CyberLink BD Solution The First Software Suite
Bundled With Sony's Blu-ray Disc Burners
Taipei, Taiwan----July 20,
2006----CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home
solutions, announced today that CyberLink BD Solution is being shipped with
Sony's first BD-R/RE burner, the BWU-100A drive.
Optimized to keep 1080i HD video in native high-definition
format from capture to playback, the Sony BWU-100A drive also supports recording
of standard single layer 4.7 GB DVD+R/+RW/RAM discs, 8.5 GB DVD+R Double/Dual
Layer Discs, and CDs, making it a true multi-format burner. CyberLink's BD
Solution offers a complete software suite for a host of advanced authoring and
burning functions optimized for the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format, allowing users to
capture HD video from an HDV format camcorder and record it to 50 GB or 25 GB BD
discs.
'The launch of BD burners now gives users the capacity to
store an unprecedented amount of high-definition video content on the one
disc," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. 'The Sony BWU-100A and CyberLink
BD Solution are a powerful hardware-software combination for burning CD, DVD,
and BD media."
CyberLink BD Solution includes:
- CyberLink PowerProducer®, BD/DVD authoring
software, enables the capturing, authoring, editing, and burning video to BD,
DVD and CDs.
- CyberLink PowerDirector®, editing software
optimized to support the new era in HD and widescreen TVs, enhances videos via
'magic" editing tools, enabling users to easily correct insufficient lighting,
unbalanced colors, or superfluous noise. Automated video editing MagicStyle
templates support the quick creation of movies featuring effects, transitions
and titles.
- CyberLink Power2Go™ provides easy
drag-and-drop burning of data, videos, photos, and music for BDs, DVDs, and
CDs.
- CyberLink InstantBurn™, packet-writing
software, lets users operate their BD/DVD disc burner as if it was another
hard drive or a huge floppy disk, with extensive rewritable burner
support.
- CyberLink PowerBackup™, data archiving
software, offers three convenient backup modes as well as fast stream-to-disc
BD/DVD archiving.
- CyberLink PowerDVD®, player software for
enjoying BD-AV/DVD/CD discs on the PC, delivers unprecedented clarity; sharp,
bright colors; and the best surround sound technology.
Blu-ray Disc burners and drives are backward compatible with CD
and DVD formats, supporting burning and playback of all three disc
types.
More information about CyberLink's support for next-generation disc formats, and the complete
range of CyberLink software, is available at www.cyberlink.com.
Source: CyberLink
