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InterVideo's LinDVD Navigation and Playback Software Selected for Pioneer's New DVD Recorders Integrated with TiVo (5/11/2003)

Software Technology Provides Users with Unique Combination of PC and Consumer Electronics, Easy Navigation, Highest-quality Playback

InterVideo, Inc. announced today that LinDVD, the Linux version of its award-winning WinDVD(R) video player software, is incorporated with Pioneer Electronic's new DVR-57H and DVR-810H-S DVD Recorders, the world's first DVD Recorders equipped with TiVo(R) service. LinDVD is a stable software technology that allows PC and consumer electronics users to play all of the different tracks on a DVD, skip chapters, fast forward, backward, pause, enjoy different camera angles, etc.

InterVideo's experience in developing WinDVD, the world's most popular DVD player, and LinDVD, the first legal PC DVD software for the Linux operating system, enabled the company to provide Pioneer with powerful DVD player/decoder software that delivers the highest-quality playback. Rigorously tested, LinDVD also provides broad compatibility.

Earlier this year, Aberdeen analysts projected that the CE industry would be making a migration to Linux -- initially to gain a cost advantage and subsequently, as use becomes widespread, to avoid a cost disadvantage.

"A growing number of the major consumer electronics manufacturers are looking at the Linux platform as a stable, low-cost solution for multimedia functionality," said Steve Ro, CEO and founder of InterVideo. "Pioneer and TiVo are at the forefront of this trend and Pioneer has added to the excitement by combining the most popular entertainment components into a single, convenient solution. We are proud to have our DVD player/navigation technology included with their innovative products."

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