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Roxio Popcorn™ Awarded
Best of Show at Macworld
Latest Honor
Adds to Long List of Prestigious Wins for Mac Product
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Macworld Expo & Convention, San Francisco, California, Booth #517 (January
14, 2005) — Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) and
producer of the best-selling digital media software in the world, has been awarded
Best of Show at Macworld for Popcorn, the newest addition to its Mac consumer
software line. The win for Popcorn, which enables users to copy non-encrypted
DVD-Video discs, marks the second consecutive year Roxio's products have taken
home the coveted prize from the Macworld Conference & Expo.
In what Macworld editors describe as one of the strongest shows for new and innovative
products in recent years, Popcorn was one of only 12 products recognized. In
awarding Popcorn the honor, the Macworld editors assert, “Popcorn puts
a friendly face on the backup of unencrypted DVDs, using Roxio's proven Toast
engine and an intuitive visual interface.” Continues Jim Dalrymple, editor
online Macworld.com and MacCentral, “Roxio has done with Popcorn for DVD
burning what it did with Toast® for CD burning. Popcorn is easy to use, yet
powerful for the end user.”
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Popcorn enables consumers to back
up their non-encrypted DVD-Video discs. It features flexible
compression and extraction to fit video content onto a
single-layer recordable DVD, while maximizing visual quality
and use of disc space. Popcorn integrates Toast-burning
technology to ensure superior results with legendary ease-of-use
and is compatible with discs created using Apple's iDVD
and DVD Studio Pro applications, as well as those recorded
with set-top DVD recorders.
“We are honored to be recognized by the editors of Macworld, respected
authorities on Mac products,” said Dave Habiger , senior vice president
and general manager of Sonic® 's Roxio division. “To be consistently
singled out by industry press is a tremendous accomplishment that speaks volumes
to the quality, reliability, and value our software delivers.”
The Macworld win continues a long tradition of excellence for Roxio's Mac product
line which has garnered numerous accolades from premier industry magazines including
Editor's Choice from eMedia and TechEdge; top ratings from Macworld, MacHome,
MacFormat, MacPower and Applelinks; and “Best of” awards from MacUser
and C/NET. Most recently, Roxio's Toast with Jam® , which last year captured
Best of Show from Macworld, earned a coveted Eddy Award, which recognizes breakthrough
products of 2004. In bestowing the honor, Macworld editors state simply, “Roxio's
Toast with Jam® is the Best Way to Burn.”
About Roxio
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, provides the best selling digital media
software in the world. Roxio makes award-winning software products for CD/DVD
burning, photo editing and video editing, and its current installed base is in
excess of 100 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through
strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, in stores with the
leading worldwide retailers, through Internet partnerships and also sells its
products direct at www.roxio.com .
Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC ; http://www.sonic.com
) is the leader in digital media software, providing a broad range of interoperable,
platform independent software tools and applications for creative professionals,
business and home users, and technology partners. Sonic's products range from
advanced DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies
used to produce the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, to the award-winning
Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup solutions that
have become the premiere choice for consumers, prosumers and business users worldwide.
Sonic's digital media creation engine is the de facto standard and is licensed
by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta,
Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County , California.
