Taipei, Taiwan----August 9, 2007----CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a leader in digital home solutions, announced today cooperation with Pioneer Europe NV to include CyberLink BD Suite with Pioneer's Blu-ray Disc writer, the BDR-202, and Combo Blu-ray Disc drive/DVD burner, the BDC-S02.
With the rapidly expanding range of Hollywood movies available on Blu-ray Discs, as well as the increasing demand for storage of high-definition home movies, CyberLink BD Suite provides users with key tools for burning and enjoying content on their home PCs.
Consumers receive industry-leading PowerDVD for playing commercial Blu-ray Disc movies, PowerDirector for editing high-definition video content, PowerProducer for authoring DVDs and recording high-definition videos to Blu-ray Disc, and Power2Go and InstantBurn for burning data files to Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, and CDs.
"CyberLink's complete support for the Blu-ray Disc format ensures that users get the most out of the superb quality and huge capacity of this next-generation medium," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "By working with Pioneer, CyberLink is ensuring European customers have all the tools they need to create, store, and watch high-definition content."
The CyberLink BD Suite bundled with Pioneer's latest Blu-ray Disc burner and Blu-ray Combo drive, includes:
PowerDVD 7.3 supports the playback of commercial movie content delivered on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, as well as high-definition video files.
PowerDirector 5 lets users easily edit their high-definition and widescreen videos into stunning home movies. PowerDirector offers time-saving editing features called magic tools, as well as photo and video tools, titles and transition effects, that can be added manually. PowerDirector also converts movies into a variety of file formats to output to DVD or Blu-ray Disc, send via the Web or e-mail.
PowerProducer 4 offers complete tools for burning home videos and slide shows onto DVDs and supports recording directly to Blu-ray Discs.
Power2Go 5.5 allows quick drag-and-drop burning of video, photo, music, and data files to Blu-ray Discs, DVDs and CDs.
InstantBurn 5 enables users to burn files directly to a Blu-ray Disc or DVD as if it was their hard drive.
More information about CyberLink's high-definition software products is available in the Press Room.
About CyberLink
CyberLink Corp is the leader and pioneer in enabling digital multimedia on PCs and CEs. Backed by a group of high-caliber software engineers, CyberLink owns its core codec and a number of patented technologies. CyberLink has built a solid reputation for delivering high-quality, interoperable, and fast time-to-market solutions that keep our OEM partners on the leading edge. Our business partners include leaders in the PC industry: drive manufacturers, graphics-card makers, and top-5 desktop and notebook brands. Today, CyberLink's software solutions include: complete applications for Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs, Digital Home entertainment, Mobile TV and human resource development. With customers spanning from multi-national corporations to small/medium-sized businesses, and from power users to home users, CyberLink has enjoyed rapid and consistent growth leading to a record breaking IPO in 2000 on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). Currently, CyberLink is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 5203.TW). CyberLink's worldwide headquarters is in Taipei. To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. For more information, please visit CyberLink's website at http://www.cyberlink.com
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