Powerful, New Features Unveiled For ReplayTV Service

Replay Networks, Inc. has announced new, powerful features to the free ReplayTV Service that is included with the award-winning ReplayTV personal video recorder. Several innovative and cutting-edge capabilities debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will further change the way people watch television by giving them even greater convenience, choice and control in their viewing.With ReplayTV, viewers can watch television on their own terms. ReplayTV gives consumers the ability to find all their favorite shows, record them digitally, and then watch them on-demand. ReplayTV provides these functions without the inconvenience or unreliability of videotape. Viewers can set up their own channels based on personal preferences, such as a favorite show, actor, or director, or a theme such as golf, drama, or a sports team and be confident that programs will be recorded.Current ReplayTV features for ""live"" and recorded TV include: pause, rewind, fast-forward and instant-replay, and the ability to create show- and theme-based channels. The free ReplayTV Service is expected to deliver new features to existing ReplayTV customers in the first quarter of 2000.New ReplayTV Service features will include:- ReplayZones ñ a ""portal"" to the world of television, ReplayZones provides viewers with powerful new ways to find and record the TV shows, movies and sports they want. - Find Shows ñ a real-time, key-word search function to locate actors, show titles, show/movie names, directors, subject-based shows or any key word such as specific hobbies, sports teams or other interests. The Find Shows feature is similar to an Internet search engine except that it finds television shows rather than web sites. - Variable-speed slow motion for viewing live and recorded programming at three different slow speeds. - Still-frame advance for viewing live or recorded action shots one frame at a time. - Save-to-VCR feature for easy archiving of favorite TV shows and movies. - Preserve-show feature to save a favorite show or movie for future viewing. - Improved Standby mode that turns off the hard drive when not in use. Wins CES Innovations AwardsReplay Networks will unveil the new ReplayTV Service features tomorrow At the Consumer Electronics Show 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada, ReplayTV was named ""Best of Show"" last year and was named winners in video hardware and software categories for this yearís coveted CES ""Innovations Awards.""""Weíve heard our customers loud and clear and have responded with this exciting upgrade to our service. ReplayZones in particular will bring a whole new level of functionality and entertainment to our users."" said Tom Carhart, Vice President of Product Marketing.ReplayZonesAs part of the free ReplayTV Service, viewers will be able to access ReplayZones on their screens simply by pressing the ReplayZones button on the remote control. Planned ReplayZones include editorial zones such as a movie zone that features a variety of selections including action flicks, westerns, romantic comedies, science fiction movies and mysteries. By selecting a category such as westerns, viewers can see a list of upcoming western movies in listings and select the desired one for recording. With sponsored ReplayZones, such as the CNN/SI Sports Zone, for example, viewers will be able to scroll through lists of sports like football, basketball, hockey and soccer. By clicking on basketball, for example, they can see a list of upcoming basketball games and other basketball-related programs airing on Turner networks, any of which viewers can select for automatic recording and later on-demand viewing.Real-Time Search For TV ShowsThe real-time key-word search brings the speed and convenience of a Web-like search engine to television viewers. With the new search function, called Find Shows, viewers can use the ReplayTV remote to enter a word like ""Eastwood."" Within seconds, all movies, talk shows or other programs where Clint Eastwood is slated to appear during the next week are listed on the screen. These shows can be marked for recording for on-demand playback at a later time. Using the Find Shows feature, viewers can search for keywords in the actor, director, show title and show description data fields that are included with the ReplayTV Service.Slo-Mo, Still-Frame AdvanceWhen introduced last year, ReplayTV's functions gave viewers new levels of control over live television, including pause, fast-forward, rewind and instant replay of live television. Now with variable-speed slow motion, viewers can slow live TV to a crawl using their remote control. Viewers can also advance still pictures frame by frame, an ideal feature for settling controversial calls on televised sporting events.Save-To-VCR, Preserve Show, Standby ModeA new enhancement to the record-to-VCR function is an on-screen interactive guide that helps viewers archive shows to videotape. The new feature also records a descriptive label showing the program title, recording date and length. With the new preserve-show option, ReplayTV users can easily designate any recorded program to be saved for viewing rather than having its space recycled for other shows. Also being delivered through the ReplayTV Service is a ""Standby mode"" feature that turns off the hard drive when the system isnít in use or isnít anticipating an upcoming recording. This feature increases hard-drive life, reduces noise and saves energy.Downloads To All ReplayTV ModelsAll new ReplayTV Service features, including ReplayZones, real-time search, slow-motion, still-frame advance, preserve show, VCR-countdown and standby mode, are planned to be automatically downloaded free to existing ReplayTV customers in the first quarter of 2000.Product Availability, PricingPriced at $699 with 20 hours of storage, ReplayTV - which includes the free ReplayTV Service - is available at Amazon.com, 800.com, Roxy.com, Gigabuys.com, ValueAmercia.com and direct from Replay Networks at http://www.replaytv.com or toll-free at 800-266-1301. A Panasonic version of ReplayTV is expected in retail stores soon.About Replay Networks, Inc.Replay Networks, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is a leader in personal television technologies with the ReplayTV Service.

For more information, visit the Replay Networks home page at http://www.replaytv.com or phone toll free at 800 266 1301.