVD disc alone. The ND-1100 is a fast recording solution and is perfect for users who want to write to the DVD+R(W) format. The ND-1300 is NEC's 4x combination format DVD writer which supports both DVD+R(W) and DVD-R(W), eliminating the compatibility issues that have slowed the take up of DVD writers. The ND-1300 removes the guesswork once and for all, enabling end-users to create disks for play-back in virtually all DVD video players and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drives with no compromise in performance. The ND-1300 as well as the ND-1100 delivers very fast and reliable performance at both reading and writing media. Its performance enables the recording of one hour of DVD Video in just 15 minutes. The NEC MultiSpin DVD Writer also includes ACTOPC - NEC's high-resolution writing strategy to enhance the accuracy of written data. ACTOPC provides the user with improved quality of data copying - while allowing for local anomaly in media-manufacturing tolerances, finger marks, etc. About Sonic MyDVD Sonic MyDVD is the leading PC application for consumer DVD creation. With its ability to record analog and digital video (DV) in real-time into MPEG-2 for DVD, MyDVD is the fastest and easiest way to share treasured video memories with friends and family on DVD discs, from wedding videos to children's birthday parties and other special events. Sonic MyDVD makes it easy to burn high-quality DVDs with motion-video menus, animated buttons and DVD slideshows with transitions and soundtracks. Sonic MyDVD also features optimized Direct-to-DVD(TM) recording which allows users, in just a few clicks, to record their content directly to DVD from a video source connected to the computer's video input. Sonic MyDVD is also OpenDVD(TM)-compliant, enabling previously burned DVDs to be opened, re-edited, updated with new video and photo content and re-burned to DVD and CD recordable/re-writable media. This enables an entirely new generation of DVD and CD applications, such as video diaries Video Diaries was a BBC television programme produced by the Community Programme Unit. The series of programmes was created in 1990 by producer Jeremy Gibson. The programme's production team offered members of the public basic video training and ongoing support. , up-to-the-minute, customized sales presentations, compilations of family events, and more. About Sonic CinePlayer With its high-performance MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). decoding engine and native support for Microsoft DirectX(R), Sonic CinePlayer provides the highest-quality DVD and Video CD playback experience available on the PC. Sonic CinePlayer is also the first software DVD player to take advantage of OpenDVD. With its ability to launch an OpenDVD project directly from the player into an authoring application for further editing, Sonic CinePlayer takes a bold step in the direction of giving users a seamless experience in both creating and playing DVD content. 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 Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD(R) and DVDit!(R) are the most widely used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's RecordNow(TM) is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. Sonic's AuthorScript(R), the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : 6701q.1) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers integrated solutions in the key fields of computer and networking through its market-focused, in-house companies: NEC Solutions and NEC Networks. NEC Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of approximately $39 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2002. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com. Sonic, the Sonic logo, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVD PrePlay, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, OpenDVD, PrimeTime, RecordNow and Simple Backup are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, AutoDVD, DVD-Audio Creator, DVD Creator, DVDit!, DVD Fusion, MyDVD, NoNOISE, ReelDVD, Scenarist sce·nar·ist n. One who writes screenplays. scenarist the writer of scenarios, story lines for motion pictures. See also: Films Noun 1. and Sonic Solutions are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice. Forward Looking Statement The above paragraphs of this press release may 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. , Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and Registration Statement 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. The Company does not undertake to update any forward looking statements. |
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