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New WinCinema Suite From InterVideo Combines Best-In-Class Multimedia Software Products.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000

Suite Delivers 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.
, Digital VCR See DVR. ,DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. , 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).  Video Encoder,

MP3Ripper/Player and Streaming Audio and Video

in a Highly Integrated Fashion!

InterVideo, Inc., the leading developer of PC video and audio solutions, today announced WinCinema(TM), its new, fully integrated all-software suite for PC-multimedia users. The suite will bring together all of InterVideo's applications in one package, providing unsurpassed quality and convenience for the optimum digital entertainment environment.

"Consumers throughout the world are demanding more and more powerful digital video and audio products to enhance their PC multimedia experience. What we've attempted to create is a tightly integrated suite of software that offers our customers the most complete and robust multimedia solution available," said Joe Monastiero, InterVideo vice president of sales and marketing. "WinCinema will provide users a common look, feel and location to go to for the majority of their multimedia requirements."

The highly customizable suite offers the following six modules, each featuring WinCinema's new common user interface design:

-- WinDVD -- The world's leading DVD software player from

InterVideo continues to set the standard for digital video

playback, supporting DVD, MPEG1, MPEG2, CD-Audio, VCD See Video CD.

VCD - Video Compact Disc
 and SVCD See Video CD.  

playback. WinDVD now includes support for Dolby Digital

Headphone See headphones. (TM), Bookmarks, Zoom and Pan functions and the

ability to change the user experience with customizable

"skins." InterVideo will release a skin development tool on

its Web site in July.

-- WinDVR -- InterVideo's all-software digital VCR offers PC

users consumer entertainment device functionality similar to

that found in the popular TiVo and ReplayTV products. With

WinDVR, users can record TV broadcasts to their PC's hard

drive for later viewing, and it provides simultaneous

recording and playback capability with time-shifting,

"PauseTV" convenience. WinDVR works with current analog

TV-tuner cards and is digital TV-tuner card-ready. It also

features a new Internet-based iAccess Electronic Program Guide

(EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. ) that lets users quickly find and schedule their favorite

shows for recording.

-- WinDTV -- A software-only decoder for high-definition TV

(HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates ) on the PC. WinDTV decodes all 18 ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina.  formats,

including 720p and 1080i, and supports ATVEF (Advanced Television Enhancement Forum) A consortium of broadcast, cable and computer companies founded in 1998 that developed the ATVEF Enhanced Content Specification, an HTML and JavaScript-based format for adding content to interactive TV.  embedded data

streams, required for interactive TV experiences.

-- WinRip -- InterVideo's MP3 ripper/encoder/player will allow

users to "rip" their favorite CDs to MP3 format, create

playlists, change the look and feel of the product with new

downloadable "skins," and enhance the listening experience

with plug-in DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive  sound effects.

-- WinCoder -- InterVideo's software-only MPEG2 real-time encoder

offers users the ability to capture DVD-quality video and

audio in MPEG1 or MPEG2 format to their PC's hard drive.

WinCoder's simple but powerful user interface lets users

easily customize capture settings to optimize their videos for

quality or storage size. Users will be able to manipulate

their captured files with the MPEG/AVI editing module

including with WinCoder.

-- WinStream -- This module in the WinCinema suite lets users

play back video and audio files from the Internet and other

remote sources. WinStream will support all of the most popular

industry-standard streaming formats. WinStream will also

include built-in Internet radio station control.

"InterVideo continues to set new benchmarks for the industry in the digital video and audio arena," stated Dan Vivoli, senior vice president of marketing of Nvidia. "Their WinDVD software has performed exceptionally well with Nvidia graphics products and we are excited about reviewing the company's follow-on products included in WinCinema."

"3dfx has had a very successful run using InterVideo's products with our Voodoo lineup," added Kirk Leitch, director of multimedia products for 3dfx Interactive(R) Inc. "Everything we've seen thus far from our reviews of the WinCinema suite indicates that InterVideo has a product offering that sets the standard for quality, performance and features in advanced multimedia products."

WinCinema will offer users one-stop shopping for virtually all of their digital video and audio requirements. End-users will no longer be required to navigate between and manage six unrelated applications working on often incompatible hardware peripherals. WinCinema modules allow users to seamlessly toggle To alternate back and forth between two states.

toggle - To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state; to change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1. This comes from "toggle switches", such as standard light switches, though the word "toggle" actually refers to
 from one application to the next with just the click of the mouse, creating a virtual multimedia "launching pad" within each product.

WinCinema users can also customize their software suite by first selecting and downloading trial versions of new InterVideo software modules or by upgrading to full products. Each module offers users a direct upgrade path to another. Product information, trial versions of the suites' modules, and full versions (priced from $29.95 to $49.95) will be available by visiting InterVideo's Web site at www.intervideo.com.

About InterVideo, Inc. (IVI IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
IVI International Vaccine Institute
IVI Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
IVI Intravenous Infusion
IVI Interactive Video Instruction
IVI Intra Venous Injection
IVI Institute for Vision Improvement
IVI Interactive Video Initiative
):

InterVideo's executive team comprises PC veterans instrumental in the formation of the PC multimedia industry, coming from industry pioneering companies such as NexGen, LuxSonor, Sigma Designs, Chromatic chromatic /chro·mat·ic/ (kro-mat´ik)
1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes.

2. pertaining to chromatin.


chro·mat·ic
adj.
1. Relating to color or colors.
 Research, Conexant, Zoran, MetaCreations and E4.

InterVideo's popular DVD playback software, WinDVD, has won a number of awards worldwide, including WinMag's Win100 Award for being one of the 100 best products introduced in 1999. InterVideo is privately held, with headquarters in Fremont, and there are regional offices in Taipei; Redmond, Wash.; Europe; and Japan. For more information about IVI, contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the Web site at www.intervideo.com.

Note to Editors: WinDVD, WinDVR, WinRip, and WinCinema are trademarks of InterVideo, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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