Sonic Shows Major DVD Product Advances
April 20, 2004
Las Vegas, NV - Sonic Solutions announced important additions to its line of professional DVD creation systems at NAB.
New to Sonic's professional DVD product range:
SD-series Encoder 3.0
The new SD-1000 and SD-2000 encoders bring their reputation, established on the Macintosh platform, for delivering cinematic quality MPEG video with the greatest ease and reliability, to the vastly larger user base utilizing Windows PCs, the manufacturer reports. The SD-2000 encoder for Windows includes Sonic's patented advanced encoding technology and simultaneous Dolby Digital audio encoding, as well as segment-based re-encoding and stream legalization analysis technologies.
Sonic eDVD 3
Built-on InterActual technology, the Hollywood standard web-connection platform, eDVD 3 adds web and DVD-ROM links to DVD titles created by the majority of authoring applications available today. eDVD 3 creates cross-platform web-DVD links to online content that is playable on both the Windows and Mac OSX platforms.
DVD Producer 4.5
The latest version of Sonic's award-winning DVD authoring application for creative professionals, DVD Producer 4.5 integrates a range of new capabilities and features including dual-layer (DVD-9) title production and compatibility with the new DVD+R double-layer DVD-recordable drives. DVD Producer 4.5 is also available in new workstation configurations that include enhanced graphics hardware for dual-monitor output and connection to an external NTSC/PAL video monitor, and the option of one of Sonic's powerful SD-series advanced MPEG encoders for the PC.
DVD Producer -- WMV HD Edition
The world's first authoring system for creating HD titles on DVD using WMV high-definition technology, DVD Producer WMV HD Edition allows users to build interactive titles with stunning HD video content that is playable on the Windows Media 9 Series player included with Windows XP computers.
Currently shipping, the SD-1000 encoder is available at a suggested retail price of $11,000 and the SD-2000 encoder is available at a suggested list price of $25,000.
eDVD is expected to ship in May 2004 at a suggested list price of $899.
DVD Producer 4.5 is expected to ship in June and has a starting retail price of $1,999.
The new system is expected to ship in September 2004, and will have a target retail price of $12,999.
For more information, visit
www.sonic.com
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