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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. Over the past decade, the DVD sales category has enjoyed tremendous growth from year to year. More recently, however, overall DVD sales growth has slowed considerably. According to The NPD Group, a leading consumer and retail information company, through June 2006 the DVD business increased unit volume sales by 4 percent over the first half of 2005; but that’s half the rate of growth that NPD saw last year. One of the key reasons DVDs have not slid even further is the continued health of TV programming purchased on DVD. NPD also noted significant growth in the online rental or purchase of digital TV content from Web retailers like Apple iTunes, MovieFlix and CinemaNow.

KARLSBAD, Germany Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announces today that Zoran’s new Vaddis 888 DVD multimedia processor chip is Nero Digital™ Certified. Nero Digital™, co-developed by Nero and Ateme, is based on industry standards MPEG-4 Video (MPEG-4 SP/ASP and AVC/H.264) and MPEG-4 Audio (LC AAC and HE AAC) compression technologies. It enables the delivery of more high quality MPEG-4 compliant audio and video content at lower bit rates, while offering advanced interactive features.

The BenQ DW1800 and DW1680 offer superior optical writing with BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology and QSuite Support

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, 31 October, 2006 – BenQ today expands its optical storage lineup with the DW1800 and DW1680 DVD Re-Writer. The DW1800 and DW1680 offer 18x and 16x writing speed respectively and both feature BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology and convenient QSuite application package. The DW1800 offers a fast DVD RAM writing speed of up to 12x, currently the fastest available on the market and supports both DVD+R and DVD-R Double Layer recording at 8x.

ArcSoft Unveils DVD and Video Products That Support Double Layer DVD Media

July 7, 2004 ArcSoft(R), Inc., a leading developer and provider of multimedia software and firmware solutions for PC, mobile device and consumer electronics manufacturers, today announced Double Layer DVD media support through its popular line of video applications.

ArcSoft's DVD/video products such as ShowBiz DVD 2, DVD/CD Maker and DVD SlideShow have been enhanced to meet the needs of OEMs and end-users by providing reliable and technically advanced solutions for video functionality and data capacity. With Double Layer support capability, users can now record up to 4 hours of DVD-quality video, or 8 hours of VHS-quality video. Along with other new features -- such as Dolby(R) audio support and intelligent smooth layer transition technology -- ArcSoft's DVD/video products help to ensure smooth Double Layer disc playback on most set-top DVD players. Users will be able to easily create Double Layer DVD discs with ArcSoft's DVD/video products without any knowledge of the technologies.

"Double Layer support is just one of the capabilities that ArcSoft intends to offer this year," said Todd Rumaner, COO of ArcSoft. "We plan to further extend our DVD and video related technologies as part of a core effort within our research and development division."