InterVideo's WinDVD Provides DVD Playback For World's First THXÆ-Certified Multimedia PC

InterVideo's WinDVD Helps Bring Theatre-Quality Picture And Sound To Dell Home PCs

9-Jan-01

Dell Computer, together with Lucasfilm THXÆ, recently announced availability of the world's first THX-certified PCs. To create the first multimedia PCs ever to pass stringent THX certification testing, Dell Computer selected WinDVD for the crucial video and audio DVD playback. WinDVD from InterVideo, Inc., a leading provider of PC digital video and audio solutions for consumers and OEMs, is the world's leading DVD software player. Created by the THX Group of Lucasfilm Ltd for movie theatres, home theatres and now PCs, the THX certification program is designed to ensure consumers that movies, music and games will have superior picture and sound quality for movie theatre impact, realism and quality. ""To pass the stringent THX certification, every element of the system that affects video and audio must meet demanding quality requirements,"" stated Michael Demeyer, Senior Director, Video Product Marketing. ""I am delighted that InterVideo was able to contribute to Dell's success in bringing - for the first time - THX quality to multimedia PCs. Significantly, Dell was able to achieve this unprecedented success with our standard WinDVD product."" InterVideo's WinDVD has won top awards from nearly every leading trade magazine in the PC and DVD industries. It supports all major CPUs from Intel, AMD and Cyrix. WinDVD runs on all Microsoft operating systems including Windows 95, 98, NT4, Windows 2000 and Millennium, and supports DirectShow, DirectDraw and DirectSound. WinDVD is part of InterVideo's WinCinema suite of video and audio processing software for multimedia PCs. Other WinCinema components include WinRipô (MP3 encoder and player), WinDVRô (software digital VCR), WinCoderô (encoder for MPEG-1 and 2 video), WinProducerô (video editor), and WinDTVô (digital TV decoder). Designed to satisfy the needs of consumers using their PCs for home entertainment content, the THX-certified systems, the Dell 8100 and 4100 series, combine THX-certified multimedia speaker systems, DolbyÆ Digital surround sound, WinDVD software and state-of-the-art PC subsystems. In addition to the audio and video performance enhancements, the THX PC includes software that simplifies setup and allows users to easily switch between the THX settings optimized for audio/video performance and settings for other PC applications. For more information about InterVideo, Inc. (IVI), visit www.intervideo.com.

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