May 27, 1999 - Taipei, Taiwan, CyberLink PowerDVD, the most powerful software DVD player, once again wins software bundle deal with 3Dlab Permedia3 Create! graphic card.
"Quality DVD playback has become a critical feature for professional and consumer graphic accelerators," said Neil Trevett, vice president of marketing at 3Dlabs. "The rich functionality of PowerDVD included in every box provides significant value and differentiation for our Permedia3 Create! graphic card."
"In order to be a winner in the software bundle business, we have to be dynamic and prompt in supporting our OEM clients and to accumulate hardware tests experiences," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "Today, we have achieved both and we are very proud to partner PowerDVD with a 3Dlabs, one of the leading brands in the graphic card market."
About CyberLink PowerDVD
PowerDVD is a high quality, pure software DVD playback and navigation
software that brings high quality DVD video into the multimedia computer.
The newest version of PowerDVD now features DirectShow for better support
of video and audio hardware. This version also supports ATI, S3 Savage
and SiS6326 motion compensation features and offers the option to use
hardware video acceleration. On the audio side, PowerDVD supports Creative
SP/DIF AC3 audio, A3D/DS3D/Dolby Surround allowing users to build home
theaters from their multimedia PCs. One of the main features that set
PowerDVD ahead of all competitors is its strong hardware compatibility.
Recently, a number of DVD-ROM drive suppliers, such as IBM, and AOpen
have already bundled PowerDVD providing value-added software feature to
their hardware.
About 3Dlabs
Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading supplier of integrated hardware and
software graphiaccelecrator solutions for workstations and design professionals.
3Dlabs develops silicon, boards and software drivers to create products
that effectively meet the performance and quality needs of users who rely
on graphic for their productivity. 3Dlabs sells its award-winning Oxygen?
and PermediaR products to leading PC OEMs, through an international distributor
and reseller network and directly to end-users on 3Dlabs' online store.
Companies using 3Dlabs' graphic processors or boards in their systems
include Compaq, Dell, Everex, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM,
MaxVision, NEC, and Siemens-Nixdorf. For more information on 3Dlabs and
our products, please visit our Web site at www.3dlabs.com.
About CyberLink
Established in 1995, CyberLink is one of the leading software companies
specializing in video and audio kernel technology. CyberLink's products
adopt the latest technologies in making video/audio/ Internet applications
accessible and affordable. Currently, CyberLink boasts a team of high
caliber software engineers specializing in the development of audio/video
and communication technologies, and three consultants with extensive research
studies at the Multimedia Lab of Computer Science Department of National
Taiwan University. Headed by Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink, has extensive
experiences in International Sales and Marketing of Software Products.
Previously, she was Executive Vice President of Trend Micro, an anti-virus
software company, publicly listed in Tokyo. Today, CyberLink is one of
the most promising software companies with subsidiary offices located
in the Silicon Valley of USA and Japan. CyberLink products are available
through worldwide network of distributors and dealers. For more information,
please visit our web site at www.cyberlink.com.tw