DTSÆ To Exhibit At VSDA With First Time Demo Room

Co-Sponsoring Billboard Party Honoring Jeff Bezos

5-Jul-00

DTSÆ, a leader in digital audio, will participate for the first time at this yearís VSDA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company will host a Demo Room downstairs at the Sands Convention Center, room 202. Here, press and convention attendees will be treated to demonstrations of some of the most compelling, 5.1-channel, digital soundtracks from the latest feature films on DVD and music on compact disc. In addition, DTS will have a presence on the tradeshow floor at the Sands Convention Center in booth #234. The DTS Demo Room features a 5.1 home theatre system that clearly demonstrates why millions of consumers around the world are upgrading their playback systems to 5.1 channels of digital surround sound. Several of the hottest new DVD titles encoded with DTS Digital Surroundô will be presented during each demo session, including the new 5.1 remix of ""Jaws"" (Universal), and a special presentation of the newly remastered ""Terminator 2"" (Artisan). Attendees will also be treated to spectacular 5.1 music mixes now available exclusively on DTS-encoded compact discs that play on any 5.1 DTS-capable playback system. DTS is also a co-sponsor of the Billboard magazine reception on Sunday, July 9, honoring their Video Person of the Year, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and Chief Executive Officer. As the leading trade publication to the record industry, Billboard is a major supporter of music content on DVD. And, several of the most popular DTS-encoded DVDs are concert videos, including a DTS-exclusive 5.1 soundtrack on the ""Eagles: Hell Freezes Over"" DVD from Image Entertainment - the best selling music DVD in history. DTS Entertainment is also directly involved in the record industry, and is the worldís leading supplier of 5.1 music recordings on compact disc, which are available for consumers to purchase, at the Amazon.com Web site. DTS multichannel decoding technology has become a standard feature for home theatre equipment, and it is now supported by all of the major consumer electronics manufacturers. And DTS has demonstrated all over the world, the incredible added value of 5.1 soundtracks on both formats. However, this is the first time that DTS has exhibited at VSDA, signaling the recent growth of DTS-encoded film and music content on both DVD and CD. To stimulate market expansion of DTS-encoded software, the company recently introduced a set of new Professional Audio Products - the CAE-4 Professional Encoder, the CAE-4 Decoder and the E-175DVD Time-Code Controller. These companion products are designed specifically for studios and mastering facilities to encode soundtracks and music content in the DTS format for DVD and CD. Over twenty facilities around the world are now equipped with the DTS Professional Audio equipment. About DTS DTS is an international, digital technology company specializing in multichannel audio. Founded in 1993, DTS quickly became the leading provider of premium, discrete, multichannel audio for motion pictures with the release of Steven Spielbergís ""Jurassic Park."" DTS Digital Sound is now featured on more than 19,000 screens worldwide. The DTS Consumer Group licenses decoder technology to equipment manufacturers for home theatre, automobiles, and computers. DTS encoding technology is licensed to content creators for high-resolution, multichannel film and music soundtracks on DVD, multichannel music on compact disc and DVD-Audio, and multichannel audio for games on DVD-ROM. DTS is a registered trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. of Agoura Hills, California. International offices for the company are located in the United Kingdom and Japan.