InterVideo WinDVD Installations top 175
Million
Universal Player Incorporates
Industry's Most Advanced Audio and Video Technologies to Deliver Amazing
Theater-like Experience
Fremont, CA '“ June 1, 2006 '”
InterVideo®, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVII) a leader in digital media software technology,
announced today that sales of WinDVD®, the world's most popular software for
watching video and DVDs on a PC, have reached more than 175 million copies
worldwide.
"We feel that 175 million units is a very important
milestone," Steve Ro, president and CEO of InterVideo, noted. "With each version
of WinDVD, we have added features that further enhance our customers digital
lifestyle, and they have responded enthusiastically. The numbers speak for
themselves."
First released to retail in 1999, WinDVD is now in
its seventh version and can be used to playback not only DVDs, VCDs and Audio
CDs, but also all of the next-generation high-definition video formats,
including H.264 MPEG-4/AVC, HDTV, and WMV-HD (Windows® Media Video High
Definition). This is in addition to playing back formats like Real®, QuickTime®,
and DivX®, as well as 3GPP/3GPP2.
On the audio side, WinDVD includes support for
DVD-Audio, Intel® High Definition Audio, and of course Dolby® Digital, Dolby
Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker, DTS™ Digital Surround Sound, and SRS
TruSurround XT™.
With UPnP support, WinDVD 7 has also found its
place in the digital home - playing back video from Universal Plug & Play CE
devices. This means it can play almost any multimedia content shared over a UPnP
network. Users can also share content using a mobile device such as an iPod,
PDA, PMP, or mobile phone.
Besides the retail version, WinDVD has also been
bundled with major OEM PC manufacturers worldwide. The latest version of WinDVD
is included with Toshiba's HD DVD notebook for HD DVD content and disc playback.
In addition, WinDVD BD was recently chosen to be pre-installed on the
first-to-market notebook and desktop PCs with Blu-ray Disc (BD)
drives.
Pricing, Availability
InterVideo
markets WinDVD to consumers and hardware OEMs, including manufacturers of PCs,
video cards, camcorders, disk drives and consumer electronics products. The
software can be used with PC and notebook computers running Windows®
98/2000/Me/XP.
WinDVD 7 Gold, the standard consumer edition, and
WinDVD 7 Platinum, InterVideo's high-end version, are available at InterVideo's
web site at www.intervideo.com and at retail
outlets around the world with suggested list prices of $49.95 and $69.95
respectively.
About InterVideo Ulead
InterVideo
is a leading provider of integrated digital and high-definition multimedia and
audio/video content solutions in the PC, CE and wireless industries. The
company's broad suite of integrated multimedia software products are designed to
enhance the consumer's entertainment experience, whether the content is
delivered to a home system, HDTV set, wireless system, mobile or personal
multimedia device. InterVideo's unique iMobi™ multimedia codec technologies are
widely used by Smartphones, GPS units and portable entertainment device OEMs and
ODMs to enhance music and video enjoyment…anyplace, anytime. The firm's
worldwide headquarters is at 46430 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA, 510-651-0888,
InterVideo also has major offices in Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China and around
the globe. For more information, visit www.intervideo.com.
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Source: Intervideo
