Taipei, Taiwan--March 11, 2005--CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader and pioneer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home, and associate member of the HD DVD Promotion Group, today announced strategic support for high-definition DVD in its entertainment and burning product range.
CyberLink has already released technology based on the key HD DVD video compression format MPEG-4 AVC, launching video encoding and decoding software CyberLink PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC Edition. CyberLink PowerDVD 6, the leading software for DVD playback on the PC, also supports playback of MPEG-4 AVC files.
CyberLink will implement broader support for HD DVD playback across its entertainment products PowerDVD and PowerCinema, and support for HD DVD throughout its leading DVD authoring and burning products PowerProducer and Power2Go.
"HD DVD will soon become one of the mainstream standards for quality video, and CyberLink has already implemented core technologies supporting the HD DVD format with playback, capturing and conversion of files," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "Our next step is full support for HD DVD playback, authoring and burning through our latest DVD solutions, keeping our customers up to date with the latest digital video trends."
The HD DVD Promotion Group includes leading movie studios, as well as consumer
electronics and PC companies. The HD DVD format represents a major increase
in the capacity and quality of DVD content, by providing up to 60 GB or 16 hours
of high-definition video content on a double-side double-layer ROM disc. Content
is read using new blue-laser technology. The DVD Forum has also defined specifications
for HD DVD-Rewritable discs, requiring 20 GB of capacity on a single-sided,
single-layer DVD.
About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in providing
integrated solutions for the Digital Home. The products are categorized into
two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and Training Solutions. Digital
Multimedia Solutions includes products focused on media creation technologies
that capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and entertainment
products that allow enjoyment of high quality media on the PC through state-of-the-art
audio-video technologies. These award-winning applications are ideal solutions
for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video
centers. The company's Training Solutions include authoring tools for creating
training content and building training management systems that offer an easy
and cost effective way to deliver training over corporate intranets or the Internet.
As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became
a public company in October 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange
(5203.TW). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North
America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's corporate
headquarters is in Taipei. http://www.gocyberlink.com/
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