Press Release
QSound Launches QDVD Plug-in For InterVideo's WinDVD
CALGARY, CANADA - February 5, 2003: QSound Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSND), a
leading supplier of audio software solutions, and InterVideo, Inc., a
leading provider of software for movies, music and DVDs, today announced
the immediate availability of the QDVD plug-in for InterVideo’s popular
DVD player, WinDVD. QDVD is available for download from both QSound’s and
InterVideo’s web sites for $14.95 US.
QDVD is based on QSound's High Definition audio library (QHD™). At the
heart of QHD is QSound’s best-selling audio expansion technology, QXpander®,
which takes the existing mono or stereo sound information and applies 3D
processing proportionately to it, resulting in two-channel stereo output
with a dramatically wider perceived sound field. QHD uses QSound's QRumble™
and QSizzle™ to restore both punch and brilliance to music, bringing the
“warmth” of analogue playback to digital audio files. QDVD also features
QSound’s newly developed “Dialog Enhancer”, which allows users to improve
the dialog intelligibility independent of the remaining soundtrack,
addressing the problem of muffled or masked dialog due to competing audio
effects.
"WinDVD is the perfect showcase for QHD technology,” said David Gallagher,
President and CEO, QSound Labs. “The combination of InterVideo’s leading
video technology and QSound’s superior audio processing makes for an
extremely compelling user experience."
InterVideo's WinDVD is a software-only DVD player for personal computers,
that allows users to playback DVD movies, interactive DVD titles, MPEG
audio and video, and audio CDs without the need for an expensive hardware
decoder card. WinDVD has received praise from many leading trade magazines
in the PC and DVD industry for its "remarkably pure DVD audio and video"
and "impressive playback" capabilities.
"InterVideo is committed to providing the absolute best audio and video
DVD experience for our users,” said Steve Ro, CEO of InterVideo. “QSound’s
QDVD is a superb add-on for DVD movie fans who want clear, rich audio. The
QDVD plug-in is a perfect addition for WinDVD users and works great
whether you have WinDVD 3, WinDVD 4 or WinDVD Platinum."
About InterVideo, Inc.
InterVideo is a leading provider of DVD software and offers a broad suite
of advanced digital video and audio multimedia software products that
allow users to record, edit, author, distribute and play digital
multimedia content on PCs and consumer electronics devices. InterVideo’s
software is bundled with products sold by eight of the top ten PC
manufacturers, ranked in terms of sales by IDC, including Dell Products
L.P., Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH, HP, Medion AG, Sony
Corporation and Toshiba Corporation. The company is headquartered in
Fremont, CA and with regional offices in Europe, Taiwan and Japan. For
more information contact InterVideo at (510) 651-0888 or visit the web
site at www.intervideo.com.
Chris Cutter
PR Manager
InterVideo
(508) 982-8708
chris@intervideo.com
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