DVDit! Debuts On The Web

Sonic Solutions announced today that it has launched a new e-commerce site to service the rapidly emerging market for DVD publishing systems. The new site, located at store.dvdit.com, is designed to meet the DVD information and authoring needs of both video professionals and DVD enthusiasts looking for high-quality, accessible, DVD publishing solutions. The new web store features DVDit! SE (Standard Edition), Sonic's highly-anticipated Windows 98/NT-based authoring application. Priced at under $500, DVDit! SE will ship later this month and will be offered starting immediately. To celebrate the launch of store.dvdit.com, Sonic will bundle more than $100 of artwork and promotional incentives with all purchases through the end of the year.""This is the first in a series of dramatic initiatives Sonic will take to use the Internet to bring DVD authoring to the widest-possible audience,"" said Bob Doris, President of Sonic Solutions. ""The number of DVD-equipped PCs is expected to reach 100 million within the next 18 months and very soon both corporate and personal users will want to know how to make their own DVD-Video discs. DVDit! is designed specifically for this market, and with virtually 100% of DVD-equipped PCs already connected to the Internet this is the ideal medium to reach new users.""Combining a simple and straightforward user interface with Sonic's award-winning DVD multiplexing technology, DVDit! gives video professionals, graphic designers, artists and video enthusiasts the power to create stunning interactive DVD content on their PC. Sonic has also announced DVDit! PE (Professional Edition), which will build on DVDit! SE, adding features previously found only on authoring systems costing five to ten times as much including: multi-angle video, multiple audio streams, motion-video menus and an integrated timeline for easy video and audio editing. Sonic has also added integrated DVD-R support into all versions. DVDit! PE will carry a suggested retail price of $2,999 and is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2000.

Sonic Solutions can be contacted on the Web at www.sonic.com.