Dolby Licensees Continue Expanding Dolby Digital Solutions with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Business Wire, Sept 30, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003

New Solutions Featuring Dolby Digital Technology Enhance and

Simplify Entertainment Experiences With Windows XP Media Center PCs

Dolby Laboratories acknowledged the availability of new solutions designed to expand the entertainment capabilities of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 PCs using Dolby(R) Digital technologies. These solutions are designed to provide the end user with enhanced DVD-Video playback control, DVD recording capability, and simplified connectivity to home theater systems.

Software DVD player solutions from CyberLink, InterVideo, Nvidia, and Sonic offer fully integrated menus providing users with full control of DVD playback functionality displays and audio settings from the Windows Media Center Edition 2004 interfaces.

Sonic PrimeTime(TM) and Sonic MyDVD(TM) Studio Deluxe applications both provide Dolby Digital encoding capabilities for Media Center PC users, making it easy to burn recorded TV shows onto DVDs. Creating DVDs using Dolby Digital encoding technology optimizes available disc space, enabling users to archive more shows on their DVDs with the highest quality audio and video

"By collaborating with Dolby, InterVideo provides a Dolby Digital decoder filter for DVD playback on Media Center PCs and has designed a new, easy-to-use interface for simplified control of audio settings," said Steve Ro, founder and CEO of InterVideo. "With WinDVD(R) and MCE, users have direct access to InterVideo audio settings to optimize their audio setup with a choice of multiple audio outputs including line level, Dolby Headphone, and Dolby Digital compatible S/PDIF."

Media Center PCs featuring Nvidia nForce(TM) 2-based MCPs and Nvidia SoundStorm(TM) audio enable any PC audio source to be remapped to Dolby Digital and output via a single digital connection for playback through a home theater audio system.

"Dolby is well respected in the industry for its expertise in providing world-class entertainment technology to consumers," said Joe Belfiore, General Manager of the Windows eHome division at Microsoft Corporation. "These innovative audio technologies will provide consumers with a first-rate DVD experience, bringing entertainment experiences on Media Center PCs to new heights," he added.

"Microsoft is elevating PC entertainment to new performance levels with the introduction of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004," said Greg Rodehau, Director of PC and Gaming Technology Marketing, Dolby Laboratories. "We're delighted that our licensees continue to find new and innovative ways to enhance the PC entertainment experience using Dolby Digital technologies."

About Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 evolves the home PC with easy-to-use integrated digital entertainment that you can enjoy when and how you want. It combines traditional PC tasks (Word, Excel, and so on) with the ability to enjoy music, television, personal video recording (PVR), pictures, digital video, and DVD with remote control access. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 makes enjoying digital media easier, more convenient, and more integrated.

About Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories creates technologies that intensify and enhance the entertainment experience. For nearly four decades, Dolby has been instrumental in defining high-quality audio and surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the privately held company has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York and Los Angeles, and licensing liaison offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com.

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