WinDVD hits 45m copies sold.InterVideo, Inc. has announced that WinDVD, its software for playing DVDs on a PC, has now sold over 45 million copies around the world since its initial introduction. It continues to be the most popular PC DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. in the world for watching 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. movies on a PC. "45 million copies is roughly equal to the combined populations of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Berlin, London, Shanghai, Taipei, Paris and Moscow," said Steve Ro, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of InterVideo. "This is a terrific milestone for InterVideo and shows the phenomenal popularity of watching DVDs on a computer." Since its initial launch at Comdex in 1998, WinDVD has established itself as the DVD player of choice for major computer manufacturers. Currently, 8 of the top 10 PC makers in the world bundle versions of WinDVD with their computers and InterVideo currently sells more than 1 million copies of WinDVD per month through various channels. WinDVD Platinum, the latest version of WinDVD, is a powerful DVD player that combines the features of a standard consumer DVD player and adds advanced audio and video functions. WinDVD Platinum includes must-have features such as time stretching, screen capture and TV-out support and then adds a dozen new extras including the ability to play DivX with all WinDVD's features and Dolby Virtual Speaker--a brand new technology that uses advanced algorithms to replicate 5.1 surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. over just 2 speakers. WinDVD Platinum also adds 24 bit/ 96kHz audio support for rich, high resolution audio. WinDVD Platinum and WinDVD 4 are currently available at www.intervideo.com and at retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → around the world. |
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