Sonic
DigitalMedia Software Suite Now Shipping on HP Notebook PCs
Provides Business and Consumer Notebook Customers with Award-Winning
MyDVD and RecordNow
Marin County, California (June 28, 2005) '” Sonic Solutions®
(NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today
announced that Sonic MyDVD® for DVD creation and video editing, and Easy
Archive™ for archiving and data backup, have been added to HP's current Sonic
bundle of RecordNow®, Drive Letter Access™ (DLA), and Express Labeler™
applications on new HP business and consumer notebook PCs. The suite of
applications, known as DigitalMedia™ Plus, features a central task-based
application hub and streamlined user interface(1).
'We are very excited that HP notebook PC customers will now have the
opportunity to experience the ease of use and convenience that our DigitalMedia
Plus software suite provides," said Stan Wong, general manager of Roxio, a
division of Sonic Solutions. 'Both consumer and professional users alike will
appreciate the multi-level functionality that the suite provides, allowing them
to manage and edit digital media files and projects anytime, anywhere and
achieve professional quality results."
Digital Media Plus is architected to
give OEMs the flexibility to select multiple Sonic application modules and
create custom software offerings for different markets and SKUs. For consumer
notebooks, HP has configured a version of DigitalMedia Plus that includes music
and data mastering on CD and DVD, video editing and DVD creation, archiving and
data backup, and CD/DVD labeling with LightScribe™ technology. For business
users, HP has added functionality for drag-and-drop packet writing of files to
DVD and CD (DLA) which allows users to simply drag and drop their files directly
to a recordable CD or DVD. Sonic's award-winning MyDVD and RecordNow
applications are included on new versions of HP notebooks, and HP offers these
users a path to easily upgrade to Sonic's complete line of DigitalMedia products
online or in retail locations worldwide.
'Our customers are looking for notebooks that meet a variety of needs,
including mobility, versatility and ease of use," said Tom Mitchell, vice
president and general manager, Consumer Notebook Global Business Unit, HP. 'The
integration of Sonic's DigitalMedia Plus provides our mobile computing customers
with a greater level of functionality as well as the ability to edit and update
existing presentations, slideshows and other projects saved on DVD discs in a
matter of minutes, wherever they may be."
Sonic's Easy Archive application makes synchronizing, backing up and
archiving important files to and from a notebook PC extremely simple. Easy
Archive also offers automated file search by file extension for backup and
archiving. Synchronizing, backup and archiving can be scheduled to automatically
occur according to a time or event, freeing users from worries about whether or
not their files are backed up regularly.
In addition to centralizing and streamlining most digital media tasks,
DigitalMedia Plus allows multiple Sonic applications to run simultaneously and
share Sonic's powerful CD/DVD formatting and burning engine. For OEMs, the
DigitalMedia Plus architecture saves substantial time in testing and qualifying
applications and lowers the CPU processing resources required to run complex
digital media software tasks. For end users, DigitalMedia Plus greatly
streamlines the management of digital media by allowing them to perform multiple
tasks, such as archiving photos to DVD and importing an audio CD
simultaneously.
About Sonic Solutions
Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital
media software, providing a broad range of interoperable, platform-independent
software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home
users, and technology partners. Sonic's products range from advanced DVD
authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies used to produce
the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, to the award-winning Roxio® and
Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup solutions that have
become the premier choice for consumers, prosumers and business users
worldwide.
Sonic products are globally available from major retailers, online at
Sonic.com and Roxio.com, and are bundled with PCs, after-market drives and
consumer electronic devices. Sonic's digital media creation engine is the de
facto standard and has been licensed by major software and hardware
manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many
others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
(1) Easy Archive is available on HP consumer notebooks and Drive
Letter Access (DLA) is available on HP business notebooks only.
Sonic, Sonic
Solutions, Roxio, DigitalMedia, Drive Letter Access, Express Labeler,
LightScribe, MyDVD, OpenDVD, and RecordNow are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sonic Solutions in the United States and/or other countries. All
other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in
some cases, are used by Sonic under license.
Source: Sonic
