Daikin Scenarist Adopts REALmagic NetStream 2000 For DVD Authoring

25-Apr-00

Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM), a recognized leader in digital video solutions, and Daikin US Comtec Laboratories, the world leader in DVD authoring, announced that Sigma's REALmagic NetStream 2000 MPEG-2/DVD playback card has been integrated into the Daikin Scenarist NT 2.0 professional-grade DVD production system.NetStream 2000 performs professional-quality DVD playback in both progressive and interlaced DVD playback modes, which enables professional DVD studios to carefully analyze content throughout the entire authoring process. As HDTV and progressive DVD player sales increase, Hollywood studios are realizing the importance of ensuring high-quality, error-free progressive display. With Scenarist NT 2.0 and NetStream 2000, DVD-Video titles can be critically tested throughout the authoring process, resulting in quicker time to market and fewer errors.""Our customers include a vast majority of the top production houses in Hollywood. They demand the absolute highest quality, which is why we selected REALmagic NetStream 2000,"" commented Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, Daikin's Director of Marketing. ""These Hollywood production houses need a decoder with true progressive DVD output and component TV video output so they can view every scene of the movie in the greatest detail as it is being produced in the DVD format.""""We are delighted to have been selected by Daikin for integration into its professional DVD authoring system,"" commented Ted Nguyen, Sigma's Product Marketing Manager. ""Not only does this demonstrate the extremely high quality of our products, it will also ensure absolute compatibility of our progressive DVD decoders with upcoming DVD Hollywood movie titles.""About Daikin US Comtec LaboratoriesBased in Novato, California, Daikin US Comtec Laboratories is the center of operations for research and development, marketing and support for the worldwide distribution of the acclaimed series of DVD authoring and support tools, Scenarist, Scenarist EDK, DVD Informer and ROM Formatter. Daikin US Comtec Laboratories is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. of Japan. For more information, please visit Daikin's Web site at http://www.scenarist.com.About Sigma DesignsSigma Designs is an acknowledged leader in the fast-growing digital video market. Sigma specializes in digital video encoding and decoding for the PC DVD market, for video streaming over corporate Intranets and extranets, and for the emerging set-top box information appliance market. Sigma is a driving force in advancement of digital video technology used in high-speed, high-bandwidth transmission for business, home, and education markets. Sigma Designs' products, marketed under the REALmagic brand, are sold worldwide through a direct sales force, distributors, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.sigmadesigns.com.

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