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Iomega Corporation Selects Sonic Software for DVD-Recordable Drives

Sonic MyDVD(R) and CinePlayer(TM) Bring Maximum DVD Quality and Compatibility to Current and Future Iomega DVD-recordable Drives

NOVATO, Calif., Jun 5, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sonic Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:SNIC), the leader in DVD creation software, announced today that the Iomega(R) Corporation has chosen Sonic MyDVD and Sonic CinePlayer 1.5 as the DVD creation and playback applications to be bundled with its DVD-recordable drives. With MyDVD and CinePlayer, Iomega DVD drive users are provided with an extremely high-quality, end-to-end DVD creation and playback solution that is both powerful and easy to use.

Based on Sonic technology that has become the standard for Hollywood title production, MyDVD enables Iomega DVD drive users to create DVDs with motion-video menus, animated buttons and high-quality DVD slideshows with transitions and soundtracks while maintaining the highest compatibility across set-top and PC DVD players. MyDVD supports DVD+VR and is OpenDVD(TM)-compliant, enabling previously burned DVDs to be opened, re-edited, updated with new video and photo content and re-burned to recordable DVD media. With Sonic CinePlayer, users of Iomega drives are assured the highest-quality PC playback of their DVD and Video CD titles as well.

"As the industry`s leader in DVD creation technologies, Sonic was the clear choice for Iomega," said Michael Johnson, Product General Manager, Branded Products, Iomega Corporation. "Combining Sonic MyDVD and CinePlayer with our Iomega DVD-recordable drives results in an extremely powerful product that provides our customers with a complete solution for creating, archiving, and playing back their movies and digital images on DVD."

"Iomega has long been a leading provider of high-value storage solutions to consumers, and we are honored that it has made Sonic its preferred application for DVD burning with its DVD-recordable drives," said Dave Habiger, Senior Vice-president and General Manager, Desktop Products Group, at Sonic. "Iomega DVD-recordable drives are an ideal solution for consumer and business users who value high-performance hardware and software in a well-integrated and affordable package."

About Iomega DVD-recordable Drives

With Iomega DVD-Recordable drives, users can easily save and share video memories onto DVD or CD. Users can record up to 4.7GB of data files on a DVD disc or up to two hours of high quality DVD video (three hours of regular video) to a DVD, and one hour of video on a VCD. In addition, the drive allows users to record up to 700MB of video, music, photos or data files on a CD disc. The drives allow anyone to create and share music on CDs to play on home, portable or car stereos. With Sonic MyDVD, users can make great-looking home videos and business presentations that they can view on most set-top and PC-based DVD players. And with Sonic CinePlayer, users have access to the absolute highest quality video playback available for PCs.

About Sonic MyDVD

Sonic MyDVD is the leading PC application for consumer DVD creation. With its ability to record analog and digital video (DV) in real-time into MPEG-2 for DVD, MyDVD is the fastest and easiest way to share treasured video memories with friends and family on DVD discs, from wedding videos to children`s birthday parties and other special events.

Sonic MyDVD makes it easy to burn high-quality DVDs with motion-video menus, animated buttons and DVD slideshows with transitions and soundtracks. Sonic MyDVD also features optimized Direct-to-DVD(TM) recording which allows users, in just a few clicks, to record content directly to DVD from a video source connected to the computer`s video input. Sonic MyDVD is also OpenDVD(TM)-compliant, enabling previously burned DVDs to be opened, re-edited, updated with new video and photo content and re-burned to DVD and CD recordable/re-writable media. This enables an entirely new generation of DVD and CD applications, such as video diaries, up-to-the-minute, customized sales presentations, compilations of family events, and more.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation provides easy-to-use, high value storage solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and share their valuable digital information. Iomega`s award-winning storage products include the popular Zip(R) 100MB, 250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance Iomega(R) HDD Portable Hard Drives, Iomega(R) HDD Desktop Hard Drives, Iomega(R) Mini USB Drives, Iomega(R) external CD-RW drives, Iomega DVD-recordable drives and the Iomega(R) Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega simplifies data protection and sharing at home and in the workplace with Iomega(R) Automatic Backup software, Iomega(R) Sync software, HotBurn(R) CD-recording software, and Active Disk(TM) technology. For networks, Iomega(R) NAS servers offer capacities of 160GB to 1.4TB. For unlimited capacity and anytime, anywhere access, Iomega offers iStorage(TM) secure online storage. Iomega also offers businesses and consumers a comprehensive data recovery services solution for recovering lost data due to hardware failure, file corruption or media damage. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.

About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC)

Based in Marin County, California, Sonic Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world`s leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic`s professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic`s MyDVD(R) and DVDit!(R) are the most widely used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic`s RecordNow(TM) is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. Sonic`s AuthorScript(R), the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic`s applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVD PrePlay, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, OpenDVD, PrimeTime, RecordNow and Simple Backup are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, AutoDVD, DVD-Audio Creator, DVD Creator, DVDit!, DVD Fusion, MyDVD, NoNOISE, ReelDVD, Scenarist and Sonic Solutions are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. Iomega, Zip, iStorage, HotBurn and Active Disk are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.

Forward Looking Statement

The above paragraphs of this press release may contain forward looking statements that are based upon current expectations. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties including, among others, the timely introduction and acceptance of new products, costs associated with new product introductions, the transition of products to new hardware configurations and platforms and other factors, including those discussed in the Company`s annual and quarterly reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company`s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Registration Statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which contain a more detailed discussion of the Company`s business including risks and uncertainties that may affect future results. The Company does not undertake to update any forward looking statements.

SOURCE: Sonic Solutions

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